EDITORIAL
Lonsdale for Senator,
time for fresh ideas
Harry Lonsdale gets our endorsement for United
States senator. He is running against incumbent Mark
Hatfield, who is seeking his fifth six-year term.
Lonsdale's biggest asset is that ho has never held
an elected seat in government. He is not a career politi
cian. He is not controlled by political action commit
tees and corporations, and does not have to make emp
ly |iiuimncs iu in-uivr uuuauuii9>
Hatfield is a career politi
cian. He receives most of his
money from corporations and
PACs.
Hatfield's power in the
Senate brings a lot of federal
money into Oregon. But he
makes promises to other sena
tors for pork-barrel prefects that turn into wasteful pro
jects much Itke the Superfund.
Hatfield was a big supporter of the Superfund pro
ject in which $10 billion was allocated to clean up nu
clear waste sites. But the money in that program
cleaned up about 10 percent of what it was supposed
to. And we still have Trojan.
Lonsdale is more in touch with average, working
class Oregonians. He started his own business 15 years
ago in Bend and works in the private sector. He knows
what working people need to do to survive without
having to ask, like a career politician must.
Hatfield must tour towns to learn about everyday
working people because he has spent the past 24 years
in Washington. While Hatfield is busy courting indus
try contributors, tansdale is pounding the pavement
meeting working-class Oregonians.
Lonsdale wants a total ban on all raw log exports.
Hatfield supports a ban on logs from federal lands, but
not on state lands.
Hatfield supports a constitutional amendment to
ban all abortions, while Lonsdale supports a woman's
right to choose.
Hatfield did not take Lonsdale seriously until two
weeks ago. Hatfield has never lost a political race, and
he obviously thought this one was in the bag.
The two candidates should debate. Hatfield has re
fused to debate Lonsdale, considering him a non-enti
ty. But now that Lonsdale and Hatfield are dead even
in the polls, Hatfield must change his holier-than-thou
attitude.
The federal deficit, drug problems, civil rights is
sues and the savings and loans debacle are not being
dealt with.
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Students have power to bring back Dead
How many letters does it take to get to
the chewy center of University decision
making? According to our story’s wise old
owl. University Vice President Dan Wil
liams. so far it takes 12.
That is how many letters it took to per
suade Dan " There-are-no-tox ins-at-t he-re
search-park” Williams to ban the Grateful
Dead from Autzen Stadium. Even though
Kugene police have repeatedly said the con
certs are relatively trouble-free, the accusa
tions of drug use at the concerts have driven
Williams to make his arbitrary decision.
Where was tin? opportunity for Dead
supporters to voice their opinions?
There were only 30 drug-related arrests
and citations at the two shows this summer.
Williams is ignoring input from nearly
00,000 people because of a small number
who got into trouble over drugs.
Obviously there is something more to
this decision. The reputation of rampant
drug use is only part of tin; issue.
If Williams made this decision based on
the content of 12 anti-Dead letters, then
what happens it Ins office is swamped by
hundreds of letters from Dead fans protest
ing the decision? Will he rescind the ban
and invite the Dead to beer gardens?
Something about his reason for the ban
smells. If it only takes 12 letters to make
policy, why doesn't the University just get
rid of administrators like Williams and let
the post office make the decisions? The lost
revenue from the concerts will have to be
made up somewhere.
The summer Dead concerts, which
pulled in more than $200,000 for the Uni
versity, made up the amount that was lost by
sending the football team to the Indepen
dence Bowl.
That's all right; maybe Dan can talk
Myles Brand into lifting the enrollment cap
and stuffing more unsuspecting "custom
ers" into this institution of higher learning.
Concerned fans should send letters to:
Dan Williams, vice president of administra
tion. University of Oregon. t)74(Ki.
Make |ohnson Hall the University's
Dead letter office.
