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Losing sight of home
■ OUR OPINION: Don’t expect a lot
of school spirit and celebration from the
neglected student body this weekend
oday marks the beginning of
People of all ages are already
-JL. streaming into town from
across the country. Events are begin
ning all over town for everybody to
enjoy. The great, distinguished Uni
versity is on display for alumni, par
ents and students to honor and re
member with great fondness.
But if this year’s Homecoming/
Parent’s Weekend is supposed to be
so great, how come nobody under 25
is excited? Is it because we don’t care
and probably never will? Of course.
Campus apathy is no greater than
during events like this, ones that
seem all too interested in pleasing
those aging alumni and parents who
write the checks. But who could
blame us?
Four events frame this year’s
Homecoming “celebration”— a Duck
Party, Campus Fun Run, something
called Expo ‘96 and the football
game against Arizona. The party is a
great excuse for alumni to get uncon
trollably intoxicated at the Eugene
Hilton amid the sounds of a 40
something band called the Execu
tives. And of course, it excludes all
underage students, a large portion of
the student body.
The Fun Run is also a little scary.
Imagine a large group of 50 and 60
year olds “powerwalking” or, God
forbid, running around campus for
either three or five kilometers. We
students just wouldn’t want anyone
to keel over, let alone join in on the
fun.
Only Expo '96 has the right idea.
Located opposite the alumni tent at
Autzen Stadium before the game, the
exposition showcases 14 colleges
and organizations at the University
as well as school trivia contests and
an epic campus occasion.
CHRIS HUTCHINSON/Emerald
an exhibit on “Homecomings Past.”
Students might actually consider,
just for a second, taking part in this
event. At the very least, Expo ‘96
isn’t solely designed for annual
campus visitors who desperately
need to be entertained.
Instead, Homecoming needs to be
and very well can be, a weekend for
the entire University community.
What ever happened to parades, bor
fires and true school spirit?
Granted, some say that spirit will
never thrive in Eugene because of
our image as another Haight-Ash
bury and our inability to ever be a
true sports powerhouse. But events
like the Eugene Celebration and Sat
urday Market show this city can
have fun together.
Unfortunately, the University isn’t
a big part of this city. And students
are not a big part of Homecoming.
The connections just aren’t there —
but the potential is.
Events need to be planned for
everybody. Students care about this
school; even some people in the
community have shown a interest.
But right now, Homecoming week
end is designed for a select group
with open wallets, not those who call
this place home every day.
This editorial represents the opinion
of the Emerald editorial board.
LETTERS
Policy demeaning
Do the students and staff at the
University of Oregon realize how
they are making the University
look on front pages everywhere
with their proposed new sexual
conduct rules? These are foolish
Victorian rules, at best! The con
cept that women are poor, hopeless
victims of wicked predatory males
is demeaning and infantalizing to
young women today.
The University is not a "Big
Mama,” there to supervise the bed
room lives of students who are past
the age of consent. If lots of Univer
sity coeds are not equipped to deal
with men who are over-aggressive
sexually, classes or workshops on
the subject could be of some value
to them. There are good workshops
and classes for the purpose. But
"Big Mama” in the bedroom and
her unenforceable sexual rules is a
serious disvalue instead. Drop the
idea.
Charles Kelley, Ph. D.
Vancouver, WA
Seats uncomfortable
It is interesting to me how there
is not even one comfortable place
to sit in the Knight or Science li
braries. There are literally hun
dreds of chairs available but not
one you can really relax in. As a
University graduate and tax-paying
member of the community, 1 find it
irritating and discouraging that
these libraries remain so barren
and unaccommodating. In an at
tempt to keep out the homeless, li
brary administrators have made it
miserable for everyone.
Eric Nissan!
Eugene
Coverage lacking
I would like the Emerald to an
swer a question for me. In covering
the story of former Reform Party
vice-presidential candidate Pat
Choate’s appearance on campus on
Oct. 25, you discussed many of
Choate’s positions on national is
sues [ODE, Nov. 1}. Yet when he
was critical of the University ac
cepting Phil Knight’s recent gift of
$25 million, the Emerald didn’t
have a word to say about it. Why?
This issue has a direct impact on
the University. Therefore, when a
national figure comes to campus
and talks about something this
close to home, yet you fail to even
mention it in your story, one has to
wonder why. Why not cover it?
James Johnson
Computer Science
Begin Genesis
Students should know there is
another fresh juice available in the
EMU Fishbowl, University Book
store and many other locations in
town. Genesis Juice has many ad
vantages over Odwalla including 1)
a commitment to organic ingredi
ents, 2) returnable glass containers
and 3) local production by a work
er-owned co-operative.
Genesis is nutritious and deli
cious, and because what is spent
on organic ingredients is mostly
made up by not being delivered
from far away, Genesis is not all
that more expensive either.
And because Genesis Juice is
made locally every day and metic
ulously rotated, never in its nearly
twenty-year history has there been
any of the contamination problems
that Odwalla is now scrambling to
solve.
Scotty Perey
Eugene
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To Odwalla:
The California
based juice com
pany has handled
the recent E. coli
outbreak in their
apple juices with
significant speed
and thoughtful
ness. After 40 re
ported cases of
sickness in four
western states,
the company of
fered to pay any
outbreak-related
medical costs of
the victims.
Chairman Greg
Steltenpohl even
met with the
most seriously
affected victim,
two-year-old
Michael Beverely,
and his family in
Washington on
Monday, vowing
“he would do
anything to help.”
The company
made a terrible
mistake but is an
swering it with an
honorable solu
tion.
~ir~
To Oregon
voters:
Is Oregon not
one of the
greediest states
in the Union?
Besides shud
dering at even
the hint ot a
sales tax, the
voters of the
Beaver State are
passing Mea
sure 47 by more
than 8,000 votes
at the moment.
While only 54
percent of the
precincts have
reported and
8,000 votes still
amounts to
merely a 51/49
margin, just the
fact that Orego
nians consid
ered passing
Measure 47 is a
terrible com
mentary on the
state. Isa 10
percent dip in
property taxes
realty worth all
the conse
quences?