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LETTERS Church gimmick Phi* average family in the United States pays a minimum o! Vo i a vim: :11 hidden taxes to keep i hun lies from all tax on reill estate, on related business es, on mi ome and on their enor mous vxealtll m slot ks and bonds Churches pay no sales tax. inheritance tax, income tax. personal tax or ad valorem tax 1’hex may own and operate busi nesses exempt from all corpora tion tax' Thr Wall Strrrt Journal. CHS TV. Cnited Press International etc . have found that the hold ings of the Roman Catholic Church alone exceed the total assets of the five largest Ameri can corporations The Protes tants. all combined, own nearly as much. The "ieose-bnt k" gunmii k is a partic ularly pernicious method that churches use to take advan tage of their tax-exempt status A church pun bases a business on paper for an agreed sum. sui h .is St Ownership passes with the sale and the business is then exempt from property tax and corporate tax The lease pay ments to the new owner, the church, are tax dediu tible bv the business as a donation to the church Huis. land on which the business is located, the busi ness's income generally. and the amount deducted by the busi ness Iron) the tax it would have paid are a contribution to the church. The church wins, the business wins both the gov eminent and the ordinary tax payers lose Every tax dollar that the church or any business avoids paying, you as an individual taxpayer must make up II taxes are necessary to run the I anted States and the i huri h takes a peri outage out of those taxes, someone must make up tor the slack the i hurt h in AmerH.ii on the average. im ns pen ent ot til privately owned land in every state ot the union When .it) peri ent ot the tunii is removed Iron) the tax base the individu.il hind or iunneowner must make up the different.e It the i hurt ties paid their lair share of property tax in your community, your tax would not need to he raised as much eaeh year to make up the tlefii it 1 believe that anyone has the legal right to he religious, hut that the i.osls of religion should he home bv those who prat tit e it the federal government, under various programs of assis tant e. is spending $50 billion a tear both in direct i ash grants and tax relief tor religions pur Helen Posey Eugene Response t his is in response to Asian American racism" (ODE. Jan 2"i ami responses (ODE. I eh 2 and ,t) Asian 1‘tH.ilii Amenc an Sin dent Union members stated onlv !' i! Asian Pacific Americans iimn'i eligible for si holarships However, they can receive lead ershtp awards through OMA Members i)h! not say ?ii•*v felt ignored l>y DMA ot their poh I lf»S l o I i y\ rein • Martin i < >I>/•' Feb 2} We don't deny people ire discriminated against based on rac iu! t harm teristic s We ins! want Asian Pacific Americans re< agnized ns being part of this "discriminated against" group In our society it's believed Asian Pat ific -Americans have1 no problems, they don't alway s voice them. W him problems do arise, however, it's assumed they will work hard to overcome them and be successful. Also, by "trivial lala-ls,'1 are you referring to "Asian/Pai ific Americ an"7 Ibis term acknowledges our nationality and recognizes our cultural heritage To l.isa (.lay pool (ODH Feb i| Though the term "lap (I'll only state this one e bee ause I'm lapanese American and person ally hate this word) may not sug gest hatred and prejudice in terms of the University s slides, you c anno! compare this word to an abbreviation like "Am" for American. "Am" is an abbrevi at ion "J— " is an inappropriate and unacc eptable abbreviation Although its intent may not have been derogatory the- use ot this terms tells me that my Ide as a Japanese American, is not valued in this country The abbreviation lor Japanese is "Ipn." Tina Koida Co-Director APASU Misinterpreted In her letter of Feb g (OPA’), Ms In.is misrepresented <.eorge kokis, the ( lass lit1 was teal hing and the circumstam ns in which (tin attui k on hnr look plants Pi ((lessor kukis (lass was (ailed Origins of liiiiige and Ma! k Making fins particular das unengaged in a plus -at ling eseri ise in whit h we imagined ourselves as arhurtsal apes We climbed Irens, moved about ihrougfi die landscape, attempt ed to communicate with one another, hul were not allowed lo talk Alter a tune, a man emerged from hiding and began to run toward our group, waving Ins arms and making roaring noises Shrieks of warning went up .is w e realized this w as a "lion" that was attai king our column nits The lion" pursued those apes" that had wandered from the safety of the group Hie stu dents who ran from the "lion " telt something in their bodies that touched on a different kind of knowledge — one sou couldn't get from reading a hook It s\a-, part of a metaphor ic journey through the long, long Instors of human evolution Let Us Steal Your “Sole”! ... and fix it for a low price Drop off your repairs and well do the rest W Fas! Service • Reasonable Rates • R ght on Campus MFAIRSl Campus Shoe Repair 843 E 13th • Eugene, OR • 344-6613 It was unfortunate Ih.tl Ms Grav was one of the students who wandered from the group and was attni ked Equally on fori untit i' was the fac I that the student playing the lion im ked tile awareness that earning up behind a woman, grabbing her, growling and veiling with paint ml his fate and a lion" wig on his head, might ( ause a serious traumatn reaction Gil Martin Eugene USWAA As the president (and sole memtier) of Unhappy Student(s) With An Agenda (USWAA). 