.Editorial
Clean Air Act is a
signal of change
Though there h.nl been .1 raging dehate .ill week
In tin- limit tlic I S Srriah' sal down to vote tl was all
hut academic In a dramatic • Inuf hip.utr.au sup
port the Senate Tuesday appmved Mo M a xxtde-iang
ing plan to c lean up 1 It*• nation's air
I lie ( lean \ir Ac t has hi'itn one of the most 1 emtio
vfisiai and complex pieces of legislat ion to ever < ome
helore f iongress ( amt.lined in the ominhus were hills
to impose lough resim lions on jndustiud pollution
and automobile emissions and In clean up the 11)0
most polluted areas in the l nited States h\ ,'00 > I os
Angles was 1 • 1 x ‘'ii an additional I: \ 1 - years to 1 leanse its
sk les
I'lie act also dealt with acid ram and toxic an pol
lutants and contained legislation to dramatically cm
tail both
I tot li partv leaders m the Senate Keptihlican Boh
Dole ol h.ms.is and Demoiiat (leorge Mitchell ol
Maine praised the passage of the hill Dole called the
t lean An Ac I ' landmark legislation Mite.hell laheled
the vole "a histone \ ic lor\
Hut as with most compromises, some sides ol the
argument sidl men t satislied Industry officials, seeing
pollution restrictions as impositions on then profit
margin, '-ay the hill went too Lit and will hurt htisi
ness lux ircmmeiital isis claim the regulations and
timeframe loi the ail are too loose and underestimate
the immediate health nsl s of polluted .111
Tile environmental impact ol acid cun smog and
other industrial prodiir ed hazards 1 annul he forgotten
I he 1 h-.in An Ac t is met an end all In am means It is
a stall Ndditmnal steps must he taken Air pollution is
only one aspec t ol the damage we xv done to the plan
el Toxic waste dumps, nuclear waste and uverfloxving
l.mdhlls still need to addre ssed
Hut tor the moment, there is leason to he optiinis
tic (liven the large margin ol approved (the only dis
si nters came from Midwestern states worried .ihout
(he (inaneaal impai I on the area s numerous industrial
plants and mining operations), there is a high prohahil
ilx the House vc ill pass the hill intact And sun e Bush
himsell approved (he compromise it guarantees his
signature Mx the end ol the session, the odds are good
the (ilean \n Ac I will hec ome law
Mitchell deserves much of the applause lor getting
the hill through the Senate lor years lie has heen <1
leading advocate ol environmental legislation (am
pled with lie' Bush administration's softening on pol
lution issues, Mitchell's haul x\01 k paid oil 1 lie ( lean
Ail Ac 1 is the insult
finally something to lee! good ahnut
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Fadeley violation example of poor rule
With sc.mrl.ils rtde-hieuking .mil i liver
ups (lomin.iting pulitii .il headlines of Lite it
u.is iinlv .1 matte i "I li me hel ore coni rovers \
crept into the courtrooms.
In lie spei ifii (hegoti Supreme ( unit
lustiie Kilu.ml I adelev has been i aught lor
\ iolatmg a i ode against sulit iting i anipaign
< null ibutions I he Dommissinn on judicial
Illness and Disability a stale panel with It
oversees such matters, has recommended
I adelev be i ensured lor his lapse ut ethii s
I bis is the bis! time in state historv that
a supreme limit just it e has had to (dine in
limit ol his peels loi a d I si iplinurv healing
Though the i ominission suggested onh .1
reprima 1 id the othei justic es 1 1 mid dei ule to
suspend 01 even remove I adelev from the
belli h
1 adelev s mistake was personally asking
lor donations to pav for his t'lHH campaign
In Dei einbii he signed a letter to the
editor that ran in the Labor Press newspaper,
asking lor donations I adelev has also ad
milted Ins solii ilation ol 1 onlribulions from
private 1 ili/.ens
The pul 11 ial ethii s canon forbids judges
Irnm peismiallv seeking 1 anipaign 1 ontribu
turns Hut in a hail s[ilitting displav ol logic
Ilii■ rule allows judges to establish commit
tees to seek donations
Whether 01 not I adelev willtullv and
knowingh Inoke the campaign financing
law s is still undei debate Although one i an
nul praise oi i undone l adelev s actions, it is
eas\ to see how he could he established as a
\ n tin) of ethical ( anon semantics
The code that prevents judges Irom per
sonalis sol it iting funds, hut permits them to
( reate "committees" that do the same thing
just doesn't make am sense ( Haims that the
ride distant es the judges and judit ial candi
dates irom political partialits is whitewash
The i anon needs to he ( hanged
I adelev has admitted his mistake, hut
still deserves punishment A (ensure is the
best thing Removing him irom the bent h
would he a major mistake lustice I adelev is
one ot the most well-rospe< led people in
public service lie is lullv capable oi doing
Ins job. despite the si andal
1 ulike l ' S Supreme ( aiurt justices the
Oregon varietv is elected to their posts
ladeles will have to face an election in
i'l'l-t It voters think he has done a had job.
