Don’t hog the poster space
As a coordinator for the Cultural Forum, I dread the ASUO campaign season for the sole fact that all our wonderful candidates feel the need to cover other student groups’ posters with their campaign poster. If the candidates really did care about the well-being of the students and the student groups that represent the students, they would realize that event promotion is costly and requires a lot of effort.
It is so discouraging to walk past the informational kiosk no more than three hours after I put up my posters only to find them covered by three copies of the same campaign poster. If they really cared about students, these candidates would show some respect to what we non-political, student-serving groups commit ourselves to.
If these candidates really cared about the students, they’d have the integrity to see beyond the popularity contest of the elections and actually show some respect for the people they claim they to serve. I wish all these candidates would quit wasting paper and quit forcing student groups to spend money we don’t have to re-poster for our events.

Steven Sawada

Cultural Forum regional music coordinator


senior


journalism

Bailey explains differences
Many people have said that the platform of Nilda and Joy is very similar to that of Jeff and I. While we may agree on some issues, such as renters’ rights (the need for a housing code in Eugene), keeping tuition down and diversity, there are also many differences between us. There are six key issues that we have talked about time and again that I have failed to hear Nilda and Joy talk about.
* Jeff and I want to make sure that we retain all of our student athletic tickets.
* We want to increase incidental fee awareness by informing the student body on how much they pay and where it goes, so they can make more informed decisions.
* We want to begin mending relations with the University Administration, Greek Life, student groups, the Eugene Police Department and University Housing.
* Jeff and I want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to voice his or her opinion on decisions that will affect them, so we will make an effort to be more available to the student body via bi-weekly town hall meetings.
* We want increased Greek voice in the ASUO office and will look into recreating the position of Greek Advocate.
* Finally, we want to make sure the ASUO represents all of the student body. We will try to create an office that represents students from across the political spectrum.
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Eric Bailey

ASUO presidential candidate


sophomore


undeclared

President commended

for Insurgent statement
University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer is to be commended for his strong statement (“Campus paper used bad judgment,” ODE, Feb. 28) condemning the December issue of the Insurgent, with its description of illegal action — including arson — in connection with animal research and its listing of names and addresses of University of Oregon faculty members.
As President Frohnmayer put it, the Insurgent “in effect created risk that put these individuals’ safety and the safety of their families in peril.” He deserves the strong backing of University faculty, students, alumni and other supporters.
An important question is whether the Insurgent will continue to receive a University subsidy through the programs of the ASUO. Whether President Frohnmayer has administrative discretion over this is something I don’t know. In any case, it would be a matter of good judgment for the ASUO to promptly end the subsidy.
As President Frohnmayer says, such a publication cannot avoid censure by cloaking itself in the First Amendment. By the same token, it should not expect subsidy from University funds. Whether that subsidy comes in the form of mandatory student fees, state appropriation or tuition is not the issue. This would be true at any time, but especially now as the Oregon University System, of which the University is a part, urgently seeks increased state funding to maintain programs and avoid tuition increases.

Michael Kellman

professor


chemistry