LETTERS
Aren’t we all just students?
It is sad to see that one of the most i'v ding happen
ings in Kugene in the past few scars has < .(used xu< h
grief to sportsu ritcr Dave (Tiarhonneau
I real Is fit'i for him if it s true that he had a tough
time riding his hike around Kugene while the hippies"
or "greeks" in a drunken stujKir (Indore ti ID p m at
that) violently attar ked him with two-ounce snowtwlls
This isn't Oregon State We didn't relentlessh attack
ear h other
And another tiling Aren't we all pist students here'
Should there he any separation iietween ' greek-., "hip
pies" or whoever7 Thai's something a sportswriter
proliahiv isn't loo much of an expert about
Mike Beauchamp
Political Science
Students need learning desire
Klien Fodor, in lus comimintarv on tin- problems of
higher education (fIDE, Nov 14). observes that "the
University has largely bin ome n training institution
Fodor goes on to assort that the system of higher educ a
tion discourages idealism, spirituality and subjective
reasoning, while attempting to brainwash students into
becoming "cog(s) in the wheel of the great e< onomy
1 do not intend to attempt to disprove these state
ments. Mv problem with ( odor's commentary is it is a
typical, insipid reiteration of paranoid, anti-establish
ment dogma Fodor assumes die "system" is at die root
of the problem without stopping to look lor other possi
hie culprits.
live opting thi> rare ex currence of inadequate teaching,
the problem with higher educ ation is not in the hands
of the "system," but rattier in the hands of the student
Kach student will get out of his University experience
pm isely what he puts into it
If a student comes to the University with no true de
sire to learn, but merely a desire to achieve a degree
that will give him an advantage in the job market, as
seems to be the e ase with the vast majority of Universi
ty students, then that is prec isely what lie will ac hieye
However, if one approaches education as a departure
point tor self-motivated exploration, and if one has a
true desire tor knowledge and the augmentation of the
c ompiexity of one's own mind, then it is entirely posse
lilt- to achieve ysh.it Fodor refers to as an education,
rather than simple job training.
Brad Wright
English
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Abortion wrong; no argument
After i hallenging people several months u;u with a
letter stating vvhv alnirlion is undeniably murder from .1
logit al standpoint, I thought I d share the responses
A few people said it was a good letter I assume these
were jieople who already had the same thing in their
minds
Despite the impressive front put on In those who
probably still oppose this <dear line of reasoning and
i.boose to hate those they have never met by terminal
ing their existence they are silent 111 the hue of sin h
reasoning.
Perhaps they knew nobody would he really 1111
pressed it they 1 ursed at me or told me to keep out of
their private purls If they pist said that to everyone,
there would he no problem Perhaps they are 1 unend
ing, and nobody really wants to kill babies anymore I
dream of stu h a world
1 tear instead .111 .attitude saving we don’t have to ,11
gue m an attempt to deceive anymore Hie nation is
won over to the idea that killing the unborn at will is
fine " lodgment is near
Bob Weigel
Euaene
Learn activism with OSPIRG
You may have retentlv noticed that -4 million gal
Ions of oil were spilled into the North N. m or hear*!
thorn arn three million homeless |ieople in the l-'m led
St.lias, or that a poison ilios from hunger-related . ausos
every 40 soi mills
Hu! did win know .:u port out ot Oregon's .'.round vs a
tor is oontammatod In postu ides or that than ar>- nttn
homoloss lamilios in lame * ounty
It's clear tho troublos of tho world have i onto i ,ghl to
our own backyards I’h'e question is now wlmthor wo
will allow thorn to i ontimio unnotii od or lain ai lion to
odui ato om h othor and m lively sook tor solutions
You i an instantly begin tho prm oss by attending
OSl’IKti s general interest mooting on I hursdav Ian .1
at t> til pm. in tho I Ml l.umwood Room whoro you
will ho introdud'd to tho nine lampaigns allornativo
energy, campaign finani o roform. i onsumor protoi lime
environmental ndui ation hunger and homelessness
legislative watch, postii ido action, plastn and a i itv
w ido ban on plus! n loam.
Together wo can holp educate ai tivato and i roato so
i nil i hang*
Perry Pepper
OSPIRG
Don ’t ignore tragedy
in response to Stephanie Sisson s i nlumit IJan
I f), got real I he natural "disasters" she talks about
volt alines earthquakes fires and such have boon
happening suu o the lagimnng ot tmu Nature w ,e. built
around them some of thorn art- oven integral parts of
the system
Man-made disasters and other foreign influent us.
however, have always had a truly disastrous t-Hot t
lake the Middle l ast, lor instant e Has Sisson hoard ot
tho Cedars ot l.ebanon or the 'fertile i rest out" of an
cient times' It was completely logged oft (lor ships,
buildings and sui h) 1 tie i Innate i hanged, and now it s
a virtual desert
()r think ol the asteroid that i ausod the evtim tion of
tlie dinosaurs and many other i matures ol that time
t he flavor we are wreaking on this planet is not to tie
taken lightly
It sounds as d Sisson is saving yso i mild |tis! keep on
doing it and got avv.n with it lining blind to the truth
tlovnr helped anvunu IMi'am w.iko up
Chris VanDyck
Eugene
Security measures in place
Regarding the .1 rtn I>\ l.imtuy Batev on fraternity
break urn [OUt: Inn Ul I was rather embarrassed upon
seeing til\ name ,ill.it hfil to 1 1 jti.*r«- i.liii 1111 ii).’ we keep
doors uiiIin ki'ti m .111 eltort In somehow mmilli 1' |>
pic into thinking students .ire living there (luring
hre.iks
While naivete t.ikes .1 pruminent position among mv
1 h.ir.ii ter I.nilts. I 1 .in .issure you it does nut streti h
quite that far into the realm ot fantasy Please allow me
to i tartly not so inui li lot the huge multitude no dnuht
hankering for this information, hut to preserve what lit
tie reputation I h iv e let!
In the past wo left doors open Ins .lose everyone
knew no one w e. there and we giew tired ol shelling
out hundreds of dollars evervtime we returned to
si hool to ropl.M e shattered doors and door frames
Today . the outer doors ot our house are re in fori ed
and feature I nmbinatinn kev pad lo< ks lint our poltt V
remains to keep interior doors unloi ked for two rea
sons There are no valuables lelt in the house during
bleaks and people will get into the house il they want
to so we 111.ike soli' they find nothing to steal nor any
thing In break
I do not want to .11 1 use hates ot misquoting me. but 1
hope I wasn't that unclear when we spoke on the
phone.
Jamie Bakum
Kappa Sigma
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