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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1990)
Editorial IFC candidates show promise Tins war's problems with tin- I in jdcul.tl I oo I mu iliilti'i' haw hern well due umeuted Resignations. mis c mmiiuiiH atinn ami a general breakdown in tIn* lin.nil's i ipei ,)( n ni li.i \ i • i mill ilmlril In all II < | >.» I n ■ i llial at linn's didn't seem In In* lining its jnli \ti <tin’ will dispute tin- importune* ul lit Ailei all tin' i initin it (<•<• liniitlli-s almusl Si a iniHimi ul sin limit luinls It is mu' ul milv a liamllul ul similar uui versity Imaiils ,«i < iitt it I tlii* rnunlrv that is rnluelv stn limit inn. stiideiil-elei ted anil student* mitiullml I In* ih'ml Ini i misislmil pulii v anil committed nimulims is i misulmalili' That iiiuh’ than amlhmg. determined mil mi ilnrsmiH’iUs lm II (' uli'i lions this I hursdav and I iida\ Mils war's lit lias I n'mi hit hard hv t hr lai I i il stain I i l\ Studmils right mm pa\ almusl $.100 a vnai in un i denial lees, and vet then* are pieblmns with the mute than tin student group budgets around i ampus file Ilf needs leaders, both old and new l ust the one veui seats Ilrnic Brown current lil.uk Student I'nimi president will make a tine addi tion In tile lit boatd lie was verv impressive with his knowledge nl the commit lee's responsibility His plan In make the IK! "tinam iallv accountable" is sound, and he seems i ommitted to hard work (nnnifer Bills is another worlhv ol 11(1 memher sliip 1 lm expel iem e is hard to fault .is she put together budgets for both the (las and Lesbian Alliance and I nited States Student Association In addition Bills would bring several new ideas to the 11(1 She has e\ pmtise in fund-iaising. and knows ways lot student groups to get alternative money |nSonja Watson promises to bring "a dillerent v iewpoint to the board. As it's been noted that there are no women currently on the I !•'(!. Watson and Mills would automatically bring a different viewpoint il elected, but we do admire Watson's focus oil student empowerment. Watson doesn't have as much ai (.mint ing experience as we'd like, hut she impressed us witli her determination to learn ll'd operations and becom ing a contributing member Barclay Lloyd (irayson. treasurer of Inlerfraternity donned, earns our last one-year nod A self-described numbers man " (irayson has experience handling budgets, and could serve as a resident expert on money matters (iravson pledged In hold "intormation ses sions' to teach groups how to create a budget a i ommeudable idea \nnther one-yeni candidate deserves mention t it I lent torsi m has extensive budgeting nnd accounting ex perieme but iinforlnnntelv. is new to the campus He i .itixe he doesn't know a great deal about the li t "s du ties. we couldn’t endorse him lor a seat How evor. we urge him to take Ins talents to other student agencies I le would make a tine A SI ’l) comptroller 01 linam o ( o ordinator Someone w ith his expenence should not go to waste Deciding our two-yeei nominations was dilficnlt her.arise we saw three f|Ualilied people lor two avail able slots I he three are Don Stull. Tim Hughes and I redih k ill hes Stull gels oui unt|iialified nod Alter this venr. some new blood is needed on tills panel nnd he has it W hile he doesn't have am II I experience Stull does possess .in at counting background and substan tial knowledge ill the mi idenlal tee process lie biingx energy lot the job. whiili lias been lacking Irom this ycai x board I lex also a si nilent - parent. and non-trad i tioual students need a voice on the board Deciding between Hughes and Vilclres was hard In addition to new blood, we also see a need lor experi ence and guidance in the wav 11(1 works Moth Hughes and Vili lies would bring to the board that experience, as each has served a previous term on 11(1 and served it well. In the end. we lean toward Hughes, lie's a proven campus leader with previous lid 1 experience, lie will instill confidence in ll-'d decisions, and keep the other members motivated Hughes would add the greater di versity and independence to the hoard All iit all. the irext edition of the 11(1 has a promis ing cast. While it is impossible to predict how the elec tion will turn out. voters won’t go wrong if they con sider the above candidates. don't try anything FUNNY, GRINGO... MY GANG WILL FLOW YOU AWAY, RIGHT HOMBKES? 