Emerald fC(lltOri£ll
Daily
Three Sisters logging
deserves punishment
Oih c again, the Threw Sisters \\ ihierness is back in
the news, and once again, it com erns illegal logging
On Tuesday. Willamette National Forest sources
revealed that seven at ies of the protected wilderness
were logged in 1985 This is the second such an
nouncement made in the spat e of a month F.arlier, ot
lit.ials said 12 at res wen; inadvertently logged around
the same time as the 1985 tail
The Three Sisters Wilderness is protected under a
1984 law sponsored by Sen. Mark Hatfield It estab
lished strict rules governing logging around the wil
derness. and spet ifically prohibited some areas from
being touched
Now it seems the Forest Service has violated that
law not once, but twice.
WNF officials t laim the mistakes were uninten
tional, that the exact logging boundary was unclear. It
doesn't matter if the specifications were lost in a bu
reaucratic shuffle If there were any doubt over what
should and should not have been logged, the prudent
course would have been to not cut at all.
Mistakes will happen, and to their credit, the For
est Service has tried to rectify their errors by replanting
the logged areas. But the "inadvertent mistake” plea
wears thin A pair of such errors, revealed within a
month of each other, doesn't exactly lead one to think
it's a coincidenc e.
hnvironmentalists are calling lor a Tull congres
sional investigation of the two incidents, and they are
right it may be too early to say the logging was done
deliberately, as some people are charging, but the For
est Service should be held accountable- for what hap
pened.
At .1 time when the entire timber industry is suffer
ing from vast quantities of negative PH. the recent de
Luu les will not t aim the waters This is just another ex
ample of public timberland abuse.
The entire Oregon timber industry needs to
( hange What is needed is simple, though it will be a
strain for a while No more old growth logging Han
exports of raw timber. Give tax incentives to mill own
ers to retool for second-growth Preserve the sanctity of
state and federal parks and wilderness areas
Oregon can no longer afford the current timber in
dustry practices. If the state is going to make it in the
21st century, other, more stable sources of revenue
must be found.
Any more mistakes like the ones in the Three Sis
ters Wilderness should be dealt with in the strictest
means possible
orge Bush in the Virginia [louse of Boipesses
KNOW MOT WHAT
COURSE OTHERS MAY
TAKE. BUT AS TOR ME.
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Ok »,>> IS 'jf'MSWIVrjly
Give me libertv. or give me
A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE
Compromise amenable and
COMMENSURATE TO OPPOSING
INTERESTS AND CONCERNS'
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Egg throwing incident not an accident
Former University student (iolleen
Smith max have lieen hlimied in one eve last
weekend when someone lot her with an egg
from .1 vehicle Smith has undergone sur
ges to repair the damage to her eve and she
u ill still need further treatment
No one has been arrested in the ini ident
and police have little inform.ition on the
ease The most likeh method of the polic e!
finding the perpetrator is it someone c nines
forward with spec ifie information
besides the obvious senselessness of the
mi ident a 22-year-old woman may lose*
sight in one eye bee ause of a thoughtless ac t
by some irresponsible moron there is a
less obvious problem.
Smith has no medical insurance and
cannot afford the cost of her needed treat
ment
The comtnuniH has responded to
Smith's dilemma m more than an appropri
ate munnei ()11 Tuesdax a hank acc ount was
opened in her name to help pa\ for lieu med
ic a! expense's
It is more than sad to sec* me idents of
this kind in Kugene. Many people see this
area as unique and special Hut in reality we
are still plagued with the same problems as
other American cities.
A Springfield man on Tuesday spoke up
and offered a $1,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest of the person or persons
involved in the egg throwing. He also is
concerned about responsibilitv He does not
even know Smith hut he was so outraged at
the incident that he felt compelled to do
something
We should also feel compelled to con
tribute in some wav. Hundreds of I'niversity
students ride their hikes dail\ It could have
been am one of us If it had. we would want
and need the support of our communih
Donations to Smith's medical expenses
(.in he dropped off at any Willamette Sa\
h»gs Sf Loan in the area Medical expenses
.ire extremely high, so any contribution will
help.
Also, anyone with information about the
iiu ident or similar episodes should contact
the polic e at 121.
