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I SC SII lh.it II I III! max spa lit 11 s 1114 111 s.is a hunlish lisas is prnpnrlnn • la III ilia animilll span! 111 hi .11 m 4 i 11 ss ml I h.il is lha mils pussilila ss.is (e-urge Hush ami his ; Ml k nl nil'll anal S lap ill 14 II lam Is ss 111 ha ahia In Innk at I hi'll! salves m lha mu mi as ai s mm liiltg Oregon DAILY EMERALD r* 11 Has tk.rK.m T he •• , ' D.ti y I I'.sr.i'! '. ; ut>i:sh<wJ Monday through Fnday e»s opt during i» •, tv a. .» : ».*t atoms by the ("ivj- > Dti-’y Emerald Publishing Co at the University o' Oregon Eugene Oregon The Emerald 's operated m dep«nd*ntfy of the University aith office* on the third • ’ the E ft Met* .ti U'hon a id is 1 member of the A-,s<x tated P'ess The [ mt*f ji.l s private property The un-awfui 'emova of use of papers •* prose ut able by i4A E dttor An i- «\ he*' *•• Managing Editor F dilonal Editor Politic* Editor Graphic* Editor Supplements Editor i. In Touch Editor *V 1 ophor Blair M >i Ward Jew Kidd Mar* > Vn io t akofish i Mompocki N««rs tailor fv • H Editorial tdilor Pa' M.i i fi Sports Editor A .» * , Entartainmant Editor . .at •* .*i Supplamant* A**t Ed A • , • . Nkybt Editor [' »■ YfNi CVER. tiiomwr WWW LETTERS Quit denying Student government ele< tions .ire right .irotiml the mr net (April J-41 .uni with Me.ts tire 'i s impart alwilit to he felt b\ many of us. I should hope that ev ervouc will take tills elei lion very sei iouslv Student groups and a< tivities that require money will he in limho. at the very least limited in their ability to him lion It should lie everyone's priority to trier t people with integrity and who ire trustworthy espei iallv people who may staff the IK and make dei isions with our money I'he i ainpus ( (immunity is a mu roi osin ol our national and global i (immunity It is time we all bis ame responsible lor out ai lions (ome out of our denial phase and address the reality that has been looming all along It is all of our responsibility to dei ide whether we will eon tunic to live in fear or take a stand and ask some big ipies turns So vote on April J-l As stu dents we need to ensure that the various <u tivities that yve are involved m continue to e\ ist and that the people making de( isions are people with re sponsihilitv and can truly be trusted Howard Hnilme Hiulogv Bom ability (umcerning the Stern and Westlind letter [Ul)b.. Apr !1| shame on you You have ignored your Idler ai education and (.died for Mike (lolson to step dow n be cause of a petty controversy fueled by his opposition If ey cry modulate who might ro( k the ASI'O liout were to step down our puthete student gov ernment would sink even deep er into the abyss of partisan ab surdity The (ontroversy here is not tile petty allegation that Colson added four words to a i ompu ter file The real issue here is that an upathetu student body is being skillfully duped by tin* saw \ |>otiti« laris m Suite -1 ( ailson has aluavs been un pdpular with the paper tiger radii als who run llus campus This fabrii ated scandal is their brutal attempt to i rush the first tu bet w ith am possibility of defeating t hem l arlson has show n a born ability to withstand the power till undertow ol politii al i.oi rei tness on this < ampus He has stood for true prim iple in a bizarre political arena whir h values conformity and knee |erk liberalism over i rilii al thought Stop letting the "activists” tfnnk for you (let motivated and vote, but vote with vour mind instead ol billowing the advice ot vour misinformed, politii ally correi t peers Jeremy hemp Mike Walker Students Ad-libbed I am writing this letter in re spouse to tile ( ailson ( uavson campaign ad Apr 1 1) In their ad (ailson Han lav at i use Jennifer Hills and kirk Hailey of bringing friends to Washington. DC and the ex penses being paid bv ASIJO. It would have been useful for (ail son (irayson to check the facts Indore printing tJieir campaign ad. I did not know Hills prior to the trip, and knew Hailey only professionally due to inv in volvement in student ai tivities I also know that two other members of our conference del egation did not know either person prior to the conferem e 1 trelieve that I was seler ted as a representative due to my merits as a student leader I ,1111 a student senator, chairperson of the board of directors of Stu dent Projects Im In addition. 1 am a very ai tive member of the International Student Associa turn The committee that select ed the conference partn ipants paid attention to the diversity and to the personal at com plishments ol the applic ants Needless to say that due to tlie incorrect information in the Colson Grayson ad. I personal l\ will urge all ( oik erned sin dents, including international and minority students, to vote (or candidates other than (ail son (Jravson II this duo i annot he act urate m their campaign ads. how are they going to he accurate as AM '() president and vh e presi dent I personally believe that the University student botly is bet ter off w hen persons other than ( adson (Iras son are m i harge of ASt'() Exe* utive Aila l.ehtonen Uraduate Very tacky Regarding the very tai k\ Col son (Irayson ad seen in the per sonals (O/JF.. Apr 11) attacking the USSA lobbying trip that Kirk Bailey and Jennifer Bills participated in I’erhaps Mike (lolson forgets that he was on the committee th.it approved the trip Sin* e he had the finaiu nil details ini or ret t. a memory lapse does seem likely Or maybe he is pist trying to shift attention awa\ from his IFC situation Father way. I would prefer a president with a little class Gina Harris Romance languages He’s our man The organization Young fas < ists for Bush (YFFB) is pleased to annoum e its enthusiast!* en dorsement of IFC. candidate William Gaskill We at YFFB believe that Gas kill's campaign embodies the principles we strive for He is unwavering in his refusal to recognize anyone's viewpoint but his own and bis plans to impose his personal moral agenda on the student body at large is particular admirable We certainly hope that Gas kill will clean up this campus of anyone who actually leads a lifesty le dissimilar to his Gerald White Student