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TO THE EDITOR
to the list should be added Derrick Bell,
Rennard Strickland, and Dave Frohnmayer.
Deans Bell, Strickland, and Frohnmayer
allowed the school to attract a much higher
quality faculty, and therefore student body,
because each of these later deans were
nationally recognized legal educators.
David Jensen
Eugene
DEFENDING KLCC
In response to David Kennedy’s letter
Oct. 27 “On the New KLCC,” I think the
public radio station deserves a few words
in defense. I love KLCC and am a proud
member. I appreciate the research and
thought they put into their local stories,
and I rely on them for national coverage
as well. Of course their programming has
changed over the years — so has the world.
I don’t love 100 percent of the
programs, but that’s not really their goal.
KLCC broadcasts something for everyone.
(Personally, I prefer the talk programs over
the music.) Urging people to withdraw
support from their public radio station isn’t
the way to improve anything, and is only
likely to harm a valuable local resource.
Don’t like the new KLCC? Turn off your
radio. Or better yet, pledge your support to
them, along with some suggestions for how
to improve their programs. But don’t think
that you speak for everyone. And don’t
expect others to sit idly by while you attack
a beloved public radio station because it
doesn’t cater to your personal taste!
Elizabeth Figueroa
Eugene
DOWNRIGHT LAZY
I am disappointed in you, EW! In The
Best Of Eugene category of Person of the
Year you completely slapped a nominee in
the face. Jacqui Willey, who placed third
in the voting, is owner and president of the
Glenwood Restaurants. I cannot believe
you didn’t take the time to look her up
before publishing something so rude and
downright lazy as “whoever that is.”
Jacqui was nominated by her employees
because of her dedication to them and this
community. If you had done just the slightest
bit of journalism you would have found out
that she donates money to organizations
all over this town (including to your own
publication) and also sends donations across
the world. Did you know that on her 32nd
anniversary of owning The Glenwood
she bought a family in Haiti a home in the
restaurant’s name? No? That’s right, you
didn’t bother to fi nd out who she is!
Next time do some research before you
sound ignorant.
Nicole Golf
Eugene
EDITOR’S NOTE: We love the Glenwood, but she was
Jacqui Monninger when she advertised with us some
years ago, and she didn’t appear in Google searches as
Jacqui Wiley. She appears now as Jacqui Willey in new
web postings. Sorry, Jacqui.
SUPPORT GRRRLZ ROCK
There seem to be so many letters
complaining about everything going on
in our world. Not many solutions, but
lots of complaints. Here is a letter about a
woman who rather than complain is part of
the solution for so many young girls and
women in our community.
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Matrisha Armitage is a local business
owner, musician and a huge advocate for
female artists in our area. She heads up
GRRRLZ Rock. Our daughter is a young
musician and thanks to Matrisha and Cindy
Ingram, the originator of GRRRLZ Rock,
she has many opportunities to perform in
and around Lane County. Matrisha and
her husband, Austin, both very talented
musicians in their own right, put their heart
and souls into GRRRLZ Rock.
Please check out the GRRRLZ Rock
website and head over to an art show or
musical performance this month. You will
be amazed at the talent, and your heart will
be warm knowing we have women like
Matrisha living in our midst. She truly makes
our world better; and artists like our daughter
will never be able to thank her enough.
Greta and Randy Sangder
Eugene
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George Beres has been bashing the UO
Athletic Department about every other
month for the last many years. Why does he
get published here? Having had the privilege
of closely observing many of the teams
at the university for the past year, I have a
different story. The athletes I encounter are
gracious, kind and completely sober. I have
met football players, volleyball players, track
stars, scholarship players and walk-ons, head
coaches and assistants, along with support
staff. They are responsive to both their fans
and their community with credentials and
honors to prove it. I consider them to be
stellar people and fi ne role models.
EW shoots itself in the foot every
time it prints anti-athletic diatribes like
this, thinking you just poked Phil Knight
in the eye. George is well known in this
community for stirring it up. Are you again
going to put the Ducks football team on
your cover come January if we win?
Burton Johnson
Eugene
HIGH CONSPICUITY, PLEASE
Dear UO students, welcome to Eugene! It
is good to see you riding your bikes around
town. I know you are young, strong and have
quick refl exes, but you are not immortal!
Please, please, please — if you are riding
at night — wear light-colored (fl uorescent
is best) clothing and have a headlight and a
blinking taillight. Spoke refl ectors are nice
too. Take it from a baby-boomer: Our night
vision drops off a lot with age. At night, es-
pecially if it is raining or drizzling (hard to
believe here in sunny Eugene), you are invis-
ible to an older driver. We can’t see you at all.
I often encounter a biker clad in dark
clothing zooming across my path without
any lights. I usually don’t notice them until
they are exiting the area. This is not a good
situation, if they expect me to swerve or
brake to avoid running them over.
Don’t become a statistic. Become a
visible biker.
Duncan Rhodes
Eugene
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