Editorial note: Quacks & Smacks is a new addition to the Commentary section that will give props to a job well done or a job done wrong for different people, places and things going on in the news. Quacks are good — Smacks are not.
Quacks to the Yellow Jackets program and what it’s trying to accomplish, and to the 12 people who have already volunteered. Note to members of the campus community — volunteers are still desperately needed.
Smacks to Georgia Gov.-elect Sonny Purdue for having the audacity to quote Martin Luther King Jr.’s line “Free at last, free at last…” in his acceptance speech. Purdue’s election victory is a far cry from the achievements of the Civil Rights movement — Purdue’s use of the quote is nothing but offensive.
Quacks to Leroy Stubblefield for legally taking on the state of Oregon and the federal government after his medical marijuana was seized — and more Quacks to The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation, which gave him new plants and an ounce of medicine.
Smacks to the state for cutting the most-needed health care services (drug and alcohol treatment, mental health) for those who need it most (poor adults covered by the Oregon Health Plan). Double Smacks to Oregonians for not paying enough taxes to support state services.
Quacks to the Student Recreation Center for wanting to paint murals to beautify the center on the inside.
Smacks to the Rec Center for wanting to paint murals of people working out on a wall in a room filled with people working out.