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OPINION Students get quality education at law school By David Hollister A strong ami positive nation al reputation is something whit h lias taken the ('Diversity S< hool of Law years to earn Unfortunately, this reputation ran he tarnished with a few careless strokes of an editor's pen. An unidentified editor of the Emerald didn't let the farts get in the way of a chance to kirk the law school while it's down. Commentary Contrary to Emerald opinion, the law school maintains a prominent reputation as a di verse, progressive quality law school. A valid measure in determin ing a public law school's suc cess is to view the legal educa tion process in hindsight, and review what the school has pro vided to the state it serves Briefly, the University law school has produced 21 state legislators, two governors. 2 (' S congressmen, 7;t judges (including seven federal and three Oregon Supreme Court), district attorneys and one Rose Bowl referee This is but a sampling of the henefd the University has pro vided the state, and is not in i lusive of all alumni employed in private business, stale and federal government and mu nicipalities The law school fat ultv is a primary reason the si bool is viewed w ith high esteem in the national and international law school community Assistant Dean Chapin Clark is a nation ally recognized authority on water law Professor l)om Vetri is the leading tort authority in the state Professors Merril and Kirkpatrick played major roles in the reform and codifit ation of (fregon's rules of civil prot e dure and evidence, respective ly. Former law professor David Frohnmuyer is currently Ore gon’s attorney general, having appeared before the U S Su preme Court on numerous oi i asions These fat ultv members .ire only a representative sain tiling and do not do justice to eat ii faculty memlier who has served to better the law school, the state of Oregon and the field of law in general While the Legal Research and Writing program drew media attention recently concerning an issue regarding appropriate disi ussion in the classroom, the media failed to mention the national prominence of the pro gram The l niversitv maintains a nationalh rin ognized I.KW program, which has been used as a model by such law schools as University of Colorado at Moulder. University of Idaho, and 1 Jniversitv of San Diego The law school's strong repu tation is also evidenced in the student IhuIv The most recent entering class had an average 1 .SA T of 41) (Hath peri entile na tionallvl and an undergraduate CPA of t 1 Within the field of national environmental law students at (ho University have made tIn*ir mark by forming [.and. Air am) Water. lhi» nation s first student environmental research group I (ighlighting the University’s impact on environmental and natural resources law is the an nual Public Interest l.aw ('(in ference This conference is in its ninth year and has gained international prominence as one of the finest of its kind l,ast year the < (inference was at tended by over 1,1100 people from 22 countries, and featured 140 panelists The University School of l-aw has received muc h un founded negative public ity in the past year To infer sue h publicity offers <i i omplete pit tore of our law sc hool is tin equivocablv incurred. and to further infer the s< hool's repu tation must lie as such borders on irresponsible (at best) and i riminal (at worst). With even minimum research it is evident the University law school offers not only a quality legal educ a tion, but is regarded through out the nation with a great deal of respoi t For the past 100 plus years tin' I'niversitv law school h.is been the only publii law school in tht* stall’ of Oregon Over that span of time the si hool has lienefited the stale hv providing an affordable opportunity for legal education, and by train ing Oregon citizens who pro \ ide valuable serve es to the state upon graduation The 1990-111 tuition for Oregon rest dents at Willamette was $9.(00 At Lewis and ('lark, it w as $10,750. and at the l Iniver sit\ it was $ t.41!(i ( an a progressive state, at a time of ei oiioniit transition, af ford to restrict our future judges, ifistru t attorneys, pub lii defenders, environmental attorneys and legislators to an elite class of Oregonians who are able to altord a private legal education ’ Ihivnl Hollister is a student in the University School of /.an LETTERS Quarter's worth This is for everyone who feels helpless about the Persian Gulf War This is about sending a message through our money If you are grieved by this un wise, misbegotten war, and wish to see it stopped, now, here is something practical you can do: Paint your quarters red with fingernail polish Then spend those quarters, using them in copying machines and vending machines, circulate them. Coins are immortal; banks do not withdraw them from circulation, and they pass through thousands of hands. The message of these colored quarters is: "Stop this war!" The reason for the color red: It is taken from stop signs and spotlights It means "Stop!" More practically, red fingernail polish is probably already in two-thirds of American house holds and can be painted on quarters immediately. 