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Editorial New Saferide status, but same program Project Saferide became an independent ASUO program last Friday; it is no longer under authority of the ASUO Ex ecutive, and as an independent organization, it now receives its own share of incidental student fees. This is good and had The ASUO Executive is new free to concentrate on other activities; however, some problems with the Saferide program remain. As an afterthought, it's apparent Saferide had been receiving incidental student fees all along, albeit indirectly. Oist week former Project Saferide Coordinator Shannon Meehan stated the program received its income from "fund raising, donations and advertising, not from incidental fees," However. ASUO President Steve Nelson conceded the ASUO office and staff spent time working on the project. The ASUO is fee-funded Moreover. Saferide received a $;t.(MK) payroll transfer from the t«M7-HH ASUO Executive in addition to the awarded to Saferide by the Incidental Fee Committee. We agree wiln tne scope oi catenae — to proviae a "safe, convenient way for women to move around" the cam pus and the University environs after dark and serve as an ef fective rape prevention program. According to a recent report compiled by Project Saferide coordinators, more than 1,000 women used the shuttle service last term. Similarly, students demonstrated strong support for the program in a random sample poll con ducted last week. Clearly, students support l*roject Saferide. Yet certain aspects of the program should lx? reviewed. For instance, one of the long-term goals of Saferide was and is to become self-supporting through user-fee subscriptions, advertising and sponsorships from businesses. To date, the latter two goals have yet to be realized. According to the original goal statement written in January 198t>. "advertising revenue from the sale of space (on the vans)... is expected to be very valuable.' Hut Acting Saferide Coordinator l.aurie Hooper said the project has yet to receive any income from the sale of ad space — in fact, the project has even lost revenue from failed attempts at advertising. This, however, is a minor setback and can be remedied through lietter advertising management. Sponsorships from businesses also have fallen below expectations. Hooper said the project has yet to receive even one business sponsor. But this. too. may lx; remedied through better marketing techniques. As Saferide’s recent report indicated, the program is an expanding project and will need more resources as time goes by. Because Saferide is now under the 1FC budgetary pro tress. next year's coordinators and staff should make a greater effort to keep the operating cost down. The program would do well to consider the advice of Steve Frichette and Donna Cooper and consider renting the! vans to other g.oups when not being used for Saferide. Of greater concern is the all-women drivers policy. Under IhX] funding guidelines, no group can receive funding if it excludes any segment of the University community from participating in any aspect of a program. Obviously, the cur rent Saferide policy regarding all-women drivers is in viola tion of I PC funding guidelines and may have to be reformed. 0tfmailekkiivlikemhart$a>mqyTtovery ftxite!* Letters Beyond war This loiter is written in response to Deborah lanes' com prehensive and very well writ ten article on the ROTC (Spec trum. May 7). In the article it is stated that I am a member of the Coalition Opposed to Registration and the Draft, when in fact I am the coordinator of the Draft and Pre enlistment Counseling Project of Clergy and laity Concerned By editing my statement on Vietnam and guilt, my point is completely lost. My point was that it is not just the grunts that pulled the trigger or the officer that gave the order that must carry the guilt. It is also the policy makers and politicians who sent us there, the corporal ions of the military industrial complex which produced the weapons of mass destruction, the workers whose hands created them, the merchant seamen who shipped them, the university students and professors with their Department of Defense grants who envisioned them, and a largely apathetic society which allowed it to continue for 10 long and bloody years. Also, 1 cannot take credit for the statement, “In war, truth is the first casuality." Those words were spoken by the Greek poet Aeschylus. I do hope the statements of w'omen's studies director Bar bara Pope were taken out of con Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday escept during e»am 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 hoor ot the Erb Memorial Union and is a member ol the Associated Press The Emerald is private properly The unlawful removal or use ot papers is prosecutable by law General Staff Advertising Direr tor Susan Thelen Production Manager Wayne Michael Lotttnville Classified Manager Alyson Simmons Assistant to the Publisher Jean Ownbey Advertising Sales: Peter LoFleur / Sales Manager Teresa Acosta. Janelie Heitmann. Catherine Lil|a. Rich Mart;. Joseph Menrel. Joan Wtldermuth Advertising Apprentices: Ten Boring. Heather Muli. Bar bara Rogers. 