Editorial
Allow SHIC, Clark
to make suggestions
N You can credit ASUQ President Andy Clark and
the Student Health Insurance Committee for sticking to
what they believe is right
Despite the apparent public discontent with SHIC’s
call for mandatory student participation in the ASl’O's
health insurance plan, and the University administra
tion’s subsequent nixing of that call. Clark and the
committee came right back with a similar proposal,
this time moving for mandatory participation with lim
ited right of waiver. SHIC claims mandatory participa
tion is necessary to ensure the continued existence of
ASt'() health insurance.
That determination to save student health insur
ance may come at some loss to Clark, however. On Jan.
l!.r>. Phil Nebergall and 14 other students submitted a
letter to Clark stating they intended to recall him from
office lor his handling of SHIC’s decisions. The recall
drive was later suspended after Nebergall and Clark
agreed to go into mediation Currently, Nebergall
wants the students to vote on the mandatory insurance
proposal, and he wants the SHIC to be bound by the
decision or me suruems.
A iiudliug exercise in student democracy? Hardly.
This is political pressure at its ugliest. And whether
you re for or against mandators student health insur
ance. you should abhor strong-arm tactic s to dictate
the opinions ol elected leaders with the; threat of run
ning them out of offic e.
On the dormant recall movement first. Nebergall s
threat of rec all is preposterous and ill-founded. You re
call an elected leader tor corruption, or dishonesty, or
incompetence (dark’s crimes in the SI lit’, matter, il
any. don’t measure up to these standards. Nebergall
reac lies lor justification; he c laims that (dark’s summer
employment as a State Kami Insurance Q> intern has
Ic'd to a conflict of interest, despite that it is The Pru
dential Co that underwrites (he ASUO plan
You don’t recall a leader for simply voicing an un
popular suggestion Klected leaders must he* given
some latitude for entertaining proposals, of all sorts,
without being threatened by the immediate consterna
tion nt the constituency Otherwise, you fac t* the same
sort of toadviug to popularity [lolls that’s the current
vogue m the White Mouse
Also, rec alling Clark will accomplish nothing He
is hut one member on the1 SiilC. whic h would presum
ably go about its business even without its most voc al
member Recalling (.’lark cm the insurance' matter alone
ignores and insults the success of his work in ASUO.
()t course, this is all slightly moot, as Nebergall
has c urtailed the- rec .ill movement provided the stu
dents vote on the NIIIC proposal But here too, Nelier
gall is making a lot ol unwarranted noise
l lic- problem in contention here is time. If a special
elec lion is held this month, as Nebergall originally
wanted it will cost about $8.1)00 in iiu idental fee
monev out student government doesn't have The ri
dic ulous attempt to remove (dark then bee nines an ex
pensive. harmful one And if the election is held in
April, with the general elections. Nehergall’s threat of
rec alling (dark is worthless
(liven all this, one begins to wonder what tin- point
of Neheigall’s election would be first of all, to our
minds, the student body’s resolve on this matter al
ready seems overwhelmingly c leui to us The vast ma
jority of i'wcntld letter writers have said they hate the
idea of mandatory insurance. If what’s already appar
ent is confirmed by vote, what of it?
Nebergall wants the’ student vole to forcibly dic tate
what SIIIC’s recommendation should he. Well then,
o In have SHIC7 lake an elected leader, that body
should he allowed to make whatever recommendations
it feels are best for the students Advisory committees
smli as SH1C exist to explore and propose policy. If
students don’t want to hear and consider what SHIC
recommends, thev short-circuit tire: whole reason for
ihe committee’s existence.
Remember that, in line end. it will he the- Universi
ty administration that dec ides to decline or adopt
SHK’ s proposal There is the students' final relief, and
efforts to fulfill or stop mandatory insurant e should be
directed there
It does appear that the administration is leaning to
yvard accepting the mandatorv-with-limited-right-of
vvaiver plan But there is still time for students to voic e
their own opinion, either rvay, in our letters column
and at public forums such as the one at 2 (0 today in
KMl' (ientury Room A
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Letters
Bandwagon
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tall, I ha\ I- nothing Imt i ongrai
illations tm tin- San I lancisi n
piers as I hev ' poured it mi m
then final tun games In a st me
ill Hfi 1 t
\lthougli I is|ii'i led mam
trui1 Plel Ians In exult in vi( to
is anil In- giiod winners what 1
saw was .i piipulatinn oxplo
sum nt 'post*) -Pier tans
Dude I so been a \inei tan
ever situ e I i nillii stain!
