EDITORIAL
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Abortion debate
already decided
Sunday marked the anniversary of the landmark Krw*
v Wade decision, the Supreme Court Judgment that
legalized abortion across America.
Twenty-two years after the decision, Americans are
tiring of the abortion debate. A significant and vocal
minority opposes abortion But abortion Ss still legal
despite redactions in some areas, and available through
out the country.
Some sav that abortion must be made illegal or the Roe
de< is ion overturned as a way to eliminate abortions In
America Yet no matter what happens, women in Amor
i> : w .:. a w ,i \ i get .o: aijort mu w they want
one
Roe v Wade will not be overturned. Although some
argue that the law is less than perfm t and that Flaws
exist, relativeh conservative Supreme Courts since the
landmark decision have refused to overthrow the judg
merit. Roe v Wade is here to stay.
The only way for tin* decision to be negated would be
a ! it;i:ii.ii .liix'infuient to in- passeii In ( -ingress
and ratified by the stales All but the most optimistic
opponents of abortion would concede that this is an
impossibility Abortion will remain legal in America.
The killing of abortion doctors, in a way, is an attempt
bv some to resuscitate the anti-abortion movement
which has deteriorated mer recent years. Instead of try -
ing to persuade people not to have abortions, a minori
ty within the movement has attempted to scare those
considering the medical procedure from following
through.
These killings, in turn, scare doctors from performing
abortions, and make the service less available* to those
who want it. These days, only ideologically dedicated
doctors are risking their lives to perform abortions —a
legal medical procedure in America.
Others prefer to intimidate women and their doctors
outright by picketing in front of the homes of abortion
doctors or in demonstrations in towns across the coun
try. Some, such as those in the militant anti abortion
group Operation Rescue, have targeted a particular city
and demonstrated there during the summer, all as a way
to make abortion less available as a medical procedure.
Those who support violence or intimidation as a way
of opposing abortion are si aring away potential sup
porters to the cause. The anti-abortion community is a
minority and only hurts itself when it causes others who
disagree with violence against clinics to leave the move
ment
While the abortion issue may have been decided, it is
not about to go away Anti-abortion demonstrators,
peaceful and otherwise, will continue to protest against
abortion for as long as it is legal in America.
However, the debate is repeating itself, people’s minds
are dec ided and abortion will continue to be available to
woman.
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Show students more of University
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Ah, winter The season of
snow , mud ami freezing cold
weather Morn importantly
though, winter is the time when
thousands of potential Dm ks to
be are considering coming to the
University to further their edu
cations
You've probably seen them on
campus Whether thev .ire being
tad around on the official Uni
versity tour or are lost in the
1 MU. there's no question that
this place is swarming with
prospective students
I've been on the tours of the
University before and have seen
what information about the cam
pus tfmt the University sends out
But, in spirit of goodwill and
honesty, i think that it's only
proper that we show potential
students a little more of our Uni
versity than they otherwise see
My tour would begin at Ama
/.on. our now famous family
housing complex I’m sorry , that's
the histone family housing com
plex I'd show them that people
at tually live in these units, and
that they can live there .too, if
they urn spare the hefty Sii(K) or
so rent each month.
For the few people still inter
ested in the University after the
Amazon stop, we'd take Lane
Transit District hack to the Uni
versity Station on tilth Avenue
and Kincaid Street. This would
ht< a chance to meet some of tin
locals who are not normally
included on the official tour.
I'd inform ray group, of
course, that the nice people at
the corner who extend their
hands are not doing so to xvel
i ome now students to the Uni
versity. but to ask for money. 1
would also tell them that it isn't
necessary to pay them anything.
but if they want to, they have
four years to da it- The out
stretched hands aren't going
anywhere but into your pockets.
I d also Introduce the group to
some of the personalities that
Oregon Hall doesn't talk about
much, such as Frog and the Hal
lelujah Man (who, by the way. is
not a panhandler).
Once we've had enough fun
w ith the locals, and if anyone is
left on the tour, we'll move down
l'tth Avenue past the i lass rooms
We ll do this quit klv though
Anyone who s ever seen Animal
House and the offic ial tour has
seen enough of t ith Avenue to
las! a lifetime
We'll cross the street it ml enter
the TM11 I'll show them the base
ment level and the firs! floor,
which should amply demonstrate
that at the University. from poli
tics to peace to the environment,
it's quite possible to proit-st about
anything
Of course, one can't forget to
come visit us here at the Emerald
office at Suite UH). It's n little
known fact that the Emerald
newsroom is the second highest
point in the world, just behind
Mount t vi res!
leaving the FMtwe ll go over
to Carson Complex, one of Uni
varsity Housing's resident w balls.
I'll show them that the rooms
aren’t as big as home and that you
have to live with someone who
invariably stores or has religious
objections to using deodorant, but
life really isn't ns bad as some
people make it out to be
U e’H go bat k downstairs to mv
Carson Cafeteria (arson, one of
the three* Housing cafeterias,
serves a variety of taste treats dai
ly. including some that an* read
ily identifiable to the naked ey e
Others, such as ''more casserole'’
(an ac tual dish) and a half-zillion
tofu things, are not
After our lour has finished eat
ing a fabulous dorm lunc h, we’ll
walk past the tennis courts.
Young Hall and over to the Uni
versity Office of Public: Safety
Ah. the Offic e of Public Safe
ty The tour group will properly
admire* tin* fleet of ()PS v
complete with the orange and
green "We re not real police offi
t ers" revolving lights on top 1
could also tell them about the zil
lions of little citations that they
give out each year to errant dri
vers parked less than legally, but
it would be more amusing to save
that for later. After all. most stu
dents possess quite a collection
of tii kets after a few years.
Next, we'll head back up 15th
Avenue toward the Knight
Library Before wo get there, we
will ponder the symbolism of
having a cemetery next to the
largest library in the state is this
what happens when one studies
at the lJniversity ’
I'll give them the quick tour of
the library, including a quickie
demonstration of Janus (pro
nouni ed JAY-nuhs. named after
the Greek god of online library
catalogs) I could also show
them the lies! places to be if one
wants to hide from library
employees at closing and stay
the night in the library. (Dis
claimer staying in (lie library
after closing would cause an
OPS officer, invariably driving a
car with flashing green and
orange lights, to visit you. Don't
do it.)
Once we leave the library. we ll
head back to Kincaid Street and
note some of the greek houses
near the library As we walk by,
we ll chant the solemn and oft
nqieated official notion that "the
greek system isn't like Animal
Ifou.se This stop would be a
strictly B Y.O.B event, as budget
cuts make it unlikely that the
University can pay for the beer
The tour will end at this point,
mostly because I lost almost
everyone back at the KMU But if
one thinks about it, there is a lot
that we don't show (KHiple when
they think about coming to the
l 'diversity
i lere's to the hope that one day.
Taco Time ami panhandlers will
la* given as much time on the tour
as l)eady Mall and PTC
I won't hold my breath.
Wobble beeves is editorial editor
for the Kmerald