Letters to the editor
Actions result of students
I would strongly urge the
Emerald to refrain from further
printing any material that credits
University President Dave
Frohnmayer’s movement toward
a corporate code of conduct as
anything other than reactionary
to the student movement. It was
the students who brought this is
sue out of hiding. And the presi
dent’s actions have been made
only according to the demands
of those students.
Since students began organiz
ing on this issue a year and a half
ago, Frohnmayer’s actions have
been purely bureaucratic and
have successfully stalled the
making of any solid decisions.
By promising the formation of a
committee (which holds no deci
sion-making weight) last spring
and the committee not meeting
until fall — one of many exam
ples — the president has re
vealed his true stance on this is
sue.
A point of interest: If this Uni
versity is funded by student tu
ition, how is it that students oc
cupying University property are
justifiably arrested? When the
laws make little sense, that is
when we must defy them.
Nicholas Vaughan
jazz studies
Props to the president
During the last week, many of
the students and faculty at the
University have seen the signs
reminding all of us how many
fateful days are left until Univer
r
sity President Dave Frohnmayer
must sign on the Worker Rights
Consortium or see the conse
quences. In a countdown not un
like that of Y2k, one could not
look very far on this campus
without seeing a Dixie plate
hammered into the grass with
the reminder and question,
“Four days left ... Will Frohn
mayer sign?”
Well, those four days have
come and gone, and as evidence
by the protest and arrests on
April 4, Frohnmayer did not
meet the deadline imposed on
him, and suddenly, one gets the
impression from reading the
April 5 issue of the Emerald or
walking by the administration
building that we now have the
anti-Christ in charge of the Uni
versity.
In a time where very few peo
ple can make the claim that
their actions match their words,
I feel very fortunate to have
such a person as Frohnmayer as
president of the University.
True character in a leader is a
rarity here in Eugene, and to
those who feel the need to sling
mud at Frohnmayer’s name be
cause he didn’t comply to some
date set by some group, I say
grow up and open your eyes.
One would think that a cause
such as the WRC on a campus
such as the University would
draw a huge crowd to protest.
But it didn’t.
Frohnmayer, on behalf of the
99 percent of the campus that is
n’t camped outside your office
right now, may I express to you
our heartfelt thanks for your
work and effort as president.
John Condie
senior
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