\\ rnni4 These penple have
been -Plei Ians ev ei sim e tiles
started In u in I liese posers an
the same people u Ini were the
big Mall.is tails ill 141 at ie si linnl
Kememlier them '
\lthough football allegiances
hav e little vv HI 111 m the name ill
life I simpls ask some people
In quit being so damn trends
and i heer Ini a team S OU hav e
liked all nl sum lih It this
team is the -Piers iniiglutulu
thills, tile agnllS nt the “Os Is
anile hut should never lie ini
gotten
I klinvv it IS vers eaSS In i heel
Ini a team that alvsaS s vv Ills, hut
slum seme i haiai lei and north
and gel nil the piei handuag
on I’nsei i'lei tails sui k
Mark Marties
I’nlilii al si iem e historv
Abstinence
Anti ahnrtmnists sin h as
( liris helsu ((>1 >1 Ian i 11
mention the plethora of birth
i ontrol .iv ailahle I ’ntortu
natelv all methoris nl hirtli
i iintnil otliei than abstinent e
are less than 100 pereent elict
live mi hiding surgers
Smile methods have side el
lei ts The pill till example i an
i a use heart disease emotional
illsturham e a weakened nil
■ mine svsleni and more Smile
nt the safer methods are less ei
tei live than the pill So i untia
i eption is not that simple
Heing ahstinent until one is
reads tm the lespuiisihilitv nl
parenthnnd is not eass Mails
people are nes ei reads lor pm
enthond That is the reason so
mans adults i an t remember
their i hildhnud enough to re
late to i hildren it vv as so
painful as a result of the inox
i usable was that i hildren are
viewed and 1111.ilril
And bring abstinent until
lllrtit11>>■ tlst* Is diffil nil espe
cially wlirn unr s si'll esteem
lias liri'ii lowered In Ibis adult
i hauvinislii sm ietv that allows
i Inldri'ii tu br giv rn thr ini's
s.igr that llirv air not ()K ])rn
I'lr
It is hard lor sunir people not
to turn to sm w lirn thru natu
i a I talents, i reativ itv and run
g\ have hern disc iplined out
id tlirm
What about adoption ’ ( Iratr
a i hildhranilg th.d dors not
catisi1 intense pain or put thr
uiotlirr at risk ot death (alwavs
a risk| hladdri d,image post
|iartulli s\udrnmr aggravated
prr inrnsliii.il s\ ndronir. rti
and then talk about adoption
Meanwhile, let’s not mi lease
late stage abortions In dragging
pirgn.int women through i.ourl
with iiimnikable. restrir live
abortion law s
Ain e Bern
Kugene
Examination
I lie a Ination debate is e\
tremelv emotional and is be
i oining more so all the time
It s disgiaieful that children
w ho ale too \ oung to i ompre
liend the issue ale being used
In the .intii hour groups to
birlhei emotion.ili/e and . loud
the emotional aspe. ts of the
problem
1 here were main . hildren
present at the "Mobilize tor
Women's Lives rallv in \o
vemhei brought b\ their par
ruts who held bloody looking,
dismembered plastu dolls and
veiling murderers" at the pro
i lion e man hers
I hose i hildren appeared ter
rilled andtwere living; its no
wonder thin were upset In
sui haiiinfusing and volatile
situation whu h was i reated h\
the heh.n ior ol the right to
lileis 1 .suspect the reason for
the larger turnout at the recent
anti i lion e rallv was simply
the tai t that so mam i hildren
w ere present
Main light to liters have pel
son.il agendas that narrow I v de
line moral ” behav ior and in
fuse the abortion debate with
shades ot racism, sexism and
homophobia I'hev consistently
atta. k the i harm ter ot women
whu Im .1 varietx ot reasons
11ml themselves in the untortu
mile ( in umstam c ol hex mg to
i (insider ending ,i pregnane \
A group tinit needs to bolstei
t hen i .inks h\ manipulal ing
voung i hildren and using them
to skew rational discussion, in
addition In imposing then reli
giihis based moral judgments
on others, deserves nothing but
distrust
I suggest evervone involved
w ith the right In lile movement
closelx examine some ot the
othei baggage being piled on to
die basil (juestion ot a woman s
right to i ontrol her ow n bod\
Kristen Hrandt
Iugeue
Discover
Although I am leasonablx
sure some ot m\ former instrm
tins would be distressed to read
ibis I admit to the ignoraiu e ot
not km iw tog w hu h \ ear I lie
Magna t i.irta was signed ot
e\ en. alas w'hii b r.ountries
signed it I am exi ee'dinglx
pnuni. tberetore to i laim
knowledge ot the dales ot the
t n il War and names ot eat h ot
t be all states
So w hat ’ \ on nun well ask
Well there is (was and al
w n\s shall bf'j a group ot i ivi(
minded indix iduals testing i ol
lege students the length and
bre.idth ot this i.ountrv on these
x erx subjects On the b.isis ot
these tests lliex ( iailll a Irigllt
ening amount ot ignoram e in
these important mallei s
U idl l nllege students ot to
(tax seem to tie inundated with
other trivial matters sin h as
i nmputcr operation and lan
gliages the ( omplexilies ot
soi in is (inoinii relorm. and
AIDS \tx tattler has liai helor
degrees in si ieni e and an liitei
lure and pnlitelx requests mx
assistance loi Mu rosotl Word
Although I do leel that it is
admirable ol these indix iduals
to feel thex must propel our ed
mation li.n k to the basiis I
stronglx assert that these basics
which lliex were forced to
learn should be lelt to us to
seek out and disi ox ei
Uric a I .ere h
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