LETTERS
Action inappropriate
I salute the ASUO for their good
intentions, but 1 disagree with its
methods. By withholding floor
level student seating, the ASUO
will be distracting Coach Jerry
Green and the men’s basketball
team during one of their most im
portant games of the season and
punishing well-behaved fans.
While the visibility of the ASUO’s
action will raise awareness, the
students who are responsible for
the unruly behavior will go un
punished.
The ASUO should have consid
ered a less controversial, more ac
curately targeted course of action.
Rather than withholding seats,
the ASUO could have volun
teered to help security personnel
identify and remove fans exhibit
ing inappropriate behavior. This
method may not have resulted in
television interviews for ASUO
executive officers, but the offen
sive fans would have received the
message.
Justin Holman
Geography
Fan focus
As a former front row fan dur
ing the late 1970s, we also had
some discretions that had to be
managed. The best method came
directly from the coach and team
themselves in the form of a busi
ness card that not only described
the fans as the best, but what ac
tions would make them better and
what actions were unacceptable.
Visiting players have also
demonstrated the lack of disci
pline to refrain from taunting the
fans. Celebration is disciplined in
football, why not basketball?
Though I think this action is a
decent reminder, sportsmanship
and team support should be em
phasized even more. Mac Court is
one of the greatest places to watch
basketball in my mind when the
fans are focused on supporting
the team and not targeting the op
posing players with direct slurs
and discrimination.
Jim Aiken
Alumni ’81
OSPIRG project
OSPIRG’s Streamwalk group is
enthusiastically looking forward
to a large-scale work project next
Saturday, Mar. 1. However, we
are still looking for an extensive
number of volunteers. The project
will be conducted at the Mt. Pis
gah Arboretum and will include
trail restoration work and a chil
dren’s nature walk.
Most student groups on cam
pus have already received a letter
or phone call asking for volun
teers. We requested that our pro
ject be brought up in meetings in
order to get a list of people who
are interested. We are very excit
ed to include other groups in our
work party. We are now inviting
the readers of the Emerald to be
come part of this group as well.
We hope to see many students,
parents, and children at the event
on Mar. 1. OSPIRG’s environmen
tal education team has been tak
ing flyers to elementary schools
throughout the Eugene area.
Streamwalk members had a fabu
lous time working with children
on a similar project last year, and
we are looking forward to another
opportunity.
So if you are part of a group you
think may be interested, or you
would like more details, come by
the OSPIRG office in Suite 1 of the
EMU. Come get your hands dirty
and have fun too!
Rachel McCormmach
Co-leader
Streamwalk
Support corridor
The Willamette Scenic Corri
dor is an area of the Willamette
River that spans from the Autzen
footbridge down to EWEB. It is a
scenic, natural environment en
joyed by the public.
The Waterfront Urban Renew
al District is calling this undevel
oped region an area of “econom
ic blight.” They want to
“remedy” this by paving and de
veloping it, and they plan to af
ford this through tax increment
financing. This means that prop
erty taxes from a zone of high in
come agencies are funneled into
a special fund that goes toward
developing this area.
Developing the Willamette
Scenic Corridor is more than an
environmental issue; it is a social
issue. This is an area in town
where students and working
class citizens, who can’t afford to
go out of town very often, can go
and enjoy nature. The footpath is
used by hundreds of people.
Why would anyone want to de
velop a natural and scenic public
area?
Eugene is being eaten bite by
bite by people who want more
development and who have
money. Maybe a couple bites
here and there won’t make us re
alize what’s happening over
all...must we watch all our natur
al areas get eaten by expansion
before we wake up?
The Taxpayers Urban Renewal
Reform Act is currently in the
making. Please support it when it
comes out and call for a stop to
more urban development with
out permission by the people.
Robin Retherford
Eugene
Fire starters
The ASUO plan to rope off stu
dent seats is completely ludi
crous. When an arena such as
Mac Court only holds just over
10,000 fans, the University and
the Athletic Department cannot
afford to have that happen, and
should not let that happen. Fans
like me, who are now alumni and
no longer students, cringe to see
good seats go to waste, especially
when we have to get some of our
tickets through other means,
without the assurance of getting
to watch a game against a top Pac
10 team.
Unfortunately, we live in a
racially divided society. But why
should we let the ASUO punish
the students (and the fans), and al
low them to add more fuel to the
fire?
Todd Helton
Alumni ’94
Salem: Kitzhaber speaks on capital steps
■ Continued from Page 1
and given tips on how to lobby.
Issues the students were trained
about included advocating for the
proposed tuition freeze, getting
students back on the Oregon
Health Plan, increasing the Ore
gon Need grant, reallocating funds
for student child care and keeping
the collection and allocation of
student incidental fees in stu
dents’ hands.
“We want to see that each stu
dent learns the basics of each is
sue, but we also want the students
to focus on their own experiences
and daily lives,” said John Isaacs,
field organizer for OSA.
For many of the students partic
ipating in Lobby Day, it was their
first time visiting the capitol.
“I came to Lobby Day to gain
first-hand experience and pro
mote student issues,” said Emily
Robertson, a sophomore political
science major and a member of the
EMU Board.
One highlight of the day was the
rally on the capitol steps that fea
tured Gov. Kitzhaber. Also speak
ing were State Senators Eugene
Timms and Susan Castillo and
State Representative Ryan Deckert.
“Tuition has gone up 80 percent
since 1990. That is unacceptable;
it is time to turn it around,”
Kitzhaber said.
Kitzhaber was positive about
the future of Oregon and has plans
to invest in education, transporta
tion, health care and the environ
ment.
Timms, co-chair of the Ways
and Means committee, said he
was optimistic about the tuition
freeze and felt that many other leg
islators felt the same way.
“We all know the value of a col
lege education,” Timms said.
“Most of the leadership agrees
with the tuition freeze.”
University graduate and new
member of the Oregon House
Ryan Deckert sent the crowd into
cheers as he announced that the
state legislature should “show me
the money” for education.
“The rally was great. Kitzhaber
always has great ideas on educa
tion,” said Teresa Tobin, a Univer
sity sophomore majoring in histo
ry.
“But 1 think Ryan Deckert had
the right idea with the ‘show me
the money’ theme,” she said.
The afternoon was spent meet
ing with 90 individual legislators
in their offices sharing personal
stories and concerns on higher ed
ucation issues.
Ed Dennis, executive director of
OSA, explained how legislators
are tired of seeing the same higher
education lobbyists on every issue
and how beneficial it is for stu
dents to go in and explain the
hardships they face themselves.
“Grassroots organizing events
(including Lobby Day), are a great
way to get students involved in
government activities,” Isaacs
said. “It is one of the rare times
that students can be heard at this
level.”
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