Editorial
Too much violence
at weekend parties
!,,isi uct4 Miini' I 111\ ci Mlv students ret i-ivftd .1 let ■
In in.lilt-d mil In tin AM (> In it \M <> President
Aridx (ilatk 1 inversitx Presithml Mvles Hi.nnl mil
Im 1 j4**’h* Depots (hie! ul I*i 11111■ John Rutledge respond
I’ll tn .111 1 n< HMSi 11)4 III! hr! ween students .11 td pul it e
Sever,d inserts were included in the mailmd One
gave .1 lisl ill him tn throw 1 great' parts Anothri
11 ted In dispel some ms 1 hs' a Inml police 1 espouses In
p,nti. , During tie' liist two semesters ol Iln l'ltm mi
si li<ml vem t here u ere si x era I 1 outrovi'rsies uri'i .1 re
tent i in reuse t il pol ii e t 1.11 k dm\ ns part it 11 lari s ith u eg
I Ith Avenue
W hile this letter vv;is not supposed to have a limelx
sieniili rilli e it n,lined sudden I'elevance Satmdax
night when polii 1 used te.u gas to hreai- up too parlies
in the I 11 i\ eisit\ are.1 Iheie is almost an eerie ( wince
dent e betu een the A SI () lei It 1 and the two riots
Most 1'iigerio I’ollc e I tep.n tItieilt officials u til not
pee l|le III. lease III polii e .It tivilY to UIIV OH*' p.lllll 11
l.ii event ot even admit that then had been a retent
(I'.nkiiouo amount Ihlixeisilx students lluwesri
the i a idem e is piettx ctmclusixe Iln- Im al polite
h,i\ '• bet mill' lout h-sensitive in ret enl months lu st at
tei the u mtei ,".M s now ball light Hast at then again 1**1
low inn last Max s riot
1 he AM () let lei lias been t rilit i/etl lor paud.eg
to the police tlepai I menl In t out filtrating on whnl
thin tan do and ignoring stmlenls rights Ibis senlt
ment has also been ia hoed in tellers to this section, in
u ha 11 the L, 1*1) has been t oiiip.ued to evervllong short
ol I lie I a'stapo
Kl’l) oliit ials maintain tliex are hdloning normal
polii e pint ed ores in regards to i mud t oiitml and tie
tend the use ol tear gas on Salurdax night \s tail lie
espetted stmlei Is have expressed outrage al xxdial
tliex i onsidei an ext essix-e" use ol loo e x\ itlumt Mil
I it lent x\ al mug
Who is i iglil
In tases like these the lines between light ami
xx long blu i Neithei I he pul it e or the stmlenls are total
lx lo blame or t omplelelx innmelit. Sublet ting parti
el s lo leal - gas al I,it hs is overk i 11. and bear mg beei hi it
lies al pallid cars is just plain stupid \eithei at lion
t mill ilmlet! lo heller sludenl polii it relaltons
The events td Salmtlax night .tie still tintdear, but
whnl her police gave warnings before tliex fired tear
gas. or the parlx warranted sot It an attack is moot
Moth sides needed to slum a little more matunlx in
their actions, and retrain hum esi .doling potential not
situations
l lic solution is i oiuimiuii allou Hx talking, pel
baps students ami polii e t an work out the ie« erl pioli
I ell is A gt it it I plate Pi start w mild be the \Sl (1 spoil
smeil loruiii. on \pril I I al 1 III p m m the I Ml >
lien I am In lxi mm
WE DON'T HAVE TO
PiV MINIMUM WAGE
5UT WE MAKE IT UP
9i MOT LIMITING
POUR HONORARIA/
A
Toxic dump doesn't trump research park
1 iir discovers of toxic chemicals
dumped 11 \ IMIS ago ,lt till' silt' III till'
planned Riverfront Research Park has done
in it hi nit In hi'ti a tlif I ni\eisit\ s plans tn gc i
ahead with construction Opponents of the
lest mi i h park Imped In use news ut the toxic
dump as damning aimnuiiition in then cam
paign to stop the paik from being built hut
then ellorls haven't sui i eeded
( it\ attorney him Sercomhe denied the
ie(|uest nl paik opponents to hold a public
healing regarding the dump and its implica
turns loi the future of the rescan h park And
despite the questions regarding the I'niver
s11\ s role m the dump and allegations of
a envoi-tip In Dan W illiams the institu
tion remains committed to breaking ground
SI K III
I he dec isions reac bed In Sereoillbe and
the I Diversity are the correct ones When
one gets down to it. the discovery of toxic s
at the site has little to do in dec iding the tu
ture use of Ihe riverfront land owned In the
I ' n i X'i“l s it \ \ftei the dump is (leaned up.
the land can then be developed .it uhim
The dump doesn't magic ally sanctify the
n vert rout land area In its present e
The ox 1st one e of the tox lc dump also
fails to validate c laims that the l'Diversity
will continue to be careless in lion it uses
the land The dumpings were made before
tlir researi li park was ever dreamed up lne
dumps were < ertainlv made1 at .1 time when
I In* I niversitv did little to i onsidci the haz
ards and ramilicatiims ol what it was doing
undoubtedly her ause there was little value
attai lied to the site.
