EDITORIAL
Recommendations
on ballot measures
Thursday the Emerald made recommendations con
cerning five of the nine ballot measures appearing on
next week’s general election ballot. Today wo discuss
the remaining four measures.
Measure 6 would amend the ASUO Constitution to
require a quorum of the Incidental Fee Committee and
the Student Senate to meet at least once during any throe
week period. Should either group fail to moot this
requirement, the Constitution Court would have the
authority to remove all members of the offending body.
Given the abysmal performance of the 1FC this year,
wo believe this is exactly the kind of oversight needed to
ensure student government's effective performance.
Members of student government need to realize that
the same expectations of performance we place on real
politicians, we also place on them, and tnat includes
attending meetings, doing their job. etc.
Such requirements
shouldn’t be too much
to ask. but judging by
past performances, they
may bo without this
kind of incentive.
Measure 7 would
require that all student
government rules, reso
lutions and policies be approved as constitutional by the
Constitution Court. Again, this measure only serves to
ensure good government.
On the other hand, both Measures ft and 9 should be
defeated. Noithor has a place in a student election, and
both servo as only to expose a juvenile attitude toward
serious issues.
Measure ft would require the ASUO to issue a public
statement demanding Sen. Hob Packwood resign "duo to
his admitted acts of sexual harassment." First off, Pack
wood has never admitted any "acts of sexual harass
ment," so the basis for the letter is Inherently false.
Measure 9 is directed at the Oregon Citizens Alliance.
It was no doubt with a great deal of creative thinking that
this measure was given the same title as the OGA's anti
homosexual measure in November.
This measure would require the ASUO to issue a pub
lic statement declaring the OCA is "wrong, abnormal
and perverse.” What message does this send? It says Uni
versity students ore incapable of trying to solve a prob
lem and would rather result to petty name calling.
Further, it is hypocritical of the measure’s sponsors to
use language that was considered extremely offensive in
November, but to consider it fair when targeted at the
OCA.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, vote yes on Measures
6 and 7. Vote no on Measures 8 and 9.
Next Tuesday and
Wednesttay vote
yes on measures 6
and 7. Vote no on
measures 8 and 9.
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LETTERS
Pom parameters
I understand that it is not easy
to find facts if one does not look
for them. Please allow mo to be
\|>e< ifi< and (shall we say) forth
coming.
According to the organization
Stopping Violence Against
Women, pornography is used
directly or imitated in 41 per
cent of sexual assaults. Seventy
five |H*rcont of sex offenders use
pornography Photographs and
films of real rapes am sold legal
ly as pornography.
The U S. Bureau of the Cen
sus tells us that women still
earn 68 cents to every dollar that
men earn and yet we still ask
why women "choose" to strip
themselves and their self
respect for pornography. The
same study tells us that 80 per
cent of citizens below the (Kiver
ty line in our country are single
mothers, and yet we still act as
though women am "asking" for
every degradation.
Our own society drums a
belief that the physical attribut
es of a woman outweigh her
intellectual or spiritual side
front the time she is able to
understand images until she is
able to reject the many lies that
are enforced by the system
around her.
Pornography teaches viewers
that they can view (have)
women at any time and in any
circumstance. Those "great writ
ers" in Playboy don't have to
put that in print for intelligent
college students to figure it out.
Please contact Stopping Vio
lence Against Women (777
2796) for more information
Ingrid Parmeter
English
Please help
Our committee is trying to
help Bosnians and support orga
nizations that help Bosnia. Cur
rently, we have three plans of
action.
First is the Bosnian Refugee
Relief Fund in Seattle. This
organization is to receive 1(H) or
more victims of concentration
camps in the Seattle area. They
need clothes, money and sleep
ing twigs or sheets.
The second is fund raising for
Islamic Network. This organiza
tion needs money for training
and for sending a rape specialist
to Bosnia It will have ,1 Bosnian
dinner table for fund raising in
the KMU next month. We will
sell tickets for it.
The third is a petition for
accepting 3.000 proposed
refugees to the United States
program of sponsorship for stu
dents in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
We will set up a table with
more detailed information dur
ing the International Week. We
will be collecting donations and
selling tie kets. Please show us
your support. If you have any
questions, vou are welcome to
call 484-0822 or 344-8429.
Ichiro Yuki
Business
Kenichiro Kashiwase
International Studies
Smelly cheese
In Professor Ron Rousseve's
recent letter [ODE. April 15). he
once again completely sidesteps
the issues his commentary of
winter term raises He dogmati
cally refloats his beliefs without
offering any evidence for his
position.
It is not so much his point of
view that concerns me, but his
insistence that any contrary
views fall under his heading of
"intellectual compartmentaliza
tion." This description, as he
readily admitted in his letter,
means anyone with religious
beliefs is not a "disease" or a
"disorder" one needs to be
"cured" of
It is true that there are numer
ous examples of insane individ
uals who professed to believe in
odd religious doctrines. Howev
er. it does not necessarily follow
that all religious "believers" are
insane. Many acts of insanity
have been committed by non
religious beliefs.
I therefore call into question
Rousseve’s qualifications as a
theologian and philosopher
Perhaps he has a degree of expe
rience in these areas, but he has
thus far demonstrated none of
the skills or knowledge one
would normally expect to hear.
Again. I repeat my wish to
hear a more complete version of
Rousseve's paradigm. He has
raised a number of important
questions, but he failed to
answer them in any scholarly or
convincing manner.
In closing. I would like to
remind Rousseve that he "may
believe the moon is made of
green cheese.” hut he has quite
some work to do before anyone
can accept the validity of his
position. At this point, it's just
l.imburger; it stinks.
Kurt M. Landre
Music Composition
IFC commitment
I would like to thunk the
members of the Incidental Fee
Committee for their commit
ment to ensuring that students
retain the means to fa* educated
on issues that the University
administration has largely
ignored, despite its political lip
service.
The University has. for the
most part, failed to adequately
educate students on topics such
as ethnic and sexual minority
concerns. U.S. corporate greed
and imperialism, and other
issues.
Unfortunately, students have
been forced to assume respon
sibility for educating them
selves. Two organizations that 1
work with, the University/Uni
versity of El Salvador Sister Uni
versity Project and the Student
Insurgent, have lieen particular
ly active in trying to raise stu
dent awareness on issues that
will ultimately affect them.
Our efforts could not be
accomplished without the
graces of the IFC members, who
have recognized the importance
of contributions student organi
zations, unions and programs
make to the cultural and intel
lectual development of the Uni
versity community.
Of course, such criticisms
concerning attendance and lack
of professionalism are justified
and are expected when commit
tee members fail to live up to
their obligations. More than S4.7
million in allocations is simply
too much to take lightly. I hope
the IFC will use this embarrass
ing situation to reevaluate its
commitment to its responsibili
ties.
Despite what appears to be a
poor show of professionalism by
a few individuals on the IFC. 1
would like to thank the commit
tee as a whole for its commit
ment to promoting the educa
tional needs of the University
and the community.
Andy Harris
Former IFC Member