LETTERS
Legislative casualties
When President Bush bombed Iraq in 1991. Universi
ty students marched and protested. They even went so
far as to block Interstate 5.
Now the Oregon legislative lx>dv is waging a war against
our University and every other school in Oregon Are we
going to lot these people — who are supposed to repre
sent our voices — take away our right to a decent edu
cation at a reasonable price?
The funding cuts in Oregon will eliminate even more
programs and more faculty than we have lost already.
Tuition will also be raised significantly if we don't take
some kind of action now. before it's too late.
Are we going to sit back and let this happen without
trying to stop it? Where is that University spirit that ral
lietfto stop the last major war?
If everyone would show legislators we don't want to be
casualties of the war 1990's Ballot Meosure 5 is waging
through the cuts in school funding, maybe they would
vote for alternative revenue plans. We need to show them
who we are and how they are affecting us personally.
Show your representatives you care. If they don't know
how you feel, how can they represent you?
We can make a difference. We can win this war that
is lie mg waged against all students — with a little action.
We will not win it with complacency.
Kathy Waters
Journalism
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Hey! Your feet stink!
This article is a gent In reminder to ail of those who prop
their feet up on the chair in front of them during a lec
ture.
Please have res|>ei t for the people around you. Not only
is this terribly sloppv -looking and distracting, it is incon
siderate to those who must share the space with your usu
ally not-very-pleasant-smelling (and this i» totally nat
ural) sneakers.
Too many times have I seen hair yanked and footprints
left on jackets, in addition to personally being surround
ed hv hupps, waving and tapping feet that end up getting
a I tetter view of the lei lure than I do.
We are all acquainted with the fact that lecture hull
i.hairs are in no way comfortable, but then' are other ways
to relieve the discomfort to be explored, rather than resort
ing to placing your feet on the chair in front of you. I rv
stretching out lengthwise with your feet beneath the chair
in front, being careful not to kick the owner or dump
the owner's book bag
Another suggestion for limber people is to sit cross
legged. and you are guaranteed not to fall asleep during
even the most tedious lecture. Even if you pul your feet
up on your furniture when you ore at home, you are not
at home in class and must take responsibility for yourself
and share the spat* conscientiously with your fellow stu
dents.
So the next time someone presents you with his or her
size 13s, tell that person to put his or her feet on the floor
where they belong, and to think about it.
Jennifer Jones
Undeclared
Multipurpose acronym
Yet another in the onslaught of letters from poor, per
secuted straight white males who feel trod upon To put
it bluntly, anyone w ho believes he has the right to com
plain alxnit tiemg a SVVM lai k> one of the hasit ->kills tlmt
college is intended to teach — the ability to understand
the point of view of another person, notably a [xirson from
a different cultural background.
It would be nice i( everybody were treated equally And
yes, affirmative action does create a system under w hu h
some receive privileges that others don't
However, to believe affirmative action creates an "unfair
advantage" requires that one first Imlieve there is no longer
any prejudice in Amerit a. and that everyone has an equal
chance. Love may see no color, but elementary sc Imol
leai hers, police officers and loan officers have show n
time and again they sex; color and judge accordingly
Before we can start acting as though racial prejudice is
a thing of the past, we must do our lies! to eliminate the
prejudices we currently practice, l'his lakes tune i hat's
why we have rules that help ensure everybody has some
thing approai lung the same chance SWMs have now
Finally , for those of you who. luting C aucasians, find
humor In inventing asinine designations (nr your eth
nic heritage, I suggest the following multipurpose des
ignation: "American: Substantial Scandinavian Heritage.
Or largely European." If the ethnicity doesn’t lit you. I II
wager the ac ronym does
Steve Close
English
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Treating global problems
This letter is addressed to till those students who hove
n burning desire to change the world t loro is how to solve
a tnn)«)r glolMil problem in roughly a single half hour every
day Hide your hike to and from the University and/or
work and/or wherever else possible
The glottal problem is the release of esc essivo amounts
ot t arbon dimtide into the Karth s atmosphere Motor vehi
cles are responsible tor 1? percent of worldwide output
of CO"-greenhouse gas that a< counts for half of global
warming (Stntr of thr World. 1000)
Did you realize cars emit ifi percent of the hvdrocar*
Items that t an cause coughing, nausea, chest pain and lung
damage (Xnttonol Wihlltfr Aug Sept twit))/ And who
would have guessed that although the United States has
only r> percent of the world's population, it uses 20 per
c eut of all c ommeri nil energy '
In order to ecu mirage bicyc le use. men 11 sirs of (ISl'IKt • s
sustainable energy group will randomly hand out prizes
to students who are seen ruling their bikes to the Uni
versify during the month ot March Students hero are full
of ideas about how the world c ould lie lietler, hi t ai In
ally doing something that makes a different e is more ol
a problem
Well here is your c henc e As our friend David Spade
from Soltirtlnv Si^ht Uvr might say it's called a problem
that needs to lie dealt with It's c ailed a way to deal with
it Deal with it
April Brinkman
Psychology
Abolish education gap
It mhhu« utility educated people like to denigrate line
duuited people I've M'i'ii many |x*ople in the hugwne area
who am ijim k to write off people m Springfield ns a bunt h
of hee-haws and rednecks
I've also wall lied the show In Living Color, a show in
which unedui tiled him k people ore routinely degraded
Who is degrading unedui ated him k poopin' Kdui ated
him k pnopln.
I havn gotten to know many unedui atnd him k pnopln
after living and working in the Detroit area, and I know
that no one deserves to he degraded and made fun of
the way Damon Wav.ms and friends make fun of people
Ertc Nissani
Spanish
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