Daily Emerald
Editorial
Racist country club
no site for tourney
Hooray fur honest racists
The IX;A Coif Championship. uni* of ^olt s tout
major tournaments. is going to he played at the Shoal
Crook Country Club next week in Birmingham, Ala.
The club, founded in 1U77. does not admit blacks said
founder Hall Thompson, because "that's just not done
in Birmingham "
Not that this is really big news About hall of the
golf tournaments on the IX i A tour an? played at exr In
sionarv < bibs But no one has been as honest about the
reason lor all white in< lusion as I {.ill Thompson
One "legitimate" reason for all-white member
ships at the country i bibs where goll tournaments are
placed is that it can cost up to ,$50,000 |ust to join
Throw hi $5,000 for yearly dues and not many blacks
or many whites tor that matter i an afford it
Secondly, how main blar ks want to join all-while
< tubs, esper iallv ones with exi lusionarv histories7
But Thompson, obviously a good oT boy. should
get credit for being honest He should also be run out
of town When he uas asked win his dub has no
blacks, he told it like it is
Major television advertisers of the tournament,
such as IBM. Toyota and Anhenser Busch, have der id
ed not to run their ads during the tournament An un
identified IXIA spokesman said pro golf was disap
pointed and concerned about the corporations' pull
outs because of the PC X's position against disi rimina
tion, This is a strange statement considering the most
important IXIA golf tournament in the world, the Mas
ter's. is played at an all-w bite club in Augusta. Ca
Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington, who is
bine k said his rity has made rai ial progress in the last
50 years lie also said Shoal Creek Country Club has
made a commitment that blacks will be considered for
membership within six months After 15 years, what's
anothei t> months7 Knough time to forget about the
problem
But that’s not enough Stories about racism belong
in the news pages, not lust the sports pages Koseanne
Barr si reel lies the national anthem at a baseball game
and il s front page news Blit rat ism in goll is relegated
to the sports pages This is totally absurd Who is go
ing to sing the national anthem at the PCA tourn.c
meat •' It won't be 1 lurry Belafoute or Mil liael Jackson
Subtle racism exists in all sports But at least the
problems are getting attention in team sports such as
baseball and football. Coif lias escaped the racism
question so far But thanks to an honest racist, it can't
hide its exclusionary tactics anymore
Bub
STOP
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KIND OP IRONIC
COMING PROM AN
ALL-WHITE ORGANIZATION
THAT'S 98^ MALE
If
Ethics: public has right to know
Senator ( ! "(!ub" i loin k K Salem, has
been unde! investigation In the state Oov
eminent Kthic s Commission for a while
now The commission has found probable
c ause that Houck mn\ have used his office
lor personal gain
Now Houck's lawyer. |ohn DiKoren/.u,
has made a proposal to the Senate Commit
tee* on Cnvernment Operations to restrict the
release of information until the investigation
is complete
The Committee has sent .1 survey to
members ol the media seeking information
about how often and under what conditions
they talk with ethics commission members
and staff I be survey s should go straight into
the rec vc ling bin
It's nobody s business who tilt* media
talks to Houc k and his lawyer raise more
stispic ion by try ing to prohibit the release of
information from the c omrnission One state
souatni said the Kthic s Commission invites
criticism it it's perceived they are making
statements to the press before their investi
gation is complete. The same senator also
said the possible harm that could be
wreaked on public officials outweighs the
[)iil>lit ’s right to know
Wrong I lie public's right to know
comes first when the situation involves
elected representatives or tax dollars Inhu
mation should he released as it is received
If the situation is serious enough, it would
be a travesty to continue paving ele< ted ofti
i tals if thev have engaged in unlawful or un
ethical ai ti\ it\
Houck does not sav whether or not he
should he privy to information that the pub
lic is not It benefits everyone involved to
learn about situations as they arise The
press plays an important part in keeping
government oft it inis honest because? of the
availability ol information.
Houck has denied the charges against
him. It he is not guilty, what is he afraid off
Why didn't his lawyer make this proposal
before Hoik k came under investigation?
Houck should back oft It the systems
not broken, don't try to fix it.