1 J Letters Big picture Rob |efferson and asscimates (UDI April l_’| .no really "mi k" ot tliusf who would lik. to sir sonii- .iih ii-nt forests 11• 11 for our future generations to e\ perieiu e: apparently we don't "see the big pi. turn t he "big" pii Hire bum Now let me see it I have this right, friends Your broad minded view is that it is C )k lo i lit down large areas of trees vvhi. h have been on Karth lor main < enturies so that the log get van earn a living today, in this instant ol l.arth time7 And who cares it we eliminate an other animal from the planet, less i ompetition. i ight ' And so what it trees produce oxygen and help stabilize the soil I need to make money That is the painting of the "lug piiture '" It seems to me that instead of looking thinugh a mu rost ope and seeing only the logger or the mill yvorker. you step hark yyay back and look at tire Karth Yes. the big i’li hire \Ve must yvurk together to en sure that future generations in herit a t lean environment tilled yyith lots ot animals and yes. lots ol am lent forests |nhn ( handlers 1ugene Choices I am writing in response to the April a article regarding Students lor ( 'hoi. e and the pro chon c- movement on this c ampus \Yhile I appro.date the generally unbiased tone of the arti. le. I feel as it some ot my y ieyy s yvere misrepresented. I yvish to clarity that Students for ( hon e opposes any restrir lions of a woman’s right to c house \Ve therefore are strongly against and yvill fight to defier t the anti-choice initia tives slated tor the November ballot, as yyeil as any future anti c hon e legislation intro dm ed in this state The arti. le stated that I had referred to the University as a "pro abortion" i ampus This is an incorrect misrepresentation of my vieyvs and the views of the organization that 1 repre sent Students for Choice be lieyi-s ill,it this i ampus has a pro-c he>i< e majoritv U bile mans pm-rhnict* individuals would not consult1! abortion as a personal option, thus s\ i\h to preserve the tight ol all women to t boose safe, legal and act ex sihle abort ion (ihoit e is not an issue of women's tights it is an issue ol human rights and we all must work to maintain control over our tra n hi ulies Sara Stankes Students tor Choice AD abuses Last year, the University Ath letn Department ret eivtid Si.829 million in students' in t idental tees After the failure of the Sports Action Lottery to protlut e am sizable revenue, it vs i 11 likely ask you for signiti t antly more money in the fu ture Heruu.se of the emu minis im part athletics tarries many abuses are overlooked or hid den from our r leyy Take, for example, the fact that tile wom en's volleyball team could not secure homecourt advantage for their \LAA appearance due to lat k of funds yet there yyas enough money to claim a him ! hid for the football squad ihe inability of the Inciden tal Lee ( ommittee. or students in general, to monitor and reg ulate athletic department det i sinus is i leal I he question becomes: Should students have more control over funding athletics past signing the t bet ks over to the Athletic Department? Do students deserve to he more in volved because it is our money that they are asking for? Do stu dents deserve to he treated more like partners or push overs ? I believe it would he yvise to involve students more ASIJO Vice President Scott Wyckoff has proposed a model "Stu dent Athletic Department Hoard this idea tomes from a similar structure at the Univer sity of Kansas. It is not just an advisory board it has specific duties to approve or revise the AD budget This type of board would be able to bring ai ( omit abilitv to the atliletic depart nient I fully support this meas ure to gain student input and control over student funds Mil hael ('.olson IK 1 candidate Compassion ()nce again a pro vivisei tion 1st. Pamela Danner [01111. April 1!) was unable to respond to the issue of resean h animal pain and suffering. Once again animals have been pitted against humans And om e again compassion was deemed as only applying to humans I am an animal rights at tiv ist. and for me. as with all the animal rights aitivists I know animal rights is simply an e\ tension of my compassion foi humans It has never been a question of either ( (impassion for humans oi compassion foi animals 1 am as t uni erned about homelessness, rai ism sexism and oppressive govern nieiils as I am about animals but I have i hosen to help aui Inals at this time bet ause I feel most prod in live doing so You nun not believe this, but I .on also com eriled about those humans who suffer from disease; both mental and physi ( al I'heir suffering and deaths are extremely tragii However I am unable to ignore my com passion for other spei les be t ause some members of my species suffer. To me. it seems inconceivable to assume that we can do whatever we want to something just because it looks and acts differently than we do Pro-vivisei tionixts seem to feel that looking and acting dit ferently invalidates suffering, but I cannot believe tins To me, it is wrong to cause pain and suffering to one animal, even if the hoped-for result is to alleviate pain and suffering of others. Hut perhaps this is too com plex for people who see com passion as humans or animals, rather than feeling compassion for all things that live Kathy Yonker Political science