SLAP IN THE FACE
As an alumna of the UO, I am disgusted
by the arrogance of Richard Lariviere
in giving salary increases of up to 30
percent to the highest paid offi cials of
the institution. What an insult and slap in
the face to the hundreds of staff members
who are being forced to take reductions in
pay and who make only a fraction of the
$200,000 to $350,000 salaries of these
offi cials. If they are dissatisfi ed by their
pay, let them leave and take other jobs. I’m
sure there are many other people equally
qualifi ed who would be willing to take
their places and perform just as well or
better.
This action shows an equal disregard
and disdain for the students who are facing
yet another large increase in tuition, many
of whom will spend years paying off
student loans or will be forced to drop out
of college.
Mr. Lariviere might as well rename the
place “Oregon Athletic Training Center”
and give up the pretense of being an
educational institution if this is his sense
of priorities.
Judy Romans
Eugene
ROBBIN’ HOOD
Is the UO run by the Republican Party?
Take from the poor and give to the rich.
Shame on you.
Philip Dietz
Springfi eld
INEVITABLE REFORM
country becomes increasingly desperate.
The real unemployment rate, the so-called
“U-6 statistic,” is over 17 percent.
The last time the economy was this bad
was in the 1970s, after U.S. oil production
peaked. Then we were able to import
more oil, but that is no longer the case.
According to the International Energy
Agency, world oil production peaked
in 2006. And, according to a recent U.S.
Joint Forces report by four-star Gen. James
Mattis, surplus oil production capacity will
disappear by 2012 and by 2015 demand
will outstrip supply by 10 million barrels
a day.
Economic growth and job creation
depend on increased consumption of cheap
energy, and we are now transitioning into
a new era of unemployment and austerity.
Because we need to create 250,000 jobs
a month just to keep up with population
growth, there is no reason for the
United States to maintain its unstinting
immigration policy.
Calling negative population growth
“nativist” belies the assimilation history of
past immigrant groups. The Irish, Italians
and even the Germans were at one time not
considered “white” in this country.
Hispanics, too, may soon be considered
“white.” Hispanics living in the U.S. on
average possess 69 percent west European
ancestry, 21 percent American Indian
ancestry and 10 percent African ancestry.
As the jobs situation worsens,
immigration reform will become inevitable.
Juan Zaragoza
Eugene
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