.Editorial
New drop rule will
ease add/drop chaos
Skipping « lass on tin* first two sessions of the term
may not he the brightest tiling to do hot it happens
Her .nise of .1 new role howevei there is .1 good reason
f< 11 it not to happen
( ert.no courses in this vear s schedule of ( lasses
are marked with ao A." which stands tor administra
tive drop It a student tails to show up on. either the
first or set ond session, the teacher is allowed to drop
that student from the roll
Students who go through the hell of second-day
registration at Mr Arthur Court if thev aien't turned
away from classes altogether, are sometimes put on
waiting lists for the ( lasses thev need
Kven a waiting list is no guarantee that a student
udl get in The (lass could he filled with other stu
dents who decide the c lass is for the birds, skip it regu
larlv and then withdraw after the add deadline This
is disgusting, espec iallv at a crowded university where
r lasses are more prei ious than gold and cost $000
|S I (itit) lor out ol state students) or more per term
The administrative drop rule will give students
caught in this bureaucratic nightmare some hope
There always should have been a law against skipping
a < lass, esper tally one someone else really needs in or
der to graduate \ow there is sort of
The new rule is a good idea. Hut lor rules to be tair
and effective, they need to apply to everybody.
So far the rule applies only to smaller classes, such
as literature, foreign language and writing. It would be
far more effective if it applied to nil classes those
ludd in 200-seat lecture halls as well as in the smaller
classrooms of Friendly, Hilbert and Dearly. Filled
classes and waiting lists are just as common at the 200
seat level as they are in smaller settings.
We admit it would be a bit impractical for a profes
sor to take a verbal roll in a huge class, but there are
ways around that — such as having students sign a
sheet and pass it in.
The benefits of applying the administrative drop to
all classes are obvious. Gone will be the days when
people are turned away from a classroom or lecture
hall filled only with empty chairs.
In addition, if students know they have to be in a
class the first couple of sessions, they may decide they
like the class, stick with it and — gasp! — learn some
thing.
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" I'LL COME BACK IN THE* SPRING..AND O^N YVVPj"
Public donations much needed resource
Ill ,m age where most people would
agree tli.it things aren't what they used to
lie it's nice to know that some people still
keep their promises
List year, local media entrepreneur Car
olyn Chamhers said she would donate Si
million to the t ’diversity to establish various
fai ultv positions in the journalism and busi
ness si bools. Last Tuesday. Chambers lived
up to her word, annount mg the gilt in a Sa
lem press i ontereni e
We applaud Chambers for her generos
ity. but even more for her savvy Chambers
withheld the donation until the state
mate lied her funding During this year’s leg
islative session. Cm Neil Cnldsi hmidt in
troduced his $1 Z million "Kndowment lor
excellence" fund which will match the in
terest raised on private donations at the Uni
versity and Oregon State University
between Chambers' endowment and the
Legislature's grant, the University is about
$100.()()() a year better ott The money will
be used to create a new ( hair in the business
school, and two professorships in the jour
nalism school.
The endowment won't bump up the size
of the current faculty, nr give them much
needed raises, but it is a step in the right di
rection. Some school administrators have
said the money will give the l'Diversity an
opportunity to pursue the best teachers and
professors.
Some people might argue private dona
tions should not be accepted at a public in
stitution. but we disagree. The colleges and
universities in Oregon are woefully under
funded. and the institutions can no longer
rely on the state to adequately support them
Chambers’ and other’s donations are not
only welcome, but necessary.
Chambers is one of many people in the
last few years to donate money to the t Di
versity. Last year, California developer
Charles Lundquist donated $1 million to es
tablish an entrepreneur center in the busi
ness school. Also, the school's library was
renamed after Phillip knight, the Nike hit
co-founder who donated a substantial part of
the building's restoration costs.
We’d .ill like to live in a perfect educa
tional world. But in the meantime, private
donations will be needed to make up lot
what the state doesn’t pay. The Legislature s
recent generosity comes as a breath of fresh
air Let's hope they just keep it up
_Letters
Conservatism
Consider tills proposition A
siit iet\ will not toot; thrive th.it
is socialisticallv structured
mu h .is to deni.nut its responsi
hie i it i/e ns fiuani e the t nnse
queue e ot its irresponsible < ill
/ens
Accepting this philosophy is
basically what separates (ion
serv. lines from Liberals
A fundamental conserva
tive liberal dividing theme is
that ot personal responsibility.
i e should people take respon
sibi I it \ for the consequence of
their ai tions or inai tions'
do down the issue list \o
tu e who advm ales the individ
ual's responsibility and who
advocates society's collective
responsibility (as force-fed by
strong-arm government)
• Workfare or just plain
yvork versus welfare
• Parent i hild i are versus gov
ernment day-care
• Hiring the most qualified
versus quota hiring mandates
(i e affirmative action)
• Committed disease-free mo
nogamous heterosexual mar
n.a1' versus government fi
n.iiH ed condoms and
AIDS S||) (are lor unrestricted
' value-free' sex
• free enterprise supply and
demand haded economy and
open market place versus rent
i nntrol price i ontrol. and
"< omparable worth ''
• (.el tough" drug laws
U'isus legalizing drugs, metha
done treatment and supplying
needles
• ( apital punishment and resti
lution versus i riminal furlows
and "rehabilitation "
• Private insurance (as based
on your own risk c ategory; i.e
smoker, alcohol abuser, homo
sexual. drug user) versus na
tional health coverage and no
fault auto insurance.
Responsible citizens should
not finaiu e the consequences ot
irresponsible c itizens Rampant
evasion ol individual responsi
bility bow threatens our na
tion s existence - whether it's
drugs. sexual promiscuity,
crime or generational welfare,
loin the "personal responsibili
ty position — the conservative
position. America's future is at
stake
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mv letter on the University s
notice board so that t!u,‘ willing
students of (begun i an u rite to
me.
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country in Eastern Africa, but 1
am currently working in the
People's Republic of Mozam
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University of Oregon acconuno
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quested.
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uto, People's Republic of Mo
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1 remain to await for your let
ters which 1 promise to reply
to.
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Student