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Time has come for an end to military research
University should adopt Stresmger plan
Bv Shannon Oliver
The net mi lease ot l' S mill
t.irv spending between 1081
and l'tHa some Sl*10 billion
i reateil an estimated 7.2 mil
lion job-vears of work over that
period I lad the ei|uivalent sum
been spent on civilian ai tho
lies. it would have generated
H.4 million job-vears (Source
\Vorldn ittch I'.iprr HU p >1
In light of I orient polenm s
between environmentalists and
members of the working i lass.
_Commentary_
who are dependent on natural
resouri es I believ e it to be of
the utmost important e that the
I'niversilv recogni/.e the need
to divest mu interest in federal
mibtarv spending
The most i nt ii al negat iv e re
percussions of militarv spend
ing on the economy and higher
edui ation is in the area of re
seart h and development ( air
rently. the researi h intensity of
militarv produi ts has been esti
mated to be as high as 20 times
that of i ivilian products I he
share ot publii resean h and tie
velopment outlays that goes to
the militarv is as high as 70
peri ent in the 1 'nited States
('ll or/i/u.ih Ii I’.ifirr 'll1) p. 18)
In the United States, com
billed military-related K&D e\
penditures in the mid '80s may
have been equivalent to .is
mm h as 4a pert ent of total
government and private spend
ing. at i ortling to the ( smut il of
lit onomii Priorities in New
"i oik This mibtarv cornut opia
starves the i ivilian intrusion
lure of funds
A prolonged heavy emphasis
cm defense related research and
development impairs our ooun
tr\ 's innovative r apat il\ h\
drawing scientific talent awa\
from the i ivdian ser tor. leaving
our i ountr\ imalile to address
sor ini or environmental needs
I would like to address the
public issue concerning mili
larv funding of basic sc lenc e ,rl
the I bltversilv At a rally pre
c edmg the dedication of the
new science buildings last tic
tuber 1 spoke about the idea
that funding ol basic sc umc e !w
military organizations threatens
tci adulterate the tvpe ot basic
sc lenc e that IS done as well .is
the prolile ol scientists who
find sue c ess in resean h
It has been argued that re
search sc ientists should be tree
to seek binding from am
some es available and w tiling lo
bind their w in k
In addition, it has been ad
\ ant ed that the die tales of ,n a
c 1**1 n ic freedom preclude the
prohibition ol militarv funding
ol basic science such a prohi
lilt II ill w oulri i reate the oppe H
limit* for political influent es ul
researc h programs
further, it li.is been asserted
that even weapons researc h
should be fair game tor the I bn
versitv facullv
When we speak ot academic
freedom, we speak cd an eiu
powering right that ensures the
abilitv of si ientists to pursue
liasic: questions of interest and
explore the secrets ot the uni
* erse around and w ithin m, I
feel that this freedom is ex
tremelv important
Absolute academic treedom
reepnres that no stiings whale*
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THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON
Suddenly, a heated exchange took place
between the king and the moat contractor
er in' nttill hrii between tin
fuiuli'r and tin- funded There
.ire invariably limitations. and
tht'\ are not trivial
While it ii absolutely tin'
l ast' that military agencies do
fund hasit research having no
foreseeable' mililar\ appliia
lion, it is also tin' i asc that onlv
i frtain types of liasli rescan h
are ai i eplahle to ruilitarv agen
lies
file etfei 1 ot this silll.it inn Is
that the more money the mill
tar\ i an channel into hasu re
scan h, the greati'I the degree to
whil h they are I apahle ol de
termining the course ot si len
titu tin estimation fills must he
u t ter K loathsome to myone
who espouses ai adenili tree
dom
I he ton es that linn! ai .idem
it freedom can have very sen
oils i onsei|uetu es tliai a tree so
i.ietv responsible tm funding
research might want to avoid
file late (ieorge Stresingei a
world lamoits University hiolo
gist, developer ot the tamnns
/.ehralish preparation that dts
tinguishes Kugene in the si ten
tifil i ommunity and the man
after whom one ot the grand
new si iein e buildings is
named lust proposed to the
I ai it It \ Senate this limitation
on lesean h funding
Whereas defense researi h is
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antithethn ,il In tin- hmnanistii
purposes d! a l 'tmersilv ,nul
"W'Ihm'ims the rational loca
tion lor defense rescan li is
within the appropriate a ire m les
ot the I Jepartinellt ot I tetense.
He it resolved that the lai ill
ty o| the himersitv ot t trefoil
request-, that the President and
the administration of the 1 in
versily establish a pole \ ot re
fusing all i ontrai t or qrant re
seari h sponsored hv the He
part men! of Defense anil its \at
ions brant ties and ot phasing
out .is rapidlv as possible
an h i ontrai Is as now esisl at
the 1 'diversity
Professor Slresinger was
well aware ot the fai t that M l
erne funded In the militarv
may he pure and basu re
search He reasoned that the
freedoms ice saerifii e when we
take a stand ait.dust militarism
are less inipottaut than I he tree
iIiiiiis hi- iram wlien we a-, a so
t ielv rejei I llir influent fs (in
si limi t' ol ,ni oppressive milt
l,ir\ imliistn.il i oinplf\ lli.il is
killing planet Is.nth .uni limit
mg human pntimti.il
the vinu tli.il \\ ini j ii it is tr
sisiri li slnmlil mil lx1 11111111><I <it
tin- t nivcrsits tin's nut lulls in
tin1 I.n c oi Sti'i'singri s motion,
tmt ,i I s. > in tin1 t .n f nt l in vim si
Is piiln \ \i>t milv lias tin’ I in
lerstlv haimt*il i lassitied ami
mu lassifii'il weapons researi li
on i .a in p li s tint it also has
liaiini'il i lassifii'il anil unclas.i
fit'll weapons researi ti at the
proposed Riverfront Keseart li
Park
PinsumahU some views la
vor lepeal ot these weapons re
seanh hands It is this view
th.it 1 11ml most oh|ei.tionahle
ami most out ol tom h with the
ideals ol at ademii Ireedom
Sh.imum (>h \' ! is 111 (1ms /at
nl Shnlrnt l a/n/iaign for /tis.u
moment
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