LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Research saves lives
To all SETA members: Do you
even realize that your actions to
stop animal research would, if
fulfilled, condemn people to
death? Animal research is the
best chance we have of stopping
horrors like cancer and AIDS,
not to mention a host of other fa
tal and life-threatening illnesses.
Without the information that an
imal experimentation has pro
vided, countless numbers of
people suffering from such con
ditions would have been denied
any form of treatment, likely dy
ing as a result. And if such re
search were to stop now, count
less more would be denied hope,
not to mention any sort of a fu
ture.
Yes, it sucks that we have to
do this to animals. But the fact
is, there’s no other way. SETA
members tout the idea of using
cell cultures and computer sim
ulations as replacements for ani
mal research, but such methods,
though helpful, are just not so
phisticated enough to replace
the use of animals. Just look at it
from a simple cost-effectiveness
point of view: The effort and
cost of obtaining and maintain
ing animals for research is near
ly prohibitive; besides the cost
of the actual animal, you have to
factor in feeding, cleaning and
housing costs, as well as staff to
care for the animal. Compare
that with the ease and relative
cheapness of examining a petri
dish or a computer simulation,
and you see it’s no contest.
If such alternate means of re
search could actually provide
the same level of information at
a fraction of the cost and effort,
what scientist in his or her right
mind wouldn’t choose to use
them? So, then, because animal
research is still considered nec
essary, there can be only two ex
planations: Either animal exper
imentation is truly the best
chance we have of curing tragic
illnesses, or researchers simply
like to cut open animals. Ask
any scientist about the latter
choice — you'll find that it’s by
far the worst part of his or her
work.
Michael Stiso
Graduate student
Senate disrespectful
While not every speaker will
capture the attention of the Sen
ate, and certainly not every
speaker will win the votes of
each senator, dignity demands
that those elected to the Student
Senate should at least show dig
nity and respect for those who
have courage enough to stand in
front of 18 popularly elected of
ficials and speak about an issue
that is important to them. To do
otherwise is a disgrace not only
to the office for which a rude
senator holds, but also to the
student population of this cam
pus.
Nowhere in the rule book
does it say that the senators of
this student government must
agree with every speaker that
presents themselves to that
body, but common decency dic
tates that they at least act with
civility and respect.
Wednesday’s Senate meeting
was an embarrassment to both
the Senate and to this Universi
ty, as elected officials treated the
speaker present with total disre
spect and indecency. Perhaps
they should all be reminded that
it is we, the students, who do the
electing, and we can easily re
move them from office for an of
fense of this nature.
Scott Austin
English/political science
Can Kitzhaber
In his announcement to run
for re-election as governor, John
Kitzhaber proposed possibly a
dozen new government pro
grams while promising to ex
pand many others. Mr.
Kitzhaber failed, however, to ex
plain how this array of govern
ment crusades would be paid
for. This is too often the case
with him.
During the last legislative ses
sion, two of Kitzhaber’s pro
posed sources of revenue were a
5-cent per gallon increase in the
gasoline tax, and expanding the
Oregon Lottery to include video
slot machines. These are two ex
tremely regressive forms of tax
ation; that is, they will usurp a
higher proportion of the in
comes of the poorest Oregonians
than from the rich and upper
middle classes.
Proposing new programs to
garner votes is easy — paying for
all of them is difficult. Don’t
think that Kitzhaber will hit up
corporations either. Kitzhaber
has used Oregon tax dollars to
promote Oregon’s industries in
Southeast Asia, a blatant and ar
bitrary form of corporate wel
fare. Kitzhaber knows exactly
where the money will come
from — your pocket.
Don’t buy the rhetoric. Can
Kitzhaber.
Peter Enslow
Chairman, U of 0 College Republicans
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