EDITORIAL
Sunscreen key to
cancer prevention
As the days got longer and students flock to outdoor
activities to take advantage of the beautiful sun. they
should know they are soaking up more than rays.
Dangerous ultraviolet rays r an damage skin and r euse
premature aging and skin cancer among other problems
when people spend too much time in the sun.
Malignant melanoma, basal cell cancer and squamous
cell r ancor can all be results of overexposure to the sun.
If you have to go out in the sun. wear protective clothing
and lots of sunscreen
A lot of people think it's glamourous to have a deep,
dark tan—but it isn't. When skins begins to create pig
men! it is tr\ing to protect itself from harmful sun
beams. Tanning beds are no better than the real thing.
They r an also cause cancer and premature aging.
Skin cancer has become a concern because the ozone
layer, which protects humans from the dangerous rays,
is thinning. Chemicals such as CFCs, HCFCs and methyl
bromide react with chemicals in the atmosphere and cre
ate the hole.
In iu:t5, one in 1,500 people was diagnosed with
malignant melanoma. By 2000. the number is expected
to reach one in 90, according to a May 24 ODE article.
This is alarming. Skin cancer is dangerous, but it t an
lie avoided.
The City of Eugene has taken significant steps to help
save the ozone. An ordinance, created in the last few
months, bans ozone-depleting products. Although the
measure is receiving mixed reviews, it is a positive stop
in ozone protection.
Opponents of the ordinance say Eugene has no busi
ness creating such measures because it cannot change
the status of the ozone. Although it's true that a city this
size cannot make a significant difference on a global lev
el. change must start somewhere.
All national legislation started at the local level. When
other communities see that cities such as Portland,
Eugene and San Francisco care enough to enact ozone
protection laws, they will follow along.
Supporters of ozone legislation hesitantly approve of
the Eugene ordinance. Though the law does not have
mandatory fines for repeat offenders, it goes one step fur
ther to Include i ICFtls in its list of ozone- depleting sub
stances. This is a big step in local legislation because fed
eral ozone laws do not ban HCFCs.
As one of many affected species on the planet, we
have a vested interest in protecting the ozone layer.
Regardless of whether there is a hole, the skin cancer sta
tistics cannot tie ignored.
It is vital to preserve our skin, and laving in the sun
is not going to do it
So when you head for the outdoors this summer make
sure you have a bottle of sunsc reen and some common
sense,
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■ COMMENTARY
Investing in people key to success
Rep Peter Oefa/io
uthing is more important
to raising incomes and
A. s| living standards in this
country than education. The
economii (oi ls an* simple The
more you learn, the more you
earn
The lifetime earnings of col
lege graduates are significantly
higher than non-graduates The
gap in average earnings between
high school and college gradu
ates has doubled from ,19 per
cent in 1979 to BO percent in
1993. Education is the clear fault
line of economic opportunity in
this country
That's why the Republican
budget is particularly alarming.
When Speaker Gingru h and his
colleagues released their budget
blueprint this week, we finally
got an honest look, at what the
Contract With America will
t ost For students and working
families, iht! price is too high
As GOP Representative
George Radanovich told the
Wall Street Journal. "If we had
come out with this budget as our
‘Contract,’ they wouldn't have
voted us in "
The budget plan will devas
tate millions of students and
their families who rely on feder
al education loans for college Of
the $35 billion in financial assis
tance the Department of Kdu<a
tiou plans for grants, loans and
work-study programs, the GOP
budget proposal would cut $24
billion over the next seven
years.
We've got to balance the bud
get But it's wrongheaded to tar
get students, seniors and work
ing families while tn« leasing the
Pentagon's budget by $92 billion
and granting less than 1 percent
of the wealthiest Americans
(those earning more than
S250.000) a $20,000 annual tax
break
Republicans t hose to deed
mate education programs and
student aid rather than tighten
the belt on defense* spending
and make corporations and
wealthy Americans pay their
fair share of taxes
As a re< ipient of financ lal aid
who couldn't have attended col
lege without help, I'm deeply
disturbed by this proposed de
investment in our future
Some of my colleagues forget
tt wasn't long ago when Repub
lican Majority Leader Dick
Armey, Sen Phil Gramm and
House Speaker Newt Gingrich
went to s< hool on student loans.
What was a good investment
then is a good investment now.
Student aid is planting a seed
not only for an individual, but
also for our economic future
Students are already being
priced out of higher education
The total cost of an undergradu
ate degree in today's dollars
(including tuition, books, room
and board) will be about
$40,000 for this year’s first year
students
While Republicans boast of
their S500-per child tax cut for
the middle class, they hide their
intention to make college more
expensive Currently, parents
who want to help their students
go to college must save SHOO a
month for the next four years for
a public, four-year school — and
this is prior to the Republican
budget reductions in student
aid.
Republicans are planning to
eliminate the interest subsidy
for students while they are in
school. This plan will increase a
student's total debt by 20 per
cent An average student will
pay S5.000 more to attend col
lege Students who continue on
to graduate study would see
even larger increases This addi
tional cost will hit working fam
ilies and poor students espei ral
ly hard, forcing many to forego a
higher education.
The Pell Grant program —
once the foundation providing
eauat opportunity and access for
all students — has declined
sharply since 1976, from 4-J |»*r
cent to 21 percent of the average
aid package. Now, Congress
wants to freeze Pell ('.rants at
their 1995 level, making the
grants lose value each year as
the cost of living rises.
In addition, the House budget
proposal ends the need-based
Perkins Loans, affecting more
than 700,000 students. And with
the elimination of the State Stu
dent Incentive Grant. 1,000 ot
Oregon’s neediest students
would lose their aid.
The Republican philosophy is
you make the economy grow by
concentrating more and more
wealth into the hands of fewer
and fewer people at the top.
Higher education is being
slashed by $24 billion to help
fund the Republican $045 bil
lion (ax cuts, skewed toward the
wealthiest Americans Plain and
simple, this is a rerun of trickle
down Reaganomics. During the
trickle-down experiment of the
1980s, the middle class had its
incomes go down and its taxes
go up while the richest 2 percent
had their income go up and their
taxes go down
Reagan and Hush sliced edu
cation funding and we can see
who won and who lost. We have
the greatest income and wealth
gap since the 1920s with the top
1 pert ent of our country having
more wealth than the bottom 90
pen ent combined When our
students are denied access to
higher education, they lose their
chance to climb the ladder oi
success and the gap widens.
We must invest in our people
and our students' education.
Our competitors have figured
this out Germany and Japan
invest in education and training
They have a closer partnership
between government, business,
labor and education because
they know when they're ail on
the same side, their countries
win They tee us on how to get
the most out of every human
Ixting, not just the wealthy
The Republican budget will
condemn the next generation of
Americans to declining incomes
and expei tations It continues
the impoverishment of America,
robbing middle-class families
struggling to get ahead for the
sake of corporate and upper
income tax cuts It is precisely
the wrong medicine for what
oils our nation
Peter DeFazio represents Ore
gon's 4th District in the House of
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