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.
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■ 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