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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1992)
EDITORIAL Water pollution: Later is here, folks Water equals survival Period Ami Oregon's sup ply is growing increasing!v endangered Why? (lontam ination. Industrial waste and various agricultural chemicals artr the main culprits, finding their was into the state’s water resource supplies in increasing amounts Wh.it we've been warned of for wars is actually happening: no longer can we sav well 'worry later Some examples Portland offii ials have been warned by state and federal authorities not to use backup water supplies because doing so would draw nearby contaminated groundwater into the emptied cavity This, combined with Oregon's water shortages, equals major trouble Thirty two percent of Ontario's water wells contain excess nitrates, which have been linked with "blue baby syndrome, a potentiallv fatal condition where the blood's oxygen carrying capacity' is reduced.' 1 ),j( thal a poisonous herb'll ide, has also been delta ted. Residents of Lakewood Lstates near Aurora, are now using bottled water because their weds are pollut ed with DO . an industrial solvent associated with < an cer and birth defects When- is :! i oming from? fertilizer jm • . :de .mi! 1 i rliii ((!• i unoff, Miliii w aste landfill'-. toxic spi, l \ ami icaks and buried waste .ire the biggest fit:outs More i \,uilj-ii(". More than HO piTCi > 't Ou-gnc. s ha/.iidons vv.. »tc sites nil the government's mi pet turn! cleanup lest are now contaminating groundwater. Of the landfills being monitored, mure than 90 per ( en! are leaking toxic < hemii ais into groundwater sup plies So what do we dof One possible solution is a piece nt legislation now being drawn up b\ the state's O.SIMKO organization The initiative contains three pi.id. >e ms Oregon lavs now provides citizens the right to know afiuat the .,se of some industrial 1 heiim.aU. hut the law oulv covers tOO out of the -t 0.000 phis cherni i ais in use The measure < alls for expanded coverage to include additional industrial and agricultural chemi cals. The second platform addresses cleanup of existing contamination. Onlv a small amount of Oregon's known or suspected 1.000 plus hazardous waste sites have been cleaned up. with less than hi) now in the process ot cleanup. The plan calls for more aggressive measures, a good idea since the present lavs has result ed in cleanup at onlv two sites since 19H9 Lastly, the measure demands a strengthened pollu tion prevention program, including forced reductions for waste dumping companies not making progress Presently, industry is required onlv to set goals and provide annual reports on its progress toward waste re duction. The measure is not onlv a good idea - it could lit erally be a step toward our own survival. Support it, along with other measures aimed at helping our water supplies stay clean Later is here (>r, \;,>n l>Ul!\ P O K>X Sit*. EUGENt. OflEOON*r*M TNu ' > v .» » ( «• f . ‘ *A ■ . ' v» ,i*l .i x‘ t .-*»•- Mj .1 «,5 I* - i.r, •! " «» V *»• ‘ v •' ■»*„ - t -l , ( • •*.!*.! f’ v «*»*' ■ • ’ -• r ,,4i l>v*« % t •< i-i* , T ’ *t I ''4i tv; .» «r- • >»., «* x?«» f . ‘ «» “> t * ■' *» k •' Mu' , t .« »• i • •• • :«» '*'«* A. • .» «»: ( •». • i • .u.vn} *. 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I .!. uii! 11 Si> what's tin* ptiddem' ll s mil that any "I lh« iii.hvu!n.ii Dm ks .1 ri■ terrible b ii s k i! 1b .i I I players They yy on idn’l In- :m tlif Irani if they yvrn; Thrfr Is )usl nu chemis Ity Die individual Ducks jusl iiirn'i .11>!«• In gel .is >i competl Ini- basketball tr.im Ami. yrs ful a! I \ mi 1 )ui k f.ultlfuls al ii .i.ly s! irting your letters In ihu !■<!itor llir It-.mi ii,is suffered injuries ) Hilt it's mil necessary In pur cry ,i giimm-jm! doom atlituiir liven if Ihe Dm ks have a single dlgll-vicl ry season, theirs .i silver lining In every cloud They slaved ill the game against US( and at Mat Court lliry managed In avenge ihe fluke at Aut/en Stadium in the fall ag.iinsl ()S1 Hut mure important than any of thul. w ith .1 little i realivity , the m-deht athletic: dep.irtmen! could turn this drizzle of a bas ketball season into a money m.iking bonanza Here s one idea I c all ll /fas ki ili.ill Lotto Ihe premise ol Basketball Laillo is simple At every home game, the vendors already in place to sell programs would sell lottery tickets to students for Ml apiece At halftime, olfi v\ i : i;.r.\ 10 h.mu's and thi’-c jH'oplc would get to 1m; ■ .i. I tram until a drawing at the nuxt home g.ir.u- A lotta*ry for the touch ltii,; spot m :j.;ht \vi ■ rk to., Tilt* ! urn rsit\ would have nothing to kisi and everything tu gain (amsidei the Uui ks' perfor mance this v> ir The lotto team vs >1111 <i have .ihout the saints riiam of winning .is the re cruited ti*iim, and attendance t.u ildn t possibly tall any lower than It has tin past few home games After all. most of the ! e s .,t Duck games in these lean tunes are there to see play ers on opposing teams m the fit-.! place In fact, attendance m;,;ht even rise il people know limit friends lire going to lie go ing up .-.gainst the Don Mai • Leans, Tracy Marrays and Har old Miners of the league Thu advantages of Basketball lai!to don't end there I he number of students at lolled to compete in intercolle giate athletlis would increase dramatic ally ‘vs filch might pos itively affect the graduation rate), and not only would the University make money off the lotto til ket sales, it would save money it i urrentlv pays out in scholarships Think o( the mon ey the University would save by not basing to pay Don Mon son s five-digit salary, which, coincidentally, is among the lowest in the league Basketball Lotto would bo a financial coup In troublod limes we m od to double our efforts. rethink, our priorities .illii devise some i red live strategies lor helping the beleaguered University It BuskctlMllI Lotto is a SUC < ess, muybe we tain introduce the lotto concept for tfie bund if they don't leurn to pluy "Amer ican lhe" when UCLA's Don Mai Lean is intrude! ed Other < reative money-mak ing ventures *101 on the horizon it University officials would just put on their thinking caps The University is going to pay artist Ceorge Greonumayer 54.000 to redesign his fine 1 LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor must be limited to no more than 2M) words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must t>e verified when the letter is submitted. The premise of Basketball Lotto is simple. At every home game, the vendors ... would sell lottery tickets to students for $5 apiece. At halftime, officials would draw 10 names and those people would get to be the basketball team until the next home game. st ulpture th.il s being moved from the front of the C.asamn a ('.enter But with the huge Ar t inlet turf and Allied Arts l)e parlment on campus, why not involve? studi'nts in the rede sign and make money at the same time The University could spon sor another contest For se\, s_!t>, students could submit their own redesign proposals l lu? student who submitted the winning design could be paid Sft.r.OO and Increase the origc nal investment by 100 fold There are 1.456 students en rolled in tin? AAA Department If less than to percent of them submitted designs, the Univer sity would break even Any amount over 100 entries would be pure profit Tin* money would be going to students (a pseudo si holar ship), and the entire project would be a practical applica tion of the educ ations they are rec eiving Kveryone would l>e a w inner, exc:ept of c:ourse Greonainayer. the bast Coast resident who created tlie ugly piece of uh. sculpture in the first place What are we waiting for' I’ui MjInch is managing <•<// tar of the bmeruld CORRECTION Daniel Stiles' name was left off of a letter co-written with Johni Whiteside in the i eh 17 limrruld The I'inrr aid regrets tfiis error