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EDITORIAL University saves us from evil alcohol ads Havo no four, students. Curl up in cozy comfort and safety, secure in the knowledge that the University admin istration is hard at work, protecting you from the evils that surround you on campus .. evils that can get in the way of your schoolwork, ruin your carpet and. unless taken with a lot of liquids, leave you with a serious Sat urday morning headache. The evil is alcohol, and the administration has taken a stand I ho most recent offensive: going through each and ever)' issue of the fail term Schedule of Class es and ripping out a full page advertisement for Scan dal's, a nightclub near Autzen Stadium that (gasp!) serves that evil of evils, alco hol. Hours of labor were spent tearing the ads out of thousands of schedules... This is only the sot ond tormthat the schedule of class es has included any advertising. Fall term's ad section is a 24-page supplement — uh, make that 22 pages — that appears in the middle of the schedule, highlighting a number of campus-area businesses ami a handful of on campus programs such as the Microcomputer Support Center, the Student Health Center, and campus radio, KWVA88.1FM. Oops! Not KWVA. because that station's ad had the misfortune to Iw on the opposite side of the page that dis played the scandalous Scandal's ad — and thus was ripped out right along with it (perhaps the administra tion was really trying to protect us from That Trax and Skunk works Hmm.„.) Anyway, the Scandal's ad was "inconsistent with our longtime drug and alcohol policy," in the words of Jirn Buch, director of enrollment services. Since the majori ty of University students are underage, the administra tion apparently feels that it is inappropriate for alcohol ads to appear in a University publication. Uh-oh. Take a quick look at page eight of the ad sec tion. An advertisement for The Kiva proudly mentions that the natural food store offers "Imported and Domes tic Wine & Beer." Tsk, tsk. books like the administration will be hav ing to confiscate all class schedules. Cough 'em up. guys. The idea of putting advertisements in the class sched ule was intendod to help reduce printing costs. But some of those savings have been wasted now. in the admin istration's efforts to protect us. Hours of labor were spent tearing the ads out of thousands of schedules. Scandal's and KWVA's money will (of course) have to be refund ed. and Scandal’s owner Kit Chan has even hinted at a possible lawsuit. Apparently, the bar has a three-term contract with the University; a contract which has almost surely been breeched. But the administration's act of paternal concern does have one positive side. By removing the ad, the admin istration will be able to keep students from drinking too much, and underage students from drinking at all. Sure it will. 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TUATS UNCONSCIONABLE/ YEAH. I PREFER LIFE wrmouT RAROIE.. LETTERS Untruth Define for us ploase the differ i'iiu' ln'lVMtm a "negative ad'* anil factual truth To date, and for the remainder of this issue-based campaign, I challenge you to find one inconsistency or untruth pre sented by C raig Berkinan Good luck Your editorial [ODE, April 2‘J) begs for clarification You remarked that 42 percent of those rei ontly [lolled lean toward Smith; some 40 percent nittiain i ompletely undocided You also leave um lear your definition of pornography, or haven't you had ample time to review TErA Times? I imagine most of your readers would agree that it is pornographic, aside from die fm t that when The Oregonian checked into some of the adver tisers, it uncovered a prostitution ring Your editorial concluded that Mr Smith "has no control over the guide's content." Maybe not the content per se, hut be does decide whether to print it. Mr Smith conveniently dropped his company’s contract with the tabloid when he "made a deci sion it was something (ho) didn't want to have not worth the grief (The Oregonian, Foil lfi). At the time, it was a politically calculated stop aimed at stopping short the obvious appearance of impropriety tausod by huge gains ($250,000) for the T&A Times contract. Incidentally, the latest edition contained an ad endorsing Smith without a disclaimer describing who paid for it. a clear violation of Oregon election law (ORS 260.522. sec. 1). C.raig Berkman is clearly con cerned about the direction our state is heading If Republicans are serious alHiut taking hack the governor's chair, they'll put Berk man on the November ticket. John Bunco chairman, Borkman for Governor Growth On May 17, 1994 Lane County voters will be given the oppor tunity lo approve a real estate transfer tax at a rate of 0.35 per cent. This would result in a fee of $280 on the sale of $80,000 home It is, in essence, a tax on growth, and is paid !>v homo owners and businesses, whether they live in Ijiiio County or else where. and onk when property is bought or sold As population increases, more homes are built, and the need for services such ns public safety and human services also increases There is n direct link between growth and the demand for gov ernment services. Some of these serve <*s. such ns building inspec tions. have a growth factor built into |>ermit fees Others, such as public safety and human ser ve es. do not The transfer tax would rectify that imbalance Should the transfer tax fail, the county will he forc ed to make cuts in both budgets. Law enforcement in rural areas will lx< particularly affected In addi tion, the effect of human services budget cuts will he manifested hy the loss of stability of those served by our human services network. The result will lie more people thrown to the streets, ami an increased demand for public safety services. I urge l-ane County voters to support the transfer tax and the vital government services it will fund. Ron Chase Eugene Choice "Students for Choice Con ducts Workshop" Sentient, self-aware, choice; it's what makes us human — women and men. God made us that way (that isn't a statement for debate, it's a statement of faith — a faith you may not choose.) It is God's choice, God's attention toward you that keeps you breathing If God were not conscious of you for one instant, you would die God's choice holds everything together — from the smallest sub atomic particle to the most massive planetary orbit. Yes. 1 make choices — some wrong and some right God made it that way I may choose again, rethink mv choice, ond choose a better wa\ Mother Teresa made a choice to love (with her actions toward them) n people of whom the society of Calcutta. India has made refuse. This 83-voars young woman addressed the National Prayer Breakfast. The President and Ms. Clinton and the Vice President and Ms. Gore shared the platform with this colossal woman who barely stood above the podium. These are some of her words of choice "But I fuel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abor tion, because Jesus said, 'If you receive a little child you receive me.' So every abortion is the denial of receiving |esus. It is a war against the child; the direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill her own child, how tan we tell other people not to kill one another? ...Any county that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love one another but to use any violence to get what they want." (Discovering Life. Vol. 25, No 1994). So it’s a choice; God's choice toward us and our choices toward others. When your choice, however, stops the heartbeat of another choice it isn't freedom; it's tyranny. Ed Childers Baptist Student Union Rob sux, Nix rox Robbie Baby, quit listening to your professors, grow up and read your history! Your recita tion of Richard Nixon's activi ties [ODE, April 2H) pales in comparison to Lyndon John son's and John Kennedy’s. And while you're at it, take a creative writing course — you sound as though you spend too much time watching TV! Dean McGregor Portland The Oregon Daily Emerald will attempt to print all letters containing comments on topii s of interest to the University community. The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length or style.
