LETTERS
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I thought it was odd that the ASl'O president resigns,
and then gets appointed to the ln< identnl Fee Committee
with only three meetings left for this year's committee
Even more disturbing is the fact that at the first meet
ing in which he is a member, one of the items on the
agenda is to remove another member of the committee
who holds a two-year seat, thus vacating a sent for next
year
Due to my insatiable curiosity. I decided I would
attend this first meeting with our former president on the
committee, and not listen to the biased opinions of the
Student Insurgent, the Oregon Commentator or the
Emerald.
At this meeting, an injunction was delivered barring
a change in rules that would have allowed the commit
tee to remove a member. I breathed a sigh of relief
because I believed the committee could now fix us on the
budgets for the remaining days.
Friday came, injunctions were lifted, and Steve Masat
was removed.
I attended the meeting on Monday to ask the commit
tee if it was going to justify its actions because I didn't
understand how any of this was legal. We can't just abol
ish rules to remove someone because he or she says
something we dislike; this is not Nicaragua.
Monday’s meeting was heated and confrontational and
there was no way any of the members could speak hon
estly and openly in that atmosphere. I believe the polit
ical stacking and maneuvering was dishonest even if
Masat deserves the lynching.
James Hamburger
Biology
Six feet underground
To wear a helmet or to push up daisies. That is your
question [ODE, Muy -4). Well, I will tie the first to agree
with a person's right to lie free of "limitations,'' howev
er I cannot support the logic leading up to the Emerald s
conclusion.
In comparing helmets to seat lielts, you cited their i osl
and access. Please lie aware that seat lielts are not includ
ed free with your car. they ore part of the price, as should
a helmet be w hen purchasing a hike.
Second, if you suggest that wearing a helmet is only
valuable in the city, then you should know that most
accidents occur in those quiet, peaceful places i lose to
home. It is the lack of awareness and caution at those
times that lead to accidents.
My suggestion is that if you want to go helmetless on
a sunny day, gel off your bike and rest on the grass I for
one would rather lie on it than under it
Ben Kadas
Graduate Student
Urban and Regional Planning
Stop the genocide
Before the violence and genocide was imposed by the
fascist Serbian forces on the Bosnian people. Muslim,
lews, Catholic s and Orthodox all lived together in peat e
All people were free to prac lice their religious beliefs
and national custom without fear of oppression and
destruction.
In the 1 I months that have passed, the world has wit
nessed the gang rape and deaths of innocent kids, young
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women and elderly women by the Serbian forces It is
clear who is the aggressor
1 would like to pose the following questions Where
are those nations who talk about human rights (the
West)' What would it take to wake up the world's t on
sciousness to stop the fascist and vi< ions Serbian forces'
Would the West still he indifferent if Muslims were the
aggressors and committing the same t rimes' Would the
West lie willing to fight for Bosnians if they had oil'
Obviously it is quite clear the West will choose tier
side act ording to her need The Bosnian Muslims don 1
need Western help All they're asking is to have the right
of self-defense (lift the arms embargo).
Rape, especially gang rape, is a war crime Innocent
Bosnian children and women could be my or your fam
ily. We are all human liettigs of one race — the human
race As humankind, we have a moral obligation to stop
uncivilized behavior.
The Serbians should be kicked out of the United
Nations unless they stop their barbarian acts And the
leader of Serbian fort es must lie brought to justice for the
war crime acts.
All Keyhanfard
Graduate Student
Urban and Regional Planning
Ignorance in media coverage
I resent all forms of the media on this i umpus that
have slandered people who are trying to make a positive
( liange for everyone I’hese issues need In lie debated,
not "baled
It is interesting to wuti li people's perceptions of tiles
issues, rai ism and prejudit e findings i an lie openly seen
on both sides The Emerald. the Oregon Commenlntor
and llwStudenl Insurgent have <tll proved themselves to
be good examples of ignorance and irresponsibility in
the press rbe Insurgent got too angry . the Cnnunenlatar
got misinformed and the Emertdd biased everyone and
i hose to use ignorant coverage on just about every sub
ject regarding rat e on this campus
The Emerald then asked "students of color" to apply
[nl>E. May t>). Although it is true that we should have
equal representation in the media, we also need equal
unbiased education for all It is this ntis-edot ntion that
is revealed in the ill representation, mis information and
portrayal of students and people of i olor in the media.
It is not (list the i olor of one’s skin, hut what is in one’s
head that can represent us equally Sadly, some of you
may lie the next generation to portray, instigate and ere
ate unneeded vxars and fat lions hot ween people, even
those w ho choose to lie uninvolved
To top it all off. someone si raped a swastika in our
student union’s billboard II anyone knows who this j>er
son is, please invite him or her down to the basement I’d
like to ask that person why fie or she dnl such a thing.
Kevin KJ Chang
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