!he\ II remove him from ofiice
Letters
Heartless
Kr.il . ute pit Inn' ul Mi I’ut.i
In I lead Ilii'ii' (()/>/ M.iri h 'HI
\s un i in mi in, iif would s.tv
abb vmi kill mi'1 ‘’ Perhaps
it mmi In'lil tin' proper surgu ai
tnnls .uni nn iiiotln'i h.nl .11
low i'll main vi'.us ago urn
unulil h.nr uiili'i'ii killi'tl inr I
wouldn't lir lit'ii' In unit' llus
letter bill It s Inn lull' 111 m .
(lutin' I veil Ill'll Tivb.i \t)DI
M.iri b 10) .mil I .111' pntli'i 11 '<I
bv Ihf laws nl ibis l.mil
Hv tin' w.i\ I r\ ba I .1111 sui 1 \
pi'opli' i ailing themselves
(Ihrislians h.ivr [n■ 1 m'i uli'il
\tiii I bis ilui's nnl surprisi* ini'
.Is blstlll \ slums ll‘cord lit
tli.iin assaults mountrtl b\ pn
In i' i ailing thi'insi'lvi's b\
I bust s name but doing tilings
(direst would no! but r doiii' II
anvoni' is "driven to ails ot
\ toli'iu i' il is not tIm ti'ai b
mgs ot ('brisi Ibi'\ base brim
heeding
\nvuav bi'i ansi' Oregonians
can t "draw the lint' it is le
gal In kill 1 reatiires wbn h pan
II in tbi'ii mother's womb as
thr abortionist's tools pursin'
them to deslrm lion With (Ins
reasoning wh\ not legalize
nnudeiing .it least anyone who
is dependent mi .iimtlii'i ■’ In
i entrust. some siil\ people m
lil.iliu h.ts »* a hull' m tlii'ir lii'atl
l» i ansi'tIll's lake an it I'm nut
sille I wont kill it stand
(tli Mi lutilorial Kditui
| iet Imps miii i nulil iiii a cart non
el .I liltle ilin k w ith a gaping
linle Ini ateil somewhere neai
the heart
Hub \\ rigid
I all tei h
Open fire
I was nut at the parties that
were lanled b\ the police last
Saturday but I've been tu
enough nt them that I teel ipial
died tu i iimment
U hat the hell is going on
heie:'' I've inner heard ol tear
gas being used to stop people
trum making noise or pissing
on lawns I'rom the reports I’ve
heard from ms friends that
were there there was no riot
until the polu e showed up
It is i leal tis now that the lai
gene poll! e has e a problem
with their testosterone levels
Alter issuing dozens and doz
ens ol tines and tu kets lor Ins i
•tl obelises tiles have now ilr
( itlrd tli.it students need to be
punished lor standing up tot
then tights And th.it is just
wh.it happened at the parties
some students didn't move last
enough hit the polite It's not
enough to i ntifisi ate beer and
turn oil nnisii
I rankh I think we students
hail better lie sorinush ( .ireful
this spring l lie use ol teat gas
has frightening memories lot
me With the _’(lth ainmersan
ol Kent State Ihmersitv tutu
ing in a few weeks I am re
minded tliev used tear gas
on those students too Right
before the\ opened fire on
them
Tim Hughes
Student
Challenge
I wrote tin letter ((>/>/. 1 eh
-(>) i hallenging people to ahan
don the narrow mindedness
and I at k of eompassion that al
lows them to ignore the pain
and suffering ol some ol their
fellow t realures fourteen
members ol Coalition l or Ani
mals and Animal Keseart h re
spoitded lust 11s 1 expel ted
In completely evading this
i hallenge
d'hev u ,mli‘d (u talk about
thalidomide ()k,n briefly,
thalidomide was tested dm am
mals before it unit on the 111,11
kcl Alter It was suspei ted ul
causing human deformities. it
"as then tested on pregnant
(logs, eats rats, ntonkevs. ham
slers and i hie kens u ithout pro
dm ing deformities It w as only
a i ertain strain ol rabbit that ti
nallv showed deformities sinn
lar to those found in humans
As is the nature of animal
testing, it is pure i ham e that
one animal rear ts to a drug in a
similar manner to that ol anoth
ei animal. The list of examples
attesting to this phenomenon is
endless
However, as I stated clearly
in m\ lust letter, this is just
one ot many, many arguments
to be made against vivisection.
( dearly . my < hallenge to people
is for them to imagine tiie tor
ture human animals are inflict
ing upon non human animals,
and to question the justifii ation
tor such torture
Ihe issue ol thalidomide is
nothing in the lace ul this ques
lion
1 halidomide was simply an
oilier sleeping pill some
thing we could do without .in
other of. (a-rtainly not worth
the enslavement and the pain
ol the above mentioned aid
mats
\k ole Houri ier
Student
Prolong
Regarding the anonymous
"Hack oil {.ops" message 'ion
have now made your point and
must think you are pretty
smooth
Ai i usations ahound; hotli
sides have (.outlie ting stories as
to vvhat oi ( ui red in the teal
gassing incident, (dmotl, he
hrave! (!ome out ol hiding and
take vour concerns to the po
lice Tr\ to estahlish .1 serious
dialogue between student
groups and the Kl’l) instead ol
turthei alienating the two
I challenge vou to he mature
and leave behind this "in your
lai e" attitude that < an unit
worsen and prolong the con
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| Brett \\ ilson
(iiirman