EDITORIAL
Applying for staff
can only help paper
Certain students on this campus accuse the Emerald of
running poorly argued editorials and biased news sto
ries. They also claim the paper oxercises bad news judg
ment; it ignores events worthy of coverage. Although the
editors don't always agree with these students, they
understand that there are many different sides to any
issue. One person's right is another's wrong.
However, the point of this editorial isn't to defend the
Emerald. Either you like the paper or you don't — one
editorial won’t change that. Instead, we want to encour
age students who find fault to apply for staff positions
next year. If you think we do a poor job. come in with
constructive suggestions for improving the paper. Put
them down on an application. Discuss them in an inter
view. There's nothing to lose and everything to gain —
on both sides. .' >
Late fall term, a con
troversy arose when a
reporter was nearly
denied act ess to a forum
on African/Asian-Amer
ican issues. She wrote a
column defending her
right to attend. The col
umn drew a variety of
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five. from the student body. They varied from "Sf the white
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one who does know (the definition of respect).'* to "I knew
that to have thu media coverage would bo good, but 1 knew
that it wouldn’t fully embrace what was being brought
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A few of the letters referred to us as the “white media,
saying that the paper lacked the perspective of minority
students. That's true. If you judge the Emerald staffers by
the color of their skin, there are only two students of col
or. However, the only way to change that statistic is for
African-Americans. Asian-Americans. Native Americans,
international students or others to apply. Few ever do.
Obviously, different racial and ethnic groups have dif
ferent experiences — and thus different outlooks on dai
ly events. A Jewish student may see a completely dif
ferent story than a non-Jowish student.
Likewise, an Asian-American student may believe a
particular event more newsworthy than a white student
— case in point being the Asian/Pacific-American Stu
dent Union forum last woek. which the Emerald did not
cover because editors didn’t think it was as much a news
story as it was a public relations story — the scourge of
editors everywhere. However, many international stu
dents disagreed. And as staff members, they could have
at least discussed its importance and perhaps had a hand
in the decision-making process.
Of course, non-white students aren't the only people
who have problems with the paper. Many people believe
we miss the boat in crucial stories or don’t offer insight
ful analyses of campus issues. Again, regardless of the
validity of these criticisms, the only way to truly voice
your opinion is to get involved.
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LETTERS
Mock equality
I mu writing in response to
the atl in the May 3 Emerald
calling for advertisement sales
representatives.
The I tot tom of the ad says the
"Emerald is an equal opportuni
ty employer."
But further down in the ad we
find out that "you must have
reliable transportation (sorry,
rnopeds, motorcycles and bicy
cles are not acceptable)."
How equal is this? is the
Emerald telling us that only
people whose economic status
— or their parents' — allows
them to buy a car are good
enough to work for our student
paper?
I believe this is classist and
discriminatory and makes a
mockery of the Emerald's pseu
do-commitment to equal oppor
tunity.
Tell it like it is Rich people
apply, poor people stay away.
Sharon Sutton
Student
'ODE' snub
I'm writing in response to the
Emerald's blatant snub of the
recent panel discussion on
Astan-Amerinan issues that was
sponsored by the Asian/Pacific
Amorican Student Union
Emerald editors were contact
ed twice concerning their atten
dance at the discussion, but
they failed to respond, showing
their lack, of interest and care
about Asian-American and stu
dents-of-color issues.
This panel discussion focused
on the exclusion of Asians from
the UMASS scholarship because
we are supposedly over-repre
sented, the model-minority
myth, interracial relationships
and children and about the
racism that is created by all
those things.
1 find it ironic that when the
Emerald does choose to attend a
forum, like the one held fall
term, it totally misrepresents it.
We were hoping this time there
would be a reporter in atten
dance who could give a more
accurate and unbiased view of
what was actually taking place.
And last, 1 wanted to let
Emerald editors know that
although they may have not
thought the discussion was
important, it was apparently
important enough for Professor
Sumi Cho. Professor Clarence
Spigner, Marshall Snuceda. Pro
fessor Terry Takahashi. Diane
Wong. Eugene teacher Misa Joo,
ASUO President Hobby Lee. stu
dents Seri l.uangphinith. Mark
Tarutani, Sho Snigeoka. and
Alex fchnioe to attend as panel
members.
It was also important enough
for University President Myles
Brand. Professor Quintard Tay
lor. and staff Psychologist
(mediator) Sandy Tsuneyoshi to
attend and participate in discus
sion along with the many other
students in attendance It
appears that in this case, the
Emerald was the minority.
Jan Harada
APASU
Do the math
Mow would you like it if the
University raised your fees by
25 percent to fund the theater
and music departments? In
return, you could see all the
plays and concerts "for free,"
That's ridiculous, right? I mean,
if you want to see a play, you go
buy a ticket for it Or if you real
ly like concerts or theater, you
get a season pass
Most importantly, if you're
not into it. you save the bucks
and head for Rennie's instead.
Hut this exactly what the Ath
letic Department has been doing
for years with the mandatory
athletic foe policy. In this light,
the "on demand" system popu
lar at progressive Pacific-10
Conference schools makes good
sense — those who go to enough
games to make it worthwhile
buy a pass; those who don't just
buy tickets to individual events.
You do the math and then you
decide And how about the
price of a pass? Probably lots
higher, rights? Nope. The May
4 Emerald article cites prices for
passes at other Pac-10 schools
between $50 and $120. delud
ing on the school. Plus, at most
schools, you can even split this
to buy n pass for only fall events
or only spring events. You
decide.
But here at the University,
you must pay $66 o year
whether you like it or not.
Instead of the current mandato
ry funding policy, students
should have the freedom to
choose. Times are tight. Let us
do the math. tat us decide if wo
can afford a season pass.
Eck Doerry
Computer Science
Racist alliance
The recent South African gov
ernment’s admission of secretly
developing nuclear weapons, in
cooperation with the state of
Israel, might come as a surprise
to some Americans, but it is
hardly so for those who are
familiar with the racist practices
of both countries
In fact. South Africa and
Israel have a lot in common.
Both states firmly believe that
they are superior rat.es and have
long suppressed the indigenous
majority who have lived for cen
turies in their representative
countries. But thanks to Israeli
controlled (dominated) media in
this country, little attention is
paid to these unholy alliances
and such dangerous develop
ments are rarely reported.
The powerful Israeli lobby
continues to siphon billions of
dollars of U.S. lax payers’ mon
ey to finance such atrocities
without any serious scrutiny of
the Congress. In fact, some con
gressmen are more willing to
support cutbacks in health care,
the environment and education
than confront the Israeli lobby
in Washington. D.C.
Tooraj Fooladi
Iranian Students Association
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