Eugene extends its hand across the water
By Michele Matassa
Of th* Emerald
In the early 1940s, Japanese
Kamikaze pilots and U S. Air
Force pilots bombed and kill
ed each other over the waters
of the Pacific Ocean. Now, 40
years later, the waters have
calmed enough for two cities
in Japan and America to call
themselves sisters.
Instead of shedding blood,
Kakegawa, Japan and Eugene
are sharing it.
Since August 1978, resident
delegations from Eugene and
Kakegawa have been meeting
for an annual exchange of
culture and hospitality as part
of the Sister City program.
Former Eugene Mayor Les
Anderson and a member of the
governing Japanese Diet, or
parliament, conceived the idea
when they recognized
similarities between the two
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cities while meeting in
Eugene.
The two politicians decided
to take advantage of parallels
between their cities’ history,
size and commerce by organiz
ing an annual community host
program similar to student
exchanges.
Every summer since then,
Eugene families have been
hosting Kakegawans for about
five days of tours, meetings
and entertainment. In turn, a
delegation from Eugene flies
to Kakegawa every year to
share in that city’s culture.
The delegations are open to
anyone, not just government
figures and prominent
business people. This year’s
group of 27 Kakegawans —
which arrives Aug. 17 — in
cludes a 14 year-old student
and a 72 year-old, according to
Barb Bellamy, Eugene's public
information director.
Kakegawa usually sends
more people than Eugene
because the Japanese pro
gram is subsidized by
businesses, Bellamy says.
Delegates from Eugene must
pay their own plane fare, yet
most expenses in Kakegawa
are budgeted into the city's
genera! fund.
Eugene usually sends five
to 10 delegates who are
chosen by Mayor Gus Keller
from a group of applicants.
This year’s delegation — six
people so far — will leave Oct.
6 to spend four days in
Kakegawa.
What do the delegates and
their cities gain from the
experience?
The program provides
something for everyone,
Bellamy says.
Activities include tours of
businesses, educational
facilities, city government and
art centers. The delegates also
spend time with their host
families, which gives them a
personalized view of Japanese
tradition and family life.
Corinne Hunt, director of
community education at the
University, joined the delega
tion last year after hosting a
Japanese delegate in 1982.
Hunt’s association with the
University art museum also
had piqued her interest in
Oriental culture, she says.
Hunt says she learned a lot
by exchanging ideas about
education and by adjusting to
Japanese culture and family
life.
“It really increases your
understanding of a different
culture," she says.
For Hunt, her new family life
was a learning experience in
itself.
She stayed with a three
generation family whose only
English-speaking member was
the daughter. But constantly
speaking through an inter
preter wasn’t the only thing to
which Hunt had to adapt.
“I had to get used to sleep
ing on the floor. There was no
furniture in the room that I
slept in. The rest of their
houses are pretty much
Westernized except they keep
one room that is kind of
authentic or traditional,” Hunt
says.
Despite the difficulties and
mini culture-shock Hunt may
have experienced, she got
along very well with her host
family during the stay.
“They were just wonderfully
gracious and friendly people
throughout the visit."
And seeing the country as a
member of the Sister City pro
gram enhanced her visit, Hunt
says.
ASUO heads attend conference
By Jim Moore
Of th* Emarakf
Three ASUO staff members
were elected to the board of
directors of the United States
Student Association at the
association’s 36th national
congress held recently at
Emory Unive-.sity in Atlanta,
Ga.
ASUO Vice Pres. Kevin
Kouns and state affairs coor
dinator Patricia Stuart were
cnosen for the two Northwest
region positions on the board,
and stjdent events coor
dinator Bill Snyder was
elected to the newly created
—
veterans' position.
The three University
students, combined with the
voice of Lane Community Col
lege student body Pres. Bryan
Moore, who was elected to the
board as an at large member,
provide strong representation
for local students on the 36
member board, according to
Snyder.
USSA has been a strong lob
bying force and was in
strumental in preventing the
Reagan administration from
making larger cuts in work
study monies and Pell grants,
Moore said
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The association plans to in
volve students in the 1984
elections, so much of the
meeting’s emphasis was on in
creasing voter registration of
students. There are strong
signs of a growing grassroots
concern of national issues by
students, Snyder said.
“Students are not apathetic,
just uninformed,” he said. He
was impressed by the in
telligence, concern and
awareness of other student
leaders at the congress.
The University should
benefit by having more
political clout and access to a
huge information base as a
result of the trio attending the
congress, Snyder said.
USSA is a national student
association and lobby found
ed by returning World War II
veterans, who believed
students needed a national
forum for expressing their
views It was the first national
organization to call for
desegregation in higher
education and to mandate in
tegrated conference
delegations.
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