Editorial Wyden's decision leaves us unhappy It was shaping up as one heck of a political con test Sen Mark Hatfield, a Republican seeking his fifth term against Rep Ron Wyden, five-term Democrat from Portland’s trd Congressional District Political pundits agreed Hatfield was vulnerable. His stand on such issues as old-growth timber and abortion had left some of his constituents ready tor a change A well-known, strong political ligure could challenge him And experts agreed that person was Ron Wyden. Wvden made it known he was thinking about the Senate seat. He is a respected member of the House with a high-profile seat on the Energy and Commerce (,'ommittee. Ills specialty is crime and health care is sues. He knows what he's doing National Democratic officials gave him support ()vc*r $700,000 was raised in anticipation of a Senate race. Political observers waited for the official an nouncement. It never came This Tuesday. Wyden turned his hack on the Senate seat and instead, quietly filed for re-election in his Congressional distric t We were disappointed when we heard the news We think highly ot Wyden, and Hatfield has alienated os recently with his increasingly conservative moves. We hoped Wyden would make Hatfield answer some of our nagging questions. Instead, Hatfield is almost a shoo-in lor reelect ion. with only one candidate coming forth to challenge him That candidate. Bend businessman Harry Lons dale. is a political neophyte with almost no chance of beating Hatfield. Wyden gave several reasons for keeping out of the* rac e: loss of the influence be* has built in the House, the strain on his family, and little possibility of an im portant committee* appointment il he were elected to the Senate All of these are valid reasons, hut we wonder how much Wyden was influenced by a recent Urrgoninn statewide telephone poll of 5 I t voters, whic h showed Hatfield with a 4H percent to :ft> percent advantage. We also wonder how much the Oregon Democratic Caucus had to do with Wyden's dec ision Six Portland Democrats, some of them state legislators, were consid ering running for Wyden's House seat it he went after I bitfield. Right now, the Democrats hold a slim .t 1 -lit* major it\ in the Oregon House. If several of the current state Representatives trolled for a trv at a national office, it possibly would have created enough of a political vac uum that the Republicans could have gained more seats and wrested control of the House Whatever the reasons, we were disappointed with Wvden’s decision. Jl' 15»U 1 *<1,0 . *|PV-1 Qc Demo fine shows how state politics work 11 p ret tv in iu h urn! the mute nl ,i tvpii a I pnlitn.il si andal accusation, evidence. .11 Kliments, and finallv punishment The scandal in tins case was missing uionrv I nun the House Democratii (.aliens pi 1111n al fund, ami the punishment was a state teiord Stil.J.'M line levied against the 1 am us and several indiv iduals bv Sri retarv nl State Harbaia Hiiherts Ihe main targets have hern current House Majoritv l.eadei David I)i\ |l)T!u genel and his preilei essoi i lirrent state Sen Shirlev (add | D-l’ortland). Moth incurred fines from the investigation lh\ is taking Ins punishment quietlv . apologizing foi the violations and promising to pav V t H72 eithei out ot his own poi ket 01 Irom donor conlrilmtions ('■old. on the other hand has taken the issue to another level She is refusing to pav the fine instead announi ing she will take the matin up in 1 nurt Roberts who said the Democrats were a little last and loose" with their c ampaign to nils, said she found no evident e the Dr lo ot rats were deliherattdv covering up the elei lion v iolations Mut this has had little or no eflel I oil ( .old She said Roberts does not have the an thorilv to lev v lines her arise the 1 ampaign 11 nance reports were tiled sin h a long time ago Slit: also contends she had no kmml edge of any wrongdoing, and therefore can not lie held at countable ('■old's actions leave a lot to be desired Ignorance of the crime is not a defense, (fold was thi! majority leader .it the time She is responsible, whether she had am diret t know ledge or not. Looking at the reactions of (lold and I)ix provides insight into state politit s Ihx has s.iid he wants to pa\ the fine as quit kl\ as possible and gel the issue behind him That shouldn't come as much of a sui prise l)i\ fat es reelet lion next yeai and he wants to keep his majority leader post A scandal such as this could ruin him. politi cally Already, members of Ins own party have asked him to step down. House Repub licans have said they have no intention ot letting the issue drop (.old on the othei hand, yvnn’t he up loi reelet tion until l‘)‘H Voter memories rarely last that long While yy e t an t commend l)i\ for his nc lions m the si andal. yy e t an applaud his el tort to at I responsibly out e charged Hut we have nothing nice to say about (lold s el forts She seems to he trying to shift lilt1 blame by protestations and loud proelama lions Letters Out of my face II Kodnnv I avion |()/)l \n\ jri w.mis mi l>adl\ Ini protest rrs to i hange their methods win doesn I lie take liis own .idv n e .mil infiltrate then ranks H\ Ins nw n phdnsnpln d lus i nnvii lions are trul\ strung, he should he willing e\en lii die Ini his i .uise, it not will he please get nut nl our l.u es ’" |nhn Shenon Student Darn I have In ijuestion Kodni‘\ l.avtons logit ("Infiltrate" 1)1)1 \nv _’H) that the ai l ol protesting a problem is svnonv moils with "passing il onto the lie\l person I need In thank the protesters lor their ac lions II it hadn't been lor them. I would never have realized the sevual orien latum dm rmmidlion ol the ( l .\ The noise I hex made w as hunt pane news and hail tin* imiIih' l uiversity buzzing .iIhiuI what shoulci lie dime Then* arc i unllii tim; opinions hut pen pic ,uc talking, and that is the lust step to i hange \i i ording to I avion tIn' Iirst step should In' to infiltrate the system I'm sorry hut this is reality . not the A le.iin I le uses the example of Martin l.u liter kni)’ It as one u ho mill traled the system hut remem hei the i n il rights movement started uith the civil disohedi eiu e ot Kos.i Parks in a i it\ Inis not dissimilar to 1 im Hughes' him king of the Cl A in terview room door: an action w hir It diil lead to his arrest l 'nfortunatelv, Tim Hughes. Shannon Oliver and others won't gel Layton s respei t until they "die for their causes" as King and (ihandi did I tarn Stephen I'humas l ine and Applied Arts Venom In response to the \o\ 27 re \ iev\ ul the inovif 1‘i.iiurr by C.erry Whitr. Wliitr s review is n ii* lod rii m1 hired Willie 1(1 responslIiK .mil nll|e( tiveh review ( urrent movies I ( .i 11 in it undersl.old him his cm plovers have made such a grave mistake ill finding his i ritiijue either responsible Or ohjei live I te i ritii i/.es the lilm as being "iinrealistu " It is not nei es sar\ lor a movie to he realistic tor it to he enjovahle espe ( ially to i hildren He sa\s the "photographv re lies on stupid camera triiks that (\(m| have seen several million times. " not just one million, hut several million Children would not consider these tin ks stupid and mini dane as lhe\ are e\ai ll\ that i hildren They haven’t seen those trk ks a million times I le is a sell proi laimed I’ollx an/M hater It is in poor judg ment that a hater ol sue It a i hi! dren's i lassit would he i hosen to review another children's mm if It serins that White mi longer apprec tales the greatest i harm ill ( hiltlren s movies simpln i l\ I .isk that he not w aste time w ith sin h 'atroc ities and il lie must continue with Ins over dramatized and blatantly hi