Daily Emerald
Editorial
University recycling
continues to grow
While students have been serious rei yi lets (or
years, it's good to see the University t.iking steps to do
more.
Pearl Buck Recycling founded a reeve ling program
at the University a year ago Hut after the lirst veal it
found that it could not afford to continue the service
and the Physical Plant assumed responsibility tor the
program
The Physical Plant has hired a business school
graduate, |im Mi liver, to study options for c ampus re
cycling. This is >1 good first step since a cost-effective
program should he the ultimate goal in providing re
i vc ling service
In order to encourage as many people as possible
to ree ve le, it must be made as easy as possible Rei yc I
ing bins should he in every building on every floor that
handles large amounts of ret y i tables There should he
recycling bins for white papei colored paper, glass
.mil bottles, cardboard and whatever else ran he used
again.
Sim e there aren't many hired workers available for
recyc ling. Physical Plant employees that haul garbage
could also he used to help in rec ycling efforts. Work
study positions could also he opened lor recycling
KMU Food Services plans to introduce reusable
plastic mugs in resident dining halls. This should sig
nificantly reduce the number of paper cups that are
thrown away each year. (loffee shops on and around
i ampus currently offer discounts to patrons who bring
in their own containers.
The Physical Plant, through Mi Ever, is conducting
a recycling study to incorporate the problems, obsta
cles. and costs of a campus-wide recycling program.
He should he sure to talk to the campus groups that
have been involved in recycling, since there is a
wealth of experience there. McKver’s findings will be
presented to a newly-formed committee on recycling at
the l .'Diversity
Stills are starting to build recycling facilities, so
the value of recyclable materials will increase in the fu
ture.
Now is the time for everyone to become recycling
conscience. But a recycling program is only as good as
its users.
We need cheap, easy recycling and the sooner the
better.
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THE. SAME CHEAP
GAL YOU HAD
YELTDHDAY
THAT WAS
YESTERDAY
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Letters
Nuke-free
l.ano (loiintv commissioners
haso rri entI\ offered the lnl
lowing justifii at ions lor
amending llu' votei t'liai tod mi
i Inar free /line ordinam e
• I hr amendment did not -it
Iik t tin' substam a ol tin' mill
ii.nii r it is Still illegal to make
mu leai liomtis in lune * niinli
• The original ordinani r w as
unconstitutional and subjei I to
preemption by federal law
• rtn rei rut 1 uigem- vote
showed that lot al i iti/.ens no
longer desire .1 strong nut lear
free /one
1 offer the follow mg re
spouses
• Ihc amendment ph'foiimll\
weakens the ordinance lor in
stance. Ilic original ordinam e
hiiiini'd (irudui 1 ion of mu lear
bombs warheads am/ their de
liven systems (KdiMs, subm.i
i mes w ith ihk leal capability
eti i 1 he new ordinam e bans
bombs and warheads hot not
deliver! systems (This Is ratli
ei like legalizing handguns
while banning bullets a
somewhat iriationai gesture !
• Most ot tin emu ted i hanges
do nothing to enhaiu e the con
stitutionality ot the ordinance
An ordinance which bans pro
duction of nuidear bombs is no
more or less uni (institutional
than <m ordinam e banning pro
duction ot the bombs and the
missiles intended to carry the
bombs Ihe elimination of
Nur.le.ti free /one" highway
>igns is merely a 1 onstitutional
Iv irrelev.mt attempt to render
the mu leai tree zone invisible
• A 1 it\ vote is no subs!itlite
for a county vote, arid if the
commissioners realK have faith
that counts voters favor these
i hanges thev 1 amid easily have
submitted the matter to a i oun
!\ referendum
(amdusinn \\ hen i hanging
voter-enacted legislation, the
commission at least owes the
voters i redible explanations for
its a< t ions
|ohn Davidson
law
Forum
Academic excellence more valuable than athletic achievement
By Sandra E. Cannady
1 hr drastic measures taken
h\ the Oregon State Board ut
I light*! Education to deal with
extreme defi< its in tin* athletic
departments at Oregon State
( 'niversit v the \ dm eisit\ »>l
Oregon and Portland State
l ’niversit\ hav e* received al
most no public it \
Commentary
Ihe athletic departments
have heen giving .scholarships
to promising athletes lor tin
lion, hooks and living c'\
ponses ()| course1 this must he"
the main drain on their budg
ets not traveling all over the
c ountr\ lor athletic e ompett
turn I he IJSHIII has dec tiled
that the athletic departments
need not pu\ tuition tor then
people t uition w ill simpK he
waned lor those- athletes
Of course, the mone\ lost tor
tuition will need to he made lip
In the- sc hools in some manner
The enrollment cap whic h was
installed last voai h*H ause ot a
vital need to limit c lass \i/e to
• * Ilsur*1 (|iiii I it \ (as il was *'\
1*1.uiiisl lu mi' at til*' limn) has
been dropped hv the wayside
And the latest announcement
front the OSBIil informs us nt
further tuition increases Tui
tion .it Oregon universities ai
re.id\ rank- among the most e\
pensive west of the Mississip
I"
The money 1 pay for tuition
is * ertamlv not going into the
poi kets ot m\ professors 1 he
salaries offered to Oregon's fur
ultv i an t ( ompete with those
offered hv other state systems
and industry Older family .ire
retiring in droves and there
aren’t enough replacements be
mg attrai ted
The shortage of professors
and lai k ol enrollment are sure
to lead to overcrowding in the
i lassronms W hat quality ot ed
illation am 1 paying fori’ What
does it mean to me
It means they lied to me My
parents and teachers have lied
to me my entire life They told
me that .ill 1 had to do to get a
good edm ation was to work
hard, study diligently and get
good grades 1 do not like being
told lies
M\ friends took puppetry
and acting 1 look live sears of
mathematics I'hey took ad
sauted l1!. 1 took geography
Hies limk freshman laiglish I
totik three years of college pre
paration Knglish .uni three
more years ol 1 rent h I'hey
took illtrudui tors m lent e 1
took t hemistrs. phssit s anil bi
ology
Alter classes tires svent out
lor sports anti pr/./u 1 svurkeil
tsso hours cleaning the school,
then studied must of the even
mg Most ot the money I earned
svent into the hank so 1 could
pas tuition ss lien (not it) I sscnl
to i ol lege I ss ent out olds oil
ss eekends bet arise ms parents
said St hool (times lirst
\t i ollege too. I've ssorked
hart! and studied h.ini He
tss een st hool ami ss ot k. I've
put ill HO hours a sseek tor
quarters at a time 1 have gone
to school full-time while work
mg three part time |obs
And then there was the sear I
received no financial aid be
cause I earned the princely sum
ol Si a.000 tsvo years before,
svlien I had been svorking full
time I refused to drop out ot
sc hool 1 waited tables grave
van! slntt. slept (uttr hours,
went tu day class slept some
more went to night class and
from there hai k to work By the
end ill that veal I was duntp
slei diving lot pop bottles to
sell for tins fare to class 1 still
managed to earn A s and H's
i could have avoided all this
In studying physical educa
tion. rather than ph\ sit s It 1
were an athlete rather than a
sc hoi.u the state of (iregon
would wane my tuition There
is something insidiously wrong
with .in <u:ndrmh system th.it
rewards those i ap.ible of fill) si
ail gymnaxtii s .1! the expense
ot those capable ot mriil.il
gymnastic s
Did they lie to me' No. my
parents and tear hers told me
the truth hut the OSBIII has
turned the truth to lies and in
stitutionali/ed ignorance
Sandra /• tlannadv is a stu
dent from Portland Stair I !ni
versit\
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