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Friday, October 19,2001
Editor in Chief:
Jessica Blanchard
Managing Editor:
Michael J. Kleckner
Editorial Editor:
Julie Lauderbaugh
Assistant Editorial Editor:
Jacquelyn Lewis
Yesteryear's
Editorial
For Old
Oregon
Football practice behind
closed doors began Mon
day night. This was the
occasion for that little
sign “secret practice,” so signifi
cant to football fandom. It marks
the advent of that period when
the final rounding is given the
team in preparation for the open
ing of the season. It also marks the
advent of that season of fireside
speculation where the do pesters
hold forth in high glee and tell
how much they — don’t know.
And that little bug of anticipation
gets into the blood and sets afire
the spirit of enthusiasm.
And the sign of secret prac
tice on the gates of Kincaid field
is the beginning of the rally sea
i sou. It is the occasion for the
great old Oregon Spirit to sim
ply ooze and inundate the cam
pus with the manly enthusi
asms of clean sportsmanship.
Oregon Spirit is with us always.
| It fosters our democracy and
j gives fame to our alma mater.
But a rally is the factor that
makes it effervesce in the exu
berance of the occasion.
And watch the old Oregon
Spirit effervesce tomorrow
morning!
Tomorrow morning is the first
rally of the year. It is the first op
portunity w'e are going to have
of showing “Bez” and “Bill”
and “Dean” and the “team” that
we are behind them strong. It is
the first opportunity we are go
ing to have of showing them
that we are going to give them
everything we have got in the
way of rooting and moral sup
port.
We ve got a hunch that Ore
gon has the greatest team in his
tory this year. In fact we think
that this is the year that Dobie
will meet his Waterloo. But that
is no reason why we should not
get our — every mother’s son of
us — and tell the coach and the
team how great is our Oregon
Spirit. For that is the spirit of
“backing ’em up” like two years
ago when Oregon had its weak
est team. It was at a rally then
that the students of Oregon
turned out in a great demonstra
tion of “pep” and the next day
backed the team to a tie game
with the famed Aggies. That
was Oregon Spirit — that stand
ing by the team through thick or
thin.
And it is standing by the team
tomorrow that we want to do.
Out we must get and show a lit
tle zaz, and root till the lining of
our lungs is raw and our vocal
chords emit sounds like the
croaking of the bull frog.
Editor's note: This editorial was taken
from the September 26.1916. issue of the
Emerald to offersome history in honor of
Homecoming. Happy 125th birthday to
the University, and Go Ducks!
Guest Commentary
Jan
_Spencer__
Parkway will add to our oil dependence
What is the common
denominator
between a proposed
freeway project in
Eugene, a mined out salt cavern
in Texas and thousands of U.S.
military personnel headed to
Afghanistan? Answer: oil.
This week, Eugene will vote
on the proposed West Eugene
Parkway (Measure 20-54). The
Parkway would bypass West
11th Avenue, extending six
miles from Garfield west past
the Urban Growth Boundary.
Salt caverns in Texas? These
are the home to the U.S.
Strategic Oil Reserve. Literally,
hundreds of millions of barrels
of oil are stored in these caverns,
a petroleum safety net for unsta
ble times.
The proposed Parkway is
designed to enhance traffic
through West Eugene and to facil
itate development of industrial,
residential and commercial prop
erty in that area. This means
more traffic, more sprawl and
more need for more oil.
The military operation in
Afghanistan is very much about
access to the region's massive
reserves of oil and the pipelines
that transport it. “You cannot dis
cuss the violence of this region
outside the context of oil,” says
Vakhtang Kolbaya, deputy chair
man of the parliament in the
republic of Georgia. “It’s at the
heart of the problem.”
With 5 percent of the world's
population, the United States
consumes about one-fourth of
the world’s oil, indulging a fleet
of cars and trucks that remark
ably declined in miles per gallon
efficiency during the past year.
Meanwhile, the caverns in
Texas hold 545 million barrels of
oil, an amount good for 80 days
a decade ago and now down to
53 days. This is a worrisome
trend. We are using more oil
than ever and more of it than
ever is coming from foreign
sources.
The proposed Parkway would
add to the pressure for future
military adventures as the
United States struggles to pro
long its dependence on an oil
based transportation system.
The sprawl, gridlock, big box
stores and congestion will be
sending their troops to the
Mideast again via the West
Eugene Parkway.
What's the alternative? While
voting no on the Parkway, ■ we
can vote yes on Measure 20-53.
This ballot measure offers a
beginning to improving trans
portation choices and land use
design. A large freeway project
in Portland was canceled six
years ago in favor of an alterna
tive approach. Eugene has a role
model.
This special election provides
a timely opportunity for voters in
Eugene to help turn around our
dependence on oil. Voting no on
Measure 20-54 is a vote for com
mon sense and national security.
Jan Spencer is from Eugene.
Letters to the editor
Students for Choice set the
record straight
We would like to thank the Emer
ald for its interest in our group, but
we regret the incorrect information
presented in the article in the
Wednesday, Oct. 17, Spotlight On
Campus special section (“Student
group revives old programs,” ODE).
We write this letter to avoid misun
derstandings and confusion. The
article contained several mistakes.
First, Students for Choice is not
an affiliate of the College Democ
rats. Students for Choice is an all
inclusive group with no party al
liances; we welcome individuals
of any political background.
.Second, Students for Choice
does not offer contraceptive serv
ices of any kind. We are an infor
mation resource only. Our goal is
to alert students to reproductive
health issues and campaign for re
productive rights. We inform stu
dents of services and programs
that offer reproductive health serv
ices in the Eugene area.
Thirdly, Students for Choice is
not part of the Family Planning Ex
pansion Project. FPEP, which is
administered through the Univer
r
sity Health Center and the Lane
County Health Department, offers
free contraceptive and family
planning services to individuals
who meet FPEP requirements.
Students for Choice, acting as a
middleman to educate students
about FPEP, has applications and
information about the program,
but does not determine eligibility
or provide any FPEP services.
Kathryn Phillips
Lauren Manes
Students tor Choice co-directors
Editor’s note: The Emerald re
grets the errors.
Computers can save energy
According to Professor Greg
Bothum in Physics 162, turning
off computers on weekends
saves the following:
1 CPU + monitor = 200 watts
200 watts x 48 hours = 10
KWHs
20,000 CPUs x 10 KWHs =
200 MWHs
$50 per MWH = 10,000 per
weekend = 500,000 dollars per
year!
Jeremy Gunderson
senior
planning, public policy and
CORRECTIONS
A guest commentary
in Wednesday’s
paper (“Islamic
religion not to blame
for acts of terrorism,
violence,” ODE,
10/17) listed an
incorrect phone
numberforthe
Muslim Student
Association. Their
phone number is
346-3798.
In the Greek Life
story in the Spotlight
on Campus special
section (“Campus
Greek Life is rich in
history,” ODE,
10/17), the Gamma
Phi Beta chapter's
house was
incorrectly identified.
The original house
was on East 13th
Avenue and Alder
Street. The chapter
moved into its
current house on
Hilyard Street in
1926.
The Emerald regrets
the errors.