LETTERS
Voter power
The editorial ‘•Senate rate
stagnate* at grade-school level*
IPfif'. |an R) touched on vary
important issue* Oregon
deserve more than m hoot-yard.
name-calling campaigns in
order to make educated t hoi« e*
lor their neat senator.
The candidates in Oregon *
special Senate election have
failed to bring up important
issues concerning the students
of Oregon such as the environ
men! and higher education
However, we do not have to
accept that The fact It. H'» per'
cent of people younger than 30
yean of age consider themselves
environmentalists. The fact is.
there are more than ftO.OOO full
time students in the Oregon
State System of Higher Educa
tion "file fact it. there * power
in numbers
We must hold our candidate*
accountable to the concerns of
students by getting Involved
with non-partisan, issue-based
campaigns. Join the Youth Vme
'Oft. a coalition made up groups
such as Oregon Student l.obhv.
die United States Student Asso
ciation. (ampus (irec-n Vote and
the PUtGa
This is a way to get involved
and make sure other students
can cast informed votes in this
and alt elections of 190ft
Sadie Rogers
Undeclared
Butting out
Normally, t would not grace
lort Bettinetki't opinion with a
response I()l)fi IV* t) Howev
er. Ms Buttinski referred lo lh«
Commentator a* a "news" paper
and our readers as "those of you
who watte your tint* picking up
Itte other mt4t nrt campus *
The Commentator is a biweek
ly journal ol opinion White we
do carry new* clone*, m<>*« are
written with *r tear intent to per
suede
(Xu reader* are those who here
the patience to reed four page
new* Uortei end two page t om
montane* that reflet t a variety of
viewpoint*, hut mo*l important
Iv, do not reflett the watered
down pseudo ideology of other,
tea* hold campus publications
Ms Buttinski went on to write
that "theae publications lark both
the (»|»riwu e and training stu
dent* need to get into the held of
journalism "
Apparently. Union Mqattnr,
the Ctockamo* Hmn* the Srn
go/mre Sun, The /tegnter Cimni
and the Shelter hland Heporter
all disagree, having hired former
staff members of the Omtmenta
for M* Buttinski then wrote,
pathetically “Honestly, what rep
utable news publication is going
to take a t lip from either of these
two publication* seriouslyf*
The clips of Friedrich Von
Carp and |oe llarwooti from the
Commentator were apparently
good enough for last year's Fitter
o/d editor, Italy Soto
Both were hired in news and
editurial positions Former Com
nwnlator editor Fd (anon
worked for the Oregon Voice a*
well and as a result, obtained a
job as the staff reporter for Hen
son Mtgatiw
I’erliapsa little re%ean.li would
make Ms Buttinski feel U*s* lone
ty and misunderstood
Far rah L Bostic
MnnaguiQ Editor
Oregon Commntator
Mean pea Gordon
Gordon Smith wefc* to mtumv
voter* that it not In
hi* 'nature' But utitm* always
»{>*ui louder than word*
In recent week* Smith ha*
advocated discrimination In
hooting against ttliimt who am
iesluan ot gav Denying thaw# uf
txan* equal acce#* in thallet
option* l*. (rankly, mean
Smith aho i ampatgnad (or |a»
Mg» of the jMivnUi nolifitaiion
bill in the Oregon Senate la*l
Slav Fortunately wiser and (ar
more compassionate head* i>(*
vailed, and thi* dangerous bill
was defeated Sending teen girl*
to hack alley abortion* to avoid
telling their parent* of pregnan
cy i», by anyone * yardtlic k.
mean
The majority of employee* at
Smith * Frown h**h have little
or no benefit* Many 'tret by" tm
a subsistence wage of S3 per
hour The*# employee* have
made Smith’* annual pavt heck
of $2 million possible Denying
then dec ent wage* and benefits
i* .. mean.
(ktrdon Smith cannot < onttn
ue to chum tlvat meanness i* * not
in hi* nature "
I'm voting for Ron Wyden.
who*# legislative r»* ord show*
far more empathy for worker*,
the poor ami the elderly Ami you
won't hear Ron Wyden prnrnot
ing discrimination again*! any
«itiren Thi*country could well
founder on the < U**i« nt. evlrem
i»t potlcie* of the young Turk
Kepubticans dividing Congress
We don’t need yet another pea in
that pod Gordon Smith i* *uch
a p*>«
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