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EDITORIAL Students lose more than seats at The Pit The students' loss is, well, the students' loss A tentative agreement reached on Monday between Athletic Director Rich Brooks and ASt 'Q President hri< Bowen will cost students 98 seats at Mr.Arthur Court The new arrangement is not as bad as it could've been the athletic department originally wanted to take more than twice as many seats but it is still far from ideal. However, student seats are not the onl\ things that have been lost during this whole episode, which began when two rows of student fans were booted from their seals at halftime during the Din ks' Feb :tf> game against Arizona First theo* is the loss of goodwill between students and the athletic department The luiwmld ret eived more than half a dozen vociferous letters in the wake of the event, all condemning either the athletic department. Brooks, or both. It is unlikely that these students would bo satisfied with any arrangement which costs them nearly 100 seats It is also possible that the basketball team will lose some of its only recently acquired student support After several years of struggling, the Ducks are beginning an improvement trend, and attendance at 1 he Pit has been improving accordingly. The athletic department should be happy that the students are there, rooting on the team. liven though students pay less than non-students for their seats, they still help the bottom line. Student sup port helps the team win, and winning sells more non student Ik kets Unfortunately' .tt least from the perspective of reserved lii ket holders student support involves (heaven forbid) standing up out e in a while If the loss of student seals keeps some students away from the game, then ultimately everyone suffers lire not loss of 911 seats nun not have a serious effect on atten dance (afttri all. there are plenty of places to sit for all who would attend) but it certainly won't help. Che whole affair was poorly handled. If students standing up was a problem at the beginning of the sea son, as the athletic department has said, it should have been dealt with than, or put off until the end of the year. At the very least, it should have been taken care of brforv the Arizona game, not in the middle of it. And the compensation that the students will receive in return for their 98 seats will leave something to he desired. Suggestions which have been made include t shirts or other souvenirs, which would l>e given to stu dents who come to the remaining two home games This is seen as a wav to pay back loyal Duck fans, rather than the entire student body. But nothing has been settled, and students should make sure the athletic department follows through with its plans to pay for the 98 seats they’ve taken For now, however, the matter appears to be settled All that remains is for Duck fans to cheer on the team, and foi the athletic department to avoid antagonizing those fans during the final two games of the season Good luck On I'liri I >1 Illy Emerald PO BOI 3iM IUGf**C OREGON 9^*03 T tse Or«Vv' £W> f r»t*m1 >» pubfashad da<!y I v a^d Tuesday and Thu^da* du'mg lh* 5 ''lily ttuooQh f' ■.lay dunng the scNx> eg.-' U»» y l ,r t* a-d k-° Th# t r,,f*jAi operates 'iJetK>n«Jen!»y the Un< verity win c f ft) Unfon and «% a member ol the Associated P'ess The t mpf/M! «S private property The unUk*1vd fOr^oviH Of use t>> *« Editor-In-Chief Jane iWvg Managing Editor > *».*•»> A ,1er*on Sport* Editor Editorial Editor Davd Thorn Editor la I Editor Graphic* Editor 3eh Haaiay Photo Editor AV Freelance Editor .M* Winter*. 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T>NAT I MOi-D IN /V, V »V*NO /HT«ouOH THtv CC>^T A\fc ^c- 4 APiece, i A*-, u>u.in&- <£ TO THew\ To WCMA AT THt LOu} U>tO PC 1C£ Of 0N1_Y T n T&. A»4Y Of New ujHC have A PCe>8(£*•.-. to iTM TM'S. CAM ' '.'UVi IT DlApi N<r fT V ' ♦ ; . fc (4Cwif T AT T Hr PATf CP Vi^i Pcs Tut FiCsT MiNttTE,ANO I; » PT f f A. H A r t' i T NAi. Am n u tE ... CfT- A,* . ft 1 pRX>fr U)£A‘?EJ-' JOU.RS- y\z final. eyArA rHe "Reo/VR^” of tcaching LETTERS Class packets Regarding the 1101 packet The i lass that I attended last term with about ZOO students was never told that the pat ket was optional In fact, we were told a part of our grade depend ed on assignments that could only la- found in the i lass pat k et On tup of that either the (.11 :>! Mr (dirk would then ran t loin Is sells t students to t hei k if their assignments were com plete 1! %.. i w eren t ehei ked uni ret eived lull i redit for the assignments II von were selei t et I and the assignments weren't i innplete, too had ^ ou had two days to i ompiete them or your grade suffered How lair of a prai tu.e w as that' 11(11 is a help ful i lass, hut it needs some seri ous help of its own Colleen Hilburger Pre-Journalism Live in harmony I! everyone could live in hnr monv with his follow man. life would he very pleasant for everyone Unfortunately, many do not Instead, people abuse their