Now that the riverlront plot has liei.ome
desirable, the t miversitv will take hettei 1 are
ol its investment. Rather than questioning
what happened Ltd years ago. park oppo
nents would do better to question how the
I 'Diversity plans to use the land site non
()n this matter, they've had some success in
the post saving the sneer held and the Sil
va Orchard from construction in the latest
park proposal.
Lai king <1 valid argument in the dump
itself to halt construction, park opponents
have made better use of the bewildering re
action hv some t'niversitv officials to the
dump's discovery to raise concerns about
the park
Hut again, opponents are missing the
real question here. What Dan Williams did
■ is news ol the dump was revealed, and
whether he was dishonest or incompetent as
some allege, is a verv small part of the total
Riverlront Research I’ark slorv because op
ponents have failed to prove a larger lhiiver
sily conspirni v in the dump, there's no rea
son to dein the t niversitv its opportunity to
go ahead with development.
Letters
Imitations
III Ittti 1, (III VIM! lulluVV III);
the I main ipation I'roi I,him
linn Vilnius noting broke nut
in New 'link in real I inn against
lilt- North's i n i-ntlv imposed
mllitaiv ilrall I lit* i mts v\ rri1
l.iim• I\ an expression ut fury
iiv er tin- iilu.i nt light mg a vv ai
lur "nigger" freedom l'pun
hearing ut this [’resident Ian
c iiln vvondered. An- vvi* ih'
generate'' Has the nianhnnil ul
mil rai i> run nut •''
Lincolns anguished i|ui'stion
reveal a i uni ept ul "manhood"
that I find intriguing Imth in
his histuru i onlext and in
mil s I him inauhiind vv as
i‘i|u,ili'd with lertain charm tin
traits, iut hiding mural i mirage,
ptirsunal responsibilitv and
sellli'ssiii'ss
1 )u sin h ti nts have am rule
v am v Inilav ’ \re honor and
dei i'll! v essential to our define
tinn ut “real men nr is man
hond now inerelv a matter ul
hei oilling old enough to go
tm the gusto" and grub .ill vnu
i .111 :’
I lot's .1 11 m ! man' value
"lull" and limits alsnvi' all
else1’ Dors lie treat a utmi.ni as
a se\uul n|)|i'i I using her In
gratify 11 i s desires and then
abandoning hci '(hi unri t' a
woman into getting an .dilution
bei ause he doesn't want to as
Slime parental responsibility tin
the ( In lit In' lias lathered ’
It we dare to look honest I \
haven't we allowed the welfare
ol others, mi hiding our ow n
tnmilies and the very lives ol
our i.tiildien to hei nine e\
pendahle in our pursuit ol ini
mediate grat itii at ion and per
son.il t ii 11111 mi*111 '
Is this aiieptable:' Are we
i ontent tieing lightweight, mot
ally stunted imitations of men '
We were surely made tor great
er things May (aid grant that
we seek I hem
U illiam Moore
Musii stall
Wrong
I read \.n ifh great interest 1,1
I dill Hit'll s ( omillfllts III (lie
April .1 /vVgisfrr (.Uiin/ regard
iii)l tlir h'.ii gassing ul tin1 pails
mi l-tlli and Mill mi Satnnlas
mglil and those ul us u ho
svere llit'if tan tell sou that
must ul ss hat Ilf sas s is w rung
Hit'll sa\ s Thf officers a!
llif si cut' did gist' warning that
i 1 if mn ids would bf usfd if
anything was ihrusvn " Wrong
\o loud warnings no bull
horns. /fro
I If said " a sft onti warn
ing w.is gm'ii aflfr Mini!1 peo
plf had thrown objet ts at ulti
tiers lb.- throwing continued,
and it continued at a greater
rate Wrong One idiot thress
tine bottle. Ilit'ii Kugene s finest
stormed at the crowd in toll
riot gear ssith tear gas Using
without warning
I he parts ot i urred in a
walled, three sided courtsard
ssith the fourth side, the only
open ami asailahle exit, partial
ly blinked b\ parktMi i .ns and
tin- HIM) is \ity lu< k\ th.it
someone wasn't seriousk hurt
in tin- ensuing In get the
hell nut nt there.
Ill m i in it that the parW was a
little lniid and that aitet last
veal s tint tie-throwing fracas cm
Uth and I err\ relations ina\
lie a hit strained between out
neighborhood and the HIM) Hut
is that an e\i use tor the ( a-sla
[in tal lies used Saturday night
on a hunch nt people drinking
a few beers and listening to a
live band '
Uliat next tear gas the
i rowd in front of the 1 hiiversity
bookstore for bloi king the bike
path'
Steve Buck
Kugene
Open door
( ongratulations to Steve Ma
ples and Diane (lush man for l>e
ing a set of ASl'O candidates
stressing open-door policies
I led this is \ cry important tin a
i ampus as large as the I 'niver
s 11 y
Maples ant! (irishman trnh
impressed me as being down
tteearth people who want the
students to pla\ a larger role in
eampus decisions I’ast presi
dents and vice presidents have
been virtually invisible alter
the campaign, and vou never
here from them
Maples and Cushman have
made a big point to open their
doors and seek out other doors
of communication Their meet
ing at Rennie's allowed me to
got to know them as students
and not simply candidates I
appreciate their efforts and
hope their campaign is a sm
(ess. They have my vote for
open doors and student in
volvement.
Susie Hodman
Journalism