Letters to the editor
Gabbe is not responsible
C.J. Gabbe has shown he’s not
afraid to tarnish the image of a
system that he supposedly holds
in high regard. Widespread revi
sionism is the price we would
pay for underestimating Gabbe’s
past performance, which is lit
tered with disregard for rules.
Monday, Gabbe “dodged one
bullet” but was wounded by an
other. Do you want a presidential
candidate found guilty of not at
tending his office hours? The au
dacity that he has to shut himself
off and then run for their presi
dent is incredulous. This could
only be a reflection of calamities
to come.
The fact that Gabbe and Peter
Larson remain in the election on
a mere technicality is evidence of
the most painful judicial decision
I have seen on this campus. The
ignorant riposte of Gabbe’s staff,
that they “still firmly believe that
they did not break a rule,” speaks
to their lack of knowledge of the
election rules.
I was, however, going to forget
about the whole thing when it
suddenly occurred to me that the
popularity of his candidacy is
largely due to the gross amount of
money that has been spent on his
campaign. This money has gone
toward activities that the ASUO
Constitution Court has found to
be against the election rules. Do
you want executives who will be
fiscally irresponsible?
I vehemently object to these
candidates because I cannot step
aside and let executive hopefuls
commit confrontational, in-your
face acts of unethical behavior
and incompetence.
Jeff Kershner
business and Spanish
Emerald opinions not ethical
The Emerald should be
ashamed of its editorial descrip
tion of C.J. Gabbe (ODE, March 1).
Clearly, the Emerald editorial
board has some type of invested
interest in the outcome of the
ASUO elections and wrote this
editorial in a preposterous last
ditch attempt to affect the out
come. Never in my life have I
seen such a blatantly unethical at
tempt to impact the electoral
process.
I have worked with Gabbe for
last three years, and I can vouch
that he is one of the most honest,
hardworking and well-inten
tioned people I have met. He gen
uinely cares about students, the
University and the state as a
whole. For the Emerald editorial
staff to suggest that Gabbe is any
thing other then a straight shoot
er is malicious.
Maybe the Emerald editorial
staff doesn’t agree with Gabbe’s
politics or opinions, which is per
fectly OK. But for the Emerald to
engage in a partisan-like charac
ter assassination is disgraceful.
University students should be
outraged at the lack of profession
alism and integrity displayed by
those administering their main
source of news. •
If the Emerald editorial staff be
lieves it must disguise transpar
ent campaign propaganda against
targeted political enemies as ob
jective news opinions, then one
can only conclude that its opin
ions probably have no basis in the
first place.
However students at the Uni
versity decide to vote this week,
they need to know that the Emer
ald’s description of Gabbe is un
equivocally false. Gabbe is a great
person who truly believes he can
make the University a better
place. And that is the absolute,
objective truth.
Melanie Spraggi ns
president, Associated Students of
Oregon State University
Emerald shouldn’t side
I am curious why the Emerald
would so blatantly go against their
core purpose of being the “stu
dents’ voice.” I am an average stu
dent, and what I see occurring can
be called nothing short of moron
ic. When a very decent majority of
the student body obviously favors
two candidates for office over the
rest, you uninformed caged ani
mals find it within your right to
make accusations that are totally
unfounded. If you can’t find hon
est, decent reasons to take some
one off the ballot, then why must
you resort to pure emotional re
sponse? You are only worsening
the case against your own argu
ment. I would have thought that
you learned this as freshmen, or
as journalists, but apparently, you
all need a lesson in common
sense. What kind of suppressed
Nazi control fantasy are you try
ing to live under anyway? The
Emerald completely has the right
to take a stance behind one candi
date instead of another, but you
are only serving to further spread
rumors and hearsay. No student
I’ve met respects the slander that
occurs on a national level for the
presidential campaign, so I’m cu
rious what makes you think doing
the same thing with our student
government is going to accom
plish. Congratulations, you’ve
made yourself as credible as MAD
magazine. If you had even an
ounce of respect from me before
the elections, you have lost it. If I
ever see a chance to truly stick it to
the Emerald, I will make it a point
to do so.
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