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Oregon voters should remember that the Tro jan proposal to the Public Utili ty Commission is just that und can be withdrawn at anv conve nient date, say Nov. 4.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. 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