EDITORIAL
Sexism charge not
fair to the University
Cutting $5 million dollars out of the University's
budget was bound to .cause problems Because of cuts
in programs and disciplines that have a majority of
women, some students are accusing the University of
sexism.
The University is quite discrimination-conscious
these days. Every day brings cries of discrimination
from one group or another, and rightly so.
Outcries of discrimination from women, ethnic mi
norities, gays and lesbians, and others are needed re
minders that we do not live in a perfect society. Some
times discrimination is overt and even vicious. Other
times it's the result of rushing to meet deadlines and
not really thinking things over.
This is the case at the University. It's true that
many of the soon-to-be cut or reduced University pro
grams do have a majority of women students.
The University has proposed eliminating the ele
mentary school program, which may have as many as
five times more women enrolled than men In the over
all education program, there are tun e as many women
as men.
At a rally in trout ot Johnson Malt on mursoav.
Holly Stegner, co-director of Women in transition,
cited statistics showing other women dominated pro
grams as frontrunners on the i hopping block
She said the pattern continues in doomed pro
grams such as the College of Human Development and
Performance, with a 2-1 woman-to-man ratio, and as
much as 4- or 5-1 in individual disciplines such as hu
man services anti health education.
The concerns are real. But the Universit} didn’t
have enough time to slop anti consider the women-to
men ratios when it decided on budget cuts.
After all. administrators had about a month to con
template $5 million in cuts. The University had an
enormous and very ugly task of cutting programs that
affect students and human beings
The University would need at least a year to talk to
every department, consult all student groups and all
classified staff and faculty just to hear everyone’s justi
fication for their job, their department and their pro
gram.
However, the women-to-men ratio matter is a legit
imate concern, and we should be asking questions
about the process. The University should have given
thought to gender equality in its decision-making pro
cess. But at least it has been brought to the University’s
attention.
Measure 5 has passed and we have to live with it
Students should voice concerns not only about their
own specific programs cuts, but about education as a
whole. The University may need to make further cuts
in the future, and every injustice, however uninten
tional. should be brought up because the process can
always be better.
Oregon
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LETTERS
Sleepy time
Adrian Wallace wrote (we're
optimistic enough tr> say
“drew") what we thought was
a delightfully humorous
“mot k” comic Not
So what's your point7 Oh. so
you are in a position that al
lows you to place editorial tar
toons in the Emerald Some are
whimsical, yet some are well,
not quite the political, satirical
kick in the fanny that such a
wondrous, self-acclaimed, age
old cartoonist should Ire proud
of.
It just seems to us that some
one comes in with a comic strip
(which is “a variety strip of hu
mor. adventure, and satire” —
a direct quote from Mike Rus
sell) and someone's toes are Ire
ing stepped on Who's toes7
Could it Ire Adrian Wallace?
We think Mike Russell has
talent We know other people
think so. too, or his strip
wouldn't Ire in the Emerald.
Although Wallace claims ter
have taken numerous art class
es. it is obvious that he has yet
to take a course on social
graces If Wallaie is going to
act like a a cranky, spoiled
grade-schooler, then may Ire its
time the Emerald put him
down for a ni< e. long nap
|ason Wonacott
Kristen Koenig
Students
Hudson
\drian Wallace's thrashing
of "Hudson Von Curen" and its
i reator. Mu hael Russell, leaves
me with onk one thing to sav
Mellow out
It s great to see that you have
a lot ol confidence m your ehil
ilies as a cartoonist However, a
lot of people (myself included)
find Hudson froth well-drawn
and entertaining. You're not
earning any points with anyone
by being so darned mean, in
sulting someone else s talent in
your strip makes people look at
your work with a far less favor
able eye.
As to your feelings that you
deserve a strip in the Emerald .
well, there am plenty of publi
cations around Eugene that
don't have a local cartoonist.
I'm sure if you submit .1 ft*v\
samples of your work to the
Nor//tici‘sl ('omit Yew the Or
egu/i Wore, the Oregon (loin
nwntalor, the Student ln<ur
ftent. or am of the other local
papers, you would have a vtre.it
< ham e to have your own strip
la*t me give you one word of
advice, though Try to maintain
a little bit more professionalism
than your piece in the Emerald
showed Re me nd>er. it's nice to
be important, but it's a lot more
important to tie nice
Dan Bregar
Eugene
Real heroes
If Germans in the ltr.tOs stood
up to Hitler and stopped him
from waging war on innocent
civilians, they would In* re
memlvered today as heroes and
martyrs.
If Iraqi civilians filled the
stri“ets in protest of Saddam
Hussein's war with the United
States and forced him out ol the
country. Americans would
cheer and (all these people
"peacekeepers
W'hv is it then, that those of
us in this country who an1
working to stop the bloodshed
are called unpatriotic and la
beled as traitors'
Let's support the i ivilians as
well as tile troops and let every
one live in peace
Seth Krankel
TGF/Pcace Studies
Hypocritical
George Bush is good Not 111
am moral or ethic al sense, but
in Ins ability to dupe the Amer
ican public into believing that
we are justified in going to war
The hypocrisy in Bush's
statements and actions sickens
me But what really astounds
me is that his pro-war equals
pro-America propaganda is
working He has a good portion
of this country believing that
we are not involved for eco
nomic reasons or to save face,
but that he is legitimately con
cerned with atrocities of brutal
aggressors around the world.
If he is so concerned, why
lias he not even encouraged
sanctions on South Africa'!1
Why have we not invaded
South American countries v\ith
these motives in mind? Or is
that what he wants us to be
lieve we were doing in Panama
as well?
Whatever Hush's reasons for
our being in the Middle Hast
for cheap oil or attempting to
turn the economy around by
promoting patriotism there
is no way I can support such
blatant aggression and violence
by the U.S.. especially when
we have no business even be
ing there
I wonder how our self-ac
claimed "environmental presi
dent" feels about (indirectly)
causing millions of gallons of
oil to be dumped into the sea
and making it rain oil in Iran.
People say we must stand be
hind Hush because he's our
president Well, he may be our
president, but does that mean I
have to trust him?
Gary' M. Kosenstein
Student
May it bum
In Warren Olandria’s letter
(OI)E, Feb. 4) he states that.
"Protests do nothing to bring
the troops home sooner, but
only further agonize relatives
and friends of people serving in
the gulf theater "
My brother is one of the "ac
tors" in this war. Anything that
could help bring him home, be
it protests or impeachment of a
manipulative, lying president,
is worth my support.
Maybe I could support the
war effort if Bush wasn't a hyp
ocrite (our government has
committed the same atrocities
Hussein has). It is possible,
however, to support the troops
and not Hush Hut if our flag is
the symbol of America today,
may it bum.
And may everyone opposed
to this war be vocal. May every
one support peace and the ces
sation of American. Iraqi, and
Kuwaiti deaths. I support the
troops and peace in the Middle
Hast.
Lynn E. Lucas
Journalism