Editorial
Peaceful weekend
shows possibilities
Happily, tlie* worst tears of police officers, commu
nity leaders and l 'Diversity administrators failed to ma
terialize this weekend On the one year anniversary of
last Ma\ s first e onfmntation between students and po
lice over parties, things were pretty quiet in Eugeni
Many people cxpei ted trouble this holiday week
end A palpable resentment lingers on c arnpus ovei the
March tl police-student run-in. where tear gas was
used (loud weather was expec ted, going into Eridav.
and Saturday was (unco de Mayo, the Mexican! day of
independence.
To corral the trouble. Eugene pulie e planned extra
patrols ASI'O President Andy (liaik and student re
sponse teams were ready to intervene, as was t 'Diversi
ty President Myles Brand. Other student and 1'mverxi
l\ groups planned special events to decrease- the
c bailee of restless c rowds forming otf-c arnpus
Most of these efforts were sun essful. espec iallv in
tin- wav they were' handled, and so are deserving of at
tention and c omiuendation The polic e and student re
sponse teams worked great I he i arnpus events wore
less sin c.ess'ful
On Eridav. polic e* did have to roll m to disperse a
party c rowd at 14th Avenue and Patterson Street The
polic i- appeared to ban* gained some sensitivity to ear
lier c omplaints, they showed up w ithout the intimidat
ing riot gear that had been used in prev ious encoun
ters After watc lung the si me lor a while they contact
ed < lark and Bland Through their combined, peaceful
efforts the 2IH) to )()0 people- were- moved on with no
troubles
That's .in encouraging sign that police- and stu
dents don't have- to rumble Less encouraging is tfit
lac t th.it at the same tone polic e were i ailed m to Pat
terson Street, about -in0-r>00 people were enjoying the
un-campus events sponsored b\ MLLliA. the Lhic.a
no Latino student union.
MLt.'hA put on a weekend c elebration of non-alco
holic feasting and dam mg to redeem the good name of
Linen de Ma\n. which was unfairly sullied In associa
tion with last year’s disturbance. Eor MELhA it was a
sue i.essful event but lor all the community members,
families and students in attendance, off-c ampus parties
still oi i lined
More telling is that University Housing’s planned
mm ale iihnlic alternative*, Springfest. drew much
smaller c rowds Hie University c an get involved with
preventing off-campus party v. iolence by sponsoring al
teiuativc events, hut it seems likelv that il the* people
c aosmg the problems are going to he dttrac ted to these
eoiitndled events, alcohol will have to he- involved in
some reasonable wav
All this is not to take away limn University Hous
ing m Mid :h.\ feu tr\ mg. or hum the completely com
mendable work of tin- police, community. Clark and
Brand The weekend ended on a positive note, and so
should the public assessment of it
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Letters
Cut out
Once again the budget a\
tails .it the t 'nis ersits rutting
vet another liberal arts pro
gram Administrators have de
(ided that the American Stud
ies program is not worths of
the S 1 .‘H 11(10 budget allotted to
it and w ill theretore he cut or
phased out
Director Sam thrgus has tab
eii a position at another t niver
sits not surprising considering
the lack of support the AMS
program has rei eived tisi .ills
and otherwise It has been de
termini'll (lirgus will not he re
plar ed. evcm though it would
take half of a fust seal hidings
inslrtu tin s s.dais to till the po
sition
rile future of the AMS pro
gram is uiu le.u even der ision
making administrators seem
r onlused about what will he
i time the iii majois 7 (. 1 I s
and program ser retars Not to
mention the >1)1) plus students
enrolled in the 101.102 III I se
lies who need to complete the
sequent e I guess tlies can |usl
lind a new cluster Perhaps
(lies i aii squeeze into an over
i row ded I ngllsh ( lass
What about the majors':’ It's
been suggested that it ssould Ire
easiest tor us to tind a new ma
jor ()h ()L. it’s |ust our life
and future
The l mis ersits is held up as
.i liberal arts school vet liberal
arts programs are continually
