Editorial Old growth battle needs solution now I,,ist year. environmentalists and timber industry officials rcai Inal an uneasy temporary accord over old growth stands As part ot .i Depaitineut of the Interior bill. (.undress governs the amount nl trees harvested and what old-growth stands will be protec ted A section of the bill also delves into legal aspec ts ol the controversy bv preventing future* lawsuits re garding spotted owls on congressionalh approved old growth legislation This sec lion was designed to put .in end to the constant and numerous legal challenges en vironmentalists lauiu bed against the timber industry Now. there is a new lawsuit pending over the planned Cowboy timber sale in the Cmpque national forest (The sale* is going through despite resistance within the Forest Service | Fnvirnumeutulists found their legal weapons hadn’t all been stripper! away, they yyere able to find a contestable point in the Hat field rider (regarding the fragmentation of existing stands) that allows them to enjoin the sale So the ceasefire is over; those darn environmental ists are stopping the yvniks yyjth then pesky lawsuits One c an hardly blame them I lie environmentalists have no room to back down: they must stand firm on everv issue This philosophy leads to short accords Somehoyy someyyay. there needs to be an end to the whole contioyersy That is done by sitting down and hashing the thing out. point bv point Constant layy suits and dragging legal feet isn’t the yvav to do it Hut yvhi'u will this lime happen1’ Ironically, there yv.is the decision this weekend bv state Democrats to rejec t a old growth logging ban in their gubernatorial platform The reasons foi this are many, but most boil doyy n to just one thing politic al maneuvering The Democ rats did include m their platform a i all for stric ter control on hem much timber would be c ut but hue Fed off from a total logging ban bee ause of the possible loss of loggers' voters suc h a ban would create Local Demociats. particularly t! s Kep I’etei De l-’a/io. have usually been connec ted v\ith environmen tal concerns. DeFa/io has used his position to protect many old growth stands. Hut calling for a ban on the biggest industry in Oregon was perceived as political sun ide With the party already suffering from the < am paign finance debacle and other sc andals, state Demo c rats aren't in any position to make hold proposals Pandering to both side's, industry and environmen talist. is nevei going to solve the slate's old groyvth is sue' The state’s leaders, and rvould-be leaders, need to Inc kle the issue head on NO, LITHUANIA CANT COMEOUT AND PLAY.. County's elections should be recalled Kec cut Lane (iuuntv «'lei t it in blunders alv .iliimsl tun comical In he true I ntuitu nateU the\ weren't early April Fool's Duv pranks Tile \ute In mail election was .1 liasco Some \uters didn't rei eive their mail h.dints .it all (Mirers who did receive ballots found pages missing To add to the mess, the l.ane ( ountv elections offii.e misplaced l.UOtl completed ha I lots until two da vs after lues dn\ s elc‘i lion ()lfic inis attrihuted the incomplete bal lots In a faulty insertion machine leased by the counts ()n Thursdav a box containing uncounted ballots was found on a table in a bar k room of the elec turns do isinn office Lane (ounty should hold another elec Iron to attempt to correct its errors Voters shouldn't ac c ept elec lions nltn lals' mistakes that turned the 1 ountv s elec lions into suc h a mess Although elections officials said the f luid ballots that were overlooked did not c liange the elec turn results, c .111 voters really be sure'’ If something as simple as getting a box full of ballots oil of a table in the elei lions office was forgotten, what else might have been overlooked'!’ l he need for another election is espe ( iall\ crucial when one t (insiders how close the dei isions were in a couple of cases I or example, the mix-up mav have cost bane ( uimmunilv (College more than $700.000 that it desperately needs to repair le,ik\ roots and worn i ii vi Irs Mourner us other mi mints groups hair ottrn found hikr ililrrs mas Imtl that srp.i ralr tai ilitirs arr unripial lai ill lies I hr i urrent setup on tilth as signs hikf rulers to a ghetto on thr strrrl and must hr i hanged Ihr mill appropriate solution is to restore normal two-wav truffii mi 1 tth tm ill vrhu Irs I’aar 2 like it was before tht* si lclh i■ building t (instriK turn I ci" > mmg Student The poor \ ini quote \1k hael I’arenli i ret cut s|n .ikct |( )!)l Mari h 2H: mi licli.ilf ot Thr Stmiriit ln>ar ili'lll. .Is slating th.it "the pool .lie tile f.istesl ijrimiiii! social group in Ailierii a In la< I. figures from Table ( ' in ot ihi \nnu.il Ke/mr/ oI thr I lium il n! I i iimimit Adviscm II i h pi'Hli slum that the per tentage ol the t S population having personal 01 tainik ill i omes that pi,lee them below the off n iaI povei tv lev el vv as l i t peri on! in torn u >1 pei i elit ill 1 UHtl anil 1 2 B pen ent in t'MH It should lie noted that main people in this low ini utile i ale gorv receive substantial ecu nomn assistance from fainilv . private charities anil the gov eminent (food stamps stibsi di/ed housing Medicare Med K aid. v eteralls benefits si hoi arships eti ) Sui h assistance is excluded I run i the earned income figures that place the recipients "Ire low tin1 po\iTl\ line \i ( uidm^ In tin- ntlii iat deli nilion, main students at the l niversilv aie below the povei tv line 'i et mans nt tln-si' slu dents will he earning hand snme mi nines HI years iron) new it \merit .1 is mu li a swamp nt poverty presided ovei !i\ an impenetrable ' ruling i lass Imw was it possible Im impu\ erished Vietnamese families In (iime over here bv the thou sands .III years ago and tu now have their sons and daughters receiving honors degrees from Yale I Iat \ aid Print ftoil. Mil ( a! l et li Hi'lkeley and it! \ m sin h fields as phvsu s. inedi i me accounting, t ompuler si i elite, engineering and rhemis tr\ ' lust asking l In Man It 20 1 rcceiv ed a let lei I \ lilently the purpose ol this lettei and its ,ii i nmp.im ing material was to edm ate sin dents .is to how In "establish Henry (lolilstein I i iinuinii s pnitessor better relations with the local polii i- fori e I hi' ( ov er letter was signed by not onl\ I ’iiivei sitv President Myles llr.iiul. hut also ASIO I’resulent Andy ( I,nk I re,ui the ,ii companving m.i ter l.d w lui h dost rihes the \ eri t.ihle i oritui npi.i ol victimless i rimes th.it students i ,m lie ,n rested and i ited tor The unite mil went on to imply that po lite Inive ,ilmost godlike power when it conies to when they (-.ill ,1! res! oi i lie someone < hldly enough there was no mention ol wh.it ,i student's rights Were Indeed, tor almost a whole page there was a dc si ription ol the power polit e have in busting" parties at a student s home Not om e on this page were mentioned the i mist itut lonal protei turns against improper search and seizure .mil other related legal matters 1 .atei m the liner letter, a paragraph asked lor student in put on how to hettei relations between the I adversity and the Kugene 1‘olice Department. I'm not the tiist to suggest that a good beginning would be d the ld’1) stopped blatantly harass mg homeless people 01 stopped issuing expensive i ita tions to poor college students lor vu tintless land triv tall \ io I at ions 1 teel betrayed that the ASt O and brand are so easily duped into encouraging blind obedi em.e to authority . w bile at the same time neglecting and ig noring the rights of those that they are supposed to represent (iarrett hopping Inurnalism Kilt M -—Letters Policy_ l.i ltcis to the editor must lie limited to no more than ~ id words, legible, signed and the identification ol the u liter must he verified when the letter is submit ted I lie h.nwrald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style.