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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1996)
VIEWPOINTS fOITORIRlS OPIWIOWS, UTTIRS TO INC tOtTOR Senate race stagnates at grade-school level ■ OUR OPINION should tell Smith and Wyden that name-caUmg won t *in the e*ect»on If you want to know what the real issue* an? In the ram for Union's IJ S Sen ile teat. unplug your tolevi *lon Since th« end of the pri mary election* on Dm 5, Democratic cindkltte Ron Wyden end Republican can didale (.onion Smith hav« been slinging lIn* proverbial mud at each other ntrtm the state's television *i mens, him king tha light of ln»«h from voters With the Jan .10 election nipping at their hmils, both candidates have m tolerated the slough of m*galive ads against each other, opting to inundate voters with rea son* why they shouldn't vote for the other candidate This type of politic at advertising ha* limonie standard fan* for national offices In recent years, but On*gon has never seen any thing quite this churlish or pointless before Wyden ha* painted .Smith as a self absorbed, greedy and uneth ical rich boy who dumps effluent into the state'* pris tine waters Smith has called Wyden a liar and hammers home the message that Wyden is out uf-louch with his con stituents by illustrating Wyden's inability to name the price of bread or Ond Bosnia on a globe Until now. beating up one s opponent in public was a tac tic employed only by candidate* who did not have strung service record* or public recognition with which to woo voters {sen* (*QOrgt» Bush. 1 **»»«! What is most confusing and embar resting about these personal attar ks. Is that both Smith sn«l Wvden have impressive enough background* to win the «*|i* tion without them Yet they Insist on talking about each other ret her than the issue* only be* sum they think it works Political strategist * look at previous user* of op(»onent attack.* (see, again, the afore mentioned Bush) and note how often kinder gentler politician* lose seals to sucker-punching candi date* What they do not take into account, however , Is how much public confi dence (and tolerance) is lost in the process It’* time for us to tell them. We, their would Us employers, have to tell them that we will refuse to vote for either candidate If they continue to waste our time with grade sc hoof level squabbles It’s lime to pick up the phono C all Wvdati'l office at (503) 231 2300 and tell hi* message taker* that if he doesn’t stop the negative ads, you will write in Peter lkepaxto's name on the ballot. Then, dial up Smith's headquarter* at (5031378 8173 and tell him you’ll Ice writing in Norma Pauius if he contin ue* to talk about hi* oppo nent instead of the issues While you’re at )l, tell ihein that you’re encouraging your friend* and family to do the same This has been a short campaign (can we hoar an "amenr), and as the final dale lo replace Oregon’s most famous groper approaches, the only fact we’re sure of is that we’re stuck choosing between Oregon’s most famous gripers *a» <*»*•* («■•*»« a»m i.w^ i Ml ^nikMitt me *«mn» me *►.•*»* emwm »><*»i»e»i.t:>»* tamaie ***>»■.■« ft «* <«p™ CN*m *«•«!* «**• ►«, Meiewwe mm «*m«m t* m MMn* mu •Kn * Me MW «e «c »<» Mmem* ow* igM.lMe Ktamfimv 0 Wm ttaMMWfe *** fiWMStf « #****» vwimm >% **nwa* <i«j( t * !»•■»»* »*** t* ** !#■*» «• CM : I in#** M*- - * — *-MM— ,h,,|. >1. ^,,., *■- •-■ • *■ - — e . ., .„. 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I wa§ vo angered I feel 1 i»wd lo mpond The 'kicker" law gis-e* back So people wfuii shay rightfully have earned and deserve Should they <.hoove lo give that money lo school* or charities. shat i* thmr own dec ition If the stale needs more money, then « should ask <•* new moo** but if ii receives what ii expects to receive, it should give bee k everything in mxam* of that You mentioned an idea of giv ing everyone an equal share of the esi.es* fund* Why should girl who paid $ SO tn taxes from her newspaper route receive the same refund a* someone who worked <0 hours a week at a far. lory or offkv? t in sure you're method of Kobm liuod" polite * would fly with the homeless and all the people hanging nut in front of ?