Editorial Daily Emerald Defense cuts: a step in the right direction It's defense budget lime for Congress again, but thev are still unable to do what average Amnru an boust'lmlds do live v\ dliin then moans Tin* House Armed Services Committee approved a $2H.t billion defense bill on Tuesday that is $2-4 billion less than what President Mush ashed lor Hut it s still wav too nun h The committee wisely cut all funding for the B-li stealth bomber. Hush wants the government to pay for 75 ol the radar-evading aircraft at the ( list of approxi mately $Hlir> million per plane a total cost of almost $04 billion. The committee also slashed Si! billion out of the re quested $4 7 billion Star Wars budget. Because of the thawing of the Cold War. and because many scientists believe the Stars Wars plan will never work anyway, this program should be eliminated completely. The IIA SC killed all funding for two nuclear mis siles — the MX and the Midgetman. Elected represen tatives are finally realizing the futility of overpriced, never-used weapons. However, there is still support tor some ol these programs in the Senate, whose own Armed Services Committee has vet to meet and present its recommen dations. While the House cuts are meager compared to the dictates ot a sane society, it is a small step in the right direction The biggest obstai le HASC has to hur dle is to cut 120.000 military personnel. While it must be done, any recommendations that entail job loss must also provide new opportunities for those affected. People of the Northw est know that all too well. On a scarier note, the full House voted on Tuesday to let the government fall $222 billion deeper in debt If the proposal is adopted by tin* Senate and signed into law. the federal government's deficit will soar to an unfathomable $.i,44 trillion by Sept .10. 1091. With Congress ready to go on its August recess, auv dealings with budget balam ing will wait until September But there is pressure to deal with the debt extension before Congress' summer vacation or the government may run out of money by Aug 15 Defense still consumes an inordinate amount of tax dollars ( amgress still i annot balance a budget Congress arts like someone with a gold card and an unlimited amount ol credit Eventually bad spend ing habits lead to bankruptcy Perhaps it's time to consider hiring an average American family living within their means to educate our elected representatives about spending only wbat lliev earn Stay away As ,1 ( iti/iMi (l)V bulb) ol the 1'mil'll Si,ill's .mil mu' who has lu'i'ii around enough years In havr si'i'ii many fundamental rights v\i' used In lakf fur grant i'll hi'romt' eruili'd. 1 would 1 ik•• to express m\ opinion on ihi* new l adversity policy of arrest mg non students not lot am i rimes or misdt'mi'anors but merely for treing "on campus letters I rei «»n11 \ rei etvrii a letter Irom .1 friend. .1 retired tear her expressing .1 desire to (> ‘ ~ o P ML ,'!'< >f "NOW I HAVE A STEALTH PAVCRECH... .IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN W BkM ACCOUNT I'■ Forum Campus strongly favors more recycling By Karyn Kaplan Kim cnth ,i questionnaire re garding 11 ret yi ling at the I'm versrlv .md 2) use of lei vi led .uni unbleai lied paper was sent out to l.u nil', st.itt and ad ministration dins question naire evolved Imm a group o( students Iroitl the Survival (den ter (a student environmental group). ASl t) ni\ eisit\ Hook store and supportive fat ul t\ and stall members, who are verv ( om erned about the future ul rei vi ling at the I niversitv Commentary Die (last \ ear has been a challenge for the IhriversiU in terms ot rei \i ling l or the first time, rei vi ling ai tually bei ame integrated into the I'niversity on a measurable level Pearl Itui k Keryi ling approai bed the administration to handle all the paper rei vi ling at no cost to the l ’ n i vers it \ or to the Pin si i a I Plant W itliin months )on l)a\ is from Pearl Huck escalated pa per rei vi ling to im lode more than 200 drop sites mostly w ithin offices and i ampus buildings, (lardboard and metal Inns for recycling newspaper white and colored paper and i omputer printout bet ame part ot the s< rner\ around i ampus At the same time after main years of recycling cardboard its market prii e dropped so low that the hauler i eased this prat tire Thus, cardboard has once again become a major part of the I'mversitv wastestream Af ter many months of integrating Pearl Hut k's recvi ling pro gr.un people began to want more ret ti ling I received nu merous i alls throughout the 1‘IH‘MH) school year inquiring about expansion into the dorms. Amazon student hous mg. greek houses and in class rooms and offices Recycling had i aught on at the l adversity just ,is it h.ici tons ot paper a month by the end ot the school year That fig ure does not include all the i ardboard that i ould he rec v c led and all the paper on cam pus that does not tind its way into a limited availability ol bins The dorms have begun .1 pi lot program and 1 ould he a large source of paper and that's just paper Including glass tin plastic and food waste in a recycling program could potentially keep til) to 7a pert cut of our garbage out of landfills If we learn how to conserve, the possibilities are endless and would become eco nomic.ally luc r.itw e tor the Uni versity 1 he money saved in landfill and laboi costs alone m,ikes this program cost-effec - tive* In order to assess the situa tion a recycling questionnaire was distributed throughout campus and received an over whelming response, complete with page-long comments sup portive of the program. At the present time, a report is being compiled and the findings will be presented to the I'niversitv in the ne.ir future Preliminary findings indii ate the following i onsensus opinion • Ke( v. ling sliould ( onlinue .it its present level .it .1 minimum More paper rei yi ling and in i reusing the program to include i ardboard, plustii tin. and glass is desirable Some sug gested using HKlNtl to facilitate this process Establishing r.en trah/ed locations on campus w as suggested • Kdui ation and promotion was strongly recommended Respondents want better signs, (dear instructions on separa turn, ini entives. a question and answer i olumn in the Emerald education on preevcling, ret a 1 led paper and awareness Main agreed that this would make the program a suci ess • l se work study students in collet turn .mil projet ts • Purchase a shredder for confi dential material • The I'niversitv must he dedi ( atetl to recycling as much as possible • We generate too much junk mail! This is a major com plaint, hut keep in mind that the printing department re spends to customer needs It is the responsibility of individu als and departments to cut down this overuse Suggestions generated by respondents t’se Inside Oregon to advertise events use computer mail and limit fliers to one per depart ment • Many people have begun us mg rei y< led unbleached paper but a number ot people sav their department budgets can't afford it Since tills paper must be imported, shipping costs force the price to be higher than virgin paper Hut it we create enough of a demand in this country, mills will lie build here to accommodate the mar ket and the price will drop. It we conserve our memos and paper use. well have more Turn to RECYCLING, Page 4