Editorial
Conflict of interest
hard to find on IFC
AStJO (^institution ( mitt was asked this week to
i onsider the sti< kv question of "conflii t of interest'
and whether Incidental I ce (iommittee memhei \i
mando Morales ( rented sin li a i nnflii t when lie voted
to approve the budget tor tile I luted States Student As
sociation. I lie ijiiestion was settled Wednesdav when
the court found no couflic t ot interest, and did so for
tin- right reasons
Morales serves as vice chairman ol the lohhving
group's Northwest region The hearing request came
from Thomas Mann publisher of Oregon ( nmnifiit.i
lor. who wants the court to considei whether Morales
violated Amendment 1 n whir h prohibits lit members
from voting on a budget when that members holds a
paid position in the group under i onsider.ition
Mann and the ( iimmrnt.itor have long had it in foi
student lobbying groups sin h as 1 !SSA 1 heir position
is that sin h groups waste student ini idental fees I )e
spite their energetu efforts thin haven't had mill h
sin i ess. and Mann's current campaign seems headed
toward similar defeat It the court should invalidate
Morales' vote, the t 'SSA budget will still pass In a
Ill vote
Realizing lh.it I'SSA is prntec ted for mm Maim
ami court meitibeis arc wondeimg whether this case
should la- used to expand 01 clarify the intent ol -4 (.
(Tirilic alion ol legal points is usually helpful, hut we
caution the court (rum expanding its definition ol a
conflict of interest loo tar
It's our opinion that 4 f> should lie narrowly con
strued to prohibit I ft' members from getting monetary
gain I’lie court is being asked to find that lit! mem
hers should he prohibited Iron) voting on the budgets
of groups the\ are involved with in other ways, and
that s asking too mm h
li t ', members i ome to that hoard not as disinterest
ed participants, hut as people with constituem ies and
agendas That's how it should be IK! members are
ideeted as representatives of the student hoik We ex
pei t and mi mirage li t! members to represent the < on
i erns of the i oustitueiu s that elec ts them
It's easy to see what unenforceable prer edent
would he established il the court expands 1 •> II a
member of the lilac k Student I 'moii or ( an and Lesbi
an Alliance is elected to ILL. we'd lulls expect this
memhei to represent the lilac k or gas c ainpus c ominu
nits To gag these members from voting on then
groups budgets and the c one erns that most affec t their
c oust ituents would he to disempmvei them
The argument against this interpretation of the
proper role of an II I member i-- that the committee
will bee ome ruled hs spec ml interests I o this we of
fee that 11 1' is a seven member hoard: am interest will
need the sole of a majnrits I'he checks and balance
system is .dreads in plat e To adopt ,i c nnservative ar
gument (and one often espoused In the ( iHTtint'nlalor]
for a change ss e urge the’ ('mist i tut ion Court to not ex
i eed its judic ml authority and c reate lass hs dec ree
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ASUO ELECTIONS 1990
ODE endorsements
for ASUO elections
Indus is tin' last das (it the Asm general
elec .linns: be sure .»mt vote today' lust ,is .1 rr
minder. here's tin’ list nt people the ()n\gon Dnily
l incnih! endorsed tor Incidental l ee Committee
Seats and our positions on ballot measures lake
this w ith \on to the polls
• IH two-year seats
Tim Hughes
I redd\ \ 1 h lies
• Measure 1 — I I I) \rs
• Measure .! ( arnpus Radio Yes
• Measure \ — OSI’IKC es
• Measure 1 hqual rec rriiting 1 i s
• Measure r> Riverfront toxics Yes
• Measure fi environmental pledge Yes
• Measure 7 — Student insurance Option I)
• Measure H — Counseling Center Yes
• Measure ‘I ('.hi Id ( are Yes
University recycling woes embarrassing
Barth 1 >.i\ celebrations and TV specials
arc fading from the' public s memory and a
situation is unfolding right ticrc at home
that illustrates the problems fa< cd by putting
cm irnnmentally sound beliefs into prac tic c
The I'earl Bui h (ienter, a loc al fai i 1 i t \
for people u ctlc disabilities, had been ret vc I
mg the l'niversilv's waste paper to raise
funds sine e August But the < entei has note
fieri the I'nnersiK administration that it
