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Opening assemblies Sunday and Monday the University will open doors and philosophies and hold two days of all-campus festivities to mark "Higher Ed Week." University of Oregon Day at the Eugene Performing Arts Center is labeled as "an Open House for the Community." The ceremony appears to be a gesture of town and gown solidarity: We support your Center please support our University. The presentations on Sunday are meant to show off the University’s skills in music, dance and theater. A series of lectures by economic and physics professors will unite the academic and "real world." The Emerald understands the need for such public relations for the University. It applauds the cooperation of the Hult Performing Arts Center and the city of Eugene, in encouraging the use of the facility to bring Eugeneans, students and even Springfielders together. The Open House also gives poor University students a chance to see the inside of the Center whether or not they can afford a concert ticket. University students can ride free to the Center on Lane Transit District buses Buses will run from the corner of 15th and Kincaid to and from the Center every 15 minutes from 11:30 a m. to 11 45 p.m Closer to home, Monday afternoon the University will initiate a "new tradition" known as a convocation. The "Fall Convocation” aspires to unite the University peoples under one idea for one day. Someone in the hierarchy (Dean Robert Berdahl of the college of arts and sciences) decided that students and faculty are united here by more than physical presence. The theme of the convocation this year is "Science and Culture.” This is in keeping with the emphasis of the Univer sity these days to unite high technology and liberal arts. The 12 seminars offered Monday encourage the melding of these two aspects of civilization. The convocation begins with an address by Stanford University president Donald Kennedy on the impact of science on the humanities and culture. Just like a high school assembly, students will be freed from classes Monday afternoon. Instead of marching off early to football practice or a beer at Rennie’s consider attending the convocation. It is a rare opportunity to step out of the rigour of "requirements" and take a look at recent developments in science and their effects on humanity WfN6 TOR REAGAN letters Hippy haven I have been living in Eugene for four months While it is a vast improvement over San Francis co, one thing really aggravates me: Eugene is a haven of new hippyism I could go on about the neo-hippies' mellowness and tolerance in the face of bullshit or their bias against those not "hip-' enough. But what bothers me most is their shallow eclecticism. Neo-hippies will build native American sweat-lodges, and computers and stereos; they will combine Christian mystical practices and yoga; they will practice witchcraft and support space travel; they will be Crowl eyites and self-proclaimed shamans — without even think ing about the contradictions Certainty, contradictions in practice are unavoidable for anyone who wants to escape the constraints of this society while still depending on it for survival. But the neo-hippies choose to deny the contradic tions. Animism paganism, and witchcraft, Christianity, eastern philosophy, Crowleyism and modern science are inherently contradictory and mutually exclusive world views Activities based on these world views become meaningless when separated from their source They become mere ritual rather than a way of life By combining activities based on contradic tory world views, neo-hippies debase these activities My own world view is animis tic My survival in this society often forces me into contradic tions, but I recognize and agon Talmudic history (i.e. Jewish history sanctions barbarism so naturally JewsJsraelis practice barbarism). If this letter wasn't so repulsively anti-semitic, I might find it humourous After ail, who would have thought that members of the Muslim Students Association spend their spare time studying Talmud? It's unfortunate that my semi tic brothers have so little understanding and apprecia tion of what they're studying Perhaps if they would show more interest in talking with Jews instead of battling them, they would learn their lessons better Yeshlyah Gelrod Law No choice TKic i i your turn “black experience” Let me enlighten you to the "Black Experience" here on campus How does it feel to walk into a classroom and be the only person like you? To miss a class and have everyone know you are absent Or attend a blues testival where over 70 percent of the bands are white, along with 70 percent of the audience How many Anglos have really felt the blues? lived the blues? Do you know what it is like to share a dorm room with som eone who knows nothing about who you are, or where you come from or attend a "dance' and hear music Fred Astaire couldn't even learn how to dance to? With as many radio stations as there are, you can only hear the music you're accustomed to for tour hours a week How would it feel to have no one or nothing to relate to, to identify with? This is where the Black Student Union comes in We try to fill a void in a cul turally stagnant environment We aspire to create an atmosphere instrumental to providing autonomy and un conditional positive regard for black students while simultan eously reducing any social isolation they could easily feel But we also aim at broadening the general understanding of the University and to perpetuate the many aspects of black cul ture We do this by sponsoring forums on issues which affect black people As Malcom X said during the commemoration of one of the greatest men in American history, Dr Martin Luther King, "You can’t understand what's happening in Missisippi if you don't know what's going on in the congo." by James Britt Jam** Britt I* president of tha Black Student Union. BSU I* located In Suite 14 EMU. Oregon daily _ _ emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald ts published Monday through Friday, except during exam week and vacations, by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co at the University of Oregon. Eugene. OR. 97403 The Emerald operates independently of the University with offices on the third floor of the Erb Memorial Union and is a member of the Associated Press News and Editorial 486 5111 Display Advertising and Business 6(6-3712 Classified Advertising •••-4343 Production 686 4381 Circulation 8(6 5511 Editor Managing Editor News Editor Assistant News Editor Editorial Page Editor Photo Editor Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Entertainment Editor Associate Editors Higher Education Departments and Schools Student Government Features Politics Community General Stall Advertising Manager Classified Advertising Production Manager Controller Marty Esteve John Healy Marian Green Corl Fernald Joan Nyland Boh Baker Mike Ftiplmger Paul Da.irei Jonathan Siegle Dehhte Howled Sandy Johnstone BiChard Burr Sean Meyers Michelle Maiassa David Brown Darlene Gore Sally Oljar Victoria Koch Jean Ownhy ize over these contradictions The neo-hippies deny the contradictions, accept everyth ing and so destroy the meaning of everything David DeVries Eugene Distasteful After being absent from the University community for two years, I had hoped that the level of political debate dealing with the Middle East had risen from its simplistic, finger-pointing level Mr Essa Musa's distaste ful letter of Sept 30 has quickly dashed my hopes In fact Mr Musa has taken the argument to new levels of absurdity Not only does Mr Musa subject us to the predictable drivel of picturing Israelis as inhuman, murderous beasts, but he has the audacity to back up his argument by giv ing us a quick lesson In I editorials published in the Sept 29 issue of the Emerald, regarding Senator Jesse Helms' abortion- and prayer-related legislation. Years ago, the U S. Supreme Court issued rulings on these subjects, creating federal standards, so Helms had no choice but to address these is sues through the federal legislature But the only reason why Helms legislation became such an inconvenience is that Packwood, Weicker and other such senators refused to allow the Senate to vote on the proposals, insisting on con ducting long and wasteful filibusters Whether I am for or against Helms' legislation is immaterial right now. but, it the Senate engaged in a prolonged and inconvenient debacle. Helms' was not to blame Thomas Kariar, Jr. Fnahman 1 letters policy The Emerald will accept and attempt to print all letters containing fair comment on issues, ideas and topics of interest to the University community The letters mutt be limited to 250 words, signed and the identification of the writer must be verified when the letter is turned in to The Emerald offices, EMU 300 The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length, style or content Publication is dependent upon the space available
