EDITORIAL Laws necessary for long-term survival Ho, now wait just u minute! Wo. in our infinite short sighted wisdom, are about to commit what could be one of the biggest mis takes in our collective American life A movement recently begun by private landown ers to challenge federal environmental restric lions on their property has gained enough momentum to pose a threat to the nation's laws protecting the environment The prime thrust of the movement is compensa tion for property owners who have been subject to en vironmental laws. A South Carolina case like this One is now in the Supreme Court s lap. and a proposal requiring federal compensation for landowners passed the Senate last summer and is now in the House The movement has escalated to the [mint of of feeding a "major i hange in how the government applies its environmental laws." said Krik Meyers, general i ounsel of the environmental .Law Institute ()ne exam ple of the movement's effects are the 170 House co sponsors now pushing for weaker wetlands restrit lions. I irst of all. whv has some isolated movement poser! such a threat to the nation's environmental law system7 As always, one of the main reasons boils down to mono It's the big time property owners the tim ber. mining and large scale agricultural interest for starters who are behind the big push for law re forms Oh sure, there's the little guvs too. hut it's the higwhigs who have the [rower of persuasion, enough power to persuade our government to either ease re strictions on their land, pav compensation should thev not do so, or somehow , both Sad thing is that these powers that be are getting more and more Americans behind them, due largely to the failing economy Who ( ares about the environment when timber workers, miners, farmers and other land laborers have to put food on the table? Fad is. however, that we need to stop putting the environment last on the list when push comes to shove, environmental regulations are usually the first things to get used when things get uncomfortable, dv ing before other methods of fix d are considered. Those working w ith and/or owning land have long fought laws designed to prevent environmental dese (ration, seeing them as impositions from the enemv These folks need to realize these laws not only save the "evil environment." but also work to keep their land s resources alive on a continuous basis Where will re source based jobs conn? from when there are no re sources left? Protection of the environment also means protection of resource-related jobs. Our use-it all-today worry about it tomorrow phi losophy will he our demise; it logically can work tor just so long before it self-destructs Property owners need to swallow environmental regulations, it not tor "the environment's" sake, then for their own. I I)rt'fion lKulv PO SOI )i». 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J LETTERS Stood up In relen m e to !lu!i \\ eigel's letter ' il.nl Press" {01)1|an U eigel's statements rigarding apathy .mil unwillingness to i umtnune iti- among aiitiOCA indiv uiuuls siftii k .in ironii ihnrd. given tile circumstance u hit h followed Ins Inller On Frid.tv. Ian !one dav ,i(ter lie- letter I. and main oth er i Hiiiernei! students, attended vs hat vs as to in* a tree debate tie I vs een Hr ut e Ml (hi l II id t he Oi A and David Alien, rnpre senting the ad vim ai \ i ummii te. i.| the Cav and Lesbian Ians vers Asstx lalton I notn ed upon arm al the 11mspicuous absence ul one of the i enlral parties involved At the Iasi moment. Mr 1 am had related a message that he vs 11ti id be staying late at uiirt and would not attend ttie debate iile (X A has made a publit polii v ol bow mg out " of de r ates and qweste in'ansvser ses sums lor tears Hus trollies as no shot k [ sell thev seem to knovs th.it. under t lose scroll in their arguments and raging fundamentalist propaganda full apart Weigel stated in ins letter that the reasons people are un willing to communicate fall into tvso categories violent anger vs tilt no hope of i hanging oile r peoples' vievss through reason, .mi apathv and l.u k of ■ i valid i arise Which one does the (X A fit into' 1, quote Weigel, 'Lets jusi m ike it public rei urd. shall vs e Me t Liin and 1 he (K A belli s.-em unvs llhng to do so Den Elms Student At risk I am concerned about the ’ Iniversitv s polii \ on ra|M- In lb,,- earlv morning hours of Jan : 1, a l rus ersits student w as raped iti the basement of tier dorm 'flu- stall of the Hamilton t :.;;ie\ . hi -c to withhold this information from their resi dents until Sunday evening, and the staff of tin- Bean Com plex chose to not inform their residents at all \s a student living in the , \ i t He,in ( dimples. I find lins lo be un.oeplablo The first I heard id this im Ident is,is on the 11 ii i f. k news on Monday night Tin- resilient director of the Ite.in (dimples told her resilient • issist.inls not to bring the issue lip with .mv students unless di re; ! 1 \ questioned i leel mv sidetv W.IS seriously endangered by the yvitliholdmg ol tins inform.item Perhaps the situation would h.tse been u different one it the perpetrator had been tmrtnxii .itely apprehended. the delay in getting the information out would not have caused the same potential problems [tut in :.II ! the ai i used , Mu hurl Put rn k Kyan. was still at large, and raped another woman IH hours later 1 te.ih/r that rape is a reality .ai a ; i dirge lampus, and every yvoiti.m should use the utmost i .ration when ys alking, or being .done anywhere alter dark But had the residents been in formed of tins incident, we all yvould have hern twice as can tiOUs By keeping this information from us th" administration put : u ry woman living in the resi drnre halls at risk 1 hope th.it then is rn. need, but in the fu ture i urge the University to laid an efficient way to gel tins information out to their resi dents, our safety Is at risk Elisa Kocher Student Rip off ft is very discouraging for me lo realize there are people in this city who have no regard lor the personal property of others, that someone feels the right to walk up on a person's porch. |itck out a mountain bike which suits his or her likes, and steal it 1 wonder d these people real ize the hike they stole could have been someone s pride and |ov something a person may have put many hours of work and determination into to get it just perlect And do they real ize when the victimized person w ikes up in the morning lo lind his or her bicycle gone, stolen, that more than just the te.se :-..ts been taken away from him or her, hut also the trust thnl person hmi in tin' people of Ins or her communitv' T h it other night m \ ( .mnond.ile was stolen from mv port h And I, like hundreds of other victimized people in Eugene. now have to fat e the realm that you can’t trust your fellow brothers and sisters, that even a steel t: lock can't pro let t you from the greed and bla tant disregart) of those who feel it's their right to violate you It's a shame you can’t trust I he people w Ith w bom you share a community, and that you have to take higher pro* an turn than just loi king your hike to your house to ensure its se curity But I guess it's a reality we all must fat e and learn to live with Bart Beattie Anthropology Just stuck What ilars a rapist look like' Is It in the eyes' Or how about his choice of clothing or his haircut' If someone could give me an idea so 1 know who to look out for, I’d feel so much better In the meantime. I'm stui k in a log and my untrained eves can’t pick out the rapist from a crowd of dei ent men to save my life To save my lilel Yes. I'm wary I have to be be< ause even il I promise to re lax and give up all my crazy notions that any man could rapt; me. my chances of sexual assault won’t diminish In fact, they would probably increase And if I were raped, would I get AIDS' Would I get preg riant' Would I be mentally and physically runted lor life' May be So I’m stuck with worry I’m not morally superior to men. I'm just stuck Well, if no one can give me a decent answer to tny above questions, then I wish to (iod people would stop being angry at me for my fears about am man I don't know well enough to love, and that they would start n-direi ting their anger to ward the people who truly de serve it If rapists even deserve to fie called people Lisa Harrell Student