HaixiUl
Impotent
As we Wiidi- our wav !hrt’■,j^i)
vvhnl passes ft r life in this
-..a khole age we have i time to
ev eel t er!,mi inconveniences
the disintegration of the iliimo
rutii process, skin tamer anti
pubht restrooms to name but a
few examples
Along these same lines. an\
salf-respet ting student .it this,
institution of lower-learning
can't have too high expec ta
tions of the journalistic rag the'
Emerald has bet on-re
Thu list of tin- Emerald's -of
fenses against the Fourth Icslate
could go on for pages, but in
tile interest of time and pro
nous column inches, I would
like to vent ntv frustrations for
the time being on the opinion
espoused tn I’al Malach on
April .It)
Where titles tins hespet ta
t led . jeep -tiri vl ng gra nola
wannabe get oil criticizing the
radical activities of some of the
campus' more radical org.ini/.a
lions? I sav when Malaoh set
eves on the -Lesbian, (iav and
Hisexuai Alliance photo riiorv
lage of couples engaged ill "lei
'atm" and other sexual activi
lies dial he found "inappropri
ate. be found himself search
mg franticallv for that ever flu
sue dime in his pu ket and in
a stale of healed self-denial,
went and pounded on Ins word
processor m frustration 1 t*s«* 'tie
impotent modern-day journal
ists that so tvpifies the Emerald
stall chest' tiavs
Steven Hawley
Eugene
Justice
1 ;! : -.*1:tin \ n
. j»uiw»s, «s»s .« .» t! r*
,ii!: angrv .»i tin' Ktxlm v k-ing
lri.11 decision However. I
should not have hern sur
prised The suburban non hiai k
jury itei not understand the re
alities ol the inner city
While flowing up in South
ern California, ! saw the poln e
as rnv prulei tors This is the ex
per lent e ol most white Ameri
i.ans. Hut when I took ms iaun
;v to join a Christian ministry
Hi the inner i it\ ol LA. I got a
different perspective 1 saw the
polite through (he eyes of im
African Amtrrii an -fciiow vviTk
ers and neighbors Sometimes
tin- |)oiui- were helpful Du! loo
'tun thin w err r.i< ust .nut : :»
lil!
Ton froquentiv !’! c k ; ■ opie
til America do nut ex| <-rt< : t i
equal protet tion uniter me taw
Tests iv e si., w tuark per
sons ire more hkeh to be
stopped In police than while
persons driving She same curs
with tin- same i are V< re ire
iptent i nnvit lions and harsher
sentences tend to ume to
blacks w hen v o tmis are white
The reverse is true, for whiles
when v it tims are i> 1.u s
What tan wi do We must
insist on equal It \ lielore the
as We rntisl support well
trained ratiallv sensitive po
ll e tort is W must listen to
leaders of tile iron k and If is
panic t oimmimt ■ who sees to
break the cycle o! gnntiing pov
ert\ and tile t ounteripfodut live
weilare s» stem Above all, we
must real li t itt iri humble, re
spectful iriendship to those dit
ierent Iroln us Are we willing,
to t flehrate till r liv ersitv as a
people^ Only then can we tiope
to know u n 11 v just ti t- and
peat e
Howard Killton
Eugone
Dreamiri
1 had .i dream last night,
that rnv freedom to open ills
mission with my peers in an o(
!i i r! to -.i-i - is wisdom ami Mna
truth was being violated by the
vers people who .in- supposed
to proler t th.it right
A nightmare'
()r .1 reality
Darren Flugge
Eugene
Subsidy
I am thinking ot providing an
inner t hild day rare lari lily !.'t
tti. se t unversilv students who
!eel himlefeii (rum attending
gr.nl si tiisii tier a use of their re
s pnnsibi lilies to their inner
t hi Id U .. I the lit. i onsuier al
loiatmg funds for inner chihi
rare sniisidies ’
Lee Green
Student
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