-Editorial
L TD, radio, OSPIRG
top ballot measures
On Thursday ami I't'idav s general election sii»
thuils will he asht'd to vole mi several key issues W itli
(his is mind here are out thoughts nil tin- nine mens
dies mi the general elec tion hallo! Hec ause we have
i n in h In sn\. I lie endorsements will run over two days
lust up is Ini lane Iraiisit Ihstriet bus senile
Students are asked In approve an incidental fee n-qursl
ul SI ?."> a term |S" Id Inr law studellls) In continue
binding ul the i ll) program in which students cun
ride free .dl nm (Ire i it \ bv showing then I : mverst I v
I I)
I he hits program works When il was first pro
posed livu years ago we were against il as il seemed a
large amount of money to he polling into an unproven
idea Hut sun e then given the overwhelming sm i ess
uf the program, we have i hanged out mind and tin
hesilalmglv ask students to continue supporting 1.1 I)
and vole ves on Measure I
\e\t is a proposal tor a student -funded and site
dent-run rarho station The idea ot i ampus radio has
been discussed for years and it finally looks as it it
might actually work out The total amount requested is
$2"> fit. I. St7 UHtt nt this is ha one time startup < lists
As we were with the LTD ptogram. we te learv of
devoting a large amount of student lees to a plan
whirl) as yet is still in its formative stages Hut the
principle ol the lequesl cannot lie ignored I he more
diverse and varied forms of media on i ampus the bet
ter inhumed and educ utod the students will he. lie
sides being a training ground for broach ast journalists
a i ampus radio station will also give students a dillei
en! view point I-or this reasons.it's yes on Measure 'l.
Measure ) is .1 request by the Oregon Student Hub
lie Interest Research Croup ha $11- 000 in incidental
lees \\ ith this we have no problem
While (kSI’lKC; is asking for a sizable lee alloc.alicm.
the group definitely deserves it O.NI’IKII since its 111
i option in 107 1. has always been at the forefront ol
many social issues, such as consumer health the envi
ronment and other related topics II is one ot the first
ol its kind .it am university and is looked on by nthei
i hapters from around the country as a model
Don't turn down one ol the most valuable student
organizations on i ampus Vote yes on Measure :t
CIA recruiting at the l ‘diversity has been a hot is
sue for a number if years because of the agency s big
oted reuniting practices students have tried to pre
vent the CIA from coming to campus Measure l
vvhu h would require prospective recruiting groups to
sign an equal opportunity statement, is trying to do
lust that
I'.mmi though tin- hiillot measure is not spec itii .ally
targeted at the CIA. make no mistake about what Meas
ure -1 is liv ing to do At other universities, the ClAhas
refused to sign such statements and was denied access
to the campus I'he people responsible lot the measure
.ire hoping tor the same result
We approve of forcing recruiting agencies to sign
<in equal opportunity statement, so it's yes on Measure
4 However, from a cynic al stance, we wonder how ef
fei live it u ill he. There is nothing preventing a c ompa
in (or a government agency) from signing the state
ment and gaining access to campus, even it they don’t
follow the guidelines Measure 4. unfortunately,
doesn’t take that into ac count
Measure "> is similai to Measure 4 in that it's a gen
eral statement designed to nail a specific group In this
case it would prevent am toxic material on Universitv
property within -ai(l tret ot the Willamette River. Tar
get the Riverfront Research Pork
We applaud this noble gesture to help the environ
men! but wonder what it will actually do to t niversitv
administration policy Students are already on resold
against the research park The higher-ups in effect
took the ballot measure and filed it away, never to In
seen again
The l niversitv is committed to a research park
(even with the nx ent disc Insure of toxic material
dumping near the river) to the point ot i< mg students
completely out ot the decision-making pox css Vole
y es on Measure T>
The endorsements, yea or nay. toi ballot Measures
t) Ihiough ‘I will appeal tomorrow
Letters.