esperiem mg ( uts in stalf and
budgets Where is the ohliga
turn and i ommitment to stu
dents? 1 tried to ask Ms Ies
Miami. hut he was m lapan
I lie Dean ol Arts and Letters
might have had an answer, hut
he is m Lurope IIminin
Karen Slenard
Amerii an studies
For Bell
1 know sv esc been oca ups
mg our time and energies ss ith
campus elections hut noss it s
time to foi us our attention on
the primars elections coming
Mas 15
1 rei entlv had the opportuni
ts to listen m on svhat Marie
Hell, candidate tor state repre
seutathi' Dislrir.l 4 1. was tell
ing .1 group of senior citizens
She expressed some of her i on
i erns .Old then took the time to
listen to them .is the\ revealed
then needs
I was impressed We need
more publir servants repre
senting us in Salem and fewer
polite urns She expressed great
concern that the 1‘IH‘t hegisla
tore failed to follow its own
priority agenda (funding edm a
tion, iedm ing burdensome
propertx taxation and fixing
workers' compensation) hv not
considering the funding of
these important issues until it
would require a break in the
spending limitations we the
|leople viiled on
Hell is i ommitted to greatei
honestx the issues ol priinarv
imprrrtanr e to the members ol
Dislm t 41 and makes onl\ one
campaign promise to listen
represent work hard and report
bar k to bet constituents
The t niv ei sit\ i ampus is in
District 4 1 and so is Bell She
has lived here tor the last 22
Neats going back to the da\s
when she was a student (and a
graduate) here She has gone
through what we are going
through, and today is prepared
to assist and represent lls in Sa
lem After watt lung her in ai
tion. I'm convinced she should
tie given that opportunit\ and
David Dix he sent somewhere
else to he a polilu ian
Tamara Murtensen
Kugene
For Girgus
I'he recent dissembling of the
Amerii an Studies program by
the University is an insult to
students and far uItx We have
lost Religious Studies ami the
restructuring of Speech and
( ainimunn atinn is imminent I
feel betrayed and violated by
the administration of this
sm aller! institute of higher edu
i ation
1 have worked it) hours a
week while attending r lasses
full time at the t’niversit\ Mv
edm ation is not something I
take lightlx nor is the time anil
inonex that I have put into it
All 1 ask for in return is a tii
verse multi r hanneled. learn
ing experience W hat 1 have
hern given is .1 mass of gradu
ate sludimls teaching basil lib
oral .ills and si innu's The
quality of instruction is often
undesirable and mv options are
dramatii ally du milling
I have. however, had the ex
treme pleasure of attending a
provocative and highly intelli
gent class taught In a pub
lished. full time professor l)r
Sam Cirgus For the last three
terms, at)l) people have sat with
me in this i lass and witnessed
a man who loves his discipline
lus job. and his students
(Signs sings to us makes us
laugh, tails us b\ name, and
most importantly teat.lies us
The destrut turn of the Amen
i an Studies department is a
grave insult to this man. his
countless hours ol dedication
and everv student who has
been bn kv to benefit from the
passion with w hit h this pro
gram has evolved
Fven those students who are
not involved in the program
should be outraged In the con
sistent mistreatment and be
traval prat tit etl by the adminis
nation of this I Iniversity I urge
all students to make yourself
heard and to demand our rights
to a multi i ultural. diverse, and
well rounded edut ation
Kerrie Harr
Business administration
No talk
The American Studies pro
gram has been killed due to an
administration that is blatantly
uncommitted to education
While the Dean of Arts and S( i
ernes lounges in Furope until
the end of summer, and our
president Myles Brand was off
tor a month to )apan, our Amer
ican Studies program has been
dropped with no disc ussion
Never mind that the AMS
program is the only major
whit tl integrates courses in the
true liberal arts tradition and
that this integration is the so
tailed "platform” behind
Brands presidency Action
speaks louder than words and
the administration refuses to
even talk
folu Cooper
American studies