EDITORIAL
Higher ed lobbying
should shift gears
The future of tuition surcharges and f.i< ultv salary
increases currently rests in the hands of the state l.egis
lulu re's Ways and Means (Committee The committee is
considering putting higher ed funding at the top of its
list of programs slated to receive more money it the
st.ite gets extra revenue
List week, the committee made a vsish list of the
higher ed programs it would fund with up to $ mil
lion if that money became available Othei programs
sin h .is the corrections sy stem were given similar
lists
Now. the committee must lie persuaded to put
higher ed funding at the top of its overall priority list
lor the add-hai k funds Therefore the AM '() has shift
ed its lobbying campaign of lellei writing personal
visits, and phone r ails to the membeis ol ibis p.ulir nlai
committee
To slims legislators that higher ed alter Is people
(voters) bum all areas ol the stale, the AS! () is urging
students to contact legislators tiom districts in their
hometowns in Oregon rather than then representatives
Irum Ivtlgene
The toll-free phone to Salem is |-ltOO-.')27*73H?l.
The address is.
The Honorable (/egis/wfnr s name)
Oregon State ( apitol
Salem. OK fl7:tl(l
I cgislative leaders:
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I til ua limes I lisl h Alt ilia
Shiiley (add llisl iNiitl.mil
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Way sand Means < ormnittee
Sen bill Hradbory Disl I Itandou
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Kep Slaiin bumi lhsl ”1 \eyy berg
Kep I erf ( alottri Ihsl 7 Ite.iveilon
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Sen I on I lannnu Ihsl M> Ashland
Sen l.airy Hill. Disl ‘I Springfield
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Sen (ii.ittan Keians Ihsl .'(I Ktigene
Kep |ohn Mmnis Ihsl i I’oilland
Sen I rank Koherls llisl o I'lirfl.mil
Sen ( lift !'row Disl IH. I i n y all is
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LETTERS
All he can be
Sun «• I i (iim* to tin* I 'ms nisi
ts three years ago I have I men
verbal Iv assaulted at Insist 1(1
limns, including .1 death imply
mg tlirn.it .uni .in attempt to run
inn iivui .it .1 i .impus ( rosssvulk
Mv organization 's office tins
boon vandalized three limns
I’ve linen st.ilml .it . il Isi I lnnil.lt
nil against III the Si lllk pi.Il n
.uni made to leel unwell nine .it
parties. Ii.its nt( Most ol this
has hnen at the hands of ms Ini
loss students
Mans of these ai Is base linen
bei aiisn of snap judgments
based on the length of ms ban
or the (lollies that I ssnai So
much bn toleraiK n and disnrsi
ts
Though persei uled and dis
(.unlimited against 1 graduate
While ms university evperi
ence sounds pretts nasty 1
(ant lease svithuut saving
thank sim to a numher ol peo
pie on 1 ampus ss ho am sun ere
in thi'ii beliefs tolerant of olli
ims h,ni' Intelli'i lu.ilh stimu
I.iIimI mi1 exhibit .i low fin
tliiMr work .mil .in enthusiasm
tin If.ii lung and students Ms
I I'humas, (11 I U riling. Profs
()rr and Humphrey. (leologv.
Profs bishop and \aff 1 iig
lish; I'rof Vurevioh. Russian;
I'lnl ( aslle I listorv. and Prof
( baney Anthropology
Iliese pi'uple have more Ilian
made up lor the intolerant e
and mindlessness here And
lest I iorget, I must also th.nik
thu program that lias i hal
longed nit' the most intollei tu
ally pinsu alls and mentalls
It has made ms cdm ation
possible, and has given me
friends I ss ill i arrs svith me
through my ness lift* that be
gins June 'I when I am < ommis
stoned a 11 S Anns l!nd I,ten
ten,ml
Levs is Dos le
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LETTERS POLICY
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FORUM
Greek reputation suffers from individual actions
By Craig Namba
lusl .is \miTh .1 li.is l.vndon l..i
Kihii In' ll\f greek svstim li.is .1 sin,ill
minoriU ulmsc v iew pi unis are mi e\
t rente lli.it th«-\ arc .ilimisi impossible in
lake sennusK I’llclr tpirsl Ini i nmplclu
,lilIll-rum u In nlre sul nl liti ,il-. snullls like
ii vvoulil sun cud in i tradiliunallv mn
sen .ilivu em .Innmelll sill h .IS the greek
s\ stem
Commentary
Huuevei as the snilvi titles I lie
limes llie\ are a i hangm
It is nu surprise that most people,
both part of tile system ami nut lielleve
all greeks are t onservative haul lilt
urs with selfish disregard Ini sui i.il
responsibility Alter all. nun h of this
i nwntry s husiliess elite aiul government
leaders are members of fraternities nr mi
unities Hut the environment tod.n s
greeks tvere raised m differs go-ally
trum previous ones 1 nr the most part
SM* sverr taught tolerant r (if *;l cl beliefs
■uuf lh.it (icing ,i x <>1 tradi
linn i .111 hr dam*. 'tin is sx.ll .is stu
|llll ! it done hlilldis
I’hon* are many irwl,, is who. lor
mu' reason ur another hold grudges
against flecks tor liugels unsupported
reasons Hies are enemies oi tin1 s\ stem
in tin- harmless scum*, svho limit then
.tH.it ks tn ciiitori.il letters ami dirts
looks rill'll' .lie also those sx ho take out
their aggression h\ vandalizing greek
houses rites are mercls i rtmlnals sx ho
don’t possess enough intelligent e to do
aus thing else
IVihups the greatest enemies the
greek sS stein has ale xxitlllll (.ret'ks
x\ ho knowingly oi tinknoxx irtgls do
things that reflet I on the entire system
.lie thous..n.l .il times more destrili live
to the greek system than alls other ’en
emies sxe max has e nose ringed oi
not So. mans times the good the greeks
have done tor the umununiiv and tin*
1 'nivnrsity has been forgotten fret ause lit
some incident involving one greek do
ing something stupid
licit however is tin* ii.sk tin- system
l.ikes When you allow anyone to join
and Irecome involved allowances may
be made tor the or ivisional aberrallolls
I In ideas it tolerance and diversity
must he upheld That is yyhv in today's
greek system you can tinil vieyypoints
from every point on the spe< truin hir
er.il to ( onsei v ally e
\s for the integrity ot the In
terlraternity < mini il and our duty to the
gieek system yy e acknowledge that
there are some who (relieve we do not
tairly represent their r lery s They would
Ilka you to believe that the count ll sets
the agenda and runs the meeting
Wrong
We are i ommitted to doing vyh.it the
chapter presidents and representatives
determine is best for the system Some
times admittedly it is necessary to
midge the system along the path that is
the soi ial|y responsible one lint for the
most part \\ i* an- uith lilt’ tools with
whii h the chapter members ami prest
dents take the system into the future
Hie greek svstem has provided a
"bulwark against unrest and suhvet
sion We have done so several times
the ( umpaign of lectures on Nat tal Sen
sitivity, a gay lesbian bisexual Creek
roundtable IMPACT programming
tlie list goes on It all depends on what
von believe to he unrest and subversion
We the Interfraternitv Council, ofli
• tally speaking on behalf ol the entire
greek svstem. believe that out efforts to
promote diversity and tolerance of all
viewpoints values and beliefs are the
mainstream Working for these aims is
actively preventing the demise of our
svstem Everyone is entitled to then
opinions
Mo matter how extreme.
( ratg \,unba is publii relations chair
in.in /or the Inft'rti.ih'niit\ Ctnint il