Speech
I 1 nullin'! believe III! eves
when I read that an issue 'tar
outweighs ,iu mdustrv’s right
Id freedom of spent li I spe
i i.ilIv w lu'ii H w as w rilten h\ a
inurnaiisivi maioi \ alerii' l.bnei
IUDi Ma\ IH)
How i an anything outweigh
the freedom to speak' Ktiliei ,ls
,i journalism major, von should
know all ot the important t, n to
ries that freedom ot spent h lias
given to w omen
W ithout this freedom, worn
en wouldn't he voting wolk
mg attending mmersities or
wi it mg editorials
While I agree that I don't like
having /'/av/xn and I’rntlunisr
in the I Ml I'm t ontent to al
low it to present the freedom of
spent h so essential to our dem
ot ratit s\ stem
Also, pornograpln does not
"lead women's ilidbilitv to he
taken serioush he men " It is
women that do Women must
vormnand and earn respect to
he taken serioush rathei than
posing lor I’rnthousr
lust reinemher that "worn
en'.x iights In live *lisi nmin.i
tion free Ii\i's ili'iiends iin
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s|H»l'i ll
I i'll ii \ Kane
Imirii.ilisin
Having fun
I mu Kibe |01)1- \l,n 17)
Min uw nt it hum I in your lettei
th.it tin' gri'i'ks have nothing
hi'tti'r In ilo hnl Im> h,ip|i\ sing
.nut il.iin f I or vonr inforin.i
lion tin' gri'i-k svsti'in is in
volvi'll in tin' politii ,iI issues
.1 rollnii us ,iiul vm' do slum up
In listen In speakers oil t .on
pus
I don't think that the fun \on
witnessed h.is ,in\thing to do
with llif politii.il issuers you
mentioneil Iliere .ire .1 lot ot
pi'oplf .ill around us who aren't
involvi'd w ith politii s I iocs
that give you the light to hl.inii'
lhi‘ gret'ks |iisl bi'i ausi' w e worn
h.n mg a nioinitnt ot fun?
Tammy Kri-nton
\ i« p president
(•amnia Phi Beta
Mural
I 11kt• the beautiful new mural
on the me//,mine floor o! the
I AH' Have you (June a bai k
ground story on it vet' I'd be
Interested in finding out more
about the artist (Marta 8*1) and
v\ hat she depit ted
1 understand "Azllan" is the
mvthii al plai e u here tile Az
tei s supposedly < ,imi' trom, hut
I ( ouldn't find ' 1 opiali/tli in
Keilii Simeons Du tinniuniv r/e
Li hnifiiw Xaliuatl Who c an en
lighten me?
Helmut Plant
Herman department
25 cents
I )o you have .ill sei omJs to
spare? Consider being abduct
ed. tortured imprisoned and
killed by vour government It s
not pretty It's not fun Hut give
it a trv tor just Jl) sei onds
There \o so hard, huh ' \ovv
cainsidei life in HI Salvador and
dealing with this all day. every
dav Vour friends disappear
our famiK is tortured before
your ey es If you < omplain.
you're next
As good. loyal i S taxpay
ers. "e all have a part ill this
brutality We supply the mon
ey mins cattle prods ami other
fun toy s Out ( l.\ teai lies then
government the best wavs to
torture "subversives '
Do you have 25 cents to
spare' Write to Pete Defazio,
Mark Hatfield, Hob Paikwood.
or our pal (leurge Kxplain that
you don't like to support tortur
ers
I his y\ill lost you several
minutes and all of 25 cents for
.i stamp Or do nothing Ignore
it Maybe our government will
suddenly realize the error of
their ways 0-1111 And maybe
(.eorge yxill dye his hair pur
pie
|ou Knight
Fine Arts
Good work
I want to express my appre
ciation to William Moore for
Letters
Ins thoughtful contributions to
tlic Ore,go/i Daily Emerald |M>u
Iti) and the Oregon l.'ommenla
tor 1 enjoy his rational and ar
ticulate presentations of consei
vative opinion and find Ins re
lleetions to be a refreshing
counterpoint to the rhetorical
din of those among the socially
and politically "correct
Thanks and keep up the good
work
Mark Watson
library
Read on
d ry reading beyond Leviticus
you'll find some interesting
stub yvhen lesus speaks in the
Neyy Testament "Neither do
men put new yvine into old bot
tles, else thc> bottles break"
(Matthew "Judge not,
and ye shall not be judged;
condemn not. and ye shall not
be condemned " (l.uketl 17)
Jeff Harrison
Knglish