Nicaraguan to share views
Francisco Campbell, minister-counselor at
the Nicaraguan Embassy in Washington, D.C.,
will give his country’s perspective on the ef
fects of a U.S. embargo on Nicaragua tonight at
7:30 in Room 150 Geology.
President Ronald Reagan imposed a trade
embargo on Nicaragua that took effect May 7.
Campbell also will discuss the Reagan ad
ministration’s call for additional aid for the
contra rebels.
Campbell’s visit to the campus is spon
sored by the ASUO, the Latin American Sup
port Committee, MEChA and the Council for
Human Rights in Latin America. His presenta
tion, which will be followed by a question
and-answer period, is free and open to the
public.
Campbell will also attend a fund-raising
reception at the council office, 1236 Kincaid
St., from 5 to 7 p.m. today. Refreshments will
be served, and a donation of $5 is requested.
Proceeds from the reception will be
donated to the people of Nicaragua, says Glen
Gibbons, spokesperson for the council.
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Kiev meeting lures
ethnography teacher
By Nick Beres
Of the Emerald
The Soviet Academy of
Sciences has invited Ron Wix
man, a University geography
professor, to speak at a con
ference on ethnography begin
ning June 2 in Kiev.
Wixman, considered one of
the world’s leading authorities
on Soviet ethnic groups and
their origins, relations, distribu
tion and national policy, will
speak on the impact of moder
nization in the Soviet Union. He
recently wrote “The Peoples of
the U.S.S.R — an Ethnographic
Handbook,” and he says ethnic
strife is one of the hottest
domestic issues currently facing
the Soviet government.
“The constraints of the Soviet
system have forced
ethnographers to conform to the
government-imposed way of
looking at things,” Wixman
says.
"One of the reasons I was in
vited is that I’m very outspoken
with my opinions.”
Wixman says he hopes the
conference will give him the op
portunity to explain what many
of the Soviet ethnographers
already know but cannot safely
discuss.
“The Soviets need people
like me who can come to their
country and safely say what
they cannot,” Wixman says.
“They depend on Westerners
to get the message across.”
In the past, Wixman has had
the opportunity to meet a
number of the top Soviet
ethnographers at other interna
tional meetings held in the
United States and elsewhere.
“These are the finest
ethnographers in the world, and
they are forced to give the party
line at meetings.” Wixman
says. “In private, they do not
believe it.”
Wixman says the party line
supports the Leninist/Stalinist
idea that the government would
not have to deal with na
tionalism once all the people
become equal. But Wixman
disagrees.
“Marxist theory said that
once people reach equality on a
socio-economic level, na
tionalism will disappear,” he
says. “This does not work.”
Wixman, who joined the
University faculty in 1975,
specializes in the Soviet Union,
Eastern Europe and cultural
geography. He is a graduate of
Hunter College and Columbia
University, and he received his
doctoral degree from the
University of Chicago in 1978.
Aid cuts completed
University students who have
received their financial-aid
award letters will not be subject
to any additional cuts in aid.
The Office of Student Finan
cial Aid has been overwhelmed
by students who are concerned
that their aid will be cut, said
Ed Vignoul, director of finan
cial aid. While $1,000 was cut
from the eligibility of all
University financial aid reci
pients, the cut has already been
included in the student award
letters that were mailed in
April, Vignoul said. No further
cuts will be made, he added.
The misunderstanding stems
from a May 8 Oregon Daily
Emerald article that stated
$1,000 would be cut from all
financial aid awards.
WIT
Continued from Page 3
Lines says.
To gain more visibility, WIT
will hold an open house in the
EMU International Lounge on
Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.,
with a panel discussion from
2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The panel will include Carol
Richard from the University
financial aid office, Theresa
Ripley from the University
Career Planning and Placement
Service, Barbara Cheatham from
the Unitarian Church and Don
na Goetsch from Clients
Counsel of Lane County, an ad
vocate agency for low-income
r
individuals.
A sign-up sheet for WIT sup
port groups starting Monday
and May 22 also will be at the
reception.
Three women help Lines
generate support and informa
tion at WIT: Gale Caress, a prac
ticum student. Kylene Folsom,
assistant director, and Pat
Stuart, who will co-direct WIT
with Folsom starting summer
term.
The office is open every
weekday, and office hours are
posted on the door. For more in
formation call 686-4099.
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