EDITORIAL
But thanks to Poll Grants, state need grants. TRIO
programs and Perkins/Stafford Loans, students normal*
ly destined for a life of mental fobs have a chance to
tackle the world.
Financial aid should be need-based. It is for stu
dents who cannot afford college without the help. The
U.S. does not need a widening education gap between
the haves and the have-nots.
Financial aid is supposed to be the gnat equalizer.
People from poor backgrounds are at a disadvantage
because most colleges are in “nicer” areas, away from
their neighborhood.
A new environment is scary enough, but if needy
students have the added pressure of performing at un
attainable levels to continue receiving aid. it perpetu
ates failure.
Scholarships are available for those with high
grade point averages. Many go un-awarded each year
because no one knows they are there. The Education
Department should promote these scholarships.
The Education Department has to concentrate on
education — and not worry about playing police offlk
Students entering collage right out of high
have an advantage over students who return to <
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volve banka, regulations, and ansurea studants of re
ceiving hundreds of “account payable" notices even
before they leave school. We don’t need It.
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Brand’s incentive idea should get approval
In Myles Brand's first state of the Uni
versity address for the new school year he
made some important announcements that
should please both faculty and students.
Brand spoke of teaching and motivation
for teachers here at the University. In light
of the University's low national ranking for
the payment of instructors, Brand has of
fered them an incentive deal.
The current Ersted and Burlington
Northern teaching awards are offered once
per year to instructors who are deemed to
possess high quality teaching skills. Two
teachers per year receive the Ersted awards.
The Burlington Northern awards are offered
to newer faculty who are determined to pos
sess quality teaching talents.
Recipients of the awards currently re
ceive one-time monetary awards of $2,000.
Brand said in his speech he would recom
mend these $2,000 awards be added to the
base salaries of the instructors who receive
them. In fairness to past winners he suggest
ed they have the amounts they received add
ed to their base salaries as well. Of course,
Brand said this would not occur until fund
ing permitted it.
Rather than having these awards be one
time payoffs for quality instruction, they
would be permanent additions to the recipi
ents’ salaries. They would also be indepen
dent of any other pay raises.
In a time when students are faced with
crowded class rooms and limited classes of
ferings it is nice to see that Brand wants to
take steps to ensure that faculty members are
motivated.
All too often teachers are taken for grant
ed. Faculty who have devoted their lives to
the instruction of others should be reminded
that it is appreciated when they care enough
to do the best job that they can.
Brand's suggested award extensions
would do that. The University does have its
budget problems. Instructors are faced with
larger class sizes than they would like, and
are probably not paid what they could make
elsewhere. But Brand’s idea would be one
way to let them know that quality and devot
ed educators are still appreciated.
Hopefully The Faculty Advisory Council
and the Deans will approve Brand’s good
idea.
LETTERS
Reggae
I read your newspaper article
(ODE, Sept. 17) about KRMA.
In it lames january said he
would like to see a reggae show
which is "not being dealt
with" locally. My name is ")u
nior" and I have been host of
"Air lamaica." a reggae show
on MXXL on Fridays from 11
p.m to 2 a m. for the last 12
years.
Please let january and your
readers know about my show I
would be willing to help and
share my knowledge of the mu
sic, island and religion with
January. I welcome more reg
gae on the air waves and so do
my listeners.
lunior
klcc
Threat
Tuesday’s front page story in
the Oregon Daily Emerald
quotes Right to Life coalition
spokeswoman Gayle Atteberry,
defending Ballot Measure 10,
as realizing: "not all homes are
ideal." (I agree), however she
continues, "family involve
ment in the long run is helpful
to the teen-ager." Clearly, not
all parents are supportive, so
potentially subjecting a human
being to physical or emotional
abuse is not helpful in either
the long or short term.
Attebury continues "You
can legislate communication in
the family, it can be done very
easily." Anyone who would
make such a statement is far
more of a threat to society than
any atrocity they wish to abol
ish
legislation is not the defini
tive cure-all for civil matters.
For example, domestic violence
is both illegal and rampant. Do
mestic violence, like teen-age
pregnancy is due in part to ig
norance; legislation is not the
answer!
Ballot Measure to is present
ed as a step toward improving
family interactions, yet close
inspection reveals an attempt to
legislate family standards
If family standards are to be
dictated by the state, whose
family should be the model?
Does the answer lie in the stan
dards set forth by the pro-life
factions, or should society re
quirt! that parents teach their
children not to accept pious
opinions without question, as
did mine?
Obviously these matters that
should be decided in one's own
home — free from the unwar
ranted intrusion of those who
seek to inflict their personal
values in a private arena.
Russell S. Barnett III
Political science
Ugly Ducks
For more than 40 years 1 have
enjoyed the sound of the refer
ee's whistle on a crisp fall after
noon to begin a football game
until Saturday Sept. 29 at
Autzen Stadium.
There I lost the feeling of fun
1 had enjoyed! Not due to the
play on the football field, but
because of the display of ill
manners, intolerance and an
unusual amount of vulgar be
havior on the part of those in
green and yellow.
As a former student and
“quacker backer" 1 was dis
mayed. Yes BYU is Utter Day
Saints church sponsored, and
yes. some of their team mem
bers do go on missions, but
they are American citizens too
and deserve our respect, as do
their "faithful followers."
Saturday. I witnessed an ugly
display of bigotry, name call
ing. lie telling and other behav
ior that would cause the origi
nal Oregon Duck to return to
the Millrace and swim off into
the sunset, ashamed to associ
ate himself with current
“Duck" fans.
Come on University support
ers, let's get out of the Dark
Ages. After all, football is a
game and not a format for abus
ing those who may believe dif
ferently than you.
If Catholic sponsored Notre
Dame and Southern Methodist
University knew of the intoler
ance shown by Duck fans they
would, no doubt, reject the of
fer of any athletic contest at
Autzen Stadium.
Dale Z. Kirby
Salem
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