EDITORIAL Court was correct: USSA discriminates Discrimination, ns defined bv Webster's, mean's to make distinctions in treatment, or show partiality or prejudice. Discrimination, as defined by the ASUO Constitu tion Court, means a hiring practice which excludes white heterosexual males from a specific job. Similar definitions? Yes. And both are accurate When the court took away funding Tuesday from the United .States Student Association campus brunch, the reasoning was a national charter rule, which says tile group's Affirmative Action Offu er must be a "tradi tionally under represented person Note the word must . not prefer, as affirmative ac tion dictates, but must. In tins ( .cse, l SNA was discriminatory in its hiring practice. That USSA is a worthy organization is not an issue I he lobbying done by the group on behalf of student interests has been valu able I .'SNA represents not Ofih ttie I mversitv stu dent body up in Salem, full ns a national organiza tion. it also bends ears in Washington, I) ( Hut the end does not justify 'tie means, to bor row a cliche The court ruled I !.SSA was in direct violation ot tin* AS I'() Constitution, which states. Note the word must — not prefer, as affirmative action dictates, but must. In this case, USSA was discriminatory in its hiring practice. Amiss to activities shall not he defined fur reasons of sex. runs religion, age. sexual orientation, marital status, hand it up. poiiti eat view national origin or any other extraneous mid xifierutions " It is hoped this situation will only lie .1 temporary setback to the organization 1 SNA >\ a positive tone at the i niversttv and should do everything within its power to get hai k on campus and begin receiving inci dental fees again Unfortunately, the offending statute is in the ria tionul I SNA Constitution, whu h means it wiil In more difficult to change Hut it's hoped University represen tatives will inform the national organization, and pose t;ve 1 hange will eventually come about ( h t Mil/v r o »o» mi, luotm. Q«tGO«tf*<» r • *• •*., ' ! > y I ’ v>* . 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LETTERS Coming back Kegattiing Kusselle Lyre's li ! li'I Hi the llw i Issue ill the I nii i.il.l Hi- was right in t rill t l/ing iht University Bookstore in only having white people in ■ ■...* hoi hi.iv window display on * :u .till Street Our intent was ' I have the window t elelirute He- ultural divefMtV tU.it exists on i .impus wide!) is represent i ! in tile native dress of the people \ithough it is not our intent I ■ imp l \ an a 11 wiilie world through lilt* skin tone of tile people, the reality is that i did not communicate effectively to II o at list win painted tin win flows I regret not doing so The .trllsl h.ts I tee ft i ailei) hai k to it. tite windows ns they should have been done I tut U illiants t .enei .tl Manager I Diversity Booksttii e I Ain't pretty ; .up. appalled to ■>>■! two large ()!;' ■!. r.t(.t iii 1 ► Spent ft m his rolii of I-etloral Trapper fur Lane County tn tin article writ till ; V ( ,el! it Ki teppthg [DPI \m Jtli It is said a picture Is worth a th asaitii words, so I must take issue with till til ls these photos pi. uni >te 1 fie irony is absurd spencer is deputed Setting a live trap and . ailing i uyute like some benevolent Daniel lioonu figure Thu reality of his job can be found in the public records in the l ane Courtly offit es In file quarterly report of the 1: S Dept of Agriculture Jan l't'Ul, Spent er set 17fi steel leg hold traps. Ifci M 44 t yantde e;. i tors, T> i snares, and tyyo bye traps That's r>‘ll lethal tie y ii es and two live traps Why does the photo show a live trap when the preponderance is the i ruel and lethal method ' The article also says the s ii ,i r ■■ (inches the .1 III 111 .11 around ihe torso Perhaps in this speiifie situation, but snare s lasso llie animal and strangle it to death .is it strug gles to gel tree, according to the olhies lit Delenders ol Wildlife. (Jregon This is not a prettv business The animals are in pain, tern led, exposed to the elements, and await the person who will come along and shoot them or 1 luh them to death How about a little i orupas sum in the reporting rather than the cool aloof stand of the article’ It is this same detach ment that allows the public to k the other w a v A nice grisly ( lose up of the saws ol a steel leg hold trap with an animal's mangled leg would he a truer representation ill the reality of predator con trol than the ones used in llus article himht'i h Kauffman hugene Too much to ask I hi students dI tin' Universi ty tin- altiinni, and the Lugene community put up with a lot this scar We hasc smiled and turned our heads at the cornu: routine put on bv our athletic depu rtment He re a r e a I e w o1 t he loss lights enrollment r ap aban doned to uu omnuxiate tuition svaiveij athletes, statue in front id the t.ussonnva t.enti'r is pro claimed “ugly hv Util llyrne. who seeks removal via blow torch department asks lor Insli tution.il funds to remove said statue, department boldly asks the state to ball out athletic s while the mother of all ballot measures continues to Irs other departments Mow, being the understand ing lolks we are, we know the l)ut ks cannot always make it to a bowl in one of the most high ly competitive conferences in I hi' nation No, this wo cannot expect All tvi1 want is this heat Oregon State \nt a lot to ass considering all that we’ve hail to swallow On Nov d.i ol this sear, the heathen Heavers arrives with the longest losing streak in lk vision I football Thus heat us sure hand i I \ on our sacred Dm k nesting grounds I even saw a duck along the millraee frown (quite an achievement,' Never svas there more griel in the hearts of Due k fans Hill Hvrne and Kit h Hrotik now have one honorable path before them resignation fin Sow.i Him lie mist ia Memorial On Dec (», H1H9. a man with a semi automate rifle killed 1-t women and wounded I I otter people in a shooting rampage a! the I'niversitv of Montreal U :: nesses said u ne n were de hberalelv singled out as targets At one point the gunman veiled, 'You're all a bunch ut feminists' before killing so women at point-blank range Eventually, the man fatallv shot himsell In a sun ide note i ar ried by the assailant he faulted women for his series of set backs The note said. Women in gener.il have ruined m\ life (treating A Violence f ree i.n virunment (( A\ E) is a laimmu rim coalition concerned with the changing attitudes and val m s that create and produce violence in our six ietv We ,isk Ilia! you join us today in re memhering the victims of the massacre in dropping off flow ers at our memorial display in front ol the Federal Building, Seventh Avenue and i’earl Street, between tt a m and l> p m Lynn Rosentrater Student CAVE member SUPE / 0*0 iO^'_ -biNQ)s T^AT Hay HAVE BfcE-N WQONG BvT PtPoRE THE SEVATE C.EE5 ALL VvCPk£D ABOUT PEPftfAAANC>'A/G> lEF ME SAY THAT w^WAT I 0/0 WAS NOT SO L'NUSi/AL AROONC W£££ TWAT 5 /?i6Hr. EVf^VBOOV D