EDITORIAL
The KAVE is gone
but legacy remains
The KAVE is dead, although it lives on in a different
body.
JED Broadcasting, owner of the eclectic radio station,
has offered program consulting, volunteer training and
its 2.500 compact disc library to KRVM. the 4-J School
District's public radio station. The move will restore the
KAVE's unusual music mix to the airwaves, albeit in a
slightly different package.
Of course, no story is complete without some conflict.
Friends of the KAVE. an organization comprised of for
mer KAVE staff members, has been trying to raise mon
ey to buy the station from JED for the past three months.
The group claims it had a prospective buyer set up. and
that JED promised to sell the station to the Friends if the
buyer was legitimate. JED reneged, and now the Friends
are upset
Although Friends of the KAVE members have a good
argument, they should be glad to simply g«t tho music
outk on me air. Anar
all, Eugene is u reSative
h small market and
can't support many sta
tinns, Any alternative
programming to the
usual rock fare is like a
ray of sunlight.
Even if the the
KAVE’s music wasn't
Any alternative
programming to the
usual rock fare is
like a ray of
sunlight
your style, the station offered a refreshing contrast to the
glitz-filled pop of KSND (now country), the glam-metal
posturing of KLC.X (now pop) and the predictably dull
Had Company and Led Zeppelin retreads on KZEL (same
old songs).
KRVM will now fiii that void and do so capably. The
high school students who deejav for the station will have
a much greater playlist than before, and because JED is
giving them program consulting, the format should be
roughly the same as KAVE's used to be, or at least as
eclectic.
KRVM could certainly uso the help. 1990’s Ballot
Measure 5 forced the school district to cut expenditures
for most of KRVM’s programs. Like most other ■'expend
able" services, it faced, and still faces, shutdown. The
community shouldn’t let that happen. JED’s input is
essential for saving fhe station from extinction.
Besides offering a different selection, perhaps KRVM's
greatest asset is its status as a vocational training ground
for radio junkies. The station is extremely valuable for
people interested in radio operations. All DJs are vol
unteers: they learn the ropes from on-air experience.
Their attitude does not lend itself to packaged profes
sionalism. which is unusual for a rock station. And
because the volunteers are mostly run-of-the-mill stu
donts. they don’t have the slick, robotic style of today’s
l)|s.
Friends of the KAVE put in a valiant effort. Members
should be credited with doing their best to save the sta
tion. But now they should lot the old KAVE rest in peace
and pul their support behind tho new kid.
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LETTERS
Like she said
In support of Michelle
Kuwasaki, I would like lo soy
that 1 look the message for her
ui 4 p m regarding the ballot
counting thai had already begun
at 3:30 p m
As a [Kill booth worker, I know
how stringent the ASI C) elec
tions board is with poll booth
operations It seems to me that it
could In? a little more diplomat
ic and professional in the haliot
counting procedures
Hut wait Will this letter even
get printed ' I'm a Christian and
1 forgot to include my views on
homosexuality. Maybe next time
Melanie Qremer
Psychology
Mini march
Despite gusty winds and rain,
about 2.000 citizens jammed the
streets of Springfield in support
of human rights at The People's
March In Springfield. April 25.
A policeman on duty told me lat
er that three c ity blocks "from 7th
Avenue to 10th Avenue" were
Tilled with marchers.
Additionally, we marched the
same dav a* The National March
on Washington, D C... to show our
support of the goal of equal rights
for gays, lesbians and bisexuals.
But we expanded the scope of
our local march to focus on
human rights for all.
There were marchers repre
senting people of color, religious
groups, children's rights,
women's rights, homeless issues
and much more ... all united in
sending a simple message That
despite our unique differences,
beliefs, sexual orientation or
national origin, we are all peo
ple. People deserving equal
rights.
Our "20-people group" of vol
unteers. of which the majority are
Springfield home and/or busi
ness owners, appreciated the
marchers for joining us. The
Springfield Human Rights Com
mission. Springfield Police.
Willamalane Parks and the City
of Springfield helped us in many
ways. We thank them.
Many Springfield citizens
joined in the march or posted
window signs supporting our
event and our goals of equal
rights for all The People's March
will inarch again someday. How
does our state capital sound7
Carol Barg
Eugene
Choked
Not so many days ago, while
walking through our beautiful
campus. I drew a deep breath,
expecting an energizing and quite
gratifying gulp of fresh Oregon
air Instead, my lungs filled with
the vile and putrid presence ol
cigarette smoke. I nearly retched
trying to rid myself of the di<
gusting stuff.
Still walking. I spied the
offender, a student, and was
struck still with amazement and
horror as this poor excuse for a
human (much less a college stu
dent) crushed out the cancer stick
on the side of the Knight Library
and merrily went on his way.
The residue of that cigarette
casually found its way to the
ground among what seemed to
lx> at least 30 others. The sight,
after such a demonstration, sim
ply sickened me. Thursday, the
same thing happened, this time
at Condon Hall.
Something must be done about
this. Certainly smokers are
angered at having to smoke out
side. but as that anger has man
ifested itself into a benevolent,
childish, illegal and very offend
ing rebellion, perhaps they
should not be allowed to smoke
on campus at all.
John L. Poppin
English
Responsibility
Pornography does not cause
degradation of women, our atti
tudes toward it do. Each claim
that pornography degrades
women encourages society to cast
down women who pose in mag
azines. dance in bars. etc. By
inference we diminish women
who look or act sexually entic
ing. Photos make no claim to
show intelligence or worth. We
alone send the message that these
women are inferior, thus perpe
trating an age-old double stan
dard.
Historically, oppression of
women resulted from the "need"
of a patriarchal society to trace
male lineage, and therefore to
ensure women's sexual obedi
ence. Denial of education main
tained female inferiority and
dependence. Social stigma
attached to sexuality ensured
fidelity Clitorectomy destroyed
desire. Women became son-rear
ing property
The message we unconst ious
lv send with our protests is that
lemule nudity is degrading; that
women must conceal their bod
ies and their sexuality to be tak
eri seriously. While the sex
industries are not entirely above
criticism (any industry will
oppress its workers), as long a>
society makes these jobs a dirty
secret, workers will remain iso
iated. Perhaps when we no
longer divide women into class
es by sexuality we will not find
a Playboy bunny unfit to be
Attorney General.
Most importantly, when wo
stop treating men like children
who will rape and abuse it
exposed to visual stimuli and
begin treating them like adults
who are responsible for their
actions no matter how short the
miniskirt, then we will begin to
affect the sexual discrimination
and abuse rampant in our soci
ety.
Shasta Wilson
Physios, Math
Got a problem
I have a problem. You see. 1 try
to do my part to conserve ener
gy. I ride a motorcycle to school
instead of driving a car When I
get here. I count on parking in the
motorcycle parking behind
Lawrence Hall.
There are times when I'm here
in studio until 3 or 4 in the morn
ing, and 1 really don't care to
walk across campus at that time
of night.
My problem comes in when I
arrive on campus only to find a
tar, this time it was a station wag
on, parked in and completely fill
ing the motorcycle parking. On
the average Sunday afternoon
there are four to eight motorcy
cles and scooters parked in that
spot. And of course last Sunday
there were none because of one
person in one car. I know because
I talked to her.
This situation occurs at other
places on and near campus. If
you do drive a car to campus, all
i ask is that you respect the fact
that the space you are filling with
one car is meant to accommodate
as many as 10 people on two
wheeled vehicles.
Of course, if you insist on park
ing in our spot, then we will have
to go and park one bike each to a
car spot. What a waste, don't you
think''
Rema Tlllitt
Interior Architecture