Editorial
Well-meant red tape
may lessen service
Most students who have looked for a plat e to live
off campus have at some time consulted the Rental In
formation Office bulletin board in the HMU it’s a
service provided tree for landlords, property agents or
tenants looking for roommates, and it offers more in
formation than a newspaper ad
This month, however, students are often finding
that the bulletin hoard is covered with ads for places
rented days ago. And besides that, there are likely to
lie fewer ads put up on the board in the future.
Why? A bureaui rali( kink has been added to the
system, and it's not going over well with some land
lords. The ASIA) Mousing Task force has received
complaints from property owners who sav their days ot
dealing with the Rental Information ()l(i«e are num
bered.
When ASl () controlled the off-campus housing ot
(ice. a common practice was to t.ike rental information
over the telephone, put the ad up minutes later, and let
students and landlords would deal with the rest
fast summer. University Housing look control of
the ASUO off-campus housing office and created the
Rental Information office.
University Housing is to fie appreciated for bring
ing its expertise, professionalism, and most important
Iv. financial help to a service that for years helped
thousands of students lind apartments and houses
Hut on |an. I. University Housing begun requiring
a signed statement ol compliance from every landlord,
lor every rental property, for every rental. I he state
ment includes an outline of city affirmative action law s
(widt h landlords are already required to comply with);
the signed form i tears University Housing from liabil
it y.
The signed statement then must he mailed or hand
carried to the Rental Information Office, a time-con
suming process for property owners, many of whom
are students or hold other jobs. Landlords are often
finding that by the time an ad is ready for the bulletin
hoard, word of mouth has been a more effective adver
tiser and the place is already rented It's a pain for
landlords anil a disservice for students seeking hous
ing.
Reminding landlords of their affirmative action ob
ligations is not a bad idea. But for landlords who have
rented to students fur years without problems with city
anti-discrimination laws, it would be easier for every
one if the landlord could sign the form once. Or once
fur each rental property. Or once a year. And then con
tinue to he able to place ads by phone to provide stu
dents the freshest rental information.
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PLANT A BUREMHMT
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Chemical-laden grapes should be banned
I lic bottom lint' is this The grapes being
serveii at the Dmversitv are not healthv
not tin those who eat them ami especially
not tm the workers who pit he<l them
These eommeri iall\ grown grapes are
sprayed with to\u pesticides. which have
been proven to create long-term health ef
fects on llie workers These pestic ides have
caused cancer, birth debit ts, ami in some
eases immediate death to those exposed to
the ( hemic als
Kuril year, over eight million pounds of
pestn ides are used on grapes making this
tiiiit the most dangerous i.rop exposed to the
poisons ac c ording to the United I arm
\Ycii kei s
Mil ill A the ( diieano Latino student
union on c ampus is urging l ’niversitv food
services to hall distribution ot these grapes
here The group met with University I’resi
dent \1 vies Brand this week to con vim. e him
of the far-reaching dangers that arise from
the c lilt i vat ion of the grapes
According to MKUhA director hcldie
Beanes Kugene School District 4) has al
reach banned grape distribution as a result
ul llii’ pesticide dangers They teel the inipli
( ations are severe enough to eliminate sen
ing any grapes u hatsoever.