Colors
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Hill I hese at I s Hi i not i mist I
lute all ol \iiii-i ii ail Instill s
I iiithoi taking h.ubaiii liber
lies ssilli human 1 i11■ ssas and is
lint I * in f t Ill'll In laliupeans I lie
Heijing slaughlei evempldies
tills hut this doesn't give the
I hinrsf a genet ii predispose
tinn In Iasi ism
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ss iiuldii I pres out an All it ail
Ameiu an Imm having pride in
his i uitur.il inigin
Kufupenn Anient alls huh I
this same light In evaluate
i iiltur.il hislors ob|e< tis ety, ,n
k nuss lodging the es I Is ss hilt'
giving equal merit in the pusi
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I he point is nnl In pi t mini e
ethiint eutnt siesss among
mi es lint rathei In suggest that
i ulliiral salislai linn and a sense
nl tradition is salulars tui es
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I listoi s I nglish
Vile hes/Hughes
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'■In linns I hope lh.it students
will volt- Ini rim I lughes .mil
I leddl \ ill lies Ini tin' two
n ad.lhlr 11 u i tli 'I it.) 1 I it t i mi
Ill It Its* seats \ ill lies .111(1
Hughes .lie the nnh c aildidates
w ith .i proven ret uni truck re
i uni el student .ii hr ism and
leadership
l he\ h,i\e both winked hard
In light Ini student iiglits and
advocate tur student programs
like ( hild i .ire and women's
and mintiriK programs
I woudei turn mam students
ale aw .lie oj the lai t then uppo
siti»m opposes funding tm pro
glams like l olled States Stn
dent \ssneiation and Oregon
Student l.olibv Thev think stu
dents shouldn't hale the light
In oigam/e and lohh\ the stale
I egislallire in the I S ( on
gless tm lowering tuition pre
seising I 'el I I,rants or getting
tedeial and state doll.us loi
i told i aie and athletic s Hut
this don’t like to talk about
that 111iK h
Both \ ill lies and I luglles
have gone to (aingress and the
l egislature to light oil lieltull nl
all student to get those things
and more When (aingress was
deluding the lull to allow ( In
nesc students to stu\ in the
l S Vih lies and I luglies
helped organize the national
Inhhvmg ettorl to pass tin- hill
Their opposition would have
Opposed that
It VUU i are about student
rights, it you want some at
1.(II11)tahi111y ill the 111 and d
\ou want student leadership
that i .m s about students vote
I redih VtIi lies and Tim
Hughes tot III Let's put an
end to spel lal interests and
wink tni the good id all I idler
sil\ students
I ilw aril Beanes
Student
Freedom
I am extraordinai ill align al
the outrageous burning of the
Alltel n an Hag April lt> \mei I
i a and the freedom it repre
selils is tile dream of people all
ai toss t he carth
l ie stood in Soviet grot er\
stole lines tm ,m hour to buv a
ilrv iiraoge I i e spoken witfi
last Herman holder guards
S( I ill Isll . I'll nisi,111 ,111(1 1 11,II
people whose dream it is In
i imir to Amerii ,i flaw \ c.ini
hn a I.uni ulii'ir tliiw an' ic
•>Iit'( It'd ami lice
Ycl lifii' in Amm k a the pt'ii
pic despise 111,it freedom li\
burning its s\ mlml U 11\ didn't
11ii-\ burn an Amerii an eagle'
()li sum I forgot. This is
I IIIII Week ami we're sup
posed In love llie animals and
birds and shout out against
waste while behind i.losed
doors those verx same people
kill then unborn babies and
pretend that it's C)k
The Amerii an dream has
been burned at the stake and
the laud 111,it 1 love has been
ripped apart in hunt ol nit
eves. And ai mss the world. in\
ti lends in hast liei tin i r\ out
it>1 a freedom like ours
(■it'll hen W emit
Kugene
Have a picnic
I do not feel the proposed in
leileieiu e w dll a logging opera
lion is an appropriate was to
i elebralc la It h I )a\ lot those
concerned with environmental
issues
I do support these protests
I hex are a i ontinualion ol a
heritage that began with the
Boston lea I Vi rt \ unioni/ed
coal mines and gave etert pel
sou the i ight to \ ote
llowcvei Kartli l)a\ should
lie a i elehralion ol the i onimoii
ground upon w hit h we all de
pend lor survival. Because the
Kartli's fate depends in part
upon the small dailv dei isioiis
ol even person an at Iivitx that
draw s lines and di\ ides w ill
onlv be i irunteiproductive
I propose that environmental
activists and families depen
dent on the timber industrx get
togelhei and replant a clear i lit
1 lieie i ouhl lie a large pit nil
with let tines on receding. en
viron.mentalK sound shopping
and eiifrgx saving There might
even he some i onvers.ition. At
lei all we rail the same rixers.
fish from the same lakes and
w alk on the same beat lies
Ktlward Singer
Kugene