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Dan Wheeler Production: Michele Ross r Ad Coordinator Supervisors: Sandra Bevans. ShuShing Chen Eliot Knight. Angela Muni/. Ingrid White Technicians: Kelly Alexandre. Ronwin Nicole Ashton, Virginia Baniaga. Samantha Barbitta. Sara Briscoe. Janet Emery. Judith Gat/. Lisa Haggerty. Linda Jones. Jung Lee. Donna Leslie. Bobbie Lo. Kelli Mason. Mike McGraw. Rob Miles, Diana Moy, Julie Paul. Serena Williams text. I cannot believe that the masculinization of women, by intei-grating into a viciously brutal patriarchal structure that permeates both the military and American society, will help the human species evolve beyond war. Ron Phillips Draft and Pre-enlistment Counseling Project Coordinator More facts I've done something that I assume homosexuals hope nobody else does: I checked in to the claims within the "Gay Plague" pamphlet. The libraries at the University contain many of the medical journals and books used as sources. One hotly contested claim relates to homosexual inales and their average levels of pro miscuity. The Hell and Wein burg research listed in the pam phlet seemed to back that point quite well. I found other (very current) sources testifying to high levels of promiscuity generally ex isting. regardless of AIDS, among a huge percentage of male homosexuals. As for VD rates: Three quarters of U.S. AIDS cases have appeared in homosexual males, and up to 50 percent of San Francisco’s homosexual males may harbor the AIDS virus according to recent reports. And Devin Adair’s book, "The Homosexual Network.” stated that San Francisco's VD rate was 22 times the national average just a few years ago. What about rather odd sexual behaviors? Epidemics of amoeba infections, intestinal parasites and the Gay Bowel Syndrome could be due to rim ming (oral contact with the anus). The book "The Gay Report” listed that most male homosex ual respondents to this study engaged in this activity at least once, about a quarter admitted to fisting (insertion of the fist in to the rectum) before. Check "Medical and Shrgical Risks in iiandballing: Implica tion of an Inadequate Socializa tion Process" in the journal of Homosexuality (HUH) for a more explicit description of this behavior. We have been tol 1 to become "educated" on theie issues. I couldn't agree more. Elaine Ryser Springfield Punch drunk I am writing about the selec tion of KFNW as the sports pro gramming station. One of the greatest aspects of Oregon is its openness and dedication to pro gressive values Hy awarding the rights thus, the school has chosen to ignore their conscience long enough to make a with Southern California-based broadcast in terests. KXL and KPNVV repre sent "prescribed” (or proscrib ed) choices fur this area. It takes very little to trace the affilia tions of those involved. The obvious and more honest choice would have been KDUK. Their format is progressive and the management honest, and they lack a "hidden" motive for broadcasting the games. That KDUK was artificially excluded proves that the University is eager to show loyalty to elements that have guaranteed it "a piece of the ac tion” when the financially starved Eugene area is developed by outside interests. It is this economic despera tion that worries me. Will the true fans of Oregon sports be happy with this? If the Duck’s lose, will they enjoy having Jerry tell them that they can just put it on their Nordstrom’s charge account? I am certain that the greater public is not aware of the true consequences of these continual back-room "deals." Oregon sports fans haven't been blinded to these consequences.. .yet. It takes a little longer to be honest, it costs a little more to protect the environment, and it takes a greater effort to keep a decent place in an indecent world. I would ask that they consider not giving up their future to a rigged present, and the punch drunk horse that it flew in on. Robert Ewbank Eugene
