EDITORIAL Ecosystem’s life necessary for all Oh what the hcck — we didn’t need all those trees anyway! Never mind the fact that they keep us crazy animals breathing and clean the air of toxins via their constant recycling of the earth's air. supply. Never mind the fact that the major role they play in the natu ral world’s ecosystem is instrumental to its continued existence, And don't sweat the fact that the folks wanting those trees downed for the bucks won’t have: a job once their livelihood is diminished. The only thing now standing between the felling of much of the Northwest’s forests is tin? near-extinct spotted owl. protected by the; near -extinct Endangered Species Act. courtesy of the God Squad. Hut don’t worry, those Hush administration group ies are still insisting that the trees must go. and no silly uwi Rimini mu|i Northwest Republican legislators recently intro duced forest hills in Con gress aimed at maintain ing maximum logging while offering minimum protection for the threat ened spotted owl. This comes after Interior .Secre tary Manuel Lujan's bright "preservation plan" was offered .is an alternative to full owl protection meas ures required by the en dangered Species Act Many timber industry workers feel they're fighting the owl for precious trees, but in the end they have everything in common: the forests' survival. Demw rats arc offering a plan as vvrll. one that en (.(impasses limitrrl logging, a jobs package anti greater protection for owls, the obi growth ecosystem and fish It we're talking survival, physically as well as eco nomically. the Democratic Leahy-Adams plan must preside The Republican's plan, offered by Washing ton's Slade Gorton and Rod Chandler, w ith Oregon's Bob Smith, is short-sightedly focused on continued ex istence ol present logging industry jobs While job pres ervation is a valid concern, the approach is wrong. Economic survival must be achieved through change, i.e. job retraining. Should things continue as they are. there will be no forests to sustain limber-related jobs. Replanting? That would work just fine if one could replant an entire ecosystem. When the forests are logged, it's not just the trees that say bye-bye. but the whole web of plant and animal existence supported by those trues. Without that ecosystem's survival, they will cease to exist, because it’s the ecosystem that sup ports forest life. Luckily, the owl has supplied the spotlight and of fered the excuse to stop the logging at various stages in the game. Many timber industry workers feel they're fighting the owl for precious trees, but in the end they have everything in common: the forests' survival. The bpst chance of that happening is through change, rang ing from change of attitude to change of job skills. Oregon Daily PO BOX 31 S9 lUulNt ORIGQN 9/403 The Oregon Dady f meraxd « put**had ik.f* J»M PtkfciAy t 3VH» l dk*t*h Crvitioptor Btaur Editor C ditor it I Editor Spoilt Editor In Touch Editor Nignt ( aiior lmm<»«> " i! Chrt» Boun0?f Don Jum> B«*Q W»u f r««Nm«n Studant Gov*«nm«nl Activities Dara/yn Trdi>p« Community T*m No't Htghar f ducatton Adrmrwatration. Carr* Donnoii Faaturta lUporun Tammy Baloy Manly Claucian. 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Cl**»»1t#d Ad>#f1i»mg 346-4343 IEllB Come in As we art- gearing up for li n.ils and summer plans, there is something we need In keep in the Imi k ul our minds round Uvo of Measure T> ll looks like the special ses sion will take place Hopefully the legislature will put together a plan so Measure r>, part two. will not take affect I Ins is where you i otnti in With the spi t ial session will come a mull-in vote To vote, you need to re register to your .summer address This ion Ire done at ati ASt if) sponsored ta hie for tin rest of Dead Week, or just come into the ASUO and till out llie ( aril (The ASUO will send it nr for you ) Then you need to vote If not. we y\ ill likely see higher tuition and even harsher ruts in de partments Tins is an issue Ilia, affects all students, so please take a feyv minutes, grab a Inend and in-register The entire University thanks you. John Thomas Pres. Student Senate Otto know better I received a copy of a letter from Dr I’oler M O'Duy accus ing me of saying a I a lecture during jesus Week that “ u11 non-Christians possess ethical values that are seriously flawed " He followed this by saying, “blind bigotry and in tolerance of other religious views is not new ... ” O'Dav's vitriolic attack was not against my thesis, but against me (and other Chris tians) by name culling, using such words as "intolerance," "dehumanizing fellow human beings," "crimes of violence," etc the very things I. and other Christians, would speak out against O'Duy seems to have completely missed my main point which was that our problem is "not knowing what we ought to do, hut in doing what we know." as anyone who yvould listen to a tape of the session can ascertain. (These may be obtained from David Lee. -JH5-4375.) What I said was that a non theist lucked a logically consis tent motivation to follow an ethical system, even one that we both might embrace. I refer enced two books on ethics by iilheist authors that wore almost entirely devoted to toiling us what we ought to do. rather than win we should do what we ought. To support the im portance of motivation, I gave statistics showing tlt.it most violations of professional ethics are willful One continues to hope that tile, "logic " ol name calling is not indie alive of University scholarship Though O’Day culled for an apology I leave it to you to judge who should apologize to Vv horn Otto J. Helweg Chairman Prolessor A big fan Camacho Solis of Mexico City is an innovator Here's his ingenious plan for curbing Mexico City's incredible air pollution problem build giant fans to blow all the had stull away That’s right Ilie people living in the world's wurst pol lutes) city will now enjoy pris tine, smog-free breaths of air Problem solved Good rid dance (Shh mum's the word for their neighbors ) This plan epitomizes the lack of intelligent vision in the prob lem of air pollution — specifi cally global warming Band-aid solutions and apprehensive world leaders perpetuate a looming disaster Prevention of pollution should he the only determining factor in environ mental protection — not fans George Bush is just now will ing to admit that global warm ing is alive and kicking, but he will do nothing about it The official White House statement on global warming is an ambig uous. garbled message of empty promises and undefined goals Bush will not sign on to pre ventive measures of carbon dioxide emission reductions like all other industrialized na tions have promised His hands are litre!. undeniably, to the fos sil fuel industry. Don't be fooled by Bush's attendance at the liarth Summit in Brazil on June 3. He has no intuntion of controlling environmental haz ards — he onlv wants to con trol PR. Both Bush and Solis like to blow hot air. Wo need comprehensive re ductions in carbon dioxide emissions to quell the effects of global warming and reduce pol lution of urban areas Until then, temporary solutions and wimp-like del isions compound the problem Derek Top Student Rising up Kegurding Lydia Lerma's commentary on justilied vio lent protests 1 have the follow ing comments History has little use for problem solvers Its only use is in understanding how others are constrained in their acts and thoughts because of histo ry Is it because of history that Lertna believes "social injustice inevitably results in violent up heaval by the oppressed"? She reached that conclusion after giving examples of “vio lent protests" from 1779, 1791, 1H77 and 1 Stitt. Curiously, in her very next sentence, Lorma says "acting in a peaceful manner has not al ways brought about needed changes." Do peaceful protests sometimes work? Or is violent upheaval inevitable? It can't bo both The point is one should not use history to make excuses for why something is accepted or why something can or can't bo done It is lazy, non-creative, and ends up impeding change. As for the "rising up" in L A . one would be stretching the meaning of the word to la bel the events following the tri al a "protest." Burning build ings owned by innocent peo ple. looting their businesses, pulling them from vehicles and throwing bricks into their faces is an odd way of protesting. What 1 saw on TV was a riot, and for some participants a true "party.” As for the "rising up" in Eu gene. these "violent protesters" are either misguided fools or are intellectually, if not physi cally. dangerous. Either way, at their present stage of develop ment they are useless to any meuningful positive changes in society. David Kopilak Student