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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1990)
Editorial Ciant coastal redwoods are in serious jeopardy The ( l.ish between loggers and environmentalists is sin h a never-ending problem that main of von ma> let your eves glaze over at the mere mention ol the top it Hut the issue is rearing its ugly head again, and this time it needs it) be addressed Oregon's last remaining giant coastal redwoods are in severe danger of being cut down this year, due to old growth timber legislation approved by (Congress last vear The redwoods in leopard} are part of the tirapevine timber sale, and are lot aletl just north of the (California border The problem stems from the so-called "compro mise'' legislation approved last year, which mandates a timber sales level ot ill) million board feet.If the an cient redwoods aren't iin luded in the logging, this sales level will be virtuallv impossible to reach According to Wendell Wood. Hugene spokesman for the Oregon Natural Kesouria*s (inuncil. this "com promise" legislation has from the beginning been seen as <i tremendous victory for the timber industry In deed if the state's only standing giant redwoods have to he chopper! to meet the bill's standards, it hardly seems like a fair compromise Thi* stretc h ol am lent i oastal redwoods at one lime ran from the Chetco River in Oregon to San I rancisco Hay Appallingly, about 4 pen cut of these trees re main In California, most of the old growth redwoods are protected because they lire in Redwoods National Park in northern California. The others are currently in no danger ot being logged, because they're loi ated on pn yate land or on state preserves The Saye-lhe Redwoods League m San Francisco has spent a total ot $02 million buying private tracts of redwoods in order to preserve them We in Oregon should take a lesson Irom otn neighbors to the south and get busy defending the life ol these hist or ir and valuable trees Letters ol protest, the more the better, would help the cause I lie following address was recommended as a prime place to send comments Congressman Peter Del a/in 211 F "til Ave . Suite 2H7 Fugene, ()R 07401 (>87-ti732 A short note delaying this loss wouldn't take time, and it may help to reverse the late of our last remaining redwoods i i. \|| | tp URCH...DCVES INmiMTAKE' <EJ= MIUTARV SPEMDW6 Commission correct to drop video poker List \car. in .1 H*ratf* attempt to pro vide funding lot mass transit programs and 1 ollege faculty salaries. the Oregon Lottery < ommission c ame up with a plan to intro dut e a video poker game I nfoitunateiv. almost no one wanted it t aimmissmn oftii nils estimated the game would produce Sia million ovei the next two years SJa million ol whit h would go to l.tcultv salaries Hut to start the game, the i ommission needed the support of the 1 oun ties w Ini h the\ didn’t get ()t the tii 1 oun ties in Oregon onk (aim ( ounlv approved the game Several large i ounties .ind the ( 11\ ol Portland rejet led it outright I he other counties just stalled on making .1 decision In the meantime, the plan lost support among its original barkers Last October, (aw (ioldst hmidt urged the proposal to he dropped House Majority Leader David I) 1 \ 11) Lugene). who himself to authored the hill, also agreed with the commission drop ping the game The Oregon Student Lobby never supported it. saving gambling was a poor wax to pax tor fat ulty salaries About the only people upset with the game's death are bar .mil tavern owners, who are angry at losing the revenue the game would have produced; increased sales and .m ac tual pen (Milage of the game's in take Dropping the game was a good idea 11 obviously had no support among c:ount\ ad ministrators, who feared the game would lead to increased illegal gambling As it i there are i urrentlv ">,(100 to 0,000 video pok ei machines in the state, bringing in an il legal S 100 million eat h year The $2fi million raised In the game would have been a nice little ( hunk of t ash for salaries But to echo the OSL, it would have been a bad wav to get the mnnev With his plan shelved at least tor non l)i\ has come up with another wa\ to boost salaries lie has asked the state limei - gent \ board for a $f>-$7 million allocation until the Legislature meets again in |anuar\ Pl‘11 l.otterv offic ials haven’t given up then plan vet. Because it is still on the books they can bring it hat k anvtime thin want to I lowever, until lawmakers t an come up v\ ith an additional