Letters
Questionable
The I incr.iltl .irli( le ot N'nv
.!'l entitled "St,lie Wastes * ill i
misrule was dangerous mis
leading and xx rung
There are over JO toxic waste
(lump sites ill the Lilgene
S|>r 111viI ic• IcI area The Oregon
Department ol I .iivironmenlal
Qualil\ has c until med toxic re
leases at tja dump sites m the
states many requiring costly
c leaniip ellorts The DTQ has
c ontirmed that I a million
pounds ol toxic c hemic als were
released into Oregon's air in
1 • IH 7
Why did the luntvnld print
this story There are mam
groups on < .impels OSI’IKO
Survival renter. Lux lronmentel
Studies Library , yvhere the I in
rr.ilil c mild have c hec Ted their
Tac ts. This type ol mindless re
iteration ot fluffy pap. spewed
out hy the feel good folks isu I
journalism it's sc n• nc c• 1 u tion
\nn Reed
(.engrapln
Neglect
At ilines wi I,ii r sitn.itions
yye must comment on. heme
the follow mg array ol ( ommeii
Ian to I.ii e the plethora ol mis
management sheltered
thought and overall neglect I
have seen in the l inrr.llcl this
last month |l won t tout h the
ret ent w hilling in this set lion
h\ students who need to justify
their complat ent v m apathy
with Don't Koi k I lie lio.tl log
it I
The photograph ol a
spra\ painted Swastika to
draw attention to an article on
rile (lungs ol huge lie W Itll
out referent e to w here this gr it
till appeared is nothing short
ol sensationalism and shows
no sensilivit\ to those w ho sut
ten'll, anil still suffer, from
\a/i hate
In t ovei mg the protests to
stop CIA recruitment at the
1bii versity youi reporters anil
editors showed what nicoin
plete reporting and editing
leads to covering a press
t onferent e instead of a major
rally. lot using on Shannon ()li
ver s grievance the lust day ol
protesting hot lie gift ling to
mention her the second day
(both front page news) not re
porting on the violent actions
ol the ret ruitei and Ins refusal
to slate the "agenr \ 's' objet
lives; nor realizing the Kingian
objet live ol the protesters to
stop <i greater evil
To really t onvey the sli ug
gle over ancient forests. Chris
Hlair |(//>/ \m JH|. you must
present the illtrii ate t oncepts
winch form the real crisis H\
simply ottering up the views ol
the industry without peeling
ayy.iy the layers of propaganda
you only mislead, not inform.
..ivev the 1'iiv'iioiiinent.il
ists' i misery ationists1 and
preservationists points of
y ieyy . I propose ,i next am ielit
Ill
tuifsts mtii’s What i.s rralh
iug on. and whine v\«• i an
out
|nn«ih Hookstrm
l*hilosoph\
Attitude
Ret mth tin' h'mrr.ihl report
cil th.it Oregon's toxic waste
problem is 'miniscule and lh.it
tu\u dump Mil's .nr nut pai
lii ularh dangerous lu people
| l)l)h: Nov _”>| These state
llll'llls .lie 111,11 i III,lie .mil l If.lie
tile illusion that Oregon has not
lit'i'll 'alter ted In the poisons
that have heen dumped into
our ait land and w atei
I n dale the l begun I Jepart
iiient ot I.n\ iroiiinental Quality
has lonlirnied s_’"i hazardous
dump sites in the state and it
IS Siispct ted that there ma\ he
as mail v as 1 I Kill 1 here are .1 •
siii h sites in the Kugene
Spi inglield area
I n add il ion tlie I )!\Q has
nlenlilied 17t> instant es ol
groundwater contamination
Many ol these contaminants
liar e heen linked to i am er
biith detei ts (11 sol del , .1 the
nervous system, and mam oth
er serious illnesses I ileum
this con t rad it Is the i barge that
these sites pose lit) threat to
publir health.
Another problem that has vet
to be addressed is the tail that
j 2 million pounds ot tovit
i hetnii als w ere dumped into
t begun s air in 1‘IHH (ISI’IKO
has i ol lei led this data from the
the ( lit 'go 11 Stale lire Mat
shall s oltu e and has made
ibis inhumation available to
the ()l)i but it has nut been
utilized
Cleartv a large number ot
students are concerned about
ibis issue and are at 11 vel\
working In inform lht‘ public of
fin- problem .md promote sold
lions I hope !lml in ill'' lullin'
tile ( >P! w ill help to report file
Iruth vs huh is tn.it Oregon
t.ues .1 dangerous toxn vv.isle
problem lh.it w ill onh gel
worse it ue adopt the altitude
that all is v\ ell
11.dene I in in
OSI’IKl.
Civil liberties
Ket eiit IV I not u et I a letlei
(rum |oii Udllamlei |( II >/ I )ei
1) staling that i iv il liberties
should be taken away. starling
u tth an anti abortion bill
Hie feminists volt talk about
exist solely to eouulet your
lair" views o! taking w omen s
rights awav lliey seem In have
a reasonable [ilea I don t need
any government's hand plaving
around inside nie
I in si 11 e at tel v oui fust sei les
ol government reipiiied anti
prostate earner tests you will
i hange the \ lew s v ou held bar k
in 1‘ifi‘i
Please, mind vnui ow n bust
ness I hesitated to Wllle this
letter her arise I know its not
my plat e to dii late w hat
should happen to any temale s
Irodv And it's not votn plat e
either
And. all I 'diversity students
have a right to i omptuin pro
test i oilei t anything they
want I hev ie protesting an is
sue that alter ts them eipiallv
U ho are \ou to sav they are
'dissident university slu
dents’
I dually don't lake your preg
11ant wile to a potentlalIv dull
genius protest Non are ’ <o re
sponsible' lot bet
Stev e I pstem
I main e
Oregon Ihiilx _ _
Emerald
am wee* and vacations by ihe 0*<.
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