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?
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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