LETTERS
Danger warning
I .1111 worried about .1 danger
uus new trend developing on
I ’ S (iimpuses today
Then* seems to tie .111 IIU re.is
mg impulse to i ensure exprns
sum ol thmiglit that does not
((inform to the agenda ol the
so i ailed politic ally < orrer!
Most ot the opposition to this
seems to have been coming
from the right I would like to
add a voir e from the far lett
(Not politic .tils 1 orrei I t
I am specifically addressing
( are\ IIravton and I lame
(.reen |1)1 II Ma\ ti| who have
patted themselves on the hat k
loi nothing less than a witch
hunt
I .u p use them o! self aggran
di/emiml and of l.u king the so
phisticated intellect needed for
a ( ritii al auah sis of radii al po
11111 al art
1 .mi referring to the two .1!
legedlv misogynist posters 111
question w till h ,in ill tai I "t .1
radii .tlh feminist point of
view I 111 v 111* Dr.iylun (been
Mvles Brand the Womens
( .'enter ot anyone else to per
sunnily i out.k I me so tli.it I
might .ml then teehle inteller Is
111 understanding these posters
I implore the student body
and the fui lilts to oppose Ihi(Ii
the proset utioti of the student
suspet t and the harassment id
further suspet ts (they have
questioned more than 100) It
tills w .IS a hate ( rune it is as
hatred ol war and oppression
ttiat stimulated it
I have always been a support
er of feminism, and I ask that
those from the Women s ( enter
who still maintain intellectual
integrity oppose this at turn
I ton t let feminism hei nme sy n
on v tnou s with Mi t art In is in'
l ight the thought poll! e and
support tree thought and e\
pression
Aaron Kilher
Arts and letters
Mall plan
I ,iki• .1 minuti' <imi iiniigiiic
our downtown null I! vnu'rr
11ki■ most people vmi only go
down there d you huve In Now
imagine .t new and unproved
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bile .mil htrsile .if i ess ,is well
as pedestrian unlv streets. .i
pint i' where shoppers can got
In stores without fieing
drent hi d in our Oregon rain; a
mull with new fountain areas
puhlii restrooms and wide
sidess .ilk s
llns image tan lie realized
d mi should hu\ e rei eived a
ballot on redesigning our dele
riorating mall It will be paid
for bs a i ombinatinn ol urban
renewal mimes and < mints
road funds intended tor Ibis
kind ol improvement No new
taxes will be levied The pro
posed i b.inges would benefit
students vers mui h Shopping
i loser to i umpiis. more em
plosment opportunities and
better nightlife showing visit
mg relatives and friends out
dow ntow n I Ollld be a souri e ol
pride rather than an emfiar
rassment
\ i liange is needed and
wanted An overwhelming mu
pints of men hauls downtown
are m favor of tins plan Mies
know tin- important e ol an at
I is e doss ntow n As it is noss
the heart of our (its is s ai ant
and sometimes even si ars It
v<>u want to know more <ibout
thf new design you i .in \ lew .1
model of it .it the Kugene Pul)
In I ibran I he citizen do
signed (dan speaks for Itself
\\ I1011 you receive a ballot
think of a new 1 its 1 enter that
is fun accessible and reflects
the image of Kugene w e w ant to
have
Heidi Reeder
Kfietoni and ( aimmunii atoms
Side out
Regarding your (.overage ot
the iik nli'iit mi Mamins \pril
_"l in w hi; li .1 moped driver hi!
,i student who was < uissmg the
street .it 1 ttli and University It
seems that though the I nuT.ilrf
may 1 onsider this a minor news
event VOU still have the re
sponsihilily to prartne respon
sihle lournalism it you i lioosi
to report a story
Spit ilu ail\ the i.mcraUl
failed to report the ilu ident
trom the perspit live of the vit
tim even though you did man
age to report the views of both
the moped drivel and a wit
ness By fading to inters lew the
victim vnur (.overage gave the
impression tli.il had him
U uebfxmhorst (the vit timl
horn hotter able to negotiate
i Hissing the street, the incident
i ouhi have been avoided
Had you taken time to con
tact him before printing vour
article her perspective may
have caused us all to wonder
why the moped driver was trv
mg to negotiate a turn that was
tilled with pedestrians at that
time
Although this mi ident may
he small in terms of six ial. pu
litu al. environmental or ei o
nortiic i oru erns the point is
that the Ijurr.iLt violated one
of the m,i|or prim lples of re
sponsible journalism oh|ei tiv
i!\ in terms of reporting b<-th
suit's of I fit' story
Sint e thf I'nirmltl thought it
import.int enough to report the
same story twice within t
week, maybe a follow up on
how him is tiding anti an inter
view regarding her perspective
is in order That is. it you can
rati li hei between attempts at
walking in front of moving \ e
hides
l.uuri Segel
I niversiti stalt
No complaints
In response to a letter object
mg to a photograph of the re
invert of Professor Kmmanuel
ll.it/antonis' both (()l)i. Ma\
7):
It new spapers published onl\
tilings that offended no one
their entire content could prob
abh be printed on a 2-fry I
ini h page and would prohabh
i (insist of weather forecasts
Reality is uei essariU as often
as ugl\ as it is beautiful, and
our ahiliH to deal with it is not
served In concealing the as
pects o( what we dislike In
feeling tfiat if we can't see
them, thev aren't there
People who want only the
beautiful or the innocuous
thrust into their ken are going
to lie, at best perpetually dis
appointed
A better case might, perhaps,
have been made that publish
mg the photograph in question
served no purpose worth the
additional pain it may have
caused Hat/.antonis' family
In its by per offensensivity (to
steal Berke Hreatfied s lovely
word| in the fai e of simple real
it\ however, the complaining
letter is onlv embarrassing
Mic hael K. Stamm
(iraduate
Composition History
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FORUM
Low voter turnout result of ASUO’s effectiveness
By Christopher Mat?
