EDITORIAL Keep EMU money in students’ control Tho management of student fees has been under ques tion for quite some time. A proposal by University Pres ident Myles Brand has encouraged the change of control of more than $2 million in student fees. Currently the Incidental Fee Committee allocates funds to the EMU. These funds make up the total budget avail able to tho IFC, which is in the neighborhood of $4.5 mil lion dollars. Brand has asked that the EMU Board of Direc tors oversee its own budget. In the best interest of the students this proposal is a good one — as long as tho vot ing voice remains that of the students, whether through the IFC or through the EMU board itself. Tho problem stoms from an ongoing conflict of inter est between student orga nizations. Much of this is caused by tho overlapping of student affairs. Tho main concern is tho loss of i ontrol of student foes bv the students. The The main concern is the loss of control of student fees by the students. EMI1 board is made up of a mixture of interest groups, the IK land the Student Sen ate included, so therefore the student voice is obviously still there, but the voice should not be overrun by the voice of the administration. Traditionally, the IFC has allocated funds to the EMU board. From there the funds wore allocated to the 12 ser vices and programs that make up the EMU. Once the lump sum of the money was designated as EMU funds, it was left up to the EMU board to disperse funds on a line-item control basis. This method of disbursement makes good sense. There is a student voice overseeing the money initially disbursed and also a strong student voice overseeing the line-item control. The EMU board is just that — the EMU. so it only makes sense that it over see the money allocated to it. The most important point that must be addressed is the control of the money. The students of the Universi ty must maintain their right to oversee their funds. If the lFC and the EMU board can distinguish a working rela tionship with a distinct line separating the two. the funds will be spent accordingly. The traditional way of disbursement is in the students’ best interest. That, coupled with the reorganization of tho IFC, puts control of the EMU line-item budgat in the hands of the EMU board as long as the voting pow er remains in the hands of the students. LETTERS POLICY The Oregon Doily Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing comments on topics of interest to the University community. Letters to the editor must he limited to no more than 250 words, legible, signed and the identification of the writer must !>e verified when the letter is submitted. 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()< t. 2H) Also rememlter the frustrated homeowners desperate for tax relief who quickly passed 1990’a Measure 5. which appeared promising. Now they ask, "Where is all the money going?" (Wegister f.oord, Oct, 24). Now ask yourselves. "Where will all the tax dollars go if Mea sure 1 passes?" The outlook for higher education is dismal In addition, committees will be created to oversee the taxation process ... how do you think they will be paid? Finally, as Sisson pointed out, the district cut 7H certified teaching positions, 32 classified, and only six administrative this year [ODE. Oct. 27). Who are administrators teaching? Per haps a better solution would be to cut more administration and less education. Rethink the alternatives, students . vote no on Measure 1 Shannon Greer Biology Unanswerable The editorial regarding the demise of the supercollider [ODE. Oct. 27) missed a few points. The author claimed that "science is an endless quest of money requests ... to answer, in this case, the unanswerable.” Previously unimaginable things now sit on our desks. Education is also an endless quest of money requests. Budget decisions need to be made on long-term costs-benefits analy ses. As manufacturing jobs go elsewhere in this global econo my. this nation needs to focus on strengths, and high technolo gy has the potential to provide us with stablo, high-paying jobs How can wo prepare our coun try to seize high technology potential? Research and educa tion. Fermi National Accelerator laboratory in Illinois, predeces sor to the supercollider, has made numerous contributions to si ienne. high-technology manu facturing, and medicine. The supercollider would do the same Contrary to the opinion of the author, the supercollider was "scrupulously researched prior to the disposal (sir.) of funds.” Upon what was that opinion based? The author was correct in another statement, though; sci ence is a long-term investment. So is education, so is career preparation. As for the politicians who vot ed down the supercollider: A politician looks to the next elec tion; a statesperson looks to the next generation. The budget deficit certainly needs to he reduced. Let's find ways to cut the budget that do not short change the future of this nation and jreople This ridiculous and expensive debacle points out that research projects need to be financed like most public works projects: in advance and guaran teed. Daniel J. Baker, Pti.D. Faculty College of Education Warped speech The language spoken by stu dents has been reduced to talk full of insecurity and fear. In the 1980s, we, as teen agers, were expected to Obey and Shop, not Think, Learn, or Speak our minds. A fruit of this is the "rising intonation," that is. every statement becomes a question. As if we seek affirma tion? As if the listener is to say, "Your statement is genuine”? Simply to make a statement is offensive. The insistence on "openness and tolerance" has planted intellectual fear, so another aspect of our speech is warped. Rather than make a direct statement or anything, a qualified or hesitant statement comes out. A static of likes, y'knows. sort ofs, kind ofs, etc. grates the car; impose that on a rising intonation and the speak er comes off as not knowing what lie's talking about, not car ing, not believing. Rather than offend, and perhaps appear sex ist, racist, lookist, or classist, you cower verbally. P.C. speech is sinister: Everyone else must be "affirmed,” so your own opinions are irrelevant. Our language has been dena tured and weakened. That so many students are talking like nervous bureaucrats afraid of reprimand shows a sophisticat ed herd mechanism oiled and cranked by academics and activists. Turn your tongue from the current diseases in American English. Naturally, they do not want you to, because society is becoming nicely open to agree ment and tolerant (of approved opinions). Your speech is already marked. Act now to pre serve the way you think Andrew Shaffer Eugene Food adulterers My letters have, if published, established that the biggest lie in America is the U.S. Constitu tion's First Amendment. The syndicate's reply is that the dairy industry will illegally spend $28 million on a cam paign next year to get people to drink more of their cooked white water that's deprived of enzymes. I'll trouble the pool further and proffer that the manufac tured food industry may be responsible for the AIDS epi demic by reducing the effective ness of people's immune sys tems to combat diseases that attack the body I don't accept that synthetic vitamins and min erals are as good as natural ones. To restore the physical and, consequently, the mental health of people, we need to be set free from the food adulterers who are only interested in profit: shelf life. appearance, etc. It means we'll grow our own food or help with community farming in returning to the dust of Gene sis/Revelation 3:19. John-WayneJohnson San Diego, Calif.