Editorial
Election processes
mustn’t use faculty
Infighting over athletics funding ballot measures has
resurrected a dormant issue in ASUO elections. When
should University faculty, staff or administrators take sides
for or against ASUO candidates or ballot measures?
The answer is simple. Never.
The issue arose when the Athletic Department ballot
measures were discussed by the ASUO Constitution Court.
Misty Haley, a Student Senate candidate, testified that a
University instructor circulated an initiative petition in a
class. . "
In the same hearing. Associate Athletic Director Chris
Voelz was questioned about her role in helping prepare
Measure It.
This issue has come up in the past. Most recently,
former law school Dean Derrick Bell frequently wore a cam
paign button for 1984 ASUO presidential candidate Julie
Davis:
Neither the ASUO election rules nor faculty policy seem
to prohibit this sort of involvement. First Amendment
freedom of Speech seems to cover at least the wearing of but
• tons, if riot the use of class time to promote ballot measures. •
; We wonder how the faculty would feel if ASIJO ac
' tiyists chose to spend time, energy and money.trying to elect
or defeat, certain faculty members of the University Senate.
Mass mailings arid office visits to voting faculty, ads in the
papers,'announcements in classes. . . .
• . .The principle is the same. Faculty have no more
. business in ASUO elections than students have in faculty
; elections.. Each should keep an appropriate distance from
■ • the other. •* ...
Because of uncertainty as to the. ability of University
departments to have access to the ballot, this issue has now
arisen in an adversarial setting. ■
, We hope that with eventual clarification of ballot ac
‘ Cess, student and faculty roles will become clear — and
separate. . . .
IFC conflicts of interest
involve reality and image
Incidental Fee Committee members should do
everything possible to avoid conflicts of interest. The ASUO
Constitution prohibits them from being paid by any program
that comes before them. This should be viewed as a
minimum standard of behavior, not the only standard.
There is nothing wrong with an IFC member being in
volved in funded activities. Members should not become
isolated from the students they are supposed to represent.
Mere involvement with a program is not necessarily a reason
to abstain from voting on the program’s budget.
Conflicts of interest arise when an IFC member is in
volved in policy-making for a program or stands to substan
tially benefit personally from an IFC’ decision.
IFC members may be active in a group such as Amazon
Community Tenants or the Black Student Union, but should
not be an officer of such a group.
Part of the IFC’s effectiveness is based on public percep
tion of its procedural and substantive fairness. Avoiding
both actual and apparent conflicts of interest enhances
public confidence in the committee.
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Letters
Real problem
In recent weeks many letters
to the editor have criticized the
Greek system- Most of these let
ters emphasize the many offen
sive aspects of the system.
These letters, however, serve
only to point out the results of
the system and address no real
problem.
In my three years of college I
have often applauded such let
ters. and often simply laid the
blame on the members of the
system. I recently had the op
portunity to spend some time
with these people; I found them
to be genuinely nice people.
They are no different from
anyone else. So if the people are
not to blame, then what is the
real problem?
The real problem is our socie
ty that promotes elitism, sexism
and inequality. The Greek
system simply serves as a
microcosm of our societal and
cultural values. If we take of
fense at the Greek system,
should we not also do the same
for our society as a whole?
I in no way wish to legitimize
the Greek system. However, get
ting rid of the Greek system will
not solve any problem, it would
only serve to hide the problems
that would continue to exist.
The only real solution to
breaking the circle that creates
these problems is to strike at the
roots and rebuild. This can only
be accomplished by working
together to solve problems
rather than lumping criticism
on the visible aspects of societal
problems.
last's lay off the Greeks for a
while and take a closer look at
ourselves instead.
Eric Latham
Sociology
Strong support
Michael Cross:
By basing the validity of the
heterosexual familial unit on
the "success" of western
civilization, you are. quite
arguably, making a stronger
statement supporting homosex
ual families than you realize.
Mark Wiltemun
History
Real meaning
This is an apology to all those
whom I apparently offended, all
those who responded to my let
ter "No protection" (ODE.
April 7). Apparently you did
not read and understand my let
ter in its entire context.
What I meant to say was:
1. The shuttle provides no
real protection from violent
acts.
2. Women are just as capable
as men of violence. In fact just
the other day a woman tried to
stab another woman and did
stab a man. right here in our
own city of Eugene.
3. Deviant people are more
prone to violence than non
deviant people.
4. Many deviant people will
ride the shuttle van, therefore
women who ride the van will
still be susceptible to violent
acts.
5. In my opinion, lesbians are
deviant individuals.
(>. Lesbians COULD use the
shuttle service as their own
"pick-up service” since their
potential "lovers" will be the
only people riding the van.
7. The policy of the shuttle
service is sexist and
discriminatory since men will
not be allowed to ride it, even
though they also face danger
from walking alone at night,
(lasts be realistic — how many
men would ever report being
raped by a woman? So how
does anyone know the statistics
and the danger to men?)
K . Because of the
discriminatory policy and
because men pay 50 percent of
the cost of the service, the shut
tle van should either be open to
both men and women or
scrapped.
Darrel Kuthauge
Senior. History.
Political Science
Booby-trapped
I read with great interest in
The Oregonian (April 7) that the
AIDS virus. HTLV-111, can live
and flourish outside the body
up to 24 hours.
In the New Knglund journal of
Medicine (April 2) it was
reported that the virus, when
put in a culture dish, survives
unlimited in water and oxygen
When water and oxygen are
reapplied it flourishes once
again. No other virus in the
world does this.
Is Mike Cross "insensitive"
for coming up with the only
logical way to stop AIDS?
I would go one step further,
and impose a quarantine on all
diagnosed cases of AIDS. When
a hepatitis outbreak occurs peo
ple are quarantined. When
legionnaires' disease broke out
people were quarantined.
What's so different about AIDS
that makes society think it can
flourish unchecked?
As long as iiberals/homosox
uals continue to ignore scien
tific facts we will all, eventual
ly. Iv 'xjoby-trapped into death
The v of "civil rights" and
"faitness" will echo through
this world until the last person
drops.
Dan (ioulet
foumalism
Clarification
We recommend a “no"
vote on Measure 11. Mon
day’s Emerald carried an
advertisement referring to a
pro-Measure 11 headline in
the Emerald on April 16.
That headline was part of a
guest column written for the
“Sidelines" supplement,
and does not reflect the posi
tion of the Emerald.
Wednesday, April 23, 198H