Editorial
Donate to help the
homeless and hungry
Christmas is a special time for all; yet some, because of
unfortunate circumstances, do not get a change to ex
perience what is so special about it.
White most of us go home to extravagant dinners, others
go hungry.
Christmas is the manifestation of a spirit, a spirit that
traditionally has included giving generously to one another.
And no one deserves more to be one of the receivers of
generosity than those who truly are in need.
In Oregon, there is a significant amount of hungry,
homeless individuals without family to fall back on during
these joyous times of celebration. If you have not done
anything to help out someone who is less fortunate than
yourself sometime during the year, perhaps now would be
an appropriate time to take a minute and donate some of
your time or money to help the poor. Toys too could be
donated, both new or used, to brighten up the life of a child.
Here is a partial list of organizations in the Eugene area
that are helping others this Christmas and would gladly ac
cept contributions to help the less privileged:
•Children's Services Division, a state agency, provides
families in crisis situations with food, clothing and toys.
Donations may be given by calling (»8B-7C»20.
•The Eugene Mission will help brighten up Christmas
for homeless who stay at the mission Christmas day. Useful
gift items as well as food and money are needed and can be
donated at the mission, 1542 W. First Ave. Call 344-3251 for
information. , , , , , . ,
•Tree of Joy gives gifts to needy children, elderly and
disabled area residents. For information, call 686-9622.
• Food for Lane County will help coordinate the distribu
tion of food baskets to more than 5,000 area residents. Bring
donations to 255 Madison St. or drop them off at the collec
tion barrels in Fred Meyer stores and some University-area
businesses. For more information, call 343-2822.
•The Salvation Army needs donations of food items and
toys for Christmas baskets. Drop off your donations at 1590
Willamette St. or call 344-7890.
Attend meeting to protest
state board search process
The Oregon State Board of Higher Education will meet
Friday, Dec. 18. to discuss and revise the university
presidential search process. The process is being changed
from one dominated by the campus community to one con
trolled by the stale board and the chancellor's office.
The revision of the presidential search process
represents another move by the state board to consolidate its
control of higher education in Oregon. And as the board
consolidates its control, the students and faculty of Oregon's
universities proportionatley lose their control in the
decision-making process.
Against this politically motivated state board the
students must continue to speak out and demand accoun
tability. Those who initially protested against the retirement
of President Paul Olum should continue their opposition
and attend the state board's deviously timed meeting this
Friday at Portland State University in the Michael J. Smith
Memorial Center, Room 338.
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Letters
Satire
Rebecca Harris’s misconcep
tion of what constitutes
"satire" certainly proves her
contention that "it's a crazy
mixed-up world...”
True satire requires both a
thorough understanding of that
which is being satirized and a
degree of sensitivity for one's
target audience. I seriously
doubt "Guardians of American
Morality" have either. As a
musician I know from personal
experience that the local "R & B
crowd" contains a high percen
tage of macho assholes, some of
whom have abused their
spouses. The indiscriminate
public display of a blatantly
degrading poster with no at
tempt at explanation was a
cheap adverising gimmick,
nothing more. To elevate it to
the status of "satire" is to
swallow the trait like a rube.
Exploitation of sex for adver
tising is more insidious than
unabashed pornography
because its impact is mostly
subconscious. This can lead to
tacit acceptance of attitudes that
one might vehemently deny on
a verbal level. This poster inci
dent is a case in point. Possibly
some or all of the band really
believes there was nothing
wrong with the poster, outside
of it being a little risque. Their
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tacit acceptance of sexism is so
strong that they went a little too
far in expressing it for com
munity tastes — and were amaz
ed at the backlash.
A sad side note: Musicians
generally are treated so poorly
in this community that ANY
publicity is potentially advan
tageous. This controversy has
probably assured GAM of a
larger audience than the poster,
or the band, would ordinarily
have drawn.
Hiawatha
Graduate, music
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Prudent people recognize na
tions. no less than individuals,
must cooperate to resolve dif
ferences. Essential thereto is a
thorough and legitimate
understanding of the opposing
view.
The Washington Post story,
“Soviet media fills week with
American themes” (R-G, Dec. 6)
describes favorable articles
prepared for distribution by
Tass, the official Soviet news
agency, for Gorbachev's visit,
including one, "USSR-USA:
Cooperation of Libraries,”
which elicits deep chagrin and
concern. An example shows
how such exchange is used to
•‘balance” atheist/theist
holdings prejudiciously.
Familiarity with the literature
available at the University
Library under the subject
heading “atheism" shows that
collection seriously is com
promised in a manner that sug
gests conscious efforts to pre
vent ready access to valid
atheist arguments. Suppression
also is evident at LCC, Eugene
and Springfield Municipal
Libraries, and in a Eugene High
School surveyed.
This estimate is bolstered by
seeing rare, valuable books in
the library's possession, expen
sive to acquire — an edition of
Sepher Toldoth Jeshua, and a
book by H. Blavatsky, not in the
collection — offered for lot bid
despite assurances by the
Special Collections curator that
each title had been individually
considered and judged inap
propriate for the University.
Of about 115 titles in the
catalogue under "atheism," 55
are in Russian — 54 legitimate
arguments, one a theist argu
ment published in Paris. About
15 titles each in French and Ger
man equally are divided by
theist/atheist presentations.
Some 30 titles in English are
overwhelmingly theist presen
tations of atheism, generally
authored by clergymen, that do
not present valid atheist views
and are written in a style meant
to confound, mislead and
dissuade the reader with clever,
dishonest argumentation.
Although the library uses the
qualifier, few of the religiously
biased publications are iden
tified "Atheism
Controversial," which would
aid students to access valid
presentations. One questions
the wisdom of allowing such
unidentified theist arguments
under atheism when the library
provides numerous theist
listings.
Bert Tryba
Eugene
Good move
Good job, Dan Martin, for
dumping the ASUO Record for
a quarterly publication, the
ASUO Review.
The Record was a useless, lef
tist propaganda sheet used by
the former ideologues occupy
ing Suite 4. No real attempt was
made to give alternative points
of view. The most important
thing it lacked was basic infor
mation about the ASUO and its
programs as well as coverage of
local concerns that are affecting
the campus.
Based on the figures given in
the Dec. 2 ODE article, more
students will be reached at less
cost. This is a better value for
the student body.
However, 1 would like to
know what happens to the other
$1,635 in allocated funds for
this publication if it cost ap
proximately $3,465 to run the
ASUO review in the Emerald
and the course guide a combin
ed total of six times a year?
Patrick Glenn
Business, management