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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1995)
■ LETTERS Inflammatory I am writing this letter as a result of Mr Harwood's in flam matory articles about student athletc*s. which depict people in stereotypical fashion (()/)/■ April 24 ami 25) 1 thought investigative report mg. by definition, required all ■ -rlies to be interviewed At no i« was 1 ever contacted to pre sent rnv side of this story, although the person accusing me was able to speak without restraint throughout the article 1 went before a court of law and [raid my fines for the one situation in which I was involved. I thought that 1 could move on. but now find it to be untrue It seems to be consul ered a legitimate tiling for this reporter to drag out this three year-old incident and rehash tin whole thing — without, of course, anv input from me. Now. with allegations about my life spread out for the whole community, 1 find myself embarrassed about coming to school and going to class. Even though I was never proven guilty of anything. I am now guilty by accusation in the press Whatever happened to “inno cent until proven guilty"? I have also been reai! y upaet about being counts ttul somehow in gangs, l Iftt Hawaii and < erne to Oregon in order to escape tint gang-affiliated environment I am not a gang member, but the press seems to feel free to print anybody's suggestion that I might 1m> somehow involved 1 am of Samoan background I weigh 350 pounds I stand b feet 3 inches tall. 1 am a person who stands out in a crowd HitcruM of inv appearam «, I seem to bo stereotyped an a mean, aggressne individual I am none of those things, hut what t really am doesn't seem to matter to this report or The worst part of these arti de* is the implied accusation that I am the kind of person who would enjoy intimidating other people That is the last thing I want people to think of me When t walk around > ampus, 1 know that people are thinking about me and. even though it's totally false, they believe that it's true. That hurts me worse than any of the other stuff t am sure that Mr Harwood feels that his 'expose is his tic ket to succ ess in the journal ism area It is a shame that he neglects to consider others' civil rights in his attempt to make a name for himself. If Mr Harwood had at least talked to me before writing his articles, perhaps he would have understood that I am a human being as well Tast Malepeal Sociology Endorsement? As I was walk mg (low ll 1 ill; Avenue last week, n girl handed me a flyer and told me to vote for t:hris (Kentrowitzl ami Niki (Scott|. I was verv impressed by who I thought had endorsed them. As I proceeded to tint KMIJ, another student gave me n flyer with Jennifer [Williamson] and Zachary [Koltonl on it. The fiver had a copy of an endorsement from the Emerald. This malty confuted mo. as t thought from ( hns and Niki's flyer that tho Emerald had endorsed them After a quit k < all to tho Emerald I found that thov had in fact endorsed Jen nifer anti Zachary I felt Chris and Niki wore out to pull a fast one on me and my follow University students 1 kept asking myself, "Is this the type of president and vt< e presi dant we want to represent u* here at the U of D?". I urge my fellow students to do as ! have and get all the fat ts! I. for one, know that I will he voting for Jennifer and Zachary on Wednesday Karen Ellison Undeclared Look now This tnav seem like a dep&r lure from the normal letters, hut I wanted to call attention to the wonderful job someone did landscaping. There are some beautiful flowers, shrubs and trees on campus. aspe« tally in between University and Agate Streets Even fairly common flowers like tulips and daffodils can I*’ found in unusual color*, sizes and textures 1 should have written this earlier, because many of them are fading now, but there is still time to look The flora may seem Insignifi cant compared to terrorist bomb ings and even ASt'() elections, but in little things and our reai lions to them, we find our humanity. Ami if we lose our humanity. what do we have left' Gina Harris Romance Languages. History Be conscious If I have one more fiver shoved in my f.u «■ w hile walking down 1 fth Avenue I am going to scream until 1 am blue in the fm n Here we stand, on one of the most "environmentally con scious" schools in the country on the brink of the 25th miniver -..try of Karth Day, in Flyer Hell Isn't it ironic that we are being asked to pay indirectly for stu dent campaigns generating thou sand-. ->f basu ally worthless ads at the same time Campus Recycling is being asked to pay for election and OSP1RG paper blit/es. but also the rei voting' Give me a break Think of all the times you have almost tieen impaled by an OSl’IKG publicity stake while walking past Chapman. Honest to Fete these gong ho volun teers stick those dumb adver tisements every five inches Do they think that every five inches we are struck blind? One stake every 24 feet would be more appropriate and effective l ike any self-respecting die hard liberal. I support student activism However, ! do not m think, hand inn out several tn^es a day on nth Avonuo with ASUO i andidiiics pictures plastered on thorn js the solution to apa thy. espei ially if we're paying for it If you want people to vote for you, wear a sandw ich board. Utilize the Kmeru/rf (which we also subsidize). kiVVA and our brand new $50 technology fee A few posters on r»s vrled paper is fine Using a forest ts ridicu lous With Ol’KI striking soon, we need to become more conscious of the trash we are generating on campus and the advertising which, for the most part, ends up on the ground i o you t andidaten h ho Insist on contributing to the nation's landfills, perhaps you should rethink why you want to become involved m politii s and if you are prepared to make the sacrifu es that come with ( bang ing the world. To OSPIKG. 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