source of revenue such .is .i sales t.i\ the faculty salary crisis, and the school finance problem in general, will only get worse -Letters Contemptuous Mu* brtil.il slaying ul I i uni versitv wnmi'n in Montreal is vi*l .itiol 111*i example nt man's i onlempt lur wunii'ii Vi*s it is an extreme example Ini! an t*\ ample ninifllmli'ss I am niil ai i using all men ul lieing si'Mst ui oppressive lu ward women Im! ini reasing i .isi's u! rape and sexual harass men! indii ate ilia! thepruhlem tines exist It s likely Ilia! the majurilv ul wnmen on tins earn pus have heel) the uhjei t ut at least one form ul harassment, even il it was just a < rass re mark Irum a passing motorist I know that the good men out there have had to take the blame tor the at lions ol a token lew Some people have gone so tar as to label all men as sexist I bis ai i usation is yet another part nt the problem I don't have any rut and dry answers to this frustrating is sue. hut 1 wish it would stop To sum it up in two simple words it sin ks hiran Hever Student tree ride I .im outraged lh.it thr I in versity Athlete l)i'|i,irtiiii>nt provided (!«•<• tickets ,nnl r\ pense paid \,i( .itunis tu .i.Imm istr.itivi' .uni Idi .il government (lltll j.lls ,111(1 spOUSI'S fill till' III dependent c How I (liven the t.u I this university has .dreads incurred a (>(><) $ tot) (Mil) delii it tu mi to the howl game despite a I,n k ol modern educational la ( ilities and equipment and he loss average salaries for fa< nils and (I I I s, I resent the add) tional expenditures tor these ol ficials I'he argument that they < mild disi liss polite s related to the Kugene Springfield area and the University while watching toothall is nothing more than a distortion of reality If they're truly concerned about the Uni versify, let them drive over to i ampus any day of the week or tall it'd he far cheaper and more i (instructive A far better proposal would have been to have a lottery and distribute the free tickets among the students of the Uni \ ersit y these are the people who support the teams through then UK idellt.ll fees ami paid attendance As lai as I am i on rented let the official "fat i .its' pay their own expenses it they truly support the I biiversi l\ (.reg Kinger (iengraphx Toxic scum \\ hat better plat e to have a toxic cover up than on our very oyy n University campus How can rve expet t our corporations and lug business to lie honest and ethical yvith their toxir yy.iste disposal when our own University can't even be honest and ethic al? Not only does our University conceal its toxir dumping from the students and the Kugene public, but it has the audai ity to do it within a few hundred feet of the Willamette River What Iretter place to dump toxics if one wants them to leach into the river? So as it sits now. our Univer si tv buries toxics on University Linds next In the river whore hundreds of < (immunity people su im .iml phis .ill spring .iml summer ,ind then conceals their o\ il to\i( deeds Se.in DeMeritl Student Academics first I he University is dis ( riminatingh promoting NCAA ■'thletii s over .u iidemii s In a memo, Provost Norm Wessells suggested people partu i|),iting in the Independence Uosvl (football team, man hing hand and cheerleaders) receive spe ( ial consideration for their fi nals The ideas suggested were an early final, a final at the begin ning of the winter term, a make-up final, or a final that could be given to participants while in Shreveport We see this policy as a slap in the face to academics and ac ademic policy It is discrimi nating: it gives a privileged mi nority the opportunity of flexi bilitv and choice denied to the rrst (it the students For years. we've heard "No early finals." "No make-up fi rials." or "no major assign merits during dead week These poll! les that have been enforr ed in the past were wiped awiiv for a minorit\ of howl hound students and football money Students should have been able to ask their instructors for opportunities equal to the aforementioned howl part it i pants Over $500,000 was put up for this game; mone\ that could have been used for uni versally beneficial ends (eg computerized registration, .is opposed to Mac Court Hell ) Do not be denied your equal rights and opportunities as tin turn-paying, thus athletic-sup porting students. Do not be duped by arguments that claim a better (more professionalized) football team will increase the quality of academics at the l 'ni versitv. Guy (effress History/Sociology Charles Reis Philosophy
