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.
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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