Editorial
Brooks/Gaffney offer
enthusiasm, freshness
Students will have their hands full when weighing their
vote for ASUO president and vice president this week With
nine candidates seeking executive office this year, voters
certainly have options. After carefully reviewing all the can
didates. we throw our endorsement to the Kasey Brooks and
Karen Gaffney ticket.
I his was not an easy choice, however. Coming in a very
dose second was Steve Frichette and Donna Cooper. Both
the Brooks/Gaffney and the Frichette/Cooper tickets have
political know-how and would offer accessible anti compe
tent administrations.
Brooks and Gaffney stress accessibility, working to bet
ter the student insurance program and searching for ways to
better the parking situation and child care on campus.
Irichette and Cooper list their priorities as substance abuse
education, lobbying for increased financial aid, and child
care.
Both would re-examine the role of The Record, and
would strive to make it more informational regarding stu
dent government rather than being political in nature.
Similarly, both support the Sister University Project, but
would seek to send more qualified people down to the
University of El Salvador.
These two tickets also have their faults. The glaring
anathema of the Brooks/Gaffney ticket is their ties to the
Athletic Department. Kasey Brooks is the daughter of Rich
Brooks, the head football coach, and the conflict of interest
here is rather apparent.
On the other hand, Frichette and Cooper seemingly
have a tired approach to campaigning. Their style is marked
by a degree of cynicism. Both have impressive resumes for
holding student office, however, and depending on your
point of view, their cynicism may not be a handicap. Fur
thermore, their agenda is somewhat stale. Having the
substance-abuse issue as a campus priority is meritorious,
but a bit uninspired.
The Brooks/Gaffney and tin; Frichette/Cooper tickets are
essentially equal. But the former ticket’s saving graces are
the enthusiasm and the fresh faces it would bring to office.
1 he remaining tickets are not worth considering. Sarah
Lachkar and Jodie Mooney are backed by the well-oiled
Students for a Progressive Agenda political machine.
Ironically, the weak link in this ticket is the person heading
it. Although Lachkar has experience in student government,
she fails to express her views articulately and often relies on
her running mate to handle tough questions. Moreover, we
fear Lachkar would be little more than an SPA mouthpiece.
If anyone has a chance of buying the election, it would
be the Phil Levinson/Robert Ball ticket. We have problems
with anyone who would purchase more than $1,000 of elec
tion advertising in this publication. Furthermore, these two
are woefully inexperienced politically. But their dollar-blitz
campaign makes them dark horses in this race, and they
could surprise some people.
I homas Stansfield, the only candidate running alone
for executive office, matches Levinson and Ball in naivete
and ignorance of student government. We do not recom
mend voting for Stansfield.
If nothing else, this week’s elections promise to be ex
citing. Student apathy may give way to student participation
this year due to the number of candidates seeking office.
This behooves the University and makes for a more dynamic
campus.
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Letters
False image
Boy, am I upset. Statements
have been attributed to me that 1
did not make. An example: Ron
Munion is anti-child care. This
is not true.
We had a day-care facility on
our campus at Ixine Community
College when I was there. At
one point, the college ad
ministration tried to remove the
center. We decided to use the
scenario: good cop, bad cop.
My friends would go to the
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d act
belligerent toward them. 1
would then negotiate with the
administration. In a short time,
the problem was solved with
the solution being most
favorable to the students.
Now at the University, my
detractors have tried to paint a
less favorable image of me.
They have taken one vote out of
over 20 that I cast concerning
day care on the 1KC and come to
the conclusion that 1 don't sup
port day care.
This does not reflect my opi
nion. So, you may ask yourself:
Why are there so many fabrica
tion of Ron's opinions making
the circuit today? Could it be
that CSRL has endorsed him for
re-election, and there has been
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an attempt to discredit this
group?
Even at a recent IFC meeting,
these same fabrications were
repeated by my chair, Jodie
Mooney. At that point. I ex
plained to Jodie my beliefs con
cerning day care. She then
made a public apology to me.
Perhaps, the campaign can be
cleaner than it has been up to
this point. We can only hope so.
Ron Munion
IFC Member
Misnomers
Cay Pride Week is a
misnomer, as in military in
telligence. Large percentages of
gays having made the conscious
choice to be gay (because of low
self-esteem, feeling they aren't
worthy of love), opt only for
sex.
The immature seek im
mediate gratification — a desire
for the outrageous, scurrying
around like blind lemmings
subconsciously looking for the
edge of the continent so they
can take the final plunge into
the suicidal ocean of AIDS, all
under the guise of “having
fun."
AIDS, the all new American
Pyramid Came! You not only
sleep with each person in
dividually. but because of the
lengthy incubation period, you
also sleep with every person he
or she has slept with and every
one each of those people has
slept with and on and on for the
last seven years.
Just throw one or two very
promiscuous people into this
pyramid and it multiplies ex
ponentially. Has anyone done
any valid research as to the
average number of sexual con
tacts within the last seven
years?
The sexual revolution is over,
like it or not! Permanent
monogamous relationships,
traditional values, all of a sud
den make rational sense. Maybe
the gay community should be
“thanked" for bringing us all
back to our senses — but (JAY
PRIDE WEEK? COME ON!
|ohn E. English
Eugene
Disturbing
1 was very disturbed by your
article on Peter Frangos in the
April 3 issue. 1 think that it was
very unfortunate that you had to
use Pete’s accident as nothing
but an example of deviant
conduct.
What about Pete? What about
his parents? What about those
of us that he left behind, those
who loved him? What about the
fact that it is a crime that an
18-year-old, someone with great
dreams and tremendous poten
tial. should have to die?
1 o us Pete was a beautiful
person, a great guy. To you he
was some poor slob who got
killed breaking the rules.
I’m glad that our R.A. declin
ed to comment; he would have
told you who Pete was, but you
didn’t even want to know.
)oel Stimkorb
Tingle Hall
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