EDITORIAL
AuCoin/Packwood
not worthy of vote
This is the time of year when a newspaper like's to
endorse a candidate by saying he or she has earned its
trust. That one of the two candidates has shown the
qualities it takes to be a positive force in government.
Unfortunately, the 1992 Oregon Senatorial race has
only instilled doubts in our minds about the qualifica
tions of either candidate. Neither Bob Packwood nor
Les AuCoin have given us any reason to get excited
about the upcoming term. Both are career politicians
whose dirty campaign rhetoric has not only annoyed
voters but also raised the question. "Do either of these
candidates have any ideas worth listening to?" We
have concluded they don't.
Packwood has all but outlived his usefulness in the
Senate. His support of log exports and his devotion to
timber companies over workers indicate that he is in
sensitive to the average Oregonian. Me has made no
headway on the logger/spotted owl dilemma, despite
his claims otherwise, and he continues to support
trickle-down economics, a failed economic: policy,
Packwood says he favors a balanced budget amend
merit and term limits If those were really important to
him. he would have been out of office years ago before
he contributed to the skyrocketing deficit.
But what floes AuCoin bring to office that Pack
wood doesn't? No! tmn h. AuCoin himself is guilts of
practicing the politic s game more than working lor real
solutions His support of the environment has been
suspect. He too has extensive experience in the nation
al politics gridlock, working for himself and against Re
publican leadership for the wrong reasons He is every
iiil the professional politician that Pat kwood is.
While we tend to agree more with AuCoin on the
issues, we are not convinced of his motives. Until u
centiy. both candidates had very similar views on the
timber industry. When the election started getting seri
mis however, AuCoin adopted a more environmental
stance, and Puckwood emerged as the hard-liner.
Both candidates have been in Washington for text
long, to the point where they are no longer in tout h
with their home state. AuCoin has been in the House of
Representatives for 18 years. Puckwood in the Senate
for 24 years. And even though they both have a few
promising ideas, they have shown more of a willing
ness to lock horns when they should be looking to
work together. It’s a no-win situation.
DeFazio for House
In the 4th Congressional District. Democrat Peter
DeFazio is again the most qualified candidate. He. un
like the two Senate candidates, has shown genuine
concern for Oregon. He has backed legislation lor na
tional health care, has a good record on log exports and
is very pro-environment.
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Cast a vote
On Nov. :\. Americans will
have I ho opportunity to influ
ent e tlie shape of our country's
shared future Record numbers
of student voters have the op
portunity to demonstrate politi
cal power by < asling a ballot on
Election Day In 1972. 1H year
olds were given the right to
vote in federal elections for the
first time Many feared or
hoped national politics would
lie revolutionized
Unfortunately, the revolution
was left for another day high
teen- to 21-year-olds have the
opportunity to make that day
tod,iy We have a responsibility
to influence how our govern
ment treats us, represents us
and protet Is us More universi
ty students are registered to
vote in this slate than ever In
fore
We (.in swing overall elec
tion returns only it we learn
about the issues and ( andidates
and vote If we don't l ast a
vote, politicians and fellow citi
zens won't care about what we
have to sa\ and rightfully so.
You have the right to vote, ex
on ise it
Nail Sunnell
Mama Gehrka
ASUO finance coordinators
Nine is fair
The law dot's not "promote,
encourage or facilitate" Christi
anity. Satanism. Buddhism.
Hinduism, any other religion or
other chosen wavs of life
So why then should it "pro
mote. encourage or facilitate"
the chosen lifestyles of homo
sexuality. pedophilia, sadism
or masochism?
Contrary to what the advo
catt's of "No on ll" are preat fl
ing to all of us. Ballot Measure
■1 does not take away jobs be
cause of one’s lifestyle outside
of the work environment, lake
away businesses because the
owner is perceived to lx; homo
sexual, ban homosexuals from
use of public property, ban ho
mosexuals from eating in res
taurants, or ban liooks written
by and/or about homosexuals
from bookstores that choose to
sell them. It does not legalize
violence against homosexuals,
and Measure U certainly does
not lake away the choice lo do
whatever you want in the pri
vat;y of your own home
If you have been told that
Measure 4 will do any of these
things, you have been Inal to
As far as promoting hatred
and bigotry goes, the '‘political
ly correct" crowd treat every
one to it with tile phrase "l
the (XiA "
Allen James
Biology
No parking
In the Oct 21 edition of the
Orvgon Daily Emerald lay the
answer to all ol our parking
problems According to the Of
fice of Public: Safety. S750.000
was collec ted from permits,
meters and various offenses Ixe
tween July 1. 1991 and |une 30.
19*12.
I ftelieve I speak lor most of
the population ut the* Universi
ty when I sav. "We need more
parking "
The Bean parking lot was a
nice touch, hut it does nothing
for those of us who live* on the
other side of campus We an*
the greeks and students living
in apartments that don't pro
vide Iris- parking Together we
make up more than 20 percent
of this institution
I would gladly pay $00 a year
for a parking permit ll I could
leave; my coveted parking spot
on the street and come back
with some hope ol finding a
space in a nearby University
lot.
As it is now. the tennis
courts by the Education build
ing are open for parking all day
and night except between 3 and
7 a m. Why can't we park there
during these hours? Is someone
else; using it? Please* help us out
over here.
It is our money that pays the
tickets given due to luck of
parking Please spend our mon
ey wisely Spend it to help an
ongoing problem.
Jason Warrsn
Business Administration
Clinton’s show
1 went to hear the great Bill
Clinton speak. What I did not
know was all the showmanship
he puts into them. People with
special guest passes had to sit
behind him so that it looked
good on all the cameras. No
signs referring to another per
son were allowed in.
1 wrote Ross l’erot's name on
the back of my sign and it was
taken from me. They said it
was because no homemade
signs were allowed in the
building Shortly after that,
they handed out homemade
Clinton signs What a bunch of
crap What's wrong Bill, afraid
that people might think you're
not as popular its you try to
make it seem7
Vote Perot At least he be
lieves in freedom of speech
Ronda Clark
Undeclared
Profs for Holland
Wo, the undersigned faculty
at the University law school,
endorse Lauren S Holland for
District Court Judge
Holland is a legal scholar
who li,is distinguished herself
both as a student at this school
and us an adjunct professor
teaching Trial Procedures, Ln
gal Kthics and Independent
Study Further, she has distin
guished herself for 14 years us a
successful attorney in private
practice, handling those types
of cases that are heard In dis
trict court
Finally, she has distin
guished herself as a productive,
constructive citizen serving on
the Lane County Community
Corrections Advisorv Commit
tee, the Governor's Task Force
on Corrections Planning, the
Hoard of the Lane County Re
lief Nursery and numerous oth
er public and private boards
and organizations
As individual law professors
and faculty, we join other Lane
County lawyers who recently
gave Holland their overwhelm
ing vote of confidence in the
Lance County Uur Poll.
Holland is smart, fair, honest
and shows good sense. These
are the qualities that Judges
need. We encourage every citi
zen of Lane County to join us
in supporting Lauren S. Hol
land for District Court Judge.
Prof. Carolina Forell
School of Law
and 29 co-slgntrs