Oregon Daily Emerald

Embrace the day, if not a Valentine of your own

In my opininon | A clever ruse

by Kamran Rouzpay

Let's just cut through the ol' crap cake, all right? Valentine's Day sucks for so many people on varying levels of agony, yet every year we subject ourselves to the most tragically misguided holiday in America. The way I see it, you fall into one of three categories on this glorified day of love: You plan on decadently and begrudgingly spending your time with your significant other, date, crush, love interest, or hump buddy, while internally praying for a swift death some time before the check arrives but after you've split the cheesecake; or, you are single and plan on getting blackout drunk with your other single friends because you can't deal with your own vicious jealousy in any other way than a pathetic and caustic booze-fest and are openly bitter about being single; or you are single and pretend not to care about Valentine's Day and refer to it as "Hallmark's Holiday," while maintaining a false sense of superiority and the true desire for nothing more than a warm body to snuggle with.

Holy Cow debate isn't so black and white

Editorial

by Emerald Editorial Board

In reaction to the decision to replace Holy Cow with Laughing Planet in the EMU food court, allegations and hyperbole have overwhelmed rational discussion. The supporters of Holy Cow, in their anguish over the impending loss of their beloved café, have portrayed this situation as one pitting evil administrators against the will of the students, when in reality their interests are much more closely aligned.

GTFs must take more than paychecks into account

Guest commentary

by Guest Commentary

In "GTFF contract negotiations with the University a challenge" (ODE, Feb. 4), a number of details about the current contract negotiations were discussed. But there was also a question as to whether graduate students should be treated first as students or employees.

Holy Cow's loss is a blow to UO students' total education

Guest commentary

by Guest Commentary

A subtle but very important educational opportunity is being denied to a new generation of students with the proposed demise of Holy Cow Café from the University's EMU food court. Holy Cow is 100 percent committed to sustainable organic practices in both food and business operations.

President's green pledge seems to be just hot air

Letter to the editor

It's sad that President Frohnmayer's pledge to reduce carbon emissions at UO was only an attempt to greenwash the University's image, no doubt to entice the growing number of environmentally conscious tuition-paying students. Profit, rather than the welfare of the students and campus as a whole, seems to dominate the University's concerns lately: hence the fancy new expensive arena - and replacing a sustainable green vegetarian business with one that serves meat, is not completely organic, and isn't local.