The Emerald editorial board presents, for your reading pleasure, our latest collection of cheers and jeers:
* Cheers for students running for public office. Nilda Brooklyn is running for the State Board of Higher Education, Greg McNeill is running for the Oregon House and Maco Stewart is a candidate for Eugene City Council. All are representing the University well by becoming involved in the political realm.
* Jeers to the International Students Association’s spring newsletter for printing a highly offensive “Crash course in speaking Chinese.” Some of the lowlights included “Wan bum lung — a person with tuberculosis” and “Chin tu fat — you need a face lift.” If the ISA wants support from both American and international students, they should avoid reinforcing ignorant stereotypes — especially when there is a large constituency of Chinese students in their own organization.
* Cheers to the Department of Public Safety for holding a campus safety forum tonight and starting a “yellow jacket” walking program this spring. DPS is showing a commitment to campus safety with their interest in hearing student concerns. Cheers are also in order for DPS for nixing the proposed bicycle registration fee — an idea that was bound to fail from the get-go.
* Jeers to Lane Transit District for cutting bus routes. Although the service claims to be losing money, they certainly aren’t losing it from University students. We’re LTD’s best-paying customers, forking out $375,000 for the 2001-02 school year alone to ride the bus. Bus routes servicing the University shouldn’t suffer just because LTD needs to downsize.