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Editorial Endorsement review gives election insight The general elections start today. So for your conve nience and easy reading we will review who and what we have endorsed over the past two weeks. Kasey Brooks and Sarah I^chkar are the remaining can didates for ASUO President. Once again we feel Brooks and her running mate Karen Gaffney are the strongest candidates. They have had the experience in student government to effectively head the ASUO Executive. The only drawback to the Brooks/Gaffney ticket is their connection to the Athletic Department. Rich Brooks, the head football coach, is Kasey Brooks’ father. We believe Ron Munion, Collin Farrell and Teddy Wallace are the most qualified candidates for the one-year IFC seats. Munion already has served one year on the IFC. This ex perience is invaluable. He knows campus groups and issues as well as the IFC process. Farrell’s ideas for the IFC are his strongest points. He stresses lobbying the state for funding and setting priorities for groups. Perhaps the most sensible and sincere candidate runn ing for the IFC is Teddy Wallace. Although she does not have experience with the IFC. she has worked with the budgets of several organizations. Unfortunately joshua King, our only endorsement for the two-year IFC seats, was eliminated in the primaries. We felt King was the only candidate who showed the potential to become an effective IFC member. The remaining can didates do not demonstrate the qualities necessary to make dedicated, unbiased members. Of the 10 measures on the ballot, we support all but two of them. Measures 1 and 2 gain our support because they simply reword the ASUO Constitution to bring it up to date with the current process. Measure 1 changes the constitution to in clude the difference between one-year and two-year IFC seats and Measure 2 redefines the funding process for OSPIRG. Measure 3 is a recommendation to the University to ex tend library hours during dead and final weeks. We agree with the concept of the measure but note that the cost of the process must be considered when research begins. Extending the length of time between classes from 10 to ir> minutes is the recommendation of Measure 4. Because this measure would specifically benefit disabled students, we support the idea. We approach Measure 3. the recommendation to lobby against the Riverfront Research Project, with caution, ('are must be taken to preserve the landscape. We oppose the measure, however, because we believe the project is impor tant for students. Measure 7 asks tor a 03 cent increase for the Marching Band. It is important for the University to reflect its support and pride it has for the band. Measure 8 is ours. Need we say more? We give a hesitant endorsement to Measure 9. It pro poses a $6.55 increase in student fees for the Athletic Department. Athletics has had to cut several programs already because of money. Measure 10 would make the Counseling (’enter a non incidental fee group. We do not support this proposal because it would take away the regulating power of the IFC. THE BAD NEWS IS, GARY HART. WHO ID5T TO WAIT® MONDALE IN*84,15TOUR FRONT RUNNER FOR *88. I m<0 SAID I ANYTHING I ABOUT GOOD V NEWS? Letters Editorial page Your coverage of the ASLJO elections can 1m* summed up in two words: irresponsible journalism. While readers expect an editorial page to 1m? biased, it is misleading to editorialize on every page of the paper. It was clear which candidates you would endorse long before the official statement was publicized. You have, in effect, insulted the students on this campus. In order to make an informed deci sion on who to vote for, we ex pect the school paper to provide us with information on the issues at hand, not who you perceive as having the freshest face. Why weren’t the students in formed of the candidates’ rele vant experience and qualifica tions? Why did you endorse Ron Munion without mention ing his votes against Black Stu dent Union or Amazon’s childcare? Why did you endorse Karen Gaffney without informing the students that she was in strumental in the effort last year Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Dally Emerald Is published Monday through Friday except during exam week and vacations by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co , at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 97403 The Emerald operates independently of the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press The Emerald is private property The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law General Staff Advertising Director Susan Thelen Production Manager Wayne Michael Lottinville Classified Advertising Alyson Simmons Assistant