Editorial Don't make finals harder for teachers Tin. cnil ol l.ill term is upon us This work ill I in mi sits students will bin kin down lot finals trv big to survive the l.isl low si bool il.ivs ()u Sulimiav . vvhon liu.ils .in done vr.irs ()i e gull will pliiv ill .1 post season football gatin’ 1'vi*11 though most proplr h.ivi1 supported Oregon s .a ( cplniit.<■ ol thr bowl bid. it has (rralrd a iiiiii|iir i t ill problems Hi t aiiso thr gaino comes at thr end of It mils wr.'k nirmliris of thr football train choci loading sipiad and mart lung band will noss thr last thror days ol 11ti.iis \thlolrs missing i lasses is nothing new I oat hors tegulat'lv irst hrdulr tests lor tlloiii It is a( ( rptotl and iarch drbalrd Hut l»i'( ausr it s born n vr.ns sinrr the las! bowl game novci has thr i ummt administration had to deal with so mam students missing final exams, on masse In a memo dated \ov ill Hrovosl Xoiman Wes sells sent a note to I Diversity fat uItx mcmbeis. detail mg how tliov could help the bond members tootball players and cheerleaders take then exams Wrssrlls outlined several options, including take home tests early or make up exams and allow ing students to lake tests m Shreveport the dev be!ore the game However. Wrssrlls said in the interest ot I.unless II a lake home ol rerlv exam Was SI lledllled tol a toot hall pl.iyet hand menibei oi i heerleadet the option had to be made available lo all the students III the i lass Wrssrlls' i out em Ini fairness is admilable bill Ills sol ii t ion i ■- mi win k able (Mining early exams to all class mumbeis t n-ates .i logislii al nigbtinare Ini an already overworked Ini ulu stall who have lo make extra versions ol tests ami ai lunge lie looms Professors dislike linals almost as much as students do It seems uuluii to I.k iillv to lull den them with more work at their most diflir lilt lime ol I 111' tt'l 111 Wessells' solution doesn't go t.u enough in making things lair tor ever\lioil\ What out large (lasses with multiple set lions some ot which have athletes and hand members, and some ot whii h don I 'i ou ( an I gel around the issue. When you consider it. the hand, team and cheer leaders onh make up t ut students out of a I’niversiU population of more than I7.tl()t) It’s simph not worth it to disrupt the entire I hiiversitv for that tew a mini her Because only a small percentage ot the students will he affected, don't make professors lives harder than they alreadv are Teachers should assist the hand mernhers. loothall players and t heerleaders in their i lasses in finding a reasonahle time to t.ike their finals Then the\ should administer the final exam to the rest of the ( lass as it nothing v\ as out ot tin* ordinary J^LSdrrlg i ■teth •a bike... a TV set., new skis... Oh. and another thing: increase the limit on my parents credit cards." Initiative wraps up packaging problems List week the1 (begun Sti»tt• Public Intel est Kesean li (I roup and members oj the L'gislntine announced an initiative i,nn paign that would enai t stm I new rei vi ling standards for pai kaging materials sold in (begun It approved, this law would lie the most extensive rei yr ling law in am state As landfills across the nation reach i a|iai it\ and mam stall's look .a ross their borders to find planes to dump their gar bage the need for a more extensive rei v< I itig programs has grown And as more and more state legislatures enai t toughei rei m ling laws. Oregon, wlm h was in the lecyi ling lorelront when it passed the nation's lust bottle lull in lo t. has fallen tar behind othei states in progres sive rei vi ling laws Hie initiative, it passed would require pai kaging to meet one ot these three require ments IIV |dll 1 loo t • Par kaging must be made ol at least >0 per i ent (b\ weightl rei Vi led inateiials • i ontainers must be able to he reused for the same purpose at least live times • Pat kaging must be inr luded in an effer tive 11a vi ling program, or must lie made ol mate rials that are being eliei 11 v el v rei vi led |a re i vi ling rate ol I "> peri ent In loo t and in < leasing In .1 (it) pen nil rale by 2(H)—) Ibis law linalK would begin In deal with the American "throw away" attitude Mam food products are packaged in plas tics plastic loam and aluminum foil These products, like microwave meals, snack foods and i a rd bun id drink containers, usuallv are designed for immediate consumption, and the containers and parkaging are thrown away after use. "Disposable" containers are rarely rer v< led and make up a good portin' ol our garbage I bis new initiative is looked upon with much relief Oregonians ret. vole more the main olliei state hut there are not enough options available for consumers who want to rer vi le ( ousumeis need to her nine more in volved and use their buying power to influ ent e manufacturers If consumers onh purchase products that am pat kaged m reusable ( nntainers ami avoid ovei packaged and non reusable t,nn tainers. it will entourage manulacturers to produce eiiviromiieiit.illv sound packagin'-' that is reusable and perhaps made out ol re t \ cled prndiu ts Supporters want to place tin* initiative on the November, 1 *». l'l’Mi Tliev believe tliev t an do it. let 's hope for our sake tliev t an _Letters_ Lemmings I Ins luttur is in ri'spnnsu to tin1 Irlti'i I liltri-ti is hatiud I>i 11111■ mi Ii.iIi' ini' .uni I li.itc me Ituys s.n il luml The i ii ail.is .nr humming all around I laic is ()li (aid I ni i nnim)4 I've uni In ship wi ll inn I ■'11|ii\ h.tlicil Inn nun Ii i-Vi'ii hetlei ill.in drugs Trent \\ mill SlUlll'Ill Unresolvable In response In |on Wnllauder l()l)h: Dei 1| Win iln um msisi upon ai going an unrt’solvahlt' i onflii I' Non i an armin' ilhoul abortion until tlic sun explodes. and people slill won I agree I’copli' arc different liisiilt* uat.h per son's mind is a whole universe ol Iwliels and nmiepts ahoul life What makes you think \our lieliefs are am lietter than someone else si* Have you linen talking ilirnt ll\ with some del tv unknown to the rest ol us:’ Making a l.iw that applies to people villi don't even know is not H"int; to solve the problem I here are always going to be women who want and need abortions we need to make it sale for them I bis is not pro kill it s proa bon e I! you and your wile think, abortion is wrong. that's fine, but it's none ol your business d someone else needs one I don’t see am pro i lion e people at vour dot tor s otfii e. si reaming at vour wife to abort As lot all the vulval signs Ho the\ sound burly appropri ate to me and I am bardlv a 'radii al feminist Mark l ink I'elei iimnumii alums and film True definition The I'mcruld is probably the worst paper I have ever read ll is mi biased, and I don't believe I have ever read an article on the tirs! three pages whir h has not put someone else down, whether it he Kit h Brooks or President Bush Honestly, it you feel you rail do ii heller job from t oat liing lootball to running our country I suggest vou go out and do it bet ause running a paper lias proved to he one of your weak spots When I think of liberals. 1 tend to think of people who represent themselves as those who discourage prejudice and as those who tare lor others Thr word hypocrite also c.unit's to mind, as tlit* llmrntld is ob\ i tnisly very liberal. ami il is also very prejudiced against am conservative off it ia 1 or t au.se Wlit'ii I lirst t amt* to lliis uni versitv. I foil that I was .tl least a littlf bit liberal Ntm I realize I am not. II being liberal is put ling everyone else down, with out looking a! m\ self til's!, then I don't want any pari of i! Thank you for helping me re alt/.e what seems to he the true definition of liberal hypo t risv and intolerant e Marianne (iabrielsen Journalism -Letters Policy_ Letters to the editor must he limited to no more than 2 »0 words, legible, signed and the identification ot the writer must be verified when the letter is submit ted . 1 he Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style.