LETTERS
Join the gang
This letter is in response lo
the hearlwrenching. emotional
outpour th.it dealt with the sav
ing of seats
Vour rather sensationalized
editorial [OI)H. Oct lit) was
nothing short of hilarious This
was parfii ularly true of the pas
sage that attempted lo equate
seat saving (and its "attitude")
with major societal problems
a mild exaggeration
You would think that a re
sponsible editor for sm h an
honorable publication (not!)
i mild shine some lights on top
ii s w itli a little more so» tal rel
evance
And where did you get the
idea that people who have seats
saved are "irresponsible mem
bers of society?" It would seem
to me that reactionary journal
ists are far more damaging and
“irresponsible
The seal saving will most
definitely continue. in one
form or another, so focus vour
feeble efforts elsewhere
Here's a thought Join one of
those organizations th.it you are
so quick to condemn and may
be a seat will lie saved for you
Then again, maybe no!.
Mark A. Evert*
Student
Real men
At S:.'t() pm Oct 20, I ar
rived at Aut/.en stadium in
hopes of getting a good seat for
the UQ vs Arizona State foot
ball game As I entered the stu
dent section and look a seat. I
was approached by several fra
ternity pledges who informed
me that the seat I was sitting in
was Iteing saved for their broth
ers.
Not only were a few seats lie
ing saved, hut six rows wen*
being carefully guarded!
When myself and the three
friends I was with refused to
move, we were told that we
would regret sitting there. Mow
right they were' When the oth
er memliers arrived they were
told to "give (us) a bad time
One very verbal memtier pro
i eeded to veil main obst ellities
at us, and telling us to get the
'blank '' out \\ hen I i onfronted
this member, he told me, 'Tin
a fral dick, so what?" lie then
pushed me In the ground
The other members rallied
behind him spitting tobacco
( hew on us.
This verbal abuse and physi
cal assault continued nut11 the
end of the game
On Sunday I went to the fra
ternity to speak. With the presi
dent of the house about the in
cident In meeting him. I recog
nized him from the game the
night before He admitted that
he was at the game and that he
had watched his subordinate
verbally abuse us.
What kind of president
would condone such actions?
What caliber of fraternity
would allow this to happen?
I just wanted to enjoy a good
football game
Amy Hope
Political science
hducation
It’s just emotion
I am writing in response to
the "Get Off My Case" and
"Outta My Face" letters pub
lished last week
Fnna M Dole addressed an
important issue in her letter:
Many women feel frustrated
and degraded when lewd stares
and obscene remarks are direct
ed at them. However, Dole al
lowed her emotions to affect
her presentation, and she alien
ated many readers who other
wise might have given this
problem some serious consider
ation
I hope the men and women
who read the letters will not ig
nore the seriousness of the is
sue simply because its presen
tation was inappropriate and
alienating
Ann Swanson
Khetoric/communication
To the point
Grateful Dead is nut a crime
Matt Ramsey
Knglish
Space invaders
In response to Ronando
Long's and K |. Christiano's let
ters (ODE, Oct. 1H):
Many women feel threatened
when their personal space has
been invaded by men with their
lewd comments, unsolicited
stares and unexpected en
croachments.
We feel threatened because
we are afraiil and with good
reason. Violence against wom
en is epidemic.
For rape alone, the statistics
show that one out of three
women will be raped and that
rape is the most unreported
violent crime. One out of 10
rapes is actually reported and
the figure may Ire grossly un
derestimated. especially in re
gards to acquaintance rape,
which is rampant on college
campuses.
It is encouraging to know
that them are men who are sen
sitive to the issue. I applaud
the group Men Against Rape
who am working to dispel the
myths that surround rape.
I imagine it takes tremendous
courage to take the stand they
do. and I hope that more men
and women will educate them
selves about the horrendous na
ture of rape and how it affects
the lives of all those who expe
rience it either directly or indi
rectly through a sister, mother,
partner, grandmother or daugh
ter.
la>ra Dolan
Eugene