EDITORIAL
I am happy
I am happy in s,u lh.it the
I'diversity has fin.ills rii on
nized tlir importani e of tin
Ini vi 1«* as a nif.ms of transport
to and from i ampus The addi
tion of now hii \i It- parking fa
i ilitifs around campus provi-s
that thf past problems of Ini s
i If overcrowding arc living
solved
I have condui ted a survey
from Mas 2M it to analv/e the
cffit i'eni v of tlie parking f.u ■ 11
ties The statistic s show that
campus 1111 vi le parking had a
high of MO peri flit of .nailable
spat es used at the KMI i om
pared to a low of _’r> percent of
potential sp.n e used at
l.sslinger f fall
I divide the hit vi If (larking
lai ks into five major areas the
i losed end of I t Avenue the
area between I'ai du and 1 o
liimlna. m front of Willamette
I bill, the KMI and Ksslinger
Hall
I heft constitutes a major lie
terrenl to most hit yi lc riders at
the l'diversity (H’S has not
i ompiled tins scars statistics,
bosses el tiles have indicated
that thes are quite high border
mg on ridiculous
To i oinhat this major prob
lem of theft I base a rather mi
usual solution th.it would he
most eftii lent and effec tne Ms
proposal is to hire til -’ll ssoik
studs students to simpls patrol
the lliajoi Inc si If (larking areas
They do not need to he given
ans police (kiss ers to i ate h
c riminals or give tic kcls mere
Is to ssalth over the bic Si les
Thus the danger to themselves
would he minimal and in the
long run it would easily pas for
itself bs reduc mg the burden
on Ol’K and more expensive
forms of I htiversits sponsored
transport like cat parking and
bus fac ililies It is ms hope that
the Universits ssill continue to
recognize the Inc yt le as an el
fee live ss.is to .dies late the
grossing transportation prob
loins assoc ialed ssitli sue Ii a
high densits of people
(edar K higher
Kugene
What was that?
What was that (aul awful
sini‘11 that prrmratfd t ampus
M.i\ H>? I must Siiv the smell
even men .line the odor left In
the administration s turn of the
(iruloful Dead Whatever the
the cause of the smell uiasl>e
next time the I'niversity de
i ides to add sin h an odor to the
i mipus area the\ could wait
until all the students are on \.i
cation like they did when the\
i ut down trees behind the li
hrarv
Sharon Keller
Kugenr
Walking around
W alkiiik around i ampus I
have seen main students wear
mg I shirts that read Resper t
demand it I fielieve this is a
relerelM e to out talented foot
hall team deserving more re
s|m*( t than they i urrenlly an- at
forded
However many years ago a
w ise old man told me that the
only ssas to net res per t is to
earn it If you have to DIM \\D
respecl from people sou proha
Ills don't desers e It
Mu hael ( ampbell
hugenc
While we're on
While sve re on the suh|e( t of
ininontv Ainerii ans who ran I
gel a si holarslnp based on their
minor its status boss about
Iranian Ainerii alls Indian
\meru ans ( elln \merii a us
(iaelii Ameruans Romans
Amerit ans \orman A inert
cans. It.isipre-Americans. I.ap
I .under Ainerii ans and all other
ini red ibis diverse, infinitels
sailed separate cultures that
'politii al i orrei Iness' so
( rudely arrogantly and igno
rantls lumps togelhcf .is
s\ lute Ainerii a
Amazingly enough a lot ol
us worked m strawberry fields
|or hop fields or ( ranberrs bogs
or com fields or ( hopped i ord
wood) beginning al an iik red
ibis young age a dollai
meant a great deal to ourselves
and our families and mans of
Us sweat and bled to get to i id
lege too We too have strug
glial to gel by where the
thought ol owing thousands ot
dollars of student loans is tern
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MY SUNSHINE WRY.
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t\ inn and daunting to us and
(tillers like us
And truth lit tell mv 1 lll\ er
sity education has not even he
gun lit do instil e in seeing that
.ill students lie required to
study ( eltii Iranian. Hasque nr
Kmn Insliiiy let alum* the Ian
guuges u( our cultures Oh
well
Mu hae! T Mai Donuugh
fugene
The Emerald
I lu* 1'im‘r.ild s polii y of < all
mg the position in favor of le
galized abortions "pro-abor
tion" and the position opposed
' anti abortion seems to me an
attempt to be lair The position
in favor has developed sin li eu
phemisms as "reproductive
i lion e" and "terminate a preg
natu y in order to i out eal the
very slim king reality of killing
human fetuses for any and all
reasons
I'olitn al spins h and lan
guage " writes (leorge Orwell.