to the Publisher Jean Ownbey Advertising Sale*: Peter LaFleur/ Sales Manager Teresa Acosta, Beryl Israel, Janelle Heitmann, Laura Goldstein, Catherine Lilja, Rick Martz, Joseph Menzel, Peter Miller, Joan Wildermuth News and Editorial 686-5511 Display Advertising and Business 686 3712 Classified Advertising 686 4343 Letter Perfect Graphics 686 5511 Production 686-4381 Circulation 686-5511 Editor Managing Editor News Editor Spectrum Editor Spectrum Assistant Editor Editorial Page Editors Sports Editor Photo Editor Spectrum Photo Editor Graphics Editor Night Editor Michelle Brence Lucinda Dillon Michael Rivers Stephen Maher Stanley Nelson Michael Drummond Angie Muniz Dennis Fernandes Maria Corvallis John Giustina Lorraine Rath Micheal Rivers Associate Editors Community Janet Paulson Politics BJ Thomsen Higher Education I Administration Chris Norred University Atfairs Laurie Schwartz Student Government Carolyn Lamberson Student Activities Sarah Kitchen General Assignment Alicia Gano General Assignment Scott Maben Reporters: Jackie Barry. Mary Courtis. Gary Henley Photographers: Sherlyn Biorkgren, Shu-Shmg Chen. Der rel Hewitt, Tim Jones, Bobbie Lo, Dan Wheeler Production: Michele Ross / Ad Coordinator Kelly Alexandre, Ronwin Nicole Ashton, Virginia Baniaga. Samantha Barbitta, Sandra Bevans, Sara Briscoe, Shu Shing Chen, Janet Emery, Judith Gatz, Lisa Haggerty, Donna Leslie, Curtis Lott, Steve Lundgren, Kelli Mason, Mike McGraw. Rob Miles, Angelina Muniz, Julie Paul, In grid White, Michael Wilhelm, Serena Williams, X Kano Xie to remove OSPIRG from the KMU? Or that she and Kasey Brooks are committed to in creasing funding for the Athletic Department even though such an increase will proportionally decrease fun ding for minority groups and childcare? Why did you fail to endorse Sarah Lachkar without men tioning her active involvement with the Sister University Pro ject or her experience with the ASIJO Executive as Assistant Finance Coordinator? Why did you avoid Incidental Fee Com mittee Chair Jodie Mooney altogether? As student fee payers who subsidize your publication, we deserve to be informed on issues important to us. The editorial page should be limited to one page. It should not con stitute the entire paper. Mindy Wekselblatt Law Student Wake up I've got to hand it to Ron Mu nion for being such an adept politician. No doubt Munion and his CSRL cronies are rejoic ing that I, as a principal childcare reform activist, was beaten out of my bid for the EMU Hoard position. However, 1 am undaunted. The board position was only one link in the chain of in fluence for childcare reform. More important is the escalating grassroots activism of parents. Eventually, families will be recognized as a significant part of the University community in spite of Munion and cronies. Ironically, behind closed doors. SPA candidates in cluding myself are not anti athletics and not anti-Marching Band. The needs of non revenue-generating athletics and the Marching Band are seen as legitimate. A 43 percent in crease in the current $700,000 for athletic event tickets, however, is outrageous. The real issue is a matter of setting priorities. SPA can didates recognize the hard reali ty of parents in day-to-day financial crisis that often results in forfeiting education for a dead-end job; thus, the real issue is access to education. Airfare for the wrestling team must take lower priority than non-restrictive access to education. SPA has struggled with blood, sweat and tears in a six year tradition championing the cause of non-restrictive access to education. How frightening it is to imagine all the efforts of all who went before us annihilated because of yuppie apathy. Wake up people! Vote SPA — it’s the least you can do. james Munyer Journalism Poor execution After reading the April 3 arti cle by Scott Maben concerning Pete Frangos’ tragic death, we of Tingle Hall felt that it was very poorly executed. Here, therefore, are my own complaints and corrections; some are the. fault of your sources, some are your own: 1) No reference was made to John Dixon’s lifesaving first-aid at the scene. Bigelow made it sound as if she were the only competent person present. Bullshit. 2) Most of us find Ratti’s com ment (“basically dead”) to be in extremely poor taste. 3) Tingle is not a freshman dorm. 4) What could Chris Chupa have said? You made it sound like he took the Fifth when he said he didn’t wish to talk about it. 1 only wish he had been ruder to you on the phone. 5) You didn’t interview any of Pete’s friends or his roommate. 1 he only people you interview ed seemed to be interested mainly in feeding their own egos and/or teaching us a lesson already learned. Get a brain cell, Scott. Finn John Undecided
