LETTERS
For the record
In the July 8 Emerald. Shan
ta Kamath and Eileen Taylor
object to the fact that rents for
the University Amazon Family
Housing will increase from $20
to $40 per month, depending on
unit size. In their commentary,
they also express their displea
sure that these increases are
being used for purposes other
than housing
First, let me say that the Uni
versity empathizes with the
plight of many students whose
often limited resources are being
outpaced by escalating costs for
tuition, housing and other edu
i ationnl expenses This situation
is an unfortunate fact of life for
many peoplo as state institu
tions realign the costs they must
charge for services with the real
costs of providing them.
Second. I want to assure your
readers that providing low-cost
facilities for our students
remains of prime importance to
the Universitv At the same
time, however, we must provide
adequately for improvements,
maintenance and programming
for current residents and those
who will be residents for years
to come.
Then, let me set the record
straight. Three-quarters of the
rent increase is needed for the
increased costs of operation of
student family housing. The
remainder is to reimburse the
Universitv for the first time for
centralized administrative ser
vices that have benefited family
housing student residents dur
ing the years.
In the past, general University
funds were used to subsidize
student housing on campus by
absorbing these costs. In the
post-Mensure 5 environment,
that is no longer possible. Good
business management requires
that the University utilize its
total resources for its primary
purpose of instruction and
directly related activities.
As the state removes funding
from higher education, the cost
to students, including those tak
ing advantage of University fam
ily housing, will, by necessity,
increase No group at the Uni
versity is exempt from the pain
of diminished state resourc es
This is a difficult time for the
University community, both
staff and students, as we attempt
to manage the effects of Measure
5. We do understand the signif
icant impact higher costs have
on limited student budgets
Dan Williams
Vice President for Adminis
tration
Now recycling
In response to the article "Dis
carded books find way from
dumpster to library." we have
been in contact with Karyn
Kaplan, recyc ling coordinator for
the University. Kaplan has been
of great help in the past in assist
ing us to further our already
extensive recycling program — a
program that has received recog
nition for excellence in the col*
lego bookstore industry
Kaplan has made us aware that
the Weyerhauser Co will accept
lrooks for recycling. Prior to this
source, the only local means for
disposal, aside from the few
books requested bv area libraries,
was to throw the luroks away
It is somewhat ironic that the
bookstore was caught (list aiding
books when it works extra hard
to he n model env ironmental
enterprise
For years, we have been aggn*s
sive in promoting recyi ling, ener
gy efficiency, and the use of the
"earth-friendly" pixtducts that we
sell We believe strongly that the
college bookstore should be a
leader on campus in promoting
environmental awareness As
hard as we try to do our lies!, we
stumble.
We appreciate the fact that a
concerned individual brought the
issue of these discarded course
books to the attention of the cam
pus community and the book
store. Because of her concent, an
answer has been found that will
result in out-of-print Ixxiks being
recycled rather than taking space
in a landfill.
Jim Williams
(•eneral Manager
University Bookstore, ln<
Kuwaiti plot?
To the cheers of se< ond-rate
academics. myopic newspaper
editors. and svi ophantu advis
ers and cronies, the Clinton
regime came out of the closet to
bomb and terrorize innocent
civilians in Iraq. Among those
who were missiied to death
were a highly accomplished
Iraqi artist. Levin al-Attar, and
her husband. They were hit
while asleep.
President Saddam Hussein is
a horrific man who should be
removed from tho presidency by
the Iraqi people. He will t>e
removed if and when Washing
ton stops Iwing meddlesome.
Washington's currant Middle
Eastern policy is bereft of cre
ative diplomatic energy and is
reduced to when in doubt, bomb
Iraq.
Prior to the Persian Gulf War.
a voting Kuwaiti woman testi
fied before the U S Congress
that invading Iraqi soldiers had
thrown babies from incubators
in a Kuwaiti hospital
Middle East Watch, u human
rights organization based in
New York, after on-site investi
gation, found the story fictitious.
We also found out later that this
same young woman was the
daughter of one of the most
prominent members of the
Kuwaiti al-Sabah ruling family
Her father continues as Kuwait 's
ambassador to Washington.
