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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Oregon State
considers
renaming of
buildings
CORVALLIS (AP) —
Oregon State University and
Corvallis community mem-
bers came together on cam-
pus to talk about race and
reconciliation.
The discussions, which
took place Monday, October
2, are part of a process to
evaluate the names of four
buildings on the Corvallis
campus, whose name-
sakes may have held rac-
ist views, and determine
if the buildings should be
renamed.
“This isn’t about revis-
ing history or hiding history
or taking something away,”
said Scott Vignos, direc-
tor of strategic initiatives in
the Office of Institutional
Diversity. “It’s about reveal-
ing history. It’s about learn-
ing about our past and
drawing lessons from that
past.”
The gathering, which
was made up of students,
faculty and staff, alumni
and other residents, was
the second of two general
engagement sessions. The
first took place Thursday,
The Corvallis Gazette-Times
reported.
“You can expect to be
uncomfortable as we dis-
cuss issues of race and his-
tory and exclusion and really
important topics that are so
salient today and that we’re
dealing with as a community
just as they’re being dealt
with and talked about nation-
ally,” said Vignos, who is a
member of the Building
and Place Name Evaluation
Workgroup.
The university next will
hold four meetings, one for
each of the building names
being reconsidered. During
those gatherings, the work
group will present reports
on the history of each
building and its namesake.
Participants will discuss
whether the building should
be renamed.
VETERAN: Sisters
man served in
Navy in Vietnam
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he was visiting an Army base
on the river when it came
under a nighttime harassment
mortar attack. Sheltering from
the incoming mortar rounds,
he thought, “I’ve just got two
weeks left! I don’t need this!”
Skupa and two other men,
one a close friend named
Dennis Warren, went to
Saigon to ship back to the
States.
“I kind of remember it like
it was yesterday,” he recalled.
The three men were sup-
posed to depart on Monday,
but they checked in at the air
base early on Friday and were
told that there were three seats
available on the “Freedom
Bird” that evening if they
wanted them. They didn’t
have to think twice.
“Of course, there was
a little bit of a cheer when
the wheels left the ground,”
Skupa said.
Richard was glad he got
out when he did. The Mekong
Delta became a very danger-
ous place as 1967 rolled into
1968 and the war entered a
more intense phase with the
Tet Offensive.
“It started going to hell
in a hand-basket about two
months later,” Skupa said.
“There was plenty of stuff
going on around us then; I
can’t imagine what was like
later. Pretty scary.”
Skupa served four years
in the Navy. He was a pilot
and flew for a living for many
years, then became a supervi-
sor in a cast iron plant. His
second wife has family ties
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reflected, 50 years on. “I have
a special place in my heart for
those that didn’t.”
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