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BIG-TlME POLITICS COME TO EUGENE: LETTERS NRA targeted Just recently. the NKA target ed Sears vv ith ii boyi:ott for con Intuiting moni'v from stuffed toy s.lies to the Humane Socle ty of the United Stales l.el me begin by expressing my thanks to the NKA lor doing so Your belligerence and arm game become you You have turned on a great tug neon sign to mainstream \mericuns who appreciate a sense of balance pertaining to hunting and the sale of firearms, to further scru limzc what you’re all afxuit An organization without Urn its. whether it be lobbying and bullying m Washington or sell mg military assault weapons to am |erk on the street You will have to forgive us lor being more than alarmed when bloodbaths in our restaurants, grade schools, and shopping centers are becoming routine I know, guns don’t kill people, people kill people The next time you see someone kill 2f> people in a restaurant with a knife or baseball bat, let me know Just where do we draw the line' Does the right to bear arms’ imply the right to i airy hand grenades and flame throxx efs '' lhn\ about some sin tar e to air missiles and ma chine guns lor the kills' free ilulli does have Us guidelines This lali-st hashing of the Hu mane Society and companies contributing to it, borders on the surreal at Ix-st ! am not sure what the animals did wrong this year, but this latest action further reinforces the percep lion that the NKA has become an extremist organization (lerrv Kempt*I Kugene In defense !• turn lin' looks oi (in- froill page of the l.mi’i t!,f on Nov l tin' newspaper in‘i‘iis .1 reason tfi.it would exp la if i whv tin' De partment of Defense dons not .11 low guvs .mil lesbians m tin' military (Inn reason vvtiv DOD dors not permit these things is be cause there is no plain1 to put them Do you expei I the de partment to house gays" with real "heterosexual' men' Do you expei t the department to house "lesbians with real " heterosexual" women ' Do you expei t the department to have "homosexuals live together’ Do you expei t the department to have bisexuals live togeth er ‘ I low i an one- tel I w hen these people aren't having sex tl they live in the manners ol such? On this campus, we Celebrate diversity by separating the s x es Men live in fraternities Women live in sororities 111 the dormitories, eat It flour or wing of a building is represented by a single sex This isn't designed to slop people from having sex. of course, but it provides a good idea of vs fieri rape oi i ,.is lloyy can one ensure that rape will not oi nir' What would the EnuTtilJ like DO!) to do' f orm a military dt y isiuli designated for homo sexual*, eai h housed in their separate rooms 1 There is no room ioi 'homosexuals" any where dry an Westly Student Attacks In the Noy 7 ODD the edi tins h>\uii'it .1 !<•!!• • r hy Jordon ! uinl w : ill ■■■ tin mi ippv sii-.'.iii KOiU !• lee.led \ nr .I ■' apt hr.iii 1 Hir Would iuvr lii'i'ii Saferide A Harked i would like ti present .1 series I I I I, la relevant to I’rojri t Salertdr Tin- most 1111p. 111,mI f i t ; , that it is usually men who .it tm k wonu'ft ifi • m ikrs it un ■.air tor i w m u. 1 - w a Ik ... n i iiinpiis ,i 1 .in \\ 1 n ! Safertdi was established. tiir \si '() .ind tin; University deemed this fat I important enough to start a pro jer t to rectify the ptohiem I he University , wanting to save the students money, de i ided the driver', would not he paid ( and It takes at lit t J per in.men! drivers to keep Saferide running . a. h week! 1 he origi nal. problem yy as s.ilety and a conioundlng problem is that drivers must volunteer their time so the ohv Kills del istnti IS that drivers must is- women But as most informed sir dents know , a mart i an answer the phones oi work in the of lue (these are paid positions} S,deride doesn't pr.H til f a ills t riminatorv hinny; pulu v AS! ( ), the l nivefstty as a whole, and the courts uphold Sab-ride s right to exist, and rr< ogrn/.r their method o! exts tenet; is the most convenient ■ lie a V a ; iahie hut people like Lund must still exercise their uk a! t ords w itii their i rv My response to sin h men is that it tilt", Can present the tai Is lie. essarv. they might he able to or gani/.e a Saleritle oi their own Hut this requires tai Is, not a se ries ol uttac ks on a useful pro )e< I Delir a Kryt* 1‘syi holngy ‘During Dus ‘festive Season, Die *UO ‘Bookstore Is ‘Pleased Do Offer Our Customers FREE GIFT WRAPPING On four 'Bookstore ‘Purehosts WORKING TOGETHER Crisis Prevention Conference Friday, January 24, 1992 Krb Memorial Union 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. I'r«'-rcnistrali<>n preferred Earn 1 credit $15 fee CPSY 408/508 TUN #2140/2152 (Duck Call) Sponsored by the V of O Crisis Center For more information, call .U6-4487 C m A I I YOU R OWN FULL COLOR rAI CKJHADQ A PERFECT GIFT o<, * \ \ * ' % Y'\ A 3 \0- nfl _C > Cam pus l oca t ion 860 East 13th Ave Eugene, OR 97401 344 7894 S M I HP I No Avai l AH l t VOI UMI 1)1 SCOU NTS kinko's the copy center THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON Everything was starting to come into locus tor Farmer MacDougal his missing sheep, his missing six-pack, and his collie Shep, who was getting just a little too sociable lor his own good