.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. 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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 |»n \V(ill.ni ask von to pui mv letter on the University s notice board so that t!u,‘ willing students of (begun i an u rite to me. I am .i 20-year-old kenvan. a country in Eastern Africa, but 1 am currently working in the People's Republic of Mozam bique. Vly only hobby is to make friends with people of different nationalities. I assume that the University of Oregon acconuno dates people of different coun tries who I think will do as re quested. My address is: Avenida de Angola No. 740-2 Andar. Map uto, People's Republic of Mo zambique. 1 remain to await for your let ters which 1 promise to reply to. Vincent O'Augustino Student