Potor Kollor,o Joumollom major, rocotvoo o ttckot from OMeor Mario CHoon for riding through o rod light. Continued from Page 1 when riding through campus. However, there are rules for campus riding that are not applicable elsewhere One can be fined for blocking ramps or walkways with his or her bike, failure to yield to pedestrians, failure to register a bike, and unauthorized storage Fines for these violations range from $5 to $15. If in doubt about what is legal and what is not on public roads, refer to the Oregon's Driver Manual available at the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles. The University Office of Public Safe ty can give information on the rules of riding on campus. PARDON OUR NOISE Construction begins today on the EMU Fishbowl which will accomodate the new TacoTime Quick Serve food service. Please bear with us. Thanks. EMI) Administration M101 EMU 346-3705 Reviews Coming Friday in the Emerald COMMENTATOR Continued from Page 1 what was seen as an overtly liberal Emerald. "The University deserves a paper committed to: excel lence in journalism and other writing, a conscious effort to present diverse opinions and maintaining a sense of bal ance." Publisher Dane Claussen once wrote "We don't think any newspaper on campus has these goals, and if one does, it doesn't show." The magazine was boosted early in its first year when the institute for Educational Affairs, a New York-hased foundation, awarded the publication a $6,000 grant on the merit of its work. Howev er. there were problems. The Commentator failed to receive any money from the Incidental Fee Committee in its first three years of produc tion. Further, a conflict of interest question arose when a member of the IFC con tributed to the magazine. After the first generation of Commentator members moved on, the magazine took a decidedly apolitical turn. "It had a lot of fluff." Bren nan Rounds said. "It was sort of like the People magazine of the University of Oregon." Thomas Mann, who had been involved in the begin ning of the Commentator. came back and took it over. He re-established its commit ment to politics, and contro versy soon followed. In 1969. the IFC voted to discontinue funding for the magazine after then-editor Paul Coughlin wrote an edi *" O I F. C O N COM M ENT A TOR (issue ngfSiw H* photo 77m tint lesuo of the Oregon Commentator. PubUehed Mon day Oct. 24, 1983. torial diatribe on homosexu ality. Members from the cam pus, including Emerald Editor Aaron Knox, rose up against this resolution, and the IFC reversed its decision. IFC Chairman J. Lauren Norris commented, "I think it's trash; I think it's poor journalism." Where do the members of the Commentator plan to go now? "Wo want to continue to offer a bit of politics and a bit of humor," Carson said. "The students hear enough boring news from CNN." "We have four set goals for this year.” Brennan Rounds said. "We want to recruit a younger, committed staff, we need better equipment, we need to come out on a regular basis and we need to elimi nate copy errors." "With this many virtually college-educated students." ('arson said, “we should print at nearly a professional level.” Dial It Instead of “0" and save up to 44%.