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EDITORIAL Stop resignations: Get out and vote In the midst of election '94 three things are certain: winners, losers, and winners that will resign. The past year has been littered with resignations com plemented by colorful quotes, press conferences and excuses upon excuses. While searching and shoveling through this year's candidates, look for ones that have a record of dependability and the willingness to fulfill their obligations. The ASUO can only attain success through cohesive ness. That will only happen with goals that are not only achieved throughout the year, but with accomplishments passed on after successful tdrms by the candidates elect ed. The candidates should have the determination to maintain the offices for the duration. Hopefully this last year is not foreshadowing the next. Resignations in student government for the 1993-94 aca demic year have required two hands to count — seven in all. Many of them shared the same concerns, and all of those concerns should be of no surprise to candidates who are running now. Heading the list of reasons to resign over the last year is the notion that things in student government are slow to change. Change is slow, especially changes dealing with student government, interest groups and various student unions. frustrations associated with the feelings of racial intol erance have been another point at the top of the list of reasons to resign, it is a topic that any of the candidates should bo willing to work with in an effort to extinguish the problems. Simply quitting isn't the answer Student leaders need to take offices with the full inten tion to finish what they start. Granted, things will arise that will generate the desire to quit. However, success for those taking the offices in the future will only Ik* hin dered by tin* inadequacies of those who previously held the office. Heading into the primary elections next week, there are many candidates fully capable of serving Universi ty students well. This brings another point — voting. His toricaliy it hasn’t been a big issue for University students, hut it should be. Many, if not all of the issues student government deals with directly affect students. Taking the responsibility to vote can enable students to attain things of interest to them by electing a student government that comple ments voter's needs and concerns. Student leaders could potentially accomplish great things on this campus, but that can only happen while two things are happening at the same time — no resig nations and student support. Student support is a fundamental key to success. The support of students has been surprisingly limited in the past, Historically 12 percent of students turn out to vote, it could not be any easier to vote. Booths are put on nearly every corner; they're the big green things that look like they were built by boy scouts, and the only thing students need is their student identifica tion. Change is essential and can only happen with cohesiveness and student support. Oregon Daily po noi JtM tucfnt ontooMs.’ico Tr>* ( hyai Dj^y l 'r>«r&d A P*** *h«J <JiV> Mc*Vfc»» ttWOuQb » *<&tly :•!...'-»v; the tchoc-' y«af <*nti Tuesday af>d Thursday <Tu?">g the *umme< by the Oe^on Dt'iy Put*»hwng Co . Ir*c at the Itrwiwf, o* O«go« t kj£«r*>. Oa^ty' TN» ImetMki openttea "x*ep»xiert?ty of tf>© Unwerarfy eeth ofl<*§ at Sute 300 ot the t <t) Memiytas ,Vvj1§ a •■>'•<• • t»tw of Associated Pms TN» j* ex'vate property The uhtawM ramovaf o* use of paper* *a proeecutjp*® by ,** Managing Editor Editorial Editor Graphic • Editor Fraalanca Editor tdttof-4n-Chl#f: Jmti (.Wkq Anamnton OffvxJ Thom Paste? 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How Thoughtful! iAMUARV WHAT'S VMM ALL TNE ARROWS AMb SniL£V BWCJCS AJttONh APfclLlS™? 6 > 'ZZZXu LETTERS Candlelight vigil We shall not forgot tho mas s<ti re of Muslim worshippers that took plat e Fob. 25. l.ot us remember their suffer ing in a candlelight vigil on the •Kith day situ e the Hebron mas sat re F very one is welcome to participate at H p m Monday in the EMU (iourtvard Ali Keyhantard Eugene Emotion in u fit of indest.riliable emo tion I was about to sit down and write an elegy of praise on the rei ent passing of the new Mul ticultural Propaganda Bill — but I got tiistrat ted So instead I'll write an advertisement fora txxik that is long overdue and ought to l>e read by as many as uin digest it It will be tough. I know lint the author tries to use as much of the currant terms and jargon to make it palatable those few obst urisms that is. which haven't become "unusable for serious i onversation," to quote the book. Freud