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Letters
Look within
In ''The Wizard of Oz” the
main characters followed a
yellow brick road in search of a
wizard. They ultimately found
that what they were really seek
ing was within themselves.
Those who participated in the
student election process know
about yellow brick roads. We've
heard about the magical
wizards that we ll find if we
follow them.
But now that the elections arc
over, it's time for. as Paul
Harvey puts it. ‘‘the rest of the
story.”
It begins with ourselves: not
with this person who promised
this, or that person who’s head
of that. This upcoming year will
Ik; as productive and enjoyable
as we make it.
For if we want to cause a tur
bulent transition in ASUO, we
can. If we want to play tug of
war in student government, we
can And if we want to rehash
old news and live in the past,
we can do that too.
But if we really want to ac
complish something in the next
\2 months, if we really want to
find the so-called ‘‘wizard,” we
have to look within ourselves
There we must find the in
sight and commitment to realize
our own potential, the will
ingness to cooperate and to
care, and the guts to take some
responsibility. Not coinciden
tally, these three qualities are
represented by the brain, heart
and courage that were sought
after by the scarecrow, the tin
man and the lion on their
journey.
Finding these qualities
within ourselves — isn't that
what yellow brick roads are all
about?
Phil Levinson
Student
Steady growth
Mr. Clancy, your latest letter
(ODE. April 29) was one of your
most amusing
You see, I never once said
anything about evangelists or
their familius. I hope you were
not confusing Charles Darwin
and Soviet writer Victor
Perevedentaev with )im and
Tammy Bakker (oh well, we’re
all entitled to mistakes. I
suppose).
Mr. Clancy wanted to know
why China and India aren't as
prosperous as the West. I would
suggest he study these cultures
China has vast potential, yet
for centuries it was held back by
a feudalistic system which
stressed study of the “classics"
over technological
advancement
Then it was taken over by an
inefficient communist system
India has suffered under a rigid
caste system and other social
factors, which also retarded
progress
But look at it this way: China
may be far less advanced than
Western nations, but thanks to
its large population, it has more
power and influence today than
some advanced, yet pint-sized
country like, for example.
Sweden.
Dear population control
fanatics: Would America have
been better off in World War II
with only half its actual popula
tion? Would we have reached
into space without an adequate
population bast; paying taxes
for development and producing
diverse goods necessary to
create a modem nation?
Face it, a country encourag
ing steady growth, a strong
work ethic and education, com
bined with wise use of available
resources has more potential
than some shrinking, aging
population.
Michael Cross
Graduate
Political science/history
Unfair criticism
1 write in response to the com
ment made by geologist Ann
Baker about Norma Cordell in
the article on symposium
racism (ODE. April 2*t).
1 have been both a student
and personal friend of Norma
Cordell for many years. In that
time, I have never known her to
misuse Native American rituals
and beliefs.
She has never claimed to l>e
Native American, nor to be a
Native American teacher.
Though she has studied many
years with Native American
elders, her studies have been of
many traditions, and she blends
them together to teach what I
have experienced to l>e very
powerful teachings and
experiences. _
Never has she said (host! are
Native American teachings.
Norma Cordell is a woman
very committed to her work, to
helping others and to helping
heal this planet. She is also very
involved and supportive of 1
many Native American issues. I
feel the accusations made
against her are unfair and made
without any true knowledge of
her or her work.
Kuthanne Carosio I
Eugene !
Tragedy
Ami now a follow Oregonian
is gunned down in Nicaragua,
killed by "Contra" terrorists
who were trained and armed by
his own U S government.
The terrible irony of the
violent death of Ben Linder is
that he was a man of peace A
friend of mine who had met
Linder described him as a gen
tle man with a good sense of
humor.
Linder was in Nicaragua to
help the impoverished people
of that country by contributing
his talents as an engineer. He
was killed by the Contras on
April 28 at 8 in the morning as
he prepared fora day of work on
the small hydroelectric plant
which he was helping the
Nicaraguans to build
I am deeply saddened by this
terrible murder. I atn also
disgusted that our own govern
ment is waging a war against
the Nicaraguans and their freely
elected Sandinista government
in the name of "democracy.”
Tom Voorhees. who was a
friend of Ben Linder, said this
about him:
"He was a very strong
believer in the right of the
Nicaraguan people to exercise
their own self-determination
and try to build a non-aligned
country, and his work had a lot
to do with relieving human suf
fering and was strictly of a.
humanitarian nature "
Ben Linder was a hero, killed
by a band of cowards — and our
tax dollars.
Kandy MacDonald
Political science
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