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LETTERS Fishy When Kevin Mombuc kle goes fixhm’, watch out. if your namn is Martin Fisher, Emerald columnist. Fisher verbally attai ked Councilor Mombuc kle in n March it column Hombuck le responded May 25 with a log n.al net: Hombuckle argued that never once did Fisher mention a position or vote taken by Horn hut kle Ward voters apparently agreed with Mornbuc kle. refus ing to waste taxpayer money on a spiteful recall What's hilarious is that Fisher is the very same columnist who recently, passionately defended Sen. Hob Fat kwood from being kicked out of the U S Senate! Pat kwood votes to cut down old-growth forests and hand the cash to the rich. Kevin Horn buckle, on the other hand, points out impolite facts, sui h us a class war going on against the poor So who does Fisher Embrace? Pack wood Fisher i ould get a high-paying job writing for someone like Sen Pack wood Voters often complain about fake, lying politicians who obey monied interests and never rock the boat. Hornhnc kle. we can all agree, is willing to make waves. If you want to roi k the sys tem. attend Hornbuckle's next fish-fry. If you want boredom, wipe your mind with a column of Fisher's fish-wrap. The wav the Emerald is going makes me wonder: Is the Uni versity increasingly the home of upper-crust oriented people more interested in personal greed, than the people's need! David Oaks Eugene Cop-out III Peter UeFazio's May L'4 commentary, the Congressman emphasize* the need for "more cops on the Iwat " His simplistic call for more cops is a simplistic cop-out It simply isn't true, as OeFazio states, that "more police officers equals less crime," America already has more law enforce ment personnel per capita than almost any other industrialized nation At the same time, we have rates of violent crone and incart eration among the worst m the world One of the prime reasons we have too much crime is that we have criminalized too much innocent activity DeFazio states, " There simph is not enough prison space today to keep violent t riminals in jail." This is not precisely true All absurd peri entage of the country's prisoners are incarcerated for non-violent offenses primarily drug-rolat ed Our society can no longer afford to wage a morally bank rupt "war on drugs," which drains societal resources, esac erbates street violent e. and erodes our constitutional rights Peter, until VOU and our other political representatives come ( lean and "cop" to these bash law enforcement fails, your "revolutionary" crime bills will amount to nothing more than reactionary posturing We deserve better John Davidson ASUO Legal Services Good riddance Well, 1 jus! finished reading Dave (iharhonneau s last col umn (OOF. May I!) The only sad thing about it is this letter won’t be titled "Charbonnoau must go" because he's already gone. In this satl farewell article (that wet spot on this letter is neither a tear of joy nor remorse, it's just a sample of that e\i el lent Oregon spring rain), Dave I I | Foi dt-hvi'iy onlv fempu . ■ Expui 687 86i CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADS Say hello to summer in style as Guido’s throws the end of the year PARTY of PARTIES from now until the end of finals! GREAT SPECIALS Get your U of O Guido’s '94 souvenir glass while they last! again says he has nothing to write about I agree ttut the NBA playoffs aren't too exciting. and i didn't watch the Itulv sot) But how about writing altout sometliing that most of the world has been waiting years for the World Cup? The single greatest tourna ment in the world of sports is coming to America (for the first and probably last time) But I see Dave is like many in our country who don't know enough about sik i er to appreciate sort er I'm just glad f w ill lie aide to watch a couple games in person, and also be able to read some articles about the World Cup this sum mer bar k m the Bat Area, where all sports are covered That's all for now. Dennis Gubbins Anthropology A request If you are going to speak, he sure there is a point and purpose behind the words that est ape your lips li you belong to any of the upcoming categories, please don't talk to me .\f/riorif;es Stop talking to me about racism and suppression I in not a racist, and I'm tired of hearing that I iin trminists 1 really would rather not luxir about the exploita lion of wwtum It's gutting old Male* frige l‘i-251 - I don't need to hear how tnnny beers you i an drink or the amount you i an drink relative to the next guy It doesn't impress me ('nivt-rsily shuirnts Stop talk ing about s< hoot. It's bad enough I have to tie there all the time The last thing I need to hear is, "No what's your major?" It) times a day By the wav. stop saying "basn alls " so muc h See if you t an survive an entire day w ith out mentioning that word Old profile I would like for all people ages HO and above to stop talking alKiut the weather It is proUibly the most uninterest ing thing in the world to talk about, yet you never stop think ing (aloud) about it Don’t tell me that I'm antiso cial. and don't tell me that I am building up the barriers to com inund ation The fact is. 1 have pie ill v of friends, but that dm-Mi'l mean I want to be everybody's friend If I'm not in the mood to talk to you, then I'm not going to don't take it personally Mike Burgess Business Administration Who’s rude? I think it is very inconsiderate of those of y ou who choose to drive on streets along sidnwalks lltiil everyone must walk alony; in ardor to get to classes Whilo vou ar« burning up and down tho streets. you nro (mating mass amounts of unwanted smoko that is endured by all of us who don’t want to bo subject to this stale smell I am not alone when 1 say d is very rude to expose those of us who don’t drive to this nasty odor Drivers also have the habit of driving while drunk and singing country music I bis is littering! And all drivers do it. I mean every single one Not just a fins, but every teeny-weeny one of them I have heard mans people sav that drunken driving and lis timing to i ountrv music is funny and therefore Ok to do. Hut this isn't a valid argument hei ausn there is nothing funny about country music 1 think there should he fines for everyone breaking this law It is verv ugly to see drunkendriving country mush fans all over the road It is considerate when one only dri ves drunk listening to country music in the country, hut becomes a rude habit when you are subjet ting others the product of that habit without their i on sent ()utlaw driving Gil Hanson English We'll pay you 60% of the new, student price for books we need for summer & fall terms! main Store June I-1 i"» Ml 7:4“>-(». Silt 10-5 ^ESarwLmjL Lobby & 1 O"' M- III i-ri And... You can win $20 Cash! ii you're selling docks rings, you'll win I-ree Candy & Gum • • • where the alarm clock k aaitcraiii \ (Donated by MBS) Computerized scanning UNIVERSITY OF ORECON Ciil( uliifor lluylnu k TfeXAS Instkumekts Models TI-HI . TI-H2 A I I-8 J ONLY! • Upstairs at B<x>k Buyback • Calculators must have original manual