will stop c ollec ting paper next month
Ihere is no central location for picking
up waste paper, and because of logistic.al
problems, the1 c entei was losing up to $800 a
month Kec \c ling ac tivities are also affec ted
In a I'niversiU rule, which st.lies confiden
tial dm uments must be shredded before they
are recycled This alone cost Pearl Buck 11
cents a pound, not good for a center that
gets a large share of its funds from rec yc ling
The Physic.al Plant had previously pei
formed the c ampux rec vt ling tasks employ -
ing two students to collect the paper, and
w ill take1 over one e Pearl But k hows out But
the plant also lost money in its recycling
days and officials are discussing just w hat
to do with tin' program The recycling pro
grams future' is m doubt
With environmental issues feeing both
debated right here m our own little' corner of
tin? world, the University's recycling Iron
hies ,irt‘ embarrassing. It is shameiul that a
way to rework the Pearl Hut :k agreement
hasn't been found Universities In nature
generate tons of waste paper a war, and it is
important tor this school to divert its wad
ded-tip memos and test papers batik into
use
The opportunity is ripe for some sort of
i entrali/.ed ret yt ling sv stem, one where stu
dents t ould get involved directly in the pro
cess A visible work-studv or credit program
could he set up for minimal cost, and would
educate students while doing the world an
en\ iromnental favor
It should he added that the general atti
tude of most of the IJniversitv population
concerning ret \ cling has been at best apa
thetic It's not reallv that difficult to take the
extra step to separate colored and white pa
per and put them in the appropriate bins
Ret veling takes a little hit more effort than
stuffing paper into a wastebasket, but (.(in
sider the benefits
Hopefully, with .1 little work from the
I’niversiH administration and its students
ret y< ling will make the move from slogans
and hrot Imres to an environment.ills sound
realitv
Letters
Beware
Hewan ul some candidates
lui the l nited States Senate
Hi’hmtl dosed (lours lhe\ are
tin sending troops into Central
Anient a to wage senseless war
Im prolil
They should lie questioned
( archills and exposed as
frauds I tr\ to avoid senseless
war I've walked away from
senseless war lor main \ears
Nobods should he ton ed into a
senseless tight In multimillion
aire r undulate tor the t' S Sen
ate file candidate who is tor
war is Mark Davton from Min
nesota
Pete Fena
Graduate student
Hatfield
We have suspei led all along
that Senator Hatfield has been
on the take from the timber
i ompuines and thus a staunch
defender of dear-cutting our
state II is outrageous to sot- the
huge amount of politic ,il action
committee iiHini'v so blatantly
in print wliii li bought Ins
< lout m (amgress
In m\ eves lie is not doing
anything tor our Oregon but
just (or himself lie never
"compromised" last summer!
His greed speaks too loudly
and unh supports the real
greed ot the timber barons,
u Ith no regard tor the workers
lie (and Pack wood) just use
the environmental i ommunitv
as scapegoats, thus farther di
viding the community Now is
the time for Hatfield to t.ike the
lead into conversion of jobs
into other fields and away from
dependence on old growth
Hilde Cherry
F.ugene
Not amusing
I am not surprised that some
one has attempted to minimize
the significance of what I was
saying about 77? e Simpsons I
(>1)1 April li). II is t ‘iis it * ? to
deny lli.it tint- finds amusement
in ,i slum that portrays abusive
behavior than it is to admit to
it.
To what degree are we ad
dieted to abusive actions and o?
shows' We can t all it a satire
or a t aitoon, or we can rational
i/e it a dozen wavs But it sldl
t nines bat k to portraving abu
sive behavior as acceptable and
funny It also exemplifies the
abusive t haracter "Bart" as be
ing "rad. cool, or bad.’'
How many people come from
families that treated each other
similar to what is shown, and
felt that the situation was nor
mal because they didn't know
anything else? 77?e Simpsons
"i artoon" desensitizes us to
abuse and t tills us into accept
ing behavior such as this to be
acceptable, tolerable or even
normal. That 's the point; and
it's not amusing.
(>ary Darby
Student