1 look for a day in which the red “stop" message, forged in the necessi ty of this emergency, can be re placed with other symbols rep resenting public endorsement of a positive green light for a l>etter world. Starting at the University, we can send a message which will through the pocketbooks of millions of Americans in the coming weeks. As colored quarters become phenomenon in Eugene, the action will spread throughout America, until the messages of colored quarters reaches right in the very pocket change of decision makers in Washington, l).C Kemember, big change starts with small change Send a mes sage through your small change Put your money where it can tie seen When you re (five colored quarters, circu late them Add a few more (or a lot) of your very own everyday This is a practical action you can take, without even missing i lasses, going to meetings, or standing in the rain Vet your few seconds of adding color to your own money is self-em powering and will fa; visible l.et this message begin in Eu gene, and let it begin with us Let the entire land lie filled with a sea of colored quarters sending the message "Stop This War." Greg Doudna Senior. Linguistics Responsibility let's get honest here Is the loss of revenue the real reason the Dead fans are trying to re verse the ban on the Grateful Dead7 Memliers of the Grateful Dead, much like the ex-mayor of Washington. DC.. Marion Berry, claim they do not sup port drug use. yet two weeks after their performance at Aut zen Stadium their keyboard player died of a cocaine over dose And what was it they said about the well-behaved audi ence? Only -40 overdoses and 30 arrests for possession? Per formances by the Grateful Dead attract large numbers of the drug culture who come to Ku gem* to ply their trade And by the very fact that the Dead are "invited" a message is given that "a little drug use is accept able." It is this stupefied (drugged?), uninformed and ir responsible attitude that is at the bottom of today's horren dous drug problem Drug use is not a victimless crime, nor is is a private affair The adverse economn nnpai t of drug use, whether legal or i! legal drugs are involved, is enormous, currently costing Americans in excess of $_r>() billion annually, plus a yearly death toll nearing r>()().()tH) By comparison President Hush es 11mates the Persian < in If War will cost us $ir> billion, and to date their are less than 100 al lied war deaths Our son was .1 i asualty of the drug wars He died of a reai lion to cocaine in his senior year at the University 1 believe that if the attitude toward drug use at the University had been less permissive this tragedy would never have happened Having events on campus which give an illusion of ac ceptability to drug use and drug users is a travesty And when the motive for such bla tant disregard for the law and the welfare of our youth is money what does that say alMiut the values of our school and the community? They are willing to sell the lives of our children to fill their coffers Sandra S. Hennett President, Oregon Federation of Parents GOURMET PIZZA - $6.25 Wonderful i rust r\i 11111K ingredients .1 voidable evenings REMEMBER US FOR LUNCH ON WEEKENDS TOO' 7f>4 EAST 1 1th AVENUE i42-0«m 1 Oregon DAILY EMERALD Pll n«>« t|V». Or*tt«Mi«'74et Th« Oregon Daily Emerald is published Monday through Friday ««i ©pt during omm wee* and v«* aliens by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co at the University ot Oregon. Eugene Oregon The Emerald is operated independently ot the University with offu ©s on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press The Emerald is private property The unlawful removal or us© of papers is prosocut able by law Editor Alice Wheeler Managing Editor Editorial Editor Politics Editor Graphic* Editor Suppiamanta Editor In Touch Editor Chnstophar Hiaif Rot) Ward Joa Kidd Saan Post on l ayna l akaftsh Anna Rembacln Nawt tailor 1 iitnonoe Mawiey Editorial Editor P*f Malach Sport* Editor Attltey CotAlilt Entertainment Editor l ay no lafcefish Supplement* As»t Ed Amy irmlcrn kn Night Editor CtllittOpNK Btflff Msiuuai* cunofi Community Don Refers Student Governrnant/Actlvlties Paula Green Higher Education/Administration Refer Cogswell Reporter* T ammy Haley Jafce Berg Brian Bloch Rone Do Cair Carrie Dennett Ming Hodnques June Russell Oaralyn Trappe Robert W»»Oer Photographer* f nc f vans, Andre Ramon Advertising Kevin AuStormann Mark B'undage I lame De*ter Kathy tndicott Mi chaol (ira> Jennifer Koala Nicole leahy Kirsten lut .is Stephen Mosley Maria Newman t.isa Richman Mary Sanderson. 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