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
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Sorry Ducks could generate bucks
THE FINE
PRINT
BY PAT MALACH
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to fm r thr fuc Is The*
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I’he lh, k■> have si.H now rt ; •
unis for ineptness. losing icj
W.j Ming’ ' State bv tin ingest
margin in decades Ari/oiiu
toppled thf hapless hoopsters
by SI list* Ducks rvrii had
!?.i if S5 ojr doubled by the? likes
t Montana (iri//hes Hiring
i k .; * s i o! »•::
joved sinking an 8,000 student.
Big Sk\ s* bool crush a 17,000
student Pac-10 school, but 1
bad In ask l be , ; e s!» .:. Is re
( lulling quit lily athletes to at
’• u,| lii'-* ' mvrrsM v of M< ailana
really lh.it muc h easier than
getting them to tome to Ku
gene*?
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