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EDITORIAL Hatfield opinions display courage Senate Republicans are united in support of a bal anced budget amendment. That is, almost united. One Republican is holding out against the tide to pass the constitutional amendment. Sen. Mark Hatfield is standing alone again, Hatfield, the senior Republican senator from Oregon, announced recently that he will oppose the balanced budget amendment — the only Republican in the Sen ate to do SC. While some in the Senate try to persuade Hatfield to vote for the amendment, in part to snow ideological uni ty among Republicans. Hatfield stubbornly refuses to change his mind — or his vote, when he believes that he is right. It wouldn't be the first time. Whether it was calling for an end to the Vietnam War or opposing capital punish ment. Hatfield has demonstrated that he has the guts to stand up for what he believes in when he needs to. Hatfield is a Republican, a title that he has run for office under for the decades that he has served Oregon as governor and senator. However, party titles rarely seem to matter to him. While other senators are striv ing to show a united partisan front on hot political top ics. Hatfield is more concerned about the issues and how they will affect Oregonians. Opposition to the bal anced budget amendment is but Hatfield’s latest exam ple of independent thinking. One shouldn’t be too surprised. Oregon is an inde pendent state. Widely regarded as having a pioneering streak, Oregon deserves to bo represented by citizens who think as independently U the peopleo( the state. In Sen. Hatfield, Oregon has that leader. No one can say that Hatfield doesn't have strong opin ions — or question whether he will defend them if chal lenged. Year after year, Hatfield shows that he thinks independently and that his thoughts aren’t shaped by party leaders in Washington, rather by his beliefs and conscience. In a time when politicians are towing the party line more often than not. the nation needs more senators like Hatfield. With the Republican majority in both houses of Congress. Hatfield helps to bring a different perspec tive to his colleagues that a Democratic senator could not. Republicans, as well as Oregonians, listen to Hat fiold. Whether the balanced budget amendment passes or not. it is certain that many arms will be twisted in order to obtain the necessary votes for passage. But don’t be surprised when Hatfield casts the sole Republican "no vote in opposition to the amendment and goes against the majority of his party. He wouldn't have it any other way. For that matter, neither would Oregon. L J Oregon Daily to tOt MtS FoisfM 0#» it*, v . 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MAUII Dtapiay Advertising..J44-J71J Boeineae Office Mt-Utl Claaatrted Advertising _MMM ■ LETTERS Whoa Womack Sentence structure challenges I’atsive voice intrudes Inter preting government reports strain his analytic ami writing skills A gaggle of undocumented “facts" complicate the matter. Brian finds himself wallowing in his own ignorance' Yet. the h.mcmki fit to print Ins opinion. What hidden agenda could Ik< behind publishing another poorly thought out and written article' An undisguised fund raising effort for k 12 education? Or another public, humiliation of undergraduate thinking? Natalie Shlfrin Eugene Pennies l am writing in response to the opinion «rtu le whit h ran in tin* Emerald Thursday, Feb 9. It was nic;e to see positive state ments sui:h as "groups like OSPIRG accomplish good deeds and act to make the slate a better plat* to live." though it came at the end of a malicious attac k The main theme of the article appeared to be that OSPIRG is good, it is important to have, but it receives too much money Mow can a price be put on envi ronmental and community good' Making the nation, state and the local c ommunity a bet ter place to live doesn't come without costs. OSPIRG may rank third in total student fee expenditures, but that is only because the stu dents of the University of Ore gon voted to give OSPIRG its current amount of funding Compared to the amount of money 1 pay for tuition. OSPIRG get* pennies out of me I bet you have $2.75 in your pocket right now Is that really a lot of mon ey? Sharon S. Bottoms OSPIRG Pagan? I am writing this letter in response to Gayle Forman's "Valentine's Day expensive, waste of time." which was print ed on Feb. H. In her writing, she explains the "1 Valentino's Day] has come a long way from its origins as a pagan love fest." This statement conjures up images of a pagan orgy. This is both inaccurate and offensive. Valentine's Day used to he called Saint Valentine's Day. It i elebrates the martyrdom of at least three saints, as recognized hy the Catholic Cinirt h. Accord ingly. the adjective "pagan" is not appropriate, as the Catholic Church is not polytheistic. The Church recognizes Feb. 14 ns the date on which the saints sacrificed their lives for their religious beliefs These saints promoted forgiveness and love among people, not for a "pagan love lost ” In addition, miracles have been attributed to St Valentine, Bishop of Temi. Around A 1) .400, the peninsula of Jumieges had become overrun with rats The people invoked St. Valentine and the saint drove the whole of the vermin into the river Seine Obviously, the recognition given to the saints does not focus on amorous rela tions. The present day custom of showing affections on St. Valen tine's Day has its origins in the Middle Ages It was recognized that halfway through the second month of the year, birds begin to pair Hence, Chaucer's “Parlia ment of Foules” reads: “For this was on Seynt Valentyne't day, Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate " This type of symbolism led to the tradition of St Valentine's Day as we now know it. The recognition of the martyr dom of the saints is coincidental to the time w hen birds begin to pair. The day was never a "pagan love fest “ Gayle, 1 hope this letter has reduced your ignorance of Catholic tradition Also. I am sorry that you have a strong anti-Valentine sentiment. 1 enjoy this special day Jeff Milanowskl Business Administration Recycle paper Did you know that you never need to buy another piece of paper again ? Not for a long time anyway and certainly not while you're at this University. This is because any student can go to any recycling bin next to any copy machine and find it full of paper with only one side used One would be an idiot to let this valuable resource go off to be recycled before it was fully used. When a new term rolls around end you're thinking to yourself, "1 need new notebooks," simply go to one of these rocyc ling bins, » take out 50 or so pages with one clean sido, throw a few staples in the corner and you have a \ new notebook. Also, one can use these papers to turn in all written homework assignments, including term papers. All my professors hove been very con genial about this and some have even thanked me. I encourage all professors to encourage their students to do this as well. Why kick down your dollars to enormous timber corpora tions, which contribute to the use of dioxins that pollute air and water, contribute to oil con sumption and contribute to changing more of our forests into waste when you can get all the paper you need for the rest of the year within a 100 yard radius of where you are right now? You're right, there's no good reason why not, so do if. Jason Clark Undeclared » Lose Link • Economic conditions being what they am. the University is always looking for ways to cut money. Good job, U of O — keeping tuition down is some thing I'm very much in favor of. However, one easy and obvious way to save money is being overlooked. Every month, to the mailbox of every dorm resident, comes a brand new copy of Link: The College Magazine. Why? 1 don't know. I never ordered it, wouldn't order it and would gladly spit on anyone who would willingly jwy its $3 cover price. 1 don't know anyone who reads their copy and if some people read it behind close doors, I don't much care about that, either. If those people aren't getting enough counter culture propaganda just by being here at U of Q, I'm sorry for them, but I'm not going to |>u> tor their stupid magazine. . So come on, administration, ditch Uni Save the postal workers headaches, your stu dents junk mail and everybody money. Jesse Lawler Biology