power over their follow men Today more than 40 years have passed since the lieginning of the oot upation, domination and oppression of the Israelis over the Palestinian homeland Hus is the problem Palestinian people fine pservday thev are treated as set ond i lass citizens Out e again the fm e of the real aggressor has been shown A bloodthirsty settler has massa i red defenseless worshipers What is unbelievable is that these people were terrorized while they were fasting and praying After that, innocent youth and children came on to the si ene to protest and wore gunned down hy the Israeli army Win would Palestinians con tinue to live in tins oppressed i ondition. espei tails w hen the threat of Israel's aggression is so real and constant? I or Palestinian people the only option is to at i opt the bur den of struggle and eventually taste the |OV of victors f lies are inspired bs the liberating teai h mg of Islam Pilose svho ire slain m the way of God He will never let their deeds be lost Qran, Muhammad 4 Here is the heritage, the histo ry and i ulture Palestinian roots are deep in tills land file land (ontiiins tht* bonus of their ancestors and w ill i.ontain the bonus of their grandchildren No omt i an change histors with manipulation. < oeri ion lots and fori i* Mam invaders i ante ■ the Tatars, the Homans, the Frnnch, the Hritish However. Palestini ans were there then, and they will remain Ali Keyhanford Eugene Change labels Emerald editors. I am extremal) surprised and disap pointed with your opinion regarding the library's de< isiotl to change the )AP labels to JPN (OPE. March 1) lust because it should have been done long ago doesn 't mean it 's a waste of time and money now. We were quite willing to allow ample time to correct the problem - just the library's at know lodgement of its oversight is an accomplishment. When I. a Caucasian Ameri can. sw the word "Jap." latiel or not. I am greatly bothered (as I am by all racist jokes or com ments). Who would allow such an offensive word to exist in any context knowing its connota tions' Ami how i .in the elimination of a derogatory term, however inadvertently applied, be i ailed a useless i hanger- If you advo c ate m< orporating Japanese cul ture into the I 'lilted States, how (.an vou ignore the fait that eliminating this label is part of the ver\ process you advix ate' Open vour eyes and hearts, get real1 Just l«s ause the offense doesn't involve too personally is no reason to deem it unwor thv of i fiange I thought the Emerald would stand above such clumsy racist attitudes, especialIy in an editorial col umn. Vour exi use that the content of the material is more impor tant than tfie label indicates a cruel insensitivity And vour statement that we should "look bevond tlie label" is the same type of rationalization that makes rai ist jokes "a< i eptable" in our sin iet\ (Gee it wasn l direi ted to ariYone in purtu u lar) So how many Emerald edi tors does It take to st rew in a light bulb' None I'hev all look bevond the fact that it needs i hanging Brian Bogart Japanese Thanks MEChA Lhanks a million, MLChA! 1 >ist year I umr to visit the Uni versity and found tins existence of MLChA That's win I am Imre The MLChistas were encouraging, supportive and role models to the Latino high school students Latinos are the No 1 dropout, so we need lead ers like MKUhistas to help our youth stay in school. Lx( use us for causing such a sinful act. like asking for an extra couple of cents. The ILL doesn't see it as helping hut bul lying it around. Lor once, open your eyes IK i and smell el cafe! We are tired of being bullied around by you when our efforts are to serve our gente Susan Sanchez MEChA Member Human race The quotes in the Oregon Dm Iv Emerald Thursday, Mari h t. from mo aro: “I know of no rac ism shown to me Hut I wouldn't have eyes to see it liecause 1 don't go looking for it Racism is a complicated issue But no. to answer your question. 1 don't think the ASUO is racist, that I know of. Regardless of the climate at the ASIJO. 1 wouldn't quite because my first duty is to the students " I didn't mean to stir any con troversy over my own straight from-the-heart. unplanned. unrehearsed statement to the Emerald My statement in no way suggests that racism doesn't exist ill the world, ill the Unit ed States or in the University 1 would appreciate feedhai k from any staff member who experiences rai ism Together, we can all try to fight it in our staff meetings. I don't believe in fighting racism with pre-judging 1 don't believe in fighting racism or any divisive "ism" with stupidity or ignorance I believe there is only one race, the human race This is tile beauty I see In the words of fden Ajnan Omari "I implore every single person that something is put in plate in communities so that others don't have to spend their time with these issues This is a good i all to action We can begin bv doing unto oth ers as we would like them to do unto us! M Kenee Fahnbulleh ASUO Programs Coordinator
