Editorial
Miller gets passing
grade for first year
'>ini i■ hugeim Mum |rll Millet h,i> marked his uni*
\ i'.ii ambl ei sal \ ill taking ullii i il liliir In grade ln>
U i il k I llll> 1,11
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j it m l.ilitin> I lit il i 14 the i . 11111 i.i i >> i) In desi tilled llimsell
as .i sin ul 111 h*i iiI. lint ,i 11sc ,iI eonsei vat i\e In I»•>ns
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In ili mI u till si iiiir nl llii' i ill's miisl ilillii nil problems
Ihr hnmi'li'ss i.H ism .mil dm housing shnitage In n.mm
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dm' \e,u I,ih i Millet v;i•!s ,i passing 41• ni<• \"l .in
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sililr l,isk' Mnstlv Im pi.mimil I Im i it\ In i ;mm mini
il.iliil uilli task limes, studv gioups ,md i.ommilleos.
i! i ■ I >. 11 i 114 ,i wide l.lil'^e nl Inpii s Millet |».lt ii:llt l\ . i V\ .lit
nl dm reports on die various stud ies
Must ol the stmill's .He mm in, anil Miller in Ids
SI.ite ol tin- t 11\ address last week outlined Ins throe
part anemia Ini I'l'Ml Ills plan ini.hided opening
i him lies Im homeless I,unities reopening \\ ill.imette
Street through the hugene Mall, and renovating dm
vottlli spoil programs in tlm i itv
W hile Miller s agenda is a step fonvnid. it isn t as
I,n re,ii long and ainhilinus as some people ma\ have
liked did liei atise he isn't attempting to do everything
at oiii e Millet mnv just he aide to ai t ompllsh Ills
goals
So tar the proposal to turn i him lie do homeless
l.miik shelters has rei eiveil the most attention and the
most coutiovets\ lust ahout eveivbodv has an opinion
on establishing these shelleis. using entirely volunteer
stalls
I lie plan is a good one hut still needs a little
woii (iliuii h offii i.ils seem to like the idea and the
i 11\ is blessed with a wealth ol volunteer Inboi II is a
serious at tempt at redlining one set lion ol I lie homeless
I II i I l It 1. 11 11 III
I nlni III ll.tli'l \ tin- proposal also hits Ms i|r,lull,ii ks
ll would i'\i ludi! single homeless persons. drug usris
,11III .ill ullnlli s ullu lll.lke tip ll large peri outage ol
llu' i il v s lii in it* Ii ’ss population llii' pi. in s complete
ilrprmli-iu \ on volunteers is .ilso .1 problem Millet
doesn't w.ml die i 11\ to shell mil .un Inn ks for llie pm
jei l llul to m.ike it work, lie's going In have to spend
inoiiev .is well .is Irv .mil gel ,uhiilion.il stale funding
lui leasing the amount ol voutli spoils hit ilities is
also a popnl.n idea There is a largo ilifhmtntial he
tueen program pal I ii ip.mis and the mnnher nt fields
ms anil pla \ eioiuids avail.tide loi their use The In
i ilities that are being used are in sail shape, woefully
behind in maintenance si hedtdes
\gain. Mil lei v\ .mis to use volunteers to li\ the
i 11\ s ills being i arelul u ilh i itv dollars is one tiling,
hut Millet s 11 si .i 11 \ i oi iser \ at i v e' * mentalitv. at
lime , (omes ilangernuslv ( lose to si inkiness. It he
wauls these programs lie's going to have to provide
moi|e\ loi them
Millei s last plan will mohahU he lus most ilitti
(lilt politiial hui ill<- Reopening two-wav tralTii
through the I aig. me Mall has been an unpopular idea
hi the last lew seals I miner mayor Hrian Ohio brought
il up lot deli.lie mils to see the i il\ council slap il
dim n
Hut times have i hanged Most people would agree
the l.ugene Mall is living out M.ijm department stores
base left the mall seeking more lucrative pastures in
other spots around the i itv (most nutabh Valiev Kivei
(ientei). l lie mall was a good idea which pist didn't
Win k out .is planned
Reopening Willamette Street lot a lest peiioil as
Millei wants is a sound plan II it < .mses problems,
oi there is a new influx in pedestrian mall traffic. the
street < an always he i losed .main Util as of now there
isn't enough of a reason to keep the street i losed
In summary. Millet's agenda loi 1‘tffO is not overly
ambitious, hut has every possihihtv ot being sin i ess
ful. Tim only critic ism is that the mavoi needs to put
more ol the city's finani ial lesouices to work and not
relv totally on the community to support his programs
Overall, a laudable liist vear for the freshman mav
oi. with the hope of better, more ambitious tilings to
come.
