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EDITORIAL Congress can’t be commander of army "Thf! President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States" — U.S. Constitution. Articlo II, Section 2. Even when the matter is black and white, some peo ple will always try to fire up a debate. Congress has proved that principle in recent weeks, as it repoatedly has chosen to grapple with President Clin ton over control of American foreign policy, particular ly American military policy. Although the president should never have the power to engage in military action indefinitely without con eressional (br popular) approval, expecting the presi dent to put all foreign pol icy decisions up for congressional scrutiny is both unrealistic and unnecessary. Ono of the more obvious indications that Congress is going to make its voice heard in international mat Military Involvement In the Island nation will make matters worse. tors occurred last weok. as loaders began exerting pressure on the president to clar ify (and. in many cases, reduce) the role of American troops in Somalia. But the attempts made by congressional loaders to prohibit any attempt by President Clinton to commit U.S. troops to Haiti presents the most straightforward assault on the president’s power as commander in chief. Fortunately, the Senate rejected a proposal which would have required the president to get congressional approval for any military action in Haiti, with a few lim ited exceptions. Instead of such a drastic measure, most of the Con gress chose to support a bill that said that the President should OK any decisions with the Congress, but that he is not required to do so. This choice is superior because it allows Clinton a reasonable degreo of latitude in deciding whether to in volve the United States in Haiti without forcing him to surrender control to the Congress. However, the greatest mistake Clinton could make would bo to take advantage of that latitude. Any Amer ican military involvement in the island nation will make matters worse. If American troops were to ire committed there, one of the missions they might be charged with would be to put ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide back in power and protect him from the military who overthrew him soon aftor his election in 1990. The American public has repeatedly sent the message that it doesn’t want the United States involved in a pro longed military operation, but keeping Aristide safe and in power would bo just such an operation. By his own count, Aristide has escaped nine assassination attempts. Evon if ho is the democratically elected president of Haiti, he has enemies. And he has enough of them to occupy a U.S. peacekeeping force for a long, long time. Oregon Daily Emerald Managing Editor Editorial Editor Graphics Editor Fraaluca Editor The Oagon Davy £mar aid is published daily Monday through I '-day during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by 1h* Oiegon Da iy Emerald Publishing Co . Inc at th* University ol Oagon E ugen* Oagon The £ mar»W operates independently ol Iba Univaraity with othcea a! Suit* 300 oI the t'b Memorial Union and is a member ol the Associated Praia Th* fmaraid ia private property The unlaw!o' remove! or uaa ol papers .a prosecutable by law Editor-In-Chief: Jaka Barg C*if*y Anderson Sport* Editor Slava Mm* David Thom Editorial Editor Jell Pckhardi Jail Paaiay Photo Editor Anthony Forney Thor Wasbotten Eupptemsnta Editor Katy Solo Mght Editor: Scofl Srmonaon Aaaoclata Editor*: Scot Ciaman*. Student Govemment/Activriies. 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Clayton Ye* Newsroom____344-4511 Display Advertising-3*6-3712 Business Ottlee__3*6-5512 Cl**»tn*d Advertising-346-4343 Cr*’-" .AWra’MT'PfS*. aNP&N* MR PfW PUSM'U*-* C" v LETTERS We need it While ihn University campus has yet to respond to its call, the sales tax measure needs us ns much as we need it I don’t believe the faculty realize the damage that l(M)0's Ballot Mea sure 5 will continue to do to all public schools, including ours, if tax reform is not approved. When 1 arrived at the1 Univer sity in lctK‘t. resident tuition and fees were Sr>4-t per term With out tax reform, tuition in 10<15 will be more than $3,500 per year. What do students get for the itu rvase? We get fewer pro grams, more crowded class rooms. more stressed-out facul ty and more user fees Please take a few minutes to learn about Ballot Measure 1 and what it does It really will help us as students. Vote yes for Measure 1 Nov. 0. Sean Meurisse Journalism Rude behavior? In response to Stephanie R Colheny's letter [ODE. Oi t 1H), she makes quit k judgment out of her brief presence and with no idea of what the issues are. This is. simply and ironic ally, "rude behaviour.” We think that it is only fair that judgments be made after a thorough analysis of the situa tion and issues involved. Nawab Chakaar Concerned Muslim Concerned I am the person with long white hair who you've seen roaming around campus in women's clothes. I have a great love for women and derive great satisfaction in exploring femi nine aspects of myself. I never wore women's clothes in public until 1 moved to Eugene in May 1092. I became courageous, 1 have walked around seeing and hearing of people who have taken photographs and videos of me. I also found out, after 1 dis covered how popular I was, that people were selling these pic turns and videotapes Nul am; person Inis ever shown me any of the pictures or videos Nor have they asked. My last vear in Eugene has been like getting continually raped and abused by an entire community, a team of psychia trists, then driven out to some dirt road, beaten and left there to die You'll never know how manv times I have wished 1 was dead or wished 1 could die to get away from what people have done to Me Michael Swatzel Eugene Congrats Congratulations to Shannon Wall for her recent appointment to the Incidental Fee Committee. Her expertise in diverse student issues will bring much needed wisdom and hope for a success ful year. Shannon, along with Caitilin Twain, last year's ASUO safety affairs coordinator, led a i am pus-wide educational campaign on a federal bill titled the Vio lence Against Women Act and lobbied at the White House on numerous student financial aid issues. Her diplomatic and selfless personality will help bring the IK(- and other branches together for the upcoming budget season Good luck. Shannon! Bobby Lee Sociology End this brawl Leftists call conservatives closet fascists (Gary Sudbor ough, ODE, Oct. 20). Conserva tives call leftists closet totalilar ians. 1 Jit's end this brawl. Fascism, as advocated by Hit ler and Mussolini, implements one basic moral premise. Com munism implements that same premise as an axiom. Altruism is that moral prem ise which it rationalized the Nazis' and Soviets' slaughter of millions of people. Hitler is most eloquent: "This state of mind, which subordinates the interest of the ego to the conser vation of the community, is real ly the first premise for every tru ly human culture. The basic: attitude from which such activi ty arises, we call — to dis tinguish it from egoism and self ishness — idealism. By this we understand only the indi vidual's capacity to make sacri fices for the community, for his fellow' men." Neither Clintonites nor Rea ganites challenge this premise; they seek merely cheat on it. Those people who truly wish to oppose totalitarianism must discover Ayn Rand’s code of ra tional egoism and its political corollary — laissez-faire capi talism. Damon A. Cole Mathematics Open house Are you are one of hundreds of students paying more for housing now because of the cur rent University freeze on allow ing anyone into lower-cost University housing projects? Or perhaps you've suddenly "evacuated" because for parts of Amazon "planned" for dem olition and know why a state senator commented that “you are being treated like animals." Or maybe you are a past resident of Amazon — like myself — still living in Eugene, who questions why some officials would choose to forget the commit ment the University made in 1980 to maintain Amazon indef initely, or at least for 30 years, as low-income housing. Instead, these officials have pursued a plan they admit is flawed, using an expensive ar chitect to design expensive housing to replace the old — but comfortable — soft and af fordable housing most students prefer. If you are interested, please attend an open house at Ama zon (227 Patterson St.) Saturday, between 2 and 4 p.m. Updates, videos, tours and free re freshments provided. If inter ested, but unable to attend, call Nancy at Amazon Community Tenants at 484-6241, or me at the Eugene Citizens for Low Cost Housing at 484-9167. David Zupan Eugene