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EDITORIAL Better swallow now while we still can Looks like we're finally going to have to answer for all that fun we been havin'. You know — all those cars, all those factories, all those electric sheers and dicers. All that progress, all done at any cost Does ozone-layer depletion ring .1 bed I? Yes, its been in the news here and there, but nothing worth worrying about Right? Well, heads up — that nover happen to me ozone hole is headed our way Severe ozone depletion over the Northern Hemi sphere is expected to begin this decade, opening up some of the world's most populated areas (including America) to higher degrees of the sun's ultraviolet radi ation. act ording to a recent sis month study by a group of scientists headed by NASA And if we're real lucky, the United States. Canada and Europe may get a hole this winter The report lustra this claim tin me scientists’ January record ings of chlorine monoxide over the northern latitudes via NASA's Upper Atmos phere Rescan h Satellite. The substance, which de stroys the ozone luyer through a chemical rear tion with sunlight was re corded at the highest level ever in either atmosphere, north or south. If you don't already know, the South Pole has seen dra It's great to see the study validating what ‘crazies' have been warning for years. Now we have to listen. Now we have to act malic ozone depletion for several years now. It's great to see the study validating of what "era zies" have been warning of lor y ears. Now we have to listen. Now we have to act What will happen ivlwn (not if) the hole occurs7 I.dmated guesses list agriculture disturbances, in ireased cases of skin canter, cataracts, and immune system d.image as a few menu items Who knows what possibilities exist that scientist ran t foresee No how do w < stop it ■' Hci a use it's < a used by poll u • tion-induced i hniiii als, all we have to do is cut our pollution, llaha good one Problem Pollution is t .n. wd by .ill out "progressive toss And esersone knows itoss we love them thar' tos s. espet soils us Amerit ans (ain't live without 'em Well here's news We can't live with them any more It means change, folks, and that's a hard pill to swallow But we better start now, while we still have a throat to choke it duw n COMMENTARY POLICY Commentaries should he between 75U and 1.000 words, legible and signed, and the identification of the writer must he verified upon submission The Emerald reserves the right to edit for grammar, style and length it net essai v i t'ey, i/i /),uly Emerald p a box iiia cuctNt. oikqoniiw ’ • ♦* •• , Nt ♦ f "•♦■•I*: •• . ; i kl a. 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I- ; li! ; ‘ I. id uur ni-ss tv elected V till' pri st deni basing stolen from the s .1 sits ■ t -1 ■ i > k . j m ■ I bad ,. k .si' o s e I . i i Ti ll * • r .ilwnu tiie infamous ! roll - ! h as s!, ■ i. An. .; . | s i - r ft . g: 11. s% . u.g! I and i k idt--d I a' I at ! , 1 ; a s\ i s !of taking s' ! : (aj s ill ugis tl on doll I iilsu said that regardless ol ssli.it lb ('ammi'ntiilur bad to. s.iv. like us, the niajorits of slot- ': ! would likely to .inn.si-d h\ i. r loobsluiess and ii.iik. it up to poor judgment and muse .ai svith their lives After all this is just student goseminent Oh. tuns wrong I SV.1S1 !mini d.aa is stub st.irh-ii hit ting its- Ian and ioSonju ssas i ai led a liar a i heat, a thief, and a general embarrassment to the student bods Almost im mediately following these aicu sattuns. more stuff began flying jen Hills and JnSonja were at • . used ot pulling the wool over tins hue and i onsi -millions stu dent population's eves bs s »s . r. g s a p poi lit I n g a ill k as S p i It11 is ss as ss ei! aware of tin- "Troll I rouble and i orisidered it irrelevant lo -.sonia s ability as vice presi i ill'll He •: |! lolls Ol I a. e started :: .s' ; i1 Hi.: s Idling and tint bed losum.i not been a Perhaps the worst thing JoSonja ever did was accept her nomination for vice president, not because of all the embarrassing stuff she has done, but because of the embarrassing community she was elected to represent. woman o! color. lhis ti//s is. .li. : : ■ <• ! .!: d U i*lI, (ii.ii .itn‘i il i-ilhi'r (l.viept. .is .,iii. maintain. that perhaps hud j.iSijnj.i mil lii-i-n Aim .in \i:i .* .; si*..* might not have siuiit ii . .... *!si ‘’troll-handed" .it ,:,t :. >.*.;.nr in tin- Ins! plat i i V ;. ! mils lii*' issil.* of i*r|i.tvmt*nl from her summer position as t i nisi rsit\ comp Iroli.-r has .irisen II I were re , !*,\mg one all encompassing j .. . . k ,r III let* liivs -pas mg positions. il would !«' difficult hi figure on! luiss imn 11 of llu* tiilal sum c.tine from each ilif feront ]oIj Now the ialesl buz/, is her at tempi ami failure to get a fake identification under her sister's name Ms (loti1 Is JoSonja ap plying for a home loan' Is she asking to adopt a Romanian or phan' is she even applying for an Amerii an Ivx press card pis! to use the cheap airline lit kots? (panted these are extremities, hut the situation has required such lengths Perhaps the worst thing JoSonja ever did svas accept her nomination for vice president, not because of ull the embar rassing stull she has done, but because of tin* embarrassing i unmumts she s\as elected to represent JoSonju is .1 student repre senting students Not .ill of us. •iiiii I'll even wager the majority ul us. an (li*i abiding, lawful, clear-thinking, virginal cxiim pies ol piirlct:lii>n as JoSonja's i run s siM-in to maintain Sin- is a ill-vear-uid student representing similar -aged poo pie. most of whom have vet to find thorn sc I vos a concrete, pro fessional and secure place in tin- world outside of the l ini i orsitv I! s . iortunaU- that the one pl.o i whi le she i an lruIv e\ poiinioiit in what could have fii-ci: perhaps olio ol tin- most pos.tivc liberating and undv mg cspot tom os cm this cam pus. turned into a torrid strug gle ol political figure against tabloid esijuo media hounds i he liotlom lltio is that this is not real life politic s (mauled. .liege is su[iposed to prepare you lor ido in tin- real world, bi ll is a politician, dentist park ranger or even Eiujuirer corre spondent Hut neither JoSonju t ■: ms other student olei tod position need lie treated along 111-■ lines ol Rit hard Nixon or ( lafriu e Thomas, or even (jury Hart or Iiiii Clinton We exist in lingerie Oregon and m Kugeno. Oregon onlv I.jSoiija Watson should have been allowed to exist here in this small cits and on tills small campus that i hums to be so accepting and diverse and welcoming, particularly of those of different ethnicities, beliefs and backgrounds JoSonju Watson was a victim of tier past, tier inexperience and her foolishness — all of which she attempted to amend by serving in the ASUO and growing as a person. The must unfortunate aspect is that she wasn't allowed to grow in soil that once seemed so fertile and progressively be i iiiii1 sterile manure Mike Freeman is In Touch editor lor the Emerald. LETTERS POLICY Letters to tin: editor must be limited to no more than 2S0 words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must In; verified when the letter is submitted.