• hieseii but what about the peo ple svho mM then money and paid their taaes They don't deserve to Ijv robbed blind sim ply iev.au*e they has e rash tension Smith i* merely stand ing up for taxpayers by helping to refund the money that is nght fully their* If it helps him to get elected. *o he it I'd rather have him in office than a robber. Gregory Oaruamonl Economics Rape sinkness |en lohnton's letter (OOF. Nov 20) on rape wa# full of information, but unfortunately contained tome misinformation a* svell She wrote that ‘women can only take measure* to increase their chance* of surviving an attack (They! cannot present an assault.” Thi# t* not quite true. Anybody ous take steps to lessen the ciiancv of an assault esen if he or the cant lower the chance to tero I think best in metaphor*, so I think of rape as a disease (a bad (mw*. but not usually fatal) The?re art* dlHerence*. of course — viruses don't have choices. art; harder to blame. and there is much less stigma attached to get • ting sitk — but the similarities are worth looking at If you want to avoid getting sick, you take care of yourself. You try to May warm, avoid real ly sick people, sleep, and eat a balanced diet. Even if you do all that land who can'), vou can still get sick Hut they lower your c hance of getting alck. If you don't take c are of yourself and get sick, it would m ludicrous to think that you "deserved it" or were trying to get skit. Similarly, if you want to avoid rape, you tan take steps to he/p prevent hemming a victim. They don't eliminate the risk, just lessen it Jf you don't follow them you might tie foolish, but you're Mill not to blame if you are atlas kod Only the atta< ker is to blame Jed Herman Mathematic* Emerald funding I commend your hard work and perseverance on publishing a daily t ampti* mm spaper Most of your art ii !e* are thorough and well-reported leant imagine the disc ipline that goes into the pule licaiion of a daily (taper However, as the Kditor of X Magr.un# l can relate on a sim ilar level. Although we are a monthly magazine, much hard work go*-* into our publication, especially because we are self sufficient We accept none of the University's funds, except when it advertises with us I don't believe the QPE should take approximately SUH.OUO per year of student fees Ptiaaae explain to me why your prices are four times higher than ours, you get more advertising tlian we do. yet you still take stu dent fees’ It seems to me you could find a more appropriate way to organize your finances Our prices are t/4 that of yours, and still, without taking any stu dent fees (we are a business run by stuck*!ts who started bum Sol, we manaoa to c ome mo Maybe I am no! giving you enough credit. 1 don't know how the OOt's ft nances are run. so! shouldn't criticize them Although the ODE keeps the campus community aware of what's going on. I don't find tt so important as to use more than SIOO.(KH) per year Secondly, you seem to fail to recognize any of the other pub lications on campus Rmenlly. you published an article on View Magazitw. You spoke about how amazing it was that University graduates were able to publish a local magazine, yet you fail to recognize the publication* that are run by students The ODE has a responsibility to represent the University with out any biases Therefore, I believe you should recognize your fellow publications While all of them may not have the advantage of massive student fees, they all strive to represent and entertain students Again. I appreciate the ODE You publish a quality paper but so do many others in Kugene You are the only publication in Eugene that is expected to rep resent all students Because you reach a nonspecific group. M me remind you of the publications that are more specific. One of them happens to be X Magtitin* While you report local politics, we interviewed a Beastie Boy. write about sex and have car reviews. Why don't we support one another instead of ignoring one another? Jennifer She* Johnston Editor, x Magainf LETTERS POLICY The Oregon DtuSy EmoreW wilt attempt to print aM letter* containing comment* on top a ol interest to the Unrvernty community letters to the eaten must be limited to no more than 250 words leg**#. signed and me identification ot the writer must be verified when the letter •* submitted The £m#ra« reserves the ngre to ed« any tatier tor lengsi or styte