It someone is suspec ted ot violating eth
ic s. the public has a right to know Just be
cause someone is arrested does not make
them guilty But the public has that right to
knoyy They always have*. They alway s w ill
Forum
Emerald editorial on Research Park not in students’ interest
By Howard Bonnett
List tall tin1 I nu'r.iltl pub
lishi’ii .m 1'ilituri.il iitb'il "I,i• t
Lruundbreakiiig un Park begin
Smm I have waited tor sonic
kind ot cititon.il ret rein liment
Iroiii the tiiiiil paragraph .ill
ve.ir since it read because
the lot ilium is hit'.il and hr
cause the Kiverlronl Research
Park's designers have satisfied
tile area's ei olog\ and ret rea
tiorial use t onceriis
Commentary
( )l i muse we all know the
oillv ground wliicfi lias been
broken in the meantime has
been part ot the scan li to find
bun mam tox.ii compounds
lurk beneath the surtai e \o
one knows where thin are now
That thex were buried there
In I'mversitv employees lias
been know ii In I niversitv iiitt
i ials lur sr\ 1*1 d \ i*.ii s I low
mam I’l Hs and other i .iri.iim
gens might lx* present Irum
I U I ll's ust* ol l'niversitv |imp
i * it \ on tin* riverfront In store
transformers' Wh.it was buried
in tlii* Sih .1 (In li.ird in tin* il
legal borrow pit .mil l.imlfill
operated hv the l niversitv in
this sensitive .ire.i within the
boundaries of the Willamette
Oreenwav Does this sitn.ition
sound like the Riverfront Ke
se, trill Park's designers have
satisfied the area's ecology f
The preponderance of public
testimony regarding the re
searc li park supported retention
and rei latnation of the land be
tween the railroad and the nvei
for re. reational uses These
uses were proposed by the I'm
versilv of Oregon before a i on
pie of people dei ided a re
search park was a better idea
\n .1 first stage in development
ii! rri 11siti<in.i 1 tar ilities. tin*
Ill's! soi i it field hi the .iron v\ as
limit at a i usl tit $000,1)00. paiii
with sluilont funds nut I amor
si!\ funds Tin* b.mrruhi assorts
that "the soccer field” would
remain Flint assertion is great
l\ misleading. since the plan
tails lor it to lie moved, nar
rowed, arti/ shortened in order
to provide for a broad street bo
tween the field and the (racks,
a bit \t lo trail between tho field
and tho top of the river bank
and buildings on either side
I Ills field it .1' to be onh the
first of four pint ing fields to In
built at this site Where Will
satisfactory .titernative sites for
play int; Iicdcls be I.ninil ■' U ho
will pat tor them' Win is the
/'rrror.i/.; not representing stu
dent interests and tinam ial in
vestments? I low will the
Stint).(IDO i I'.IHO dollars! invest
mciil ul the students in (heir
recreation be replai ed' What
assur.lines ere there that addi
tional student funds will not he
squandered ’ \Vhat did the I ni
versity bury in the Silva Or
(.hard pit ’
Must insulting of all was the
paragraph in the Emuruld edito
rial stating that park opponents
bad been unwilling to compro
mise. In tad. opponents of the
Riverfront Research I’ark have
consistenth been excluded
Iroiii the dei ision-making pro
i ess No opponent has been ap
pointed to the Design Review
Committee or the Riverfront
i Commission
At public hearings on plan
alternatives, most testimony
from the publii opposed devel
opment north of the railroad
tracks. requiring expensive
underpasses Perhaps a suitable
compromise would be to limit
development to south of the
tranks and plan for recreational
uses of the riverbank by the
University community. Isn't it
strange that the largest concen
tration of persons in Kugene
work and attend ( lasses at the
I niversitx and vet thev have
the least at cess to recreational
enjoyment of the river
Franklv. I'm fearful of the
University's role in the River
front Research Park in view ol
their past record ol stewardship
ul their riverfront properly
There has been dumping of to\
It wastes, illegal topsoil reinov
al and dumping in Silva Or
c hard, and intentional conceal
ment of information Maybe we
should let sleeping toxins lie
and make sure we don't dump
more toxins along the river un
der the guise of a researt h park
Hew,ml Hon nett is a proles
sor ol biology .it the I ’niversit\