Editorial
State races present
interesting choices
State congressional races often miss the attention of
students, but this election students have some particularly
qualified candidates to vote for. We endorse the following
candidates for the districts most students live in:
House District 40 — Carl Hosticka
Democrat Carl Hosticka is the two-term incumbent in
this district and deserves another few terms or so.
As an associate professor at the University and a leader
in the fight for education funding, Hosticka emphasises cor
rectly the importance of education. He supports providing
separate, limits for basic school support and higher educa
tion funding to relieve competition between these two
priorities;
He supports state fund divestment from South Africa
because "we'd better get on the right side of that situation
soon."
He does not oppose the Oregon Marijuana Initiative, but
does not campaign for it either, citing "hypocrisy in the
whole area of laws dealing with intoxicating substances."
Hosticka is an intelligent, experienced legislator, and
he gets our vote.
Senate District 20 — Grattan Karans
Democrat Grattan Kerans' long experience in the
legislature makes him our choice; he knows the ins and outs
of the legislative process.
He sees Measure 16 — nuclear conversion — as the key
issue in this year's election, saying if businesses are in
terested in the business of nuclear death, then "to hell with
them.”
He feels state funds should have been divested "years
ago.”
He also criticizes the competition between basic school
support and higher education, saying the situation worsens
the effects of economic hard times.
He supports continuing the tuition freeze, and wants to
increase funding for the Centers of Excellence and faculty
salaries.
We must mention the strength of his opponent.
Republican Scott (Carpenter, whose bright, innovative ideas
make him a close second in our endorsement.
Senate District 21 — Larry Hill
Democrat Larry Hill gets our vote for this race because of
his thoughtful stands on the issues.
He supported the tuition freeze and funds for advanced
sciences buildings and the Centers for excellence. He also
supports a state student-loan program to protect students
from financial aid cuts at the national level.
He also supports a tuition waiver for the top two percent
of Oregon high school graduates, seeking to encourage the
best students to stay in the state.
In addition, he supports giving Oregon contractors an
edge in bidding for state contracts, just as California and
Washington give preference to their contractors.
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Letters
Animal rights
Sunday morning some people
decided that what the Universi
ty was/is doing with their
animal test subjects was/is
wrong and took matters into
their own hands. They broke
some expensive equipment,
spray painted some slogans on
walls and took some of the test
animals from the “lab."
The University claims that,
and I quote. “Ironically, the on
ly equipment damaged had to
do with the care of the
animals." In a picture on the
front page of the Oct. 27 issue of
the Emerald there are a number
of syringes on the floor.
I didn't know that syringes
were required for the proper
tare of rats, hamsters (of any
breed) and cats.
The University says it is con
sidering no longer using the
facilities.
Does this mean the end of
“care" for the remaining
animals?
The University finds it impor
tant to repeat and repeat
documented experiments on
live conscious animals — to
prove that the text books are
right?
Violence and vandalism are
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see what these people are say
ing. People all over the world
are fighting for the rights of
animals. This is not an isolated
incident.
P. Brandt
Eugene
Beware
This is a letter to the people
who broke into the animal care
facility at the University. 1
implore you to educate
yourselves about that which
you have destroyed.
You have two options: to be
honest or dishonest. If you are
honest, come out into the open.
Join up with you idealogical
relatives, the people who bomb
abortion clinics. Start a move
ment; wear green jackets with
white crosses. Roam the coun
try and enforce morals using
violence.
If you are dishonest, you must
hide what you’ve done.
However, dishonesty without
intelligence spells disaster. Ask
your friends if you have enough
intelligence to be dishonest.
They may tell you to get a green
jacket.
If you have intelligence, learn
biology. Discover how
knowledge in biology is obtain
ed. If you disagree with ex
perimental methods, you will
be able to raise a question
publicly. You may even grasp
the motive behind the use of
animals in experiments. 1
suspect that you have chosen ig
norance about biology to suit
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ycur urge for violence. Many of
us have long hours of effort in
vested in our work. By your
destruction, you have destroyed
the work of many yvell-planned
hours. If you come back, we
who work in the science
building will attempt to battle
you with reason, in the hope
that we are dealing with
humans. Beware if you are an
animal wearing a green jacket
with a white cross — YOU will
end up in a cage.
Mark Grimes
Molecular biology
Pick it up
On my first tour of the
University. I was impressed by
the beauty of this campus. It
was a contributing factor in my
decision to attend this universi
ty. Other factors included the
freedom of expression exhibited
by students and the energy
directed toward environmental
and human rights issues.
While leaving Condon Hall
iast evening, I was stunned at
the amount of garbage strewn
about the steps and lawn — all
within twenty feet of a large
trash dumpster. I refuse to
believe that students here are
too ignorant or lazy to clean up
after themselves. Think of the
time and energy spent on issues
that are big enough to require
voting, large amounts of
money, and activism. We often
feel as if the "powers that be”
have not listened to our voices,
or control is not in our power.
Here is an issue that we can
control, in fact, one in which
control is in our very hands!
While I am aware that the
maintenance department has
money appropriated for ‘‘litter
patrols," wouldn’t it be much
more efficient to use such
money for better uses? Or
maybe not even spend it at all?
As a final request, when you
have finished reading this
paper, please put it in the pro
per place. Thank you.
Dave Wechner
Eugene
Friday, October 31, 1986