EDITORIAL
Tacos, tacos as far
as the eye can see
Taco Boll is cornin' io town.
Students, faculty and University employees have been
promised multl-blllion-serving fast food outlets in the
EMU for years, but the prospective deals have always
fallen through. Now it looks like the home of the 59 cent
taco will have a place In the Fishbowl.
The plans call for part of the Fishbowl to be turned
into a Taco Bell stand. To satisfy the quirky,
Eugene/Pacific Northwest
self-imago, a solf-servlce
yogurt bar and gourmet
espresso stand are also
included in the project.
It's heartening to see a
University administrative
group — gasp — actually
listening to studnnts. In a
auestionnaire last year, stu
ents said thoy wanted
Mexican food. And the
EMU Hoard listened.
If all goes well. Taco Bell
will be part of the Univer
sity campus when classes
start in the fall.
And it's about time, too.
While EMU Food Ser
vices offers a pretty good
It* expected
students will
flock to the Deco
Bell banner. If
that happens,
more students
will eat In the
EMU, meaning
the University
won’t lose money
to the numerous
restaurants
perched on the
edge of campus.
variety of lunch items, the
selections often aren’t practical. If you have the luxury
to schedule a lunch break in your daily routine, great.
But sometimes when you’re pressed for time and need
something quick, the selection narrows to high-priced
sandwiches in the Fishbowl or a stale bagel.
Fast food is exactly that — something quick to munch
on while walking to a lecture class or symposium. If
nothing else, a Taco Bell on campus will throw a little
more varioty into tho menu.
But all that aside, bringing a national food conglomer
ate to the University means one thing: money.
It’s expected students will flock to the Taco Bell ban
ner. If that happens, more students will eat in the EMU,
meaning the University won't loso money to the numer
ous restaurants perched on the edge of campus. At a time
when the University has to struggle for every doled-out
state buck, every little bit helps.
Local vendors may not like it, but there is nothing
wrong with a little healthy competition.
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LETTERS
To the rescue
At soma point, there is a time
when you simply c annot con
tinue to ignore problems that
stem from elec ted offic nils who
have more excuses than
answers.
My decision to join (he Inci
dental Fee Committee resulted
from my frustration toward the
IFC's la< k of commitment
throughout this whole budget
season. Student programs and
branches of student government
had their backs against the wall
wondering whether their fund
ing was going to he secured for
the upcoming year The break
down of the IFC began to threat
en the welfare of student
employees, student programs,
campus events, ASUO profes
sional staff and contractual
agreements with outside ser
vices that could result in litiga
tion against the ASIIO. To top
this off. IFC members could not
meet their own quorum to reme
dy these problems.
After witnessing this through
out the year. 1 resigned and got
voted onto the IFC by the Stu
dent Senate to quickly finish the
budget process and complete
the budget hook for all ASIJO
programs, the Athletic Depart
ment and the EMU.
Anne Wagoner, former IFC
member. Marna Gohrke, former
ASUO finance administrator
and 1 stayed up for nights fin
ishing tho budget book, restor
ing the IFC minutes and creating
two day training for the new IFC
members.
Often, some student leaders
use rhetoric such as student
empowerment as their means to
gain personal power, while stu
dent programs and services con
tinued to be ignored. 1 simply
could not tolerate irresponsibil
ity any longer
Bobby I4W
Former ASUO president
Offer expired
|ust for the record, I called the
linguistics department Tuesday.
June t, and offerer! free instruc
tion In Arabic if the department
was willing to offer such a
course this summer This came
after some letters appeared in
the Emerald complaining about
the lack of multicultural cours
es In other words, it was my
humble contribution to the
process of lighting a candle
instead of just cursing the dark
ness. Now, after three weeks
without a reply, ! thought I'd
better add. “Offer expires June
22" to the original text
Abed Khooli
Physics
Attended
WOSC?
This letter is written as an
outcry to your community for
information 1 am seeking any
graduates and current/prior stu
dents that attended Western
Oregon State College and who
have been experiencing any
serious illnesses.
I know of five young women,
besides myself, ages 21 through
26. who have all had cancer in
the upper body. Whether the
cancer was in the brain, throat,
sinuses or anywhere, the fact
still remains — we all lived in
this area during the same years.
I do know that recent water
tests have revualed dangerous
aslteslos quantities in the water
system in Monmouth and sur
rounding areas. Currently, resi
dents have been ordered not to
drink or bathe in the water until
the problem can lie fixed.
If you, or if you know of any
one, even the deceased, who
have been experiencing health
problems and live or lived in
this area, please write to me: Y.
Bell. 2761 John St., Juneau, AK
99801. Thank you for your help.
Yvonne Bell
luneau. Alaska
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Emerald ? Back in iny day (late
1970s). we weren't afraid to use
offensive language in print. Now
all I see are prophylactic dashes.
Give me a (freaking) break.
Mike Lee
Class of‘81, MA '91
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