EDITORIAL Clinton’s 100 days unfair measurement With the end of President Bill Clinton's first 100 days rapidly approaching, political pundits are sharp ening their opinions of the Clinton administration. It's a long-standing tradition dating back to Franklin Roosevelt's first term in office, when he passed nearly all of the New Deal legislation through Congress within his first few months. Ever since, presidents nave boon grad ed by their accomplishments ih the 100 days after inau guration. almost as if it will determine their success for the next fruir years. The immediate criticism from columnists isn't only unfair to the president, it’s also pointless. Clinton was elected for four years, not three months. His policies, like any president's, will take time to implement, espe cially with Senate Republicans showing resurgent strength of late. (They turned back his stimulus pack age last week.) Therefore, his administration should not be judged as a success or failure until his term of office is complete and his policies have had a chance to mature. Besides, is there any reason the first 100 days are more important than the second 100 days, or the third? Why not judge him on the fifth. 10th and 15th months? Those so-called "sweeps'' months could be the basis for predicting the chances of Clinton's re-election. It's no more illogical than expecting his first 100 days to fore shadow the success of his administration. The reason Roosevelt was so successful was because the country was in the fp-ip of the Great Depression when ho was elected. It was important that dramatic legislation was passed; the Congress understood this and acted quickly. Anything loss would have been disastrous. Clinton does not face the same problems and thus does not need the same impact. Give him time; he still has three years and nine months to make a mark. One more time Exempt from ODE. April 19, 1968 The University Black Student Union released a list of demands Thursday which were presented to University President Arthur S. Flemming last week. • "We strongly demand that Afro-American history and black culture be instituted in the regular academic curriculum. • "That all faculty members and teaching assistants should have some training in human behavior and inter personal relations, •"That black professors must be hired. If white stu dents are not exposed to black professors, they will con tinue to maintain that black people cannot achieve such academic status. Furthermore, black students need pro fessors with whom they can relate and identify in cul tural relevancy.” The Oregon DXy Emerdd « pubfcehed (JXy Monday through Friday during «« achod year and Tueeday and Thureday during in# eummer by in# Oregon Daily Emerald Pubaahmg Co me al me Unrveredy oI Oregon. Eugene. Oegon The tm«ald operate# independently d me Unrveredy eren odrcee at Su*e 300 d me Erb Memorial Uruon and • a member ol me Aaaooaled Preee The Emerald « pmrele property The unteartd removal d uae d paper# • proeetuUde by‘ CdNor Pel Malach NmEiMx J»»N EdNorM Editor Mvtn fmhm OrwAlc* CdNor Ml l^utay Edtor OMOmtontHi Hwi JnM« Cakav AnOmton Jaka Barg Associate Editor a. Tammy Batov Student Goverrment/Acfinfier. Daratyn Ttappa. Community Coieen Poneg f