Commentary
President Frohnmayer addresses
surcharge, quality of education
Guest commentary
Dear students,
As we approach commencement,
I want to congratulate all of you on
an outstanding year. And I want to
assure you that we will continue the
University's tradition of excellence
and quality at a reasonable cost, de
spite difficult economic times in the
state and the nation.
As we look forward to next year,
we are committed to maintaining
our academic programs, to making
sure that students have the oppor
tunity to interact with faculty and to
providing the wide availability of
courses that will enable you to grad
uate in a timely fashion and begin
your professional career.
We received national attention
this year for our innovative efforts
to help you control the cost of your
education by allowing you to take
late afternoon and evening classes
at discounted tuition rates. Next
fall, we will extend the discounts to
early morning classes as well, pro
viding even greater opportunities
for you to hold down your educa
tional costs.
We weathered this year's finan
cial challenges with belt tightening
and a tuition surcharge that let us
continue to provide the classes and
the services you need at the quality
you should expect from a great uni
versity. Because we recognize that
the surcharge imposes a hardship
on many students and their fami
lies, we dedicated a portion of the
funds to additional financial assis
tance. If you have concerns about
your ability to finance your educa
tion, please contact the Office of Fi
nancial Aid. Our staff is committed
to helping you.
Despite the economic pressures
we face, the University will contin
ue to offer you an education led by
internationally lauded faculty mem
bers with the classes, facilities and
resources you will need to reach
your academic and professional
goals. We look forward to seeing you
here for summer session or back
again this fall.
Warm regards,
Dave Frohnmayer
Dave Frohnmayer is the University
president.
No one has right answer on abortion
Guest commentary
In a recent commentary (“Stu
dents must see results of abor
tion,” ODE, May 6), Brian Stubbs
suggested that the negative re
sponse of many students to the
anti-abortion pictures were, in
fact, the sole product of the choice
that “pro-abortion” students so
coveted and, therefore, ought to be
seen as beautiful.
He mentioned that Planned
Parenthood was “big business,”
and, therefore, pro-choice facts
were propaganda and finished by
pointing out the hypocrisy of sup
porting choice and decrying war.
I’m not going to respond to the
entire argument, particularly the
propaganda part, because I don’t
know what was said, but I’ll say
what I know.
First of all, no activist is “pro
abortion,” and, in fact, anyone
who denies abortion to a woman
who will die, along with her child,
through the course of her preg
nancy cannot claim the status,
“pro-life.”
The truth is that the abortion is
sue comes down to a decision to ei
ther honor the inalienable right of a
person over “their” body, or to in
stead honor the inalienable right of
a “person” over their body. My point
is that abortion should not be the
subject of self-righteous rants but
rather ought to be confronted as a
serious issue.
As for Rachel Pilliod urging
people not to view the posters,
while idea exchange is important,
there is a fuzzy line between
speech and an attack, and huge
posters of third-term fetus brains
are not only a wholly inaccurate
picture of abortion but also right
on that line.
Certainly, showing these posters
to someone who has actually had
an abortion, even if they snuffed
that would-be life early and for all
the right reasons, crosses over into
the realm of a psychological attack,
and the truth is, like me, you will
never have to make that choice,
and you have no right scoffing at
the inability of others.
The Iraq argument goes both
ways. First of all, anti-war
demonstrators were never
aligned with Saddam Hussein any
more than they were ever against
America. Who are you to say that
the thousands of people we
bombed was justified for the sake
of safety, but that giving a woman
the right to make a choice that
will affect herself and her family,
for the rest of their lives, is repul
sive and offensive?
In short, abortion is a tough
problem. Anyone who has the an
swer is lying. I believe the best
route is to leave that problem up to
the person, and hopefully the peo
ple, that it’s going to affect, rather
than assuming that the United
States government can make that
decision for them.
Damian Kemp is a senior biology major.
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