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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 2001)
Friday Editor in chief: Jack Clifford Managing Editor: Jessica Blanchard Newsroom: (541) 346-5511 Room 300, Erb Memorial Union P.O. box 3159, Eugene, OR 97403 E-mail: ode@oregon.uoregon.edu EDITORIAL EDITOR: MICHAEL J. KLECKNER opededitor@journalist.com The Times, they are a-chanein’ W ell, the “Old Gray Lady” gave way to color photographs on its front page and has finally caved to the demands of money. Of course, The New York Times doesn’t quite put it that way, but the stately “paper of record” has, as of April 22, begun printing personal ads for its Sunday editions. This is no joke. And it seems both inevitable and prob- . ^ v ** "" ^ bly innocuous. The Times’advertising rev person^ a" ^usHEtOffl t leete'mQWV oUt ,.c figure OUT n ^oU §f hB\pusuy oseataH-'s g servesany P'”*1 tay«ng '°'?» 1 tL soc»\®n9’ -w be\n(3 tM | SiSfesrSl wtww'SSJSwai EdftonalMa(<1°petai.e\V 'Na'ffij| nevJSPaPerr,°®d mosttV "1 iotaftV . ur' mpieteW eO0^!! I formed* c0™Un form sawi.| \r\dW^u^s • rteas inottenswe'Peas-,ovta\i«n9W »**SS5itS Letters to the editor Gun control column doesn’t earn respect The May 8 issue of the Emer ald had a column (“Gun control is a matter of respect”) that should be an embarrassment to the paper, and it ironically uses the word “respect” — in big let ters — in the title. It’s the kind of writing that keeps the Emerald from garnering much respect. Written by Rebecca Newell, the piece, which was in some twist ed way about “gun control,” is simply an ineffective piece of writing — the kind we writing teachers are always asking stu dents to keep working on as we offer them the help they need. Why didn’t someone at the Emer ald do the same for this one? At the core, there are three major problems. First, the writer contradicts herself, saying on the one hand she is against gun control and on the other that she wants to limit gun sales to mi nors and to have background checks on weapon sales, includ ing, supposedly, sales at gun shows. Both of these limits in volve legislated control and re striction, a.k.a. “gun control.” Second, her entire argument is based on one extended anec dote and three cliches. Finally, she doesn’tseem to understand the Second Amend ment to the Constitution. In a world ever more dominat ed by the superficial and pro foundly affected by uncritical thinking, we like to think that a university might offer an anti dote. Remember that the Emer ald is the face of the University to many people; with full-page essays like this, it’s not looking good. Jeff Harrison Ph.D. Class of ’95 instructor Lane Community College Newspaper union thanks it supporters I would like to thank the com munity for its solid support of the Eugene Newspaper Guild and other newspaper workers as we work to reach fair contracts with The Register-Guard. I would especially like to thank the local Jobs for Justice Chapter (the Eugene Springfield Solidar ity Network) and also the Team sters for their help in creating a successful rally attended by nearly 300 people. The May 1 rally included peo ple representing unions from all over the region, from the OPEU to AFSCME, from carpenters to postal carriers to teachers, as well as ministers and members ._.jofsocial|usticegroups.Newspa-_ per workers received a powerful message that the community cares about what happens at their daily newspaper and that our community cares about workers being treated with fair ness and respect. We are glad The Register Guard has started writing stories about its labor issues. This indi cates that the company heard community concerns expressed at the rally. We hope the compa ny also will consider another message the community sent at the rally: Get rid of that union busting attorney from Nashville, L. Michael Zinser, and sit down to bargain so we can reach a fair contract. The Guild remains hopeful that bargaining can move for ward in a more positive manner. Our next bargaining date is May 22-23. The community support has been crucial, and we thank everyone who came to the rally or sent e-mails and letters of sup port to the publisher. Kim Gilbert vice president Eugene Newspaper Guild CORRECTION The front page photograph in Thursday’s flag was not Oregon track athlete Billy Pappas. The Emerald regrets the error. Frank Silva Leftfield xftC uk. ms -rt>t -f'WJki 1! ' Wrty AREjoJ ofPoS&Jo A CHotS* A*j ? AftnOpf-4. .1 u-j Ji. V 5f‘ 4®
