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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1994)
LETTERS Lord Bosco On behalf of Gregor Bosco. we wish to thank nil those readers who opened their cerebellums to what is perhaps comic dam's most challenging magnum opus. Hob's Inferno We, ns Lord Bok o's assistants, are privileged beyond words to he indentured to this aesthetic genius Any bewilderment readers may have experienced over this masterpiece* results from our failings as interpreters Muc h of Lord Rosen's Teslaoscpie attacks on bourgeois existential confor mity are. regrettably, lost in the translation. And there are times when we simply had to leave passages in the original Japanese or I at in. After all these decades. Gregor Bosco still retains a godlike sta tus among the \nk barons of his native Gippi Visitors today luav vet gaze upon the ice monu ments erected to him upon the wind-swept fjords. In ion. following the horrify ingiv silent Fortnight of the Mimes (in which he was falsely implicated bv jealous enemies). Lord Bosco reluctantly fled his beloved land to breathe the wood-smoke of freedom in Kugene. leaving behind forever his darling Columbine and child-prodigy daughter Jean Lappi's loss is our gain! Lord Bosco holds particular regard for the Zen-like mastery of comedy and anti-comedv exhibited by Professor Robert L Weiss on the letters page of the l’me raid and wishes one day to shake his eminent hand. Teresa Knezek Paul Herring S.W Conser Neal Skorpen Bosconian Scribes Usurpers Thank you Tim Inglesbee and ( alia Julianna for showing Uni versity students the stark beauty of the Warner Crook Burn just beyond Onkridge These envi ronmental sociologists realized the 1991 arson caused fire could provide an unprei edented opportunity to study how fire, the natural i aretaker of the for est. can deliver old growth mag nificence from desolation. Sadly, public usurpers — ironically employed to work in the service of the forest — from Willamette Forest Supervisor Darryl Kenop to Chief Jack Ward Thomas have categorically denied University students and researchers that opportunity Appeals to halt an extensive sal vage logging plan for the Warner Burn, tiie only Owl Habitat Con servation Area engulfed by flames, have been dismissed Fven though the Forest Service officially admits it does not know what constitutes spotted owl habitat, it presses forward, determined to so fragment the area that the Warner Burn can not he considered viable as a study area in the larger scope of things. Hut what is even more appalling is by salvage logging the burnt forest, arson will become justifiable to some as a means by which forests that are currently protected from harvest can fa* logged. The time for action is now Write Kenop at the Federal Building tieru in Eugene and Thomas in Washington. D.C., to express your outrage. Stop this destruction before environmen tal activists are forced to use direct action. Let us displace money as the primary source of nutrition for our soc iotv and plat 0 Mothor Karth first! Michael Omogrosso Journalism Not high school I was sitting in my i lass, wait ing for the professor to begin Us luring The lecture begins anti about five minutes into the le< tore 1 hear this talking behind me ii is so hart) to pay attention in class and having people talk mg makes it even worse .So. 1 sit there and keep thinking they will stop; no chance I turn around to look them straight in the eye and they still i ontinue People like tins ire in every class they have no respect for what other people want to hear If they want to talk to their friend so had. win don’t they get up and leave7 Most of these students are the traditional stu dents, unlike myself They prob ably do not realize the emphasis that their education will hase in their future To alt those who so rudely talk in class, would you lie so kind as to get up and leave so that those ol us who are pay ing and really want to learn, can? This is not high sc hool anymore and the teacher proba bly will not veil at you, hut it is very disruptive to others sitting around you One student was oven singing in i lass Needless to say. I moved c loser to the front row This is just a letter to make the students who c hoose to socialize in class constantly aware that you are very bothersome to those of us yvho want to learn Traci Walker Undeclared Which people? Congressman Peter Ih-fazio (ODlMay 24) argues that young humans could be dis suaded from aniisoi ml activity by diversionary entertainments such as subsidized sports pro grams But the i itv's still there on the other side of the fence when the basketball gome's over with no jobs and no feelings about whether the kids hit the skids, just as long as they don't ( ause a ruckus The Police Corps program sounds like a suitable method of cooptation, but it can't make every kid a cop. 1 guess the rest liecorne the robbers By default. Violence against women has "risen dramatically in recent years." to quote Mr DoKazio Most adults in any line of work realize that severe emotional overreactions are