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Forum
Struggle in China must not be forgotten
By Kelvin Wee
I or iiiitnv students .it the
I imersilv . the memorv ol June
I mirth is just tli.it .i memorv
However, tor some it is .1 night
m.ire tlii*\ will relive over .mil
over .Ig.illl
These students ,ire .inning the
111 000 1 itizens of the People's
Kepublii ot ( Ion,t then triends
_Commentary_
and I,midv currently liv mg 111
the t lilted States The night
male is tile |une I ninth M.iss.i
i re m Tiananmen Square
III light ol the positive
i li.mge taking plain in l.aslcrn
Kurope main people tend to
lorget the negative The thou
sands who were hnitallv iniir
deled w hell lliev peat etilllv
demonstrated lor what Amen
< ails alreadv had Ireedorn
and the right to tree ... h
I ake a moment and plat e
yourselves 111 the shoes ot the
I liinese 1 itizens in the l ulled
States Your home l ountrv lias
returlied to 1101 m.il hei ause
tile I oiled Stales has sent a
high ranking envoy over How
ever vmn future as a human
lining Is still at stake
It you return you run the
risk ol lining arrested and 1111
piisoned without a trial Alter a
show tiial vou could either re
main in prison or he sentenced
to exec n(ion Alter all vou are
a dissident m the eyes ot the
(ihuiesf ( ommunist Party
Then < onsidei this \\ I1.1t it
the I nited States did some
thing to protect you ' What it
< ongress approved a lull to al
low vou to stav in America, al
lowing you sale haven ill a land
ot tlie tree' Your hopes rise
'loti teel inspired onlv to lie
shot down liv a veto trnm the
I S President. I he man w ho
represents humanilv in the
world
Well, that is exai tlv the situ
ntion that manv Chinese stu
dents tmd themselves in today
l ast year hetore Congress ad
journed it unanimously ap
\nu\ ru I I * it is I mu (U r\ ^ / i j.)
The hill, sponsored bv House1
Representative \<uu:\ IVlosi
11) ( .11. would have allowed
students Irom the People's Re
public of t Inn.i sate haven in
tile I nitt'd States
While hopes rose, rumors
that President Ceorge Hush
would veto the bill also up
poured Apparently. high rank
mg officials from (,'hina sent a
letter to Hush telling him they
opposed the bill Hush but kletl
Ills knees and kowtowed to the
(Chinese Communist Party, ye
toiug the lull moments before
be left for Malta
President Hush offered his
own version of protection tor
the (Chinese students Ills exec
Ulive provision allows them to
stay in the I nited States and
assures them sale haven How
ever, unlike a bill when it is
passed into law a presidential
provision muv be revoked at
unv time
Where does Ibis leave the
t .binese students:' leu now.
tliev are sale However the
question is lor bow mm h long
er
II Heijing puts more pressure
on President Hush, w ill be one e
eig.iiu line kIe• and kneel before
the- shrine of the1 Chinese Com
munist Parts ' Will he revoke
the provision7 There is no
guarantee that he won't
It is therefore important for
1‘vervone to work hard to en
sure that Congress vv ill override
the1 veto when it comes bac k to
session on |un J l It is impor
tant bee Ulise it will show the
world and the Chinese Commu
nist Parts that despite what the
C S President does or suvs to
the1 Chinese government, the
\rnerie an people1 do not toler
ate brutality and violation of
human rights
Beginning Monday the As
soe lull'd Students of the Cni
ve us it v of Oregon and the I'm
versitv s < liapter of the 1 nited
Stale's Student \ssoe iation will
host a week long campaign to
urge1 Oregon congressmen to
override the veto
On Mondav and Tuesday.
1*111 1 ) .111(1 111. .1 1.11)11“ Will Di
sci up iii the EMI' Pobbs wiili
volimlccrs who w ill collect sig
natures on individual!v pre
printed cards These i.ards will
lie sent to the congressmen in
Washington, l).C . telling them
that the people of Oregon sup
port the right ol the people ol
China to live without fear ol
persecution
All students, faculty mem
hers, administrators and I !ni
versity stall are strongk en
couraged to sign these cards
Only b\ sheer show of numbers
i an we ensure the congressmen
th.it they did the right thing In
initially approving the hill
()n Wednesday. |an 17. a to
rum and a slide presentation
will be held in the PMl Wal
nut Room (next to the t1 S I’ost
Oflii e in the KMl ) at I III p in
(’resenting the slide show is
I'niversity graduate student
from the People s Kepublh ol
China Tang /a/hou The slides
will ini hide shots ol the deni
onslrutions in Tiananmen
Square and the massacre that
took plat e on June -4 l‘)Htt
All interested persons are
strongk urged to attend this
event
On Tuesday Jan. 2,'l. a
phone in (ampaign will he
held Everyone* is strongly
urged to phone in their support
for the Chinese students Stu
dents at the I'niversity ma\
phone in at the ASl'O office
KMl Suite Pour
It is important, in this time ol
positive change in Pastern Ku
rope not to forget those who
were not so fortunate The stu
dents in (lliiha like the stu
dents in Pastern Europe, have
inspired many of us with their
courage
All it lakes is a few minutes
out of the das to save a life
Won't you lake that bit of time
and do the right thing and
show the students in < ihina that
tiles did not shell blood in
sain:’
ki'lu/i Her is the Interna
tional Student Representative
on the I tided States Student
.Assoi iation s Hoard ol Direi
tors