So I'm working in Suite 1 when the i .ill i nines over
the plume from .in outraged student group whose
budget 11.isn't been heard vet wanting to speak to kirk
Hailes It seems li t l hairwoinan Jeunitei Hills lias re
ferrud all groups with budget ipiestions to the ANI ()
I \e< liti\ e until Itiitlit-t notn e or until Ma\ .1 i\\ 11«• n
Hills lakes ottu e as ASt l ) president! as the Im identa!
l ee ( onimittee lias for the sei olid time in as mam
months adjourned and left their responsibilities In the
w at, side
Commentary
I i .in l ti'll whether this is tlit* List sti.m in .1 ti'rm of
List sir.uss or it I'll remember to Itt- shot ked ,tnd .iji
palled when something liki* this happens again Indi
rations are that it will at this point win not ’
As ,1 student ol tin' t'niveisity and a member of the
ASI A) Ixriutiye pin | dun I think that antunialii alls
tils«|iiii 111i«"s niv opinion I'm quite sure I didn't agree
to anything to that «-tfi*t t yvhen I signed 0111 I'd like to
shed some perspei lnr on this ongoing mess
I irst, I 1 .iniuit bellev e how utterly irresponsible it
was loi the < tregon IKnh I■ mrr.ihl to enimirage stu
dents not to tote I daresay they already do .1 ratten
good |ob ol tli.it
As lot low voter turnout being the 1.1 it It ol the ASIA)
I \ci iillvr well. we (.111 go around and around but I
would 1 la 1111 that high turnout on this i a lupus 011 uts
wlwii there arc negatives involved I don't believe it's
unreasonable to suggest that a roughly average turnout
ol 15 perc ent means the I Act utive is doing its |ob
the people who alwavs vote did and nohod\ else was
upset enough to do so
Advene mg the idea that student government is met
tec live and thus not worthwhile because we can't get
legislators in Salem to give us a break is similarly Inch
c rons I seem to u-meinhc r a fairly visible c ampaign
last fall urging tolks to vote dow n Measure . and save
us this griet We tried to bead oil the 1 r is is and 1 mild
not now ev el v one 1 an see vv in vve vv ere so frantic
Last it what point will the 111 all seven mem
bers he taken to task tor playing personal politics
and extorting the budget process, not to mention
shirking their duties as elec ted offic nils:' Before or af
ter Salem completely tires of children playing at
adults games and tears up the t la 1 k I toe umerit, w hie h
gives us the privilege of distributing our 1111 idental
tees ourselves
And it new III members particularly l.ydia l.crmn
I who tiled the complaint against then-IK (Ih.urnian
Mike holson that got this ball ol mud rolling), are not
w illmg tu pursui' the removal ot Colson .is .in issue be
lure the cummlttee wh\ the hell ilttl tile Kxe( ulive
bother is itli .111 investin.ition?
We have better things to do than be the lightning
luil fur .ill the personal friction generated in the KMl
nut the least of ivhii It is to protei I student rights s\ ith
the 1 ntversits administration, stale Legislature and
the i (immunity This is ini musingly diffic 11 It when
student offu nils Haunt the ease with whii h the\ I,ill to
do then job. and the student dailv newspaper suggests
that this might be the Executive's fault all along and
that perhaps we'd be better off without student go\
eminent 1 hank you for your support
I II be the first to admit that the ASl'O Executive
tsn t pellet t but it there wasn’t a student government
as w ith so mans other • things, someone would just
have to invent one Hither was . it the Emerald and the
'’ther Student publications want all the credit as gos
eminent watchdogs, then thes had better be ready to
ai i ept a! least some of the blame when thes sas we
si resved up
\iter all d only two people i a me forward to com
moot on the lunrr.ihl s anti ASt'O editorial maybe
student government isn't the mils thing students don't
gise a damn about
( hnstophrr Slat/, is the t.s/'() nit'dia relations coot
din.itor