EDITORIAL Last chance; write your own editorial Two yoars ago, the Emerald mado a bold move to abol ish student apathy on campus. It allowed students to fire themselves up and write their own editorial — on any subject they wanted. Tho opinion could be poorly constructed and point less. Judging from tho average lettor-to-the editor author, it would be. One could even follow the time-honored newspaper tradition of mlnutes-before-deadline opinion spitting panic that occurs when you've written countless editorials on the same damn topic — a topic no one on campus seems to care about. Howover. one look around campus will tell you that aside from the hardcore EMU crowd, apathy remains. It’s everywhere; In the shower, lurking behind doorways, oven sitting on your lunch tray. Our ploy didn’t work. So we'll try again. No more apathy. Watch It evaporate as you angrily deride whatevor campus organization you want (the Emerald excluded; we’re above criticism). Apathy begone. Dammit. Suggested topics; •The IFC (There’s always something fun to say about the IFC.) • Multiculturalism (But don’t criticize anybody involved with it; everyone will hate you and label your opinions knee-jerk and racist.) • Folk music on campus (Who needs it?) •Tho virtues of soap (Folkios could use it.) Headline goes here Oregon Daily Emerald 3' t uv4 HI 0«tGO The Oregon D»»y f merald « pubhahed derfy EAxvlay through fr«My du>«ig the achool year and Tueaday and Thuraday duong the aumme' by the Oregon Darty Emerald Putrfcaiung Co Inc at in* lln>vererty of Oregon Eugene. Oegon The Emerald ope>aiae rndeoenoenify Ol the Univerady «r»th offcea at Suae 300 ol the Em Mentonai Union end n a member ol the aaeoctaied Prea* The Emerald .» jyivate property The untewtut removal or uae o< papera » proaecutabie by le Editor: Pat Malach Nm Editof Editorial Editor QrapMcj Editor Entartatrvnant Editor Jaka B« g Martin r i*h«r Je« Paatay Etaya Horn Frwalanca Editor Mandy Baucum Editorial Editor Rw*» Jan***" Sport* Editor Dava Chartxx«eau Sopptomanta Editor Caday Andaraon Night Editor Martin hiiw Aaaooala Editor*: Tammy Batay. StuOont GovommoniActimiot Dara'yn Trapp* Commomfy. Co«o«n PohAg, >*Vn*' fducthon. *dm<*t* tfion Now* 8t*« Ooatar A**n. Mall Bandar Juahn Brown. Sarah Dark. Mag Dadoiph Amy Oavanport Jan Efcaon, Amanda Tamm. Anthony Tomay, Bath rtago Taraaa hkmtamgar. Hatmcca Marr.ll Slav* Uni Katy Moa«a> Trffcn. Muoflar. Tn«u Nod. E»an Shaw, fnck Siudancfca. Marwn SoAot Handy Thwban, Mcham Thompaon Agumr. Amy Van Toyt. 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From the opening with Fil ipino Night, through the Conti nent Days and World Forum Day and culminating with Inter national Night, we must admit that it would not have been as successful as it was without your participation. More impor tantly, we would like to thank those of you who have come back year alter year to give us support in one way or another As for anyone who was unable to buy tickets, or to whom any inconvenience was caused, please accept our sm cerest apology. Once again, thank you for your enthusiasm and hard work Chi* W*i Shing Co-direclor International Students Associ ation Rape education I understand many of the frus trations surrounding the alleged rape by a Phi Kappa Psi fraterni ty pledge. 1 don't believe there can ever be enough done to revoke the violations that their pledge member committed, nor am I satisfied with the level of regret many of the fraternity members voiced However, I do not believe the recent allega tions and possible lawsuit against the fraternity are war ranted or constructive. I have confirmed with the Student Conduct Coordinator that the fraternity has kept its good faith promises as outlined in its contract. I can attest mem bers did 34 of their 100 service hours for me by writing letters to their senators in support of the Violence Against Women Act. speaking to other fraterni ties about this legislation and distributing several hundred rape education posters. Their work has obviously not solved the problem — they were not always respectful to those conducting the seminars — but they were faithful to their con tract, and we must recognize that. I'd also like to add that the then acting-president. Kevin Govern, offered us volunteers, regardless of their obligations to the contract. I hope Josh Schweitz will reconsider his wish to "let this whole thing die" and recognize, as his pre decessor did. that they did not exorcise rape from their house because they put in a couple hundred hours to save face The question isn't "How can we end this'" hut rather "How ran we prevent it from over hap pening again?" Caitiiin Twain ASUO Safety Affair* Coordi nator Hypocrisy From the "most-interesting e.onversation-since-I-begnn-atte nding-the-Univarsity" depart ment: A young man in a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Celebrate Diversity" shouting, "1 wish I had a gun!" to a man giving a pro-Christianity sermon in the EMU Courtyard. Kim Challia-Roth Pre-journalism Guilty verdict The staff of The Student Insurgent said their May 11 back page display pillorying five University faculty members is not an accusation hut merely a question. I say that's not true and is par ticularly naive and foolish. These faculty memliers' cogent ly expressed intellectual and moral disagreements with the revisions proposed for the mul ticultural curriculum require ment are not racism, and no amount of name-calling in disingenuous guise will make it so. The Insurgent has shown with perfect clarity that it is staffed by individuals who are pos sessed of almost total ignorance who find solace and salvation in simple solutions, no matter how wrongheaded or ineffective those solutions might be. Even for nil alternative publication that prides itself on controversy, this exercise in hate-mongering and intellectual censorship is contemptible and embarrassing. Michael E. Stamm Graduate Secretary English Department Be consistent No one should like being called a rac ist, or be implied us being one. The recent edition of The Student Insurgent should not have listed the names of fac ulty while rhetorically question ing their attitudes simply because they have been outspo ken with their concerns about multiculturalism and/or the proc ess for the course require ment. Provost Norm Wessel's response to the Insurgent * irre sponsibility (ODE. Muy 14) was immediate and appropriate; I just wish his indignation wasn't so selective. Proponents of multicultural ism have long been aligned with Adolf Hitler, political correct ness, faculty intimidation and anti-Semitism (see almost any copy of the Oregon Commenta tor. among numerous other dia tribes circulating the campus). Yet I have yet to read or hear anything in comparative response from the Provost. By remaining relatively silent, he has allowed those unfair accusa tions to hang on many of us for so long that they have taken on a life of their own. The current campus battle over multiculturalism is not simply academic politics when top administrators sit on the sidelines and select what values to enforce. It is wrong to put labels on people; it is even worse not to speak out about it. Clarence Spigner Assistant Professor Ethnic Studies LETTERS POLICY The Oregon Daily Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing comments on topics of interest to the University community. Letters to the editor must be limited to no more than 250 words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must be verified when the letter is submitted. The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style