-Editorial. Athletes to benefit from new statutes At tlus week's NCAA convention in Dallas, the passage of two important issues has improved colle giate athletics On Monday, the NCAA modified the controversial Proposition 42. whir h wouldn't allow incoming fresh man athletes financ ial aid if they did not meet the re quirements set under Proposition 48 an athlete must have a high school grade point average of 2.0 in col lege preparatory classes and a combined SAT score of 7(H) Ihidei the new rule. Proposition 2b. Prop 40 nth lutes won't he eligible to receive athletic aid. but will be eligible for student financ ial aid. should thus so qualit v Mam people believed Prop 42 was racially dis criminatory because financial aid wouldn't t>c avail abb* tor Prop 48 athletes Now. however, the NCAA will allow athletes the same considerations as any stu dent who seeks finartc ial to help meet the costs of col lege The second important decision by the NCAA was the reduc tion of college basketball games from 28 per season to 2'i This number does not include postseason basketball tournaments I bis new N'( AA legislation, to go into effec I starl ing with the season, also pushes back the starting time of preseason pra< lic e from Oct. 15 to Nov 1 and delays the start of the season (the first date a game c an he plavedj from the fourth I'riday in Novem ber to I )ec t Once again the NCAA had to lake into account the time pressures of the student-athlete Basketball season eiic (impasses two terms fall and winter at schools such .is Oregon and about a scmestei-and-a-half .it other schools With conference games on Thursday and Saturday or Sunday, athletes miss as many as three days of sc hool because* of travel Despite the ohjec turns raised by athletic directors that the reduction of games will cost their schools thousands of dollars, money is really not the issue here. The issue* here is student-athletes. The* reduction of the basketball season coincides with (lit* decision reached by school presidents in the Pacific-10 Conference to eliminate the Pac-1l) men's basketball tournament after this season Although the tournament was never really given a chanc e* to survive, the elimination of the tournament will aid the athletes, as the* tourney often falls during a school’s dead week the period right before finals. All three steps arc; moves the NCAA should be lauded for as the needs of the student-athlete are final ly given the attention they deserve. EVEN IF IT DOESN'T Get us ocrr or kerf IT OUGRT4 LIVEN ’ "NING5 UP a BIT Radio spots hurt cause of striking workers A \f'lii and .1 li.d! .liter they walked off tlie jolt, workers ,it tin* Nicolai door plant in Springfield are still picketing Despite the economic hardship strikers and their fami lies have had to endure and the fait that Nicolai is succeeding in using replacement workers to keep the factory running the striking workers are stic king with it. da\ in and day out One of the things that has undoubtedly kept the strikers bv the gates has been com munity support Community members have formed organizations to help the workers with sin h things as donations of food and ( lothing Students got out of bed early this morning and stood with the picketers (!ars honk their horns as they pass the strikers on Main Street Hut sini e the strike began, some radio stations in Hugene have aired commen nils advertising for replacement workers Most recently the spots have advertised the open ing of, curiously enough, a second shift .it tli«* plant We don’t mean to single out any radio station. 01 any other media soun e as an evil union-busting thug, and we realize that most radio stations are businesses that need advertising revenue to stay on the air In most cases. ,i station should stick to its ad vertising politics, which arc designed to keep fraudulent or misleading claims from the airwaves However, this is a case iu whi( h an exception should be made. There is a difference between advertis ing to sell a product and advertising that threatens peoples’ livelihoods. Ads an nouncing openings at a plant that has been picketed by workers asking for a fair work ing agreement art; clearly the latter type Someday, hopefully soon, the strike will come to an end. with the striking workers hack .it their jobs at something resembling a fair wage Advertisements for < heaper re placement workers will only help to keep that day from arriving. The Nicolai workers were told to take a id-percent wage i ut from a company that is widely believed to have been making a prol it Now they, stand bv the company’s gate 1H months later. Surely they deserve better backing from the community’s media. Thousands listen to Kugene's radio sta tions even day. Perhaps the stations should be a hit more responsible in their advertis ing; responsible not only to the striking workers and their families, but to the com munity as well. _Letters_ Petty offenses The rt'\ Jolif Andrade "Students speak out against KIM) tickets" (01)1' Nov l!‘l) argues that the Kugene I’olii e Department has in creased patrols in the (ampus area to detour transients I n fortunately, with the increased patrols, more petty offenses, suili .is |ayw.liking. are lieing ti< keled I i .111 understand why the po le e are tr\ing to detour the transients they are had tor bus messes in the campus area Stain businesses in the area ot I llh Avenue have rei eived cus turner complaints, saving they vsill stop i oming into the htisi ness out of fear ot harassment The logical answer to this is tor the KIM) to increase the number of patrols in the area Increasing the number ot patrol cars or officers on fool would detour transients from harass ing the public Although the me reased pres ence ot more KIM) in the area is positive, it unfortunately in creases the number of tu kets written for petty offenses H\ |>rtt\ offenses I IIIIMII |.IVWalk mg .mil not li.ivmg .1 light on your bike .it night Ihere am .1 lot ol students who arc paving high lines for these offenses Man) students that I know do not have the money to pav for those offenses If the l l’l) cannot find hotter way s of supporting their quo tas there are going In he .1 lot ol unhappy students The kI’l) needs to focus more ol it s at tention on things that adversely effet t the campus lay hudlicka Kugene Patronization To the University sports pro gram As an environmentally con corned student. I am disap pointed by Hurger king s spoil sorship on the hat k of f( initial I and basketball game tickets In tin- past, the University has taken many steps (in< lud mg the banning ol styrofoam use in it s food servu es) to con tribute to the fight to save the environment I or tins reason I