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
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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