1 find it necessary to share mv personal problems, opinions and shortcomings with all of you Although mv dilemmas mas seem a stru t matter of per sonal opinion, or perhaps even of intense paranoia, somehow I (relieve you are all secretly inter ested in what bothers me So, with no further ado t) Sometimes I have difficulty paving my bills II there were greater socialization of utilities, this would not be a problem ()! course, our capitalist govern ment is too busy making money off tfie blood of workers to care l! Mv classes u// have tests I hav e complained to the admin istration about these unfair requirements, hut mv i omments have fallen on deaf ears I con tinue to protest this art hail form of judgment and have attempted to make others aware of the sin ister nature of this educ ational harassment i) I never liked mv nose There is nothing terribly wrong with it I'd just like ,t new nose It’s injustices like these that force me to < rv lor a kinder tomorrow, for a world in which all fuzzy bunnies may romp and plav a world w ith no bombs or lumber or hair spray Ill conclusion, you art- all probably ev il. Thanks Scott Camp Political Science Wake up I am a 20-vearold student Iroiii Nicaragua I have lived in the United States for seven wars I tune spent the last two vears attending the l 'Diversity I vs an! to share a recent evpert eru e that I think is an example ol the rat ism and stereotyping that is prevalent at the Universi tv and in Eugene |nn 28. I went to a dot tor s appointment at the Student Health ('enter Ihe visit was due to that fact that I was su k with the flu It was net essarv for me to have a blood test and a throat t ulture to t on firm that I only had the flu At the lab. 1 was attended to by two nurses One of the nurses' duty was to take inv blood and the other nurse was there to keep me distracted by talking to me and asking me questions To mv surprise, the questions she asked were insulting ami discriminatory The tirst thing that i ame out of her mouth was. Are you a ( rip or a blood My first response to her shot king question was. Neither I am a student 1 couldn't believe that she had asked me that She then went on to comment about the i lothes 1 was wearing I he nurse asked me if I yv.is wearing a "rapper's outfit Her questions were unreasonable and stereotyped me in .1 very negative way I don't think her questions were appropriate It would be no different than for me to walk up to a white person and ask them if they are members of the kkk based on their appearance I bis is just tine example of the igno ram e that minorities have to fair in Eugene The people of Eugene ami the 1 Inivorsity liiink of themselves as liberal and open-minded people. tint my exponent v as a minority shows that tfto reality is very different from the rhetoric Eugene and thu University need to wake up to the fai t that this is not a very liberal plat e and minorities don't feel comfortable. What i experienced with this nurse is a small example of how minorities are thought of and treated in Eugene and at tins University I would never rec - ommend a Latino friend or any other friend to come to this Uni V erxlty Arlan Murillo Undeclared Bad abbreviation I am willing to give Lisa Clay pool and the other keepers/developers of the Uni versity's Asian slide collection the benefit of the doubt in using Jap" as an abbreviation for institutional purposes She. and the others she speaks for. may indeed be as free of intentional rat ism as she claims in her letter | (t/)/-. . Fob :t) Hut she needs to remember the enormous Ameni an hostili tv licit wont into the epithet after the attai k on I’oar! Harbor in l‘)41 Nearly SO years have passed since the end ol World War II, but the power of the abbreviation to provoke a nega tive connotation remains con siderable So, would not the kind and neighborly thing be simply to change the institution al ahhrev iation to ' Ipit" and not insist on an apology from any one who expressed i mu ern about the issue? Howard Killion Eugene Church Director International Students, Inc. The University of Oregon’s Review Workshop (or the Medical College Admission Test For the seventh year this spring, the University of Oregon will offer its comprehensive review workshop for the Medical College Admission Test. This program, developed by the University to assure that students have access to the very best materials and instruction at the most reasonable cost, will reflect the latest revisions to the exam. Before registering for an MCAT Preparation program, consider the University of Oregon's. Inquire about our... 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