Brand needs to lollow the school dis
trill's lead and boycott the commercial
grapes served on this campus The health
dangers have I.. well-dor umented and the
data is alarming
It Brand leels students will desperately
miss mum lung on grapes and is therelore
reluct,mt to discontinue serving them, there
is an alternative Organically grown grapes
are devoid of toxii pesticides and are just as
available tor distribution
The problem with organic food, of
< nurse, is the extra expense involved in buv
ing "natural" goods But added cost should
not be much of a concern when the grape
workers' lives are involved as they obvious
Iv are
Boycotting conimerci.il grapes would he
a lairlv easy, very necessary action for the
I mversitv to participate in Something as
tinv and insigniiii ant as a grape shouldn't
have to cause so much harm
-Letters
Vehement
Dot) Uriel's "lemillder”
f()l)l |.in ,'ii) was indeed .1
strong one .1 remindei that pa
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needs lii lir vehementls ri'|tM I
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1 iipil.i sun 1' 1 u '2 *i mi Ilifii
statu that I1.11 k lit tilt* good 111
d.n s (ruail hai k allu\ 11 a \ s|
tliuiu were luss unwanted preg
Main jus
Win would tin' munliur ut
aliiirtions mi ruasu il these past
piegnani ius uuru ilusirud and
win would 1 hum be more 1111
wanted pregnancies uuu that
abortion is legal 1
Yoii'vu got it all figured out
don't \ou. In writing most
women tu.iiud tin- i hum'
quern us and thus did not put
then liodius out for usu In urn
one every01 iu with tile right
nun us
(sight \on I gut it You're
saving Mas it alls women are
sluts who nuud laws to pmlei t
them from themsulves 1 Inn
are amoral, but we cun keep
them in line with the fear of
tin'll mi 11 lltel 1
W ho .in' tin- men lli.il u .ml In
manipulate women (xve easilx
manipulated imimnsl I xxun
(In ' \ mi x i1 i ertaiidx .11 lix .ili'il
.1 Ii-.ii m mi' .i health) mir tli.tt
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Situations
In response in tin' ongoing
di'li.ili' .iImiiiI abortion I xv.inl In
question pro liters it then posi
lion is xxtiollx .1 question ot mo
r.il ilx ' ( Ir is il )uslu e 1
Maxtie xou x\.ml evervone In
pax lor their mistakes at.i ord
ing lo the results ot those mis
lakes oi m.ixhe .iiionling to
the deglee ot tile mistake ltselt
I o paraphrase xxhat someone
Hill e said I .el Ihose XX 111 i do
not make mistakes he the ai
i users ot Ihose xx ho do
1 don I teel that it is xx hollx a
ipieslion ot mmalitx though
Manx people xx ho xxnuld lie
hurt lix making alrortiun illegal
are minorities lixing in large
i ities These people i an hardlx
atfnrd abortions now .mil il it
is made illegal. where .in- thin
evpei tcil to Imd tin time 01
mone> to raise i hildreii'
Most niinoritv i hihiien an
inti 'I ti i W
III.III1 ot tlli-sr people would
not think ot tin- nlisi to consul
i l it .in option I hose pi'opli'
would In- .itli-i toil In l.ms 111.1k
mi; abortion illegal
I oi most .1 nti .iliortionists
iIim tissiug tin- issue turn mo
r.ililv seems mmi' import.m!
tli.m for mollmrs or li.iliifs to
li.ivi- happy oi healthy Iivi*s
11\ to look .it tin- whole situ
.ition In'fori' lire idmg lli.it aboi
lion slumlil lie wrong for i uti
one It m.in he union foi von,
\ou .ire free to make that
i Imu e Think about it
wouldn't it In- strange it von
i ouliin t make that i Imu e
Heather I umlherg
Student
No comparison
1 o Mu line I Simon on his lei
lei |l)l>l I,in .'oi about Don
M.ilkou sk: Noe ion ! n ■ . t'-e!
dumb ' Ih thr wa\ m< e logit
You sav Majkouski is better
III.in Montana |iist bemuse llif
I'iH kets ImmI tin- -biersv I low n
du ulous l sing ibis lot*it ltd
» v Hu: than
11>1111 Klw.u sine t the I ihargers
bral thr itliiill iis llils \ r.u
'inn sav |ui* Montana wasn't
I hr In-si quarterbai k m the
league Iasi year:' Win should
siimrcmr ubu srt the ill time
qiiarteiliai k rlfii inu \ rating,
in a unanimous I’m Him I selei
Iuiii (voting is dont! h\ tbr
players ami coai lies mind uni.
mil tin- fans) br thought of as
grrat > 1 guess most of us. in
i lulling tin- \l 1.. art- just naive
Simon
Majkowski tbr best quarter
bar k m 1'IHU-’ Huh! Hr wasn't
i-Vi-ii tin- sn olid best Rams
quarterbai k Jim l-ivi-relt bail
nun li belter stats than Majkow
ski \ml more importauth I a
erett's team went to tin1 plav
oils
Mujkmvski is better In the
i hitch? N i',i right |usl look at
"I In- (!at( h" game in 111 01
Iasi mm is Slipi'r lion I lo sis1
how i lull li Moulana is Let s
look al Majkouskl's plavoll re
i.ord oh. we t an I. lie's never
been there. Besides it's hard lo
( nine Irom behind when vou'rc
be.iling the best teams in the
league by 118. J7. and 45
points
Simon, when Majkowski has
four Super Bowl rings and
three MVI* awards lo his credit,
then mavlie vou can compare
him to Joe Montana
jeff Kberhart
journalism
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