While hi* daughter testified, the
ambassador was present in the
hearing room; at no time during
this hearing was her identity
revealed
Could it tw that once again the
al-Sabah family manufactured
another tale — this time a plot
against former President George
Hush — to prod the American
administration to bomb Iraq'
M. Re/a Hrhnam
Kugenr
Such progress
It used to he homosexuality
was in the closet, prai ticed hi
some but not det hired openly
Then gays came out of the clos
et.
Some thought it a good thing,
as it added to our diversity (>th
ers i onsidered it had. as it was
another (Hirversity
The former declared their
approval loudly l he latter felt
shame to even mention it
Legislators responded to the
loudest voices by starting to pass
i ivil rights laws for homosexu
als The Oregon Citizens Alliance
marshalled the silent majority to
pass its own laws in some com
munities. and nearly to do so
statewide
As the debate heated up. the
House came up with a bill. tS(X).
to. temporarily at least, rest the
issue from open legislation in our
Oregon communities in other
words, it is buck in the closet
Such progress!
I bis reads like .1 si one in Alii e
in Wonderland. where one must
run as hard as he can just to slay
in the some place The same thing
happened with Clinton's plans
for gays in the military
Karl (iiisnell
Eugene
Grim irony
While watching '‘Indepen
dence" Day firework*, the grim
irony hit homo that six Oregon
rural areas recently passed anti
independence, discriminatory
measures against Oregon homo
sexual citizens.
Look up the word "fascism" a
"political movement that stand*
fur social regimentation and
forcible suppression of any oppo
sition."
Sound familiar? The June TO
Albany lk-moi rut llrruld quotes
Oregon Citizens Alliam u ring
leader Lon Matron "Judges who
overturn (XiA measures will be
turned out of office as well as any
legislator who supports Senate
dill 34 (a bill to prohibit dis
crimination in employment or
housing for sexual orientation
‘reasons’)."
Mahon further intoned that
"any city or county official who
Opposed the (XiA will lie turned
out of office " Mahon's threats
spewed forth just four days after
"Second OCA Thug" Scott Live
tv wa* brought up short by
Republican Rep Del Parks.
House Judiciary Committee
Chairman.
Mahon wa* present when
Parks told Lively that bis threats
against legislator* who hu< k the
(H A were out of line Hut did
that stop Mahon's same churl
ishness just four day * Inter ' ( Itxir
lv fast ist stv le intimidation is
what the OCA is all about and
has been all along
Wake up. Oregon The brow n
shirts are bai k The same bunch
who regard it their "sjms ml right"
to "fort iblv suppress any who
oppose them " in their self-right
eous, zealous pursuit of "six ial
regimentation " (IVrbxfer's Yon
Co//egmfe Diflinniir> . page -tit)
(land tfrrg
Fugene
Federal tyranny
The Constitution vs .is designed
to limit the federal government
from intruding into the lives of
its citizens, fmt the recent Wat o
siege emphasizes the estenl to
which we have ignored the prill
t iples of the law of our land
As one female surv ivor pul it.
Who would have thought the
t ’niter! States government would
attar k Ainerii an • iliz.ens on their
own land'" Hut the truth is that
the standing armies' so feared
and rejis led by the wise Found
ing Fathers are firmly entrem lied
hi the myriad unconstitutional
government bureaus from the IRS
to the I.PA to the HATF. and
everything in lietween
The Waco fiasco was the
largest of a long r*x ord of small
er. unpublici/ed abuses against
individual families across the
i ountrv since the 1970*. The only
reason the American public was
"priviledged" to see tins atrix ily
is because of the scope of the
attack — and probably to test
publii opinion, lest we "normal"
people think we will come out
unscathed, think again With fed
oral ttgem les increasingly usurp
ing the authority of Congress by
making tfieir own abusive lows,
eventually we all will have our
showdowns with Big Brother
■ Thomas Jefferson put it sm
cinctly "Single acts of tv ranny
may tie the ai cidentol opinion
of the day. but a series of oppres
sions too plainly prove a delib
erate, systematical plan of redui -
ing us to slavery."
Have Amerii alls lost it' Will
we tie slave* or free' II free, then
a return to the (^institution is our
only hope
Any freedom-lovers out there'
Sharon II. Gulden
Oxford. Miss.
Former staff member
U.S. Sen. Jeremiah Denton
(R-Ala. 1981-1986)
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