EDITORIAL
Limiting keg use
may be pointless
Every Saturday morning, the Autzun Stadium park
ing lots fill with rowdy tailgate parties, obnoxious
drunk folk and lots of beer kegs.
The University and Eugene police department
didn't like that idea. .So tomorrow's Washington-Ore
gon fucc-off will instead feature rowdy tailgate parties,
obnoxious drunk folk and lots of User cans and bottles.
You have to wonder if that’s what University offi
cials intended.
Actually, not all kegs would lie banned from the
stadium. People wishing to bring kegs would need ap
proval from the athletic department und the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission, as well as n(tiding a certi
fied server to prevent underage drinking.
Hut kegs are not the cause of underage drinking.
And limiting their use won't solve much.
As most underage students will tell you. obtaining
alcohol is not very difficult. Anyone with an over-21
friend or relative cun attest to that. And if a student is
really desperate, he or she will often ask a stranger.
Limiting kegs certainly makes it more inconvenient for
underage students, but it won't stop them.
One thing to remember is that funs cun still get a
keg it they need one. It's just means a little more red
tape. For fans playing by the law, it shouldn't be that
big of a deal.
A larger problem (or everyone involved is that,
with kegs gone, fans will have more impetus to start
drinking before they get to the stadium. As it stands
now. people come to the tailgate parties, grab their
cups and have fun. Hut soon people may lie going to
the supermarket, buying a case of beer and enjoying
themselves on the way to till! stadium.
Drunk driving is already a serious problem after a
game The List thing we should do is give drivers an in
centive to drink on their way to a game. It's a problem
that should be looked at.
The final result of the keg limitation is that fans
will bring bottles and cans lor drinking instead ot kegs.
In other words. .Safeway will probably be busier on
game days than the keg distributorship
This is also problematic First. ki*gs are a cleaner
and easier solution than cans The beer is in a single
container to be distributed. Cups can be used, reused
and disposed of easily. And the mess can be confined
to a smaller area.
Grunted, many keg users utilize plastic cups rather
than paper, an unsound environmental choice. But at
least these cups are usually used by one person repeat
edly.
Cans and bottles cun be used only once, disposing
of the containers is difficult because there aren't recy
cle bins in the parking lot. and the mess will probably
be spread out wide and far.
Still, there are valid reasons to limit the use of kegs
at Autzen. The University's intention is good. After ail.
if a group still wants a keg. it just needs to get the Uni
versity's permission. But the worry here is that it may
create more problems than it was supposed to solve.
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Contrary to popular belief,
not all people who support
Measure It are fundamental
right-wing Christians I am, in
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lowed to touch their ways This
is unfair In order to ensure
equal rights for all. vote yes on
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Norm Kuehl
Women's Studies
Elect Hombuckle
Students living west of Agate
Street. on and off campus, have
an unusual opportunity to vole
for an advocate for the poor
people among us Kevin Horn
buckle is young enough to re
member vividly the pressures
of college life and to represent
student interests and values on
the Eugene City Council.
Hornbuckle advocates fair
ness in taxation, low cost hous
ing. adequate medical care and
human rights for everyone. Ho
is endorsed by Erie Ward and
"Communities Against Hutc."
Hornbuckle will add a more
consistent and compassionate
voice to a city council that has,
for exumple, callously denied
very modest camping situ facili
ties to destitute homeless fami
lies In the past. Eugene has
permitted numerous concert
goers to camp near Autzan Sta
dium simply by wuiving city
ordinances.
Hornbuckle will help reorder
city priorities. For example, Eu
gene has made costly cosmetic
changes in the downtown mall
while denying for 10 years city
ordinance-mandated fire and
ambulance protection to a large
urea of the city
Legally required financial re
port-. prove that big money in
terests support Hornbur kle's
opponent Ilig money Interests
frequently servo us all, hut en
trepreneurial distractions may
lead to the injustices exempli
fied above.
Hornbucklu is unwilling and
unable to buy this election. He
depends on the insight, good
judgment and commitment of
alert students to vote fur him
Ray Wolle
Prolessor Emeritus,
chemistry
Remain diverse
In >i commentary published
In the Oregon Doily Emerald on
June 23. I noted that the faculty
at the University are not inter
nationally diverse or sophisti
cated, und bocuusc of the pauci
ty of scholars and counselors
from other countries, especially
from the Middle hast, it would
be better if international stu
dents spent their educational
dollars elsewhere.
Later in the summer, bigotry
revealed its ugly fats), and my
remarks of June 23 proved to be
prescient. The short but elo
quent remarks of Xiaoyan Van
(ODE. Oct H) summarized the
story.
It would be most appropriate
if all students join with intorna
tional students to boycott
courses dealing with interna
tional relations, foreign policy
and rcluted subjects, until
scholars from the Middle Last
and elsewhere join the faculty
to bring a semblance of diversi
ty in the presentation of ideas
and realities
As a student I faced tfit; bigot
ry and discrimination of this
system und came out stronger
knowing that those who are
bigots are individuals of small
stature and flawed character.
So, international students re
joice that you are strong to be
in a foreign land, enduring all
facets of lile, mastering a lor
eign language and studying and
receiving advanced degrees in
the midst of adversity. Imagine
any member of this faculty or
administration in your home
country doing the same.
In the meantime, if you in
tend to stay at the University,
keep your eyes open, speak out
and let our diversity keep us
strong to he vigilant against all
forms of bigotry.
M. Reza Behnam
Eugene
Empowerment
How do you soo empower
ment? How docs uulhority af
fect your overyduy life? On
Nov. 3. wo will all have the
chance to vote und take part in
deciding who is going to repre
sent us, work with us and lead
us. We will all have an oppor
tunity to he empowered, ('.oi
ling registered to vote, getting
informed on the issues und ac
tually voting is empowerment.
We must all exorcise our
right to vole. There are many
controversial issues this yoar.
But if wo take tho time and
make ourselves informed of the
issuos and listen to what the
candidulc-s are saying, then wo
can make an educated decision.
I hopo everyone that can vole
will. If we. as students, make
our vote count, wo can change
our surroundings.
Christopher Hogan
Student
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