are largely the defense of the
indefensible and "have to
i onsist largely of euphe
misms " Thus, allowing those
in favor to (all their position
"pro < hoice" does nothing to
further the debate and only oh
s( ores the issue
Henry Crume
F.nglish
I was
I was recently browsing
through the classifieds in the
Emerald, looking lor some
housing when 1 came .11 ross an
ad requesting "Christian"
roommates
"How odd." I thought to my
self Why don’t people ever re
quest something original
maybe Tibetan monks or Wheel
of Fortune finalists' And why
wouldn't .1 household be inter
ested in broadening their spire
tual horizons and exploring
new realms of religious beliefs'
After all, college is supposed to
be a learning experience, right '
Then 1 began to rationalize,
.uid realized there are definitely
some foreseeable problems for
those w ho (house to take a
more liberal stance
We obviously have to take
into consideration the fact that
some people will have more
difficulty allowing heathens
into their household than nth
ers This is certainly under
standable One little go.it sai ri
fil e in the living room and the
resale value |ust plummets
through the basement
Then, too, there is the poten
tial for mutual conflicts ol in
terest when time comes tor
home entertainment Sav fot
example, you’re all sitting
around after dinner eating your
breath mints, and someone digs
some old assault rifles out ol
the closet and suggests a livel\
round of "Conflict in the Mid
die Hast.” Admittedly, a sink',
situation at best
Hut it seems to me there
might be another side to the
coin Now. as much as ever
cultural literacy and an open
mind are two tremendous as
sets currently in high demand
Certainly, it is up to eat h indi
vidual to make a final decision
but 1 think most will find the
benefits of keeping an open
mind far outweigh the pitfalls
Mary K. l.ocke Klein
Kugene
OPINION
This year only: Two Muslim groups, one low price
The Fine
Print
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C'llKIS
HOI M l I
Ill tins piece. I II he referring In the
Muslim Student Association
Hut |iist to keep ('ll,tries () I'nrter'
the attorney who has nothing better to do
than worn about whit h group tu tuulh
is the MSA off guard, I won't he too
spei ifii
Hint's hei ause members ot the "real’’
MSA which consists of Muslims trom
onh one sect of the religion, have with
drawn as a I niversitv supported organi
/ation and taken the name with them
Other Muslim students who were shut
out ot the MSA tilled the MSA void In
reviving the group no tile v .rst arra\ of
Muslim students could still have their
ow n association
llul Uharles l) Porter' attorney .it
l.tu dutifulU notified tile new MSA
leader tile ASUO .mil tile illirrahl tll.lt
tile name Muslim Student Association
was a name ilulv registered
So the now outlawed MSA changed its
name to the MSA of the University of Or
egon. hut ( harles O Porter* again noti
fied all parties involved (especially the
party of the lirst part who will he known
as the partv of the second part) that the
name MSAl’O was also registered, as
well as all variations on MSAt ’() In the
same set t that no longer assor iated itself
w Mil the University
In the latest move the now-out la wed
MSA and MSAUO ( hanged its name
oni e again this time to the MSA of the
Islamii Society of North America
( harles () Porter’ says Oh. that one’s
up for grabs
I or those of us keeping si ore at home,
this confusing situation r ails tor an offi
i ml program lor the amateurs, tins ( alls
for a quii k explanation.
II .1 group of Muslim students on cam
pus want to form an organization, tech
nically they would he a Muslim student
assoc iation. but not the Muslim Student
Assot iation
So. d 1 were to refer to the student
group that is really sponsored by the
University as the Muslim Student Assn
ciation. Charles () Porter- might Ire
prompted to start another round of letter
writing
Hut. it 1 were to refer to the University
sponsored group, which rightly should
he able to use the name MSAUO. .is the
school's Muslim student association,
Chuckin' (a registered variation of
Charles () Porter- ) would not get paid
as he would have no grounds to write
more letters
Got it' It’s all in a word
You would think that a group not offi
cially associated with the University of
Oregon which is a trademarked name
would not tie allowed to register the
school's name Hut University officials
are unsure whether using the st lionl s
name violates any law
However, they do say th.it the non
University-affiliated MSAl'O could not
use the st hool's name for finaiu ial prof
it.
I hat means the non-student MSAl t •
could not sell such things as MSAl'O 1
shirts to raise money to pay off the
Ohm kster’. because such use would
violate trademark laws.
Now that the whole issue of the MSA
and what constitutes a trademark viola
tion is clear to you, I would like to point
out several words and phrases that I've
registered with the Oregon Se< retarv of
State's office Any use of these words
without paying royalty fee to me. in care
of this paper, is strictly prohibited
1 he list is as follows diversity em
powerment. left turn, glasnost. "Did you
go to Shasta last weekend?." schmutz
and Presbyterian.
(■hris Bouneff is news editor tor the
Emerald