renders (are there any left really reading him?) and. sav. those with a Denridaian vein, may Find the book a little too over whelming. too real (no, it's not the Bible; that needs no adver tisement. Everyone knows it cov er to cover). The book is the posthumous volume Ixive and Friendship by (dare 1 say the name?) one of the three 20th cen tury philosophers in their right mind (God rest their souls), the pupil of Plato. Swift and Rousseau Allan Bloom. It would do us ali some good to choke down at least the intro duction (I wouldn't expect any one to endure all 500 pages!). Frankly. I was surprised to not find on the copyright page the Nihil Obstat or at least the Imprimatur We all owe thot much simple homage to the pass ing of this infamous man. who loved us all to laugh at us to cast tho first stone Matt Fox Classics Kurt’s courage hurt Cobain is dead My living experience has led me to value the person who asks the right questions over the person who presumes to hove the right answers Colwiin was contradictory and controversial, kind of like the truths we think we know. Even his manner of death has contra dictory meaning ,1 validation of this generation's authenticity while at the same time a selfish action by a deadly role model. The KWVA station manager who had "no sympathy" for Cobain's final act sounds suspi ciously to me like someone who claims to know the "right" answers 1. for one, feel angry, sympathetic and generally con fused alxnit his death and for lai k of any answers will go and search out Nirvana I toot legs to hear more of the questions that Cobain, unlike most of us. had the courage to ask Graham Short Music Them squirrels I would like to respond to the letter written bv "Captain" Zone Adams and hts entourage (ODE. April 7). I take great offense at his state ment regarding (Emerald Editor) Jake Berg, saying Berg should "spend a little more time editing the Emerald and watching TV. and a little less walking around looking for hike w re< ks and squirrels." The squirrels on this campus bring many of us students much joy The practice of watching these lovable rodents is much more fulfilling than watching a stupid show like Star trek that geeks like Zane revere 1 propose Squirrel Talk a show dedicated to the adventures of those crazy, cute creatures, rather than Star Talk Why waste prc< ious Sun day air time on mindless geek babble? I like them squirrels; they’re funny. Rebekah Mortemore Biology Mistake I would like to clear up a mis take in Martin Fisher’s opinion column [ODE. April 11) about Saferide Fisher quoted several excerpts from Oregon employment anti discrimination laws to validate his argument against Saferide. Contrary to Fisher's assertion. Saferide is mi equal opportuni ty employer We will hire male dispatchers (a paid position) and Saferide currently has several nude volunteers In the two years I've tieen dispatching for Saferide only two men have applied for dispatch positions I encourage any nude or female interested in working for Saferide to come in and apply. Maureen Reynolds Saferide Dispatcher Apathy It seems to me that the ASUO makes good subject matter for student newspapers. The ASUO is often the focus of opinion ( olumns in such papers as the Emerald. For example, in a col umn by Robbie Reeves in last week's Emerald (April 5). Reeves discusses the ASUO elections and the lai k of voter turnout at the polls Voter apathy in gen eral is a huge problem on this campus Apathy is most appar ent in elections because voter turnout is outrageously low Four percent of the student body showed up at the polls. Could the popularity of the ASUO as sub ject matter for disparaging arti cles in student newspapers be correlated to apathy on campus? I do not believe that student newspapers accurately represent the opinion of students in gen eral. What usually gets printed in the paper is only representative of a few people, with the excep tion of letters to the editor Rob bie Reeves called voters to the polls in his article. "Don't you want to have a say7" because tie feels elections urn controlled by students associated with the ASUO Obviously, he under stands the need to have a diver sified student voting body Per haps the popularity of "beating up the ASUO" is only interest ing to a small handful of colum nists in student newspapers who like to control the opinions of readers I believe there are number of people who would like to get involved but don't know how. 1 would encourage those students w ho an* interested to attend the Political Action Workshop pre sented by the Oregon Student Lobby on April Hi in the KMU Hen Linder Room from (> to 7:30 pin Sarah Johnson Psychology
