Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 30, 1989, Page 3, Image 3

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    _Letters_
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The I S has u»«• to xv.tr to
light against t olonialism .mil
fascism I oil,t\ tin' ( I \ .mil
t S foreign An! is fighting ,i
xv.it tor i olonialism .mil I.im ism
• ig.iinst llic m’If ilrti'rmm.itioii
ol .m oppressed popular r
I'ln-ri* xx til he no turtH oat so
llit ioll .IS XX !' 11111 III the I ’ll 11 ip
pines xx hen xxe traded our sup
port lor the Mari os die tatorship
for that ol a popular uprising It
is no small loincideme xxh.it
within 24 hours ol a UIA re
i ruil protest arrest that six |e
suit priests were hrulallx mill
dered within the confines ot
the University of Id Salvador
and Myles Hrand dei lares high
er Affirmative Action standards
for the University
Ot course this is tile same
double standard America has
found acceptable under the
Reagan years Tim Hughes, a
victim of discriminatory senti
ment is punished hv the Uni
versitv for standing up to dis
crimination and murder Not
just student conduct charges,
hut i riminal i harges
That Hrand can discuss at
firmative action and constantly
state that the best argument
wins, while the cover arm of
U S foreign polii \ recruits on
our i ampus is a i ontempt of
decent.v Hughes' arrest shims
that Hrand is not able to make a
leap from a meilioi re philoso
pher to a great one. xx ho is xx ill
mg to b.n k up rhcturii xx ith
moral action
Hughes made that leap in
solidarity with murdered sill
dents i lergx union ai tix ists
peasants and affirmative ai lion
David Landrum
Student
Violence
It’s probably not 11><> < ommon
In get letters i ompi.oiling alanil
t lassilietl advertisements. but 1
muldn I Irl the threat' spun
soil'd 1 jv the Club Sports tor 11»*•
\m lft rugbv game go |()/)/
Nov It.|
I vv.isil I shot ked so much bv
tbo trii'inllv invitation (Watch
Kughy or l)ii''|. In: t bv I In* ap
parent philiisupliv "I Ibi' I in
v ersitv i ugbv team 11 igiit Yin
Inn i' w ilb Violent r l li.it s the
()nl\ Wav lo V\ in')
I or ini' its .i s.ul statement
tor I hi- rugbv li'am. amt the
University list'll Statements
likf* ibis art? always m poor
tastr. trut tins is t*spi*i lallv
worse in light ol recent eftorls
of the ASl'() and other assorted
i unipus organizations to de
crease violence, and increase
the awareness of racism,
homophobia and other pro!)
lems
There will lie some of you
wtio will think this is pist a lit
lie thing, and that 1 am blowing
the problem out of proportion
For those of you. I say go see
"Still killing Us Softly" and
Spike bee’s "Do the Kight
Thing." and then tell me little
things don't make a different e
And don't look lor me in the
stands at a rugby game
Stephen I hoinas
Student
Astonished
()n Wednesday night (Nov
1 I 1 vveill to see the siities Inn
Hughes took ol Ins trip to North
Korea this past summei I was
astonished fm two reasons
First Hughes' photos and
commentary were evi client
The event altrai ted over JTcOtit)
students from all over the
_l_ULelters Policy
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taining comments on topics of interest to the Univer
sity community. Comments must be factually accu
rate and refrain from personal attacks on the character
of others.
Letters to the editor must be limited to no more
than 250 words, legible, signed and the identification
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mitted .
THK PAR SIM
By GARY LARSON
world, snini' risking their lives
to nuke it In tin' < onfereni e
the photos of the opcttiutt .itul
i losing t I'rt’imimis th«* dam
cis speakers .tin) students cl
even untlnn.diU <ind rain were
i ompletelv breathtaking
t'ntortmiateIs I was also as
tnmuled .it the hit I tli.it ouh a
handful of people I atlic 111 see
the slides I. wish more students
had a i ham e to see these beau
Idol photos testifying to the
spirit ot solidaritv that mutes
all students no matter what
i ountrv the\ are Iroin
I would urge am and .ill slu
dents interested in the slides to
lont.n t llughes.lt ASl'() Legal
Serviies |\U7.t| lie might he
generous enough to show them
again it enough students show
interest I'hese slides are some
ol the ties! I've ever seen I en
courage all students to take
time to learn about the interna
tional student movement
Thank vou Tim Hughes, tor
a wonderful evening
r
lustin Mi kenna
Pol it it at Scieni e
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