Trojan horse
The generals' envoy cried
"unclo" — we're closing down
our operation The people's
trusted Information sources (i e.
the gods) assured them that it
was so not to worry
Assured, the people rested
but soon regretted their com
placency For the general's ptK>
ple spoiled the land, took their
profits and left the waste be
hind.
Three points Oregon voters
should remember that the Tro
jan proposal to the Public Utili
ty Commission is just that und
can be withdrawn at anv conve
nient date, say Nov. 4.
Portland General Electric's
spokesperson cited economic
reasons for the proposal What
he or she did not specify was
the niul economic reason - the
fear that passage of Measure (*
would require PCE to pay for
the cleanup In other words,
they cried "bailout," not
"unclo."
The potential for a massive
earthquake in the region, which
was not understood at the time
of the plant's commissioning,
will not be governed by a l'lUfi
deadline.
The Trojan proposal may be
as hollow as the Trojan horse.
Vote yes on Measures 5 and 6.
Ernest C. Boyd
Leaburg
Sour milk
Much has been said concern
ing Ballot Measure <) lately, and
a lot has been said to confuse
the issue. For many people, it is
difficult to comprehend the im
plications of this measure For
people not in danger of being
discriminated against (at least
not yet), it's hard to imagine
how Measure 0 will after t them
if passed.
In an effort to clarify any mis
interpretations of the measure, 1
would like to share an analogy
I heard last weekend that even
a child could relate to, and yet
in all its simplicity, it captures
I ho vory essence of what wo
can ox poet if Measure 0 possess
Imagine' that tho majority of
pooplo at tho offices you work at
drink two-percent milk, but
you hiippon to profor one per
cunt. And so whiles everyone
else in tho office is ojsenly en
joying thtsir two-percent milk,
you have to wait unlit you get
home to enjoy your one per
cent But that's not all
The entire time that you're at
work, you have to worry about
someone getting into your
fridge while you're gone and
discovering that carton of one
percent Anci your life gcxss on
like that until one day you
come to work only to learn that
someone did Find that carton of
one-percent in your fridge, and
he or she told your (sons Then
what happens7 You gist fired
All because you preferred one
percent milk to the two-percent
that everyone else drank
Please, vote no on Measure ‘1
Sara Chinska
Pre-Journalism
Sit down!
In my last few years us a CTF
and occasional lecturer in the
classroom, I'vo noticed a dis
untying trend in undergraduate
courses. Students routinely and
rudely leave class before the
lecture is completed it is as if
the professor were on trial
When students find the perfor
mance Insufficiently entertain
ing. it's time to change chan
nels In other words, the televi
sion "mentality” (as it can lie
so dignified) is applied to the
university classroom Teachers
become images existing to
amuse rather than people
whose ideas are worthy of con
sideration and critique.
It is not that students are out
raged and are leaving in pro
test That might he refreshing il
they were acting on deeply
held and well-thought-out con
victions. Hut the opposite is
true Having undervalued the
classroom and having investeil
little or nothing in preparing to
interact with the l«-« tun*, these
passive spectators leave be
cause of Itoredom
('.ranted, some lectures are
boring and some material Is dif
ficult to teai h in a lively wav I
also grant that most students do
not saunter out mid-lecture
Hut let me suggest that students
apply a simple test (vised on a
well-known principle If you
were teaching vour class and
had invested time in preparing
to communicate the material to
your students, how would you
respond to students walking
out on you at willf
Or ask yourself this question.
How would you respond if
your professor walked out in
mid lecture because he found
you. the student, too Uiring'
Douglas Groothuls
Graduate student, philosophy
Diversity
M Rt'/n Bonham made some
very important points in Ins let
ter (OPI;, Oil Hi) As .1 person
of Middle Custom desc ont, I
feel the University has not done
a good job of 1 renting a "di
verse" educational environ
monl.
Repeatedlv, the Middle hast
has been left out of the curricu
lum I have vet to take a film or
literature ( hiss that has even
one Middle Kustern film or au
thor on the syllabus Certainly
this area of the world deserves
attention, espec tally in light of
Desert Storm, not to mention
flawed films such as I’rvtncul
and Not Without Aft Daughter
Racism is not going to end
until we are able to see past
negative media images It is in a
system of higher education
these Issues need to he ad
dressed Therefore, I would
also like to add that it would he
detrimental to the University to
discourage foreign and out-of
state students by raising tui
lion Learning to associate with
those ol different culiur.il hack
grounds is also purl of an edu
cation 1'hls University needs to
attract moo* students and pro
fessors from other cultures so
we can learn from them first
hand Oregon is Isolated
enough
Christina Komeshlan
TCF
Defining Bob
As were deluged by TV and
radio ads fur Hof) I’ackwood,
wo ought to be asking what big
mormv interests arc bankrolling
hint He's outspendmg t.es Au
Com hv more than 10 to t
I'ackwood hacks subsidies
lor lug corporate exporters ot
raw logs who thereby export
the limber-processing jolis that
sse should he kix'pmg here He
i an find so little to fault ill An
Coin's record that he's rediu ed
to accusing him of poor alien
dance In tlongress
In fact, there's little differ
ence between their attendance
till percent for AuCom. >ltl per
cent for Bat kwood t he mini
liers suggest that unlike lug
money 1‘uckwood who can pay
lor lots of TV and radio ails
lately AuColil lias been cam
paigning fiy spending more
time listening to and talking
with ftis constituents here and
less time within the Washing
ton, DC, beltway
Incidentally, inside the belt
wav our junior senator's name
has become a byword for two
fated Inconsistency Check It
out m the tVeiv Net* IV'on/s l>ii
HiHUiry, published hv Italian
tine Books, which lists "to
pat kwood as a new verb
Their definition A word en
toying widespread use in Wash
inglon meaning to reverse one s
held, legislatively speaking It
has Its origins in the propensity
of Sen Boh I'ackwood. K/OK,
for drastically changing Ins po
silion on issues ”
Sylvia Wright
Eugene
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