FORUM
Act quickly to avert Measure 5 cuts
By Traci Manning
With tilt1 passage of Ballot
Measure r>. main agencies
throughout the state are left
wondering what is going to
happen The higher education
system is no e\< eption
Commentary
The only thing that is obvi
ous is that the money allocated
to the state system schools is
going to be cut: how much will
be cut. how long it will lie be
fore the money is replaced,
how the money will he re
placed and from where the cuts
will come are all unanswered
questions.
However because these delu
sions have not been made, we
students have an opportunity to
participate in the decision-mak
ing process. As University
President Myles Brand noted in
his address to the University
Assembly, all options are being
entertained as possibilities
Among these options, some
will he better for students and
others will la; worse The
words "significant tuition in
( ri'.ist*" have been used as fre
quenlly as have ideas fur pro
gram elimination, lav offs. etc
There are two primary firings
lo consider Kirst. the l Ini versi
fy will have less money starting
|uIv 1 1991 Therefore cuts
and or new ways to generate
revenue must be dei ided upon
soon
Second, students have the
opportunity now to help make
these decisions Students in
fact, can be a critic al element in
this process Itecause as stu
dents. we have information that
the governor, legislators and
administration don't have
we know how these ac lions
w ill affect us
The ASIJO and the Oregon
Student Lobby have already be
gun the process of organizing
students to voice our needs
There are things that students
at the I iniversitv can do
A tuition increase of signifi
cant proportions is being very
seriously considered Letters
and commentaries .is to how
this will affect you personally
are very persuasive
Priorities will need to !»■ set
.is tii what is thf must impor
tant whim it uimi's timi* to
make inis or raise tuition We
... to determine what the pri
unties of students are amt to tie
i ertain that they are heard For
tills we need student input
In many cases there will lie
opportunities for students to
speak dins tlv to the derision
makers and to lie at meetings
where these issues are ills
cussed As students, we need
to demonstrate our determina
lion to be heard in this matter
and force decision makers to re
ali/.e they have no choir e but to
hear us
Information is available in
the ASl!() offn e com eruing the
above activities Come to the
ASlI() office at Suite -l in the
KMC or call at Hi. 17J-4
During this brief period of
uncertainly. we students need
to move quit kly to organize
We need student input ill this
process. If you have any con
i erns or opinions you would
like to have heard please step
forward
Traci Shinning is the ASlK)
state affairs coordinator
LETTERS
Williams is right
As furor grows over the ban
ning of the Grateful Dead, we
are once again being inundated
w'itli protests from the ill-in
formed and those who want
them to stay that way. The Uni
versity banned appearances by
the band because of complaints
that it appeared to condone
drug use by allowing the band
to use University (Athletic De
partment) facilities from people
who make it possible for those
facilities to exist Opponents of
this move keep quoting Kugene
Police statements after last
year's event about how little
trouble there was with the
crowd.
I fail to see what this has to
do with the reasons stated by
the University for banning the
Dead. Everyone seems to lx? for
getting that this lack of "trou
ble" included al>out forty ar
rests for drug-related offenses.
It seems to me that there was
plenty of basis for the com
plaints.
1 am also surprised by the
failure of the Emerald to men
tion all of the facts in their re
cent articles about the situa
tion Of course, what can you
expect from a paper that urges
a vote for David l)ix solely on
his pro-choice position and his
ability to pork-barrel, not on
his inability to handle funds lor
his party or his own campaign
without breaking the law
Matthew IV. IJrbv
Accounting
Dead statistics
The recent decision to side
line the (irateful Dead from
Aut/.en Stadium next summer
reeks of a powerful blend of
hypocrisy and ignorance, lhm
can we expect youth to take the
"drug problem" seriously with
such glaring, officially sanc
tioned contradic lions?
Figures from a 1‘IKH research
study by the National Institute
on Drug Abuse credit our sot ie
tv's two most harmful drugs for
a total of 471,000 deaths annu
ally in the United States These
two drugs art* used heavily in a
shameless and irresponsible
manner during most events at
Autzen; their ( hemical names
are ethanol and nicotine
The one notable exception
happens to lie Dead concerts,
where the major drug category
in evidence — marijuana and
other, stronger hallucinogens
accounts for a total of 75
deaths annually, according to a
NIDA study.
Can it l>e that those who run
the show have on< e again been
caught in an embarrassing lie'
Is it possible that the cancella
tion of this ris k and roll group
has more to do with outright
prejudice and bigotry concern
ing a relatively small subcul
lure's chosen styles of dress.
Iiehavior and consciousness al
terants' It seems to he fashion
able these days to persecute
gentle, ecologically aware pen
pie who prefer the compare
lively quite harmless yet
wrong social sacraments
just ask Dave Fmhnmuyer!
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