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OSPIRG bloated
What could $m too buv
today ' VVhat ( ould wo as a stu
dent body do with Si 15.3(H)'
Student* would probably want
to put this money toward good
use; increasing child care subsi
dies. increasing availability of
financial aid to those who need
it, improving public safety, the
list goes on and on
This amount is exactly the
part of our incidental fees we
blindly throw at OSPIRG, self
proclaimed defenders of the
environment and voice of the
student populous here and at
three other schools in Oregon
Yet what do we see here locally'
Student Senator Sarah Kerch
says precious little, and I have to
agree It seems our $1,15.300 dis
appear* into a bloated stale
agency that does little for the
public interest and a lot for
OSPIRG henchman Joel Ario.
In a later letter, Brian Jmus
said this money gets us the
largest student meeting ever,
displays in the KMU, and the
numerous leaflets and
announcements that are reli
giously placed on tables around
campus. These must Im» expen
sive pamphlets' is it all that dif
ficult to see we aren't getting our
money's worth hen*?
Finally. OSPtRC should listen
to its own sermon on environ
mental responsibility If they
did. they would wake up and
nwllt!« they nre the ones that are
wasting reams of paper, ink and
energy on signs, pamphlets and
other propaganda that are not
truly in the student public inter
est
Aaron Ray
Planning, Public Polcy and
Management
Sacramen talized
fust a couple points of clarifi
cation regarding the article on
the "Catholic Bible Study" pro
gram While it does begin at
noon in the KMt ’ Century Room
K. it is only offered on Tuesday.
And my comment should have
rend "... (iatholii kids am s.h ra
mentaii/od but sometimes not
evangelized,'' as opposed to
"internalized but not evange
lized " Again, thanks to Jaime
Pope for the article
Jordan Vajda, O P
Newman Center
Get a life
You s.iid, "Get a jab." 1 said
"Ctit ii life " 1 apologize Maybe I
was thinking afxwt (ill (ho poo
pin 1 meet who don't pit k tln<
{With they are on Maybe I way
thinking about how hard the
University tries to present a
multicultural!)’ diverse atmos
phere to anyone wanting an
edm atton May be 1 was just sur
prised In the three years I have
on isionallv walked around
campus picking up bottles and
cans try ing to make ends meet
and the literally thousands of
people I have passed. 1 have
never had a student say any
thing ev en remotely rude to me
Maybe it's time 1 say thank y ou
Thanks to the people who
have tossed me a can and said.
“Here's a mi kol.” Thanks to the
(MHiple who throw any beverage
container in the recycling bin
Thanks to the people who have
said. It's 4 20, let's have a dis
mission " Thanks to the people
who only had a sunny smile on
a cloudy day. Thanks to the )«•<>
pie who put in so much effort
College isn't easy You may be
here and now. hut you ore also
the future Thanks Those espe
riences are worth more than any
number of bottles and cans I
could ever pi< k up
I had a job paying the fug
bucks at the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange. Some mornings, more
than a billion dollars worth of
yon. D-mark. fran« s and othor
foreign currency contracts
would pass through my hands
Indore 7:20 a nt when the mar
kets would open High pay
High stress I thought I would
take a couple of weeks off to
make sure it's what I wanted to
do with my life That was JtMW
You said, "Get a )ob I said
"Gel a life *’ Again I apologize
Please open your eyes to this
beautiful and diverse Earth we
live on
And by the was I have a job. I
work w uh Gary kutc her and the
Forest Conservation Council.
Wo irv to vsalk that frayed
tightrope between saving the
environment and providing
jobs it doesn't pay much, how
ever. the rewards are greater
than I ever hod lieing "financial
ly secure" with money as inv
goal But I guess everyone fig
ures something like that out
somewhere down the line, don't
they.
Thank you, and go Ducks'
Martin Anthony Johnston
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