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. Seo you at Mug Night.
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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
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