typical of humans in highly and/or longterm stressed living condi tions. Poverty remains one of those conditions Nevertheless, recant annual crime rates fluctuated only mildly, and in some cases actu ally decreased. Studies indicate that crime was not uppermost on the minds of the people a year hock. This nation was more concerned with the economy, the fact that the middle class just couldn’t seem to get ahead, that most poor folks were slip ping further behind. Some peo ple started to key in on the fact that the ric hest Ameru ans were actually better off than ever — and improving And then vio lent crime Ihm mm the big issue. I wonder if there is any con nection. ... Of course, successful politicians act on what they per ceive to be the concerns of the people Which people? Chris Brady History An open letter to students ■ ■ ■ By Dave Frohnmayer As spring ( onlitluos ils t.rest undo, I fa»gin my transition to the interim president y of the University As you pack yotir books and contemplate your summer pursuits. 1 will pm k my IsMiks for the ruov*' at mss t aitipus lor me, it is a time of t hallenge I look for ward to the prospot t of fot used and (lositive c hange However, for this journey to he nut tessful. 1 need your help I will he requesting your assistant e in many way s over the years to t ome, but for run* 1 ask eat h of you for t.rut oil information You t an help me learn more about what makes this a great University and also w hat still needs atten tion and improvement 11 art: very mot h about your thoughts on these matters \\ htle dean of the law st hoot, students have Inien a t ritit a 1 sourt e of observations anti advite for me I look forward to maintaining a high level of student consultation and now is the time to inaugurate that relationship M> hope is that over the nest few weeks uni will take the time to let me know vour thoughts Oil the follow ing • l ist ytiur view of the three or four greatest strengths of the t 'mv ersilv. • I.ist your view of three or four weaknesses of the l ntversitv (please unlit ate who h one vou believe neetls the most immediate atten tion): • If one new initiative < ould he t rented on campus, what should it lie'’ • Are there any other observations, ideas or concerns about which I should know? I invite you to write to me. at your (•artiest convenientat the school of law or send h mail to dfrohnu’law Please understand that 11 annot possibly reply to all your thoughts except through the medium of informed a< turns in the months ahead You have mv personal commit ment that 1 w ill read and ponder every word you write May your summer he full of satisfying and produ< toe work and play I or those of you who lire graduates to lie, I look forward to your new relationship with the l nitri .-1\ a-, ahitimi | or those of you who will he returning, we will grift you warmly in the fall Ouve Frtthnmaytr is mtrnm president o/ thr I'nnrrsitv Violence and the Law Kl (.I NI C ! ANSI S (line 20 7 mL to I 'his is ii. .’lirs,' designed for undergraduate, graduate, and law '•Indent'* as at*// os members of the cimmu nit 1/ It explores l/it- ituy fJ*«' l<\o/ 'intern responds to violent behavior at many levels Ji'/m s inchuie violence and self-defence, violent fiolihcal prote-t. violence against women and the u-e of violence in international law and diplomacy lune 22 |unr 27 luni- 29 July 5 July 6 July II Coursj-: Nou s • Five week. yours** • nmtcn^ifof noitlaw itudcnts • ! wo credits lor law students • Pass no pass • Noiwredit ’audit' option for cum mumtv member* • C lass meets Mondays and Wednesdays ’except July 4th weekend)* 400 5 20 f M . in Room 125 at the UO Law Center July 13 |uly 1H Thinking about Violence in the 1 ‘»**t>*» t hevney Ryan l Diversity ft t begun, professor of philosophy .iikI peace studies Ihe Intimate 1 nemy: Relationship Violence and the Law Judith Artnatta, legal counsel, Oregon C i volition against Domestic and Sexual Violence When Violence ( auses Violence: The Battered Person Defense Priscilla S-aborg, legal counsel. United Way, former assistant federal publu defender State-Sponsored Violence Margie Paris, l niversity of Oregon, pmfessor of law l aw and Order in the International Community Ion Jacobson. University ot (begun, professor ot law Die Youngest Victims: C hild Abuse and the lam 1 eshe I iarns. University of (begun, professor of law Julie Mael arlunc, attorney. Juvenile Rights Project Alternative to Violence: Gandhi, King, and the Law Garrett J'pps. University of (begun, assistant professor of law Speech and Violence: The Limits of Constitutional Protections David S human. University of Oregon, associate professor of law Working toward Solutions: C ommunity Based Policing John C lark. University of Oregon, pmfessorof sociology I t Mariane lleisler. Domestic Violence Reduction, I’ortLind Police Bureau For information, call (503) 346-3853 To register for credit, see the UO Summer Session Bulletin 4m tl tlf vMttwtkm tvmmiitnd h> * utl*nl JiirrutV 4nJ ■. < srtfft Ihr Amnktnt uitk CSmhhlm* Att SCHOOLOF LAW UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
