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Kngene Oregon
\ ulurne ‘11 \iimbei t
A little bit o' sunshine
While nicer weather seems to he losing its ail-too hue! embrace of the Willamette \ alle\ enough
was available Monda\ fur some pleasant outside shelving without the aid of an umbrella
I’hoto l>\ .Shirk YIrn
Scripps writer calls media non-biased
Bv Stephanie Holland
f merald Reporter
The Ament an pnhlit does not
understand the media's goal of im
partiallv covering the news the
chief political write) tin Ncripps
Howard News Service said Mon
dav evening
Peter Brown spoke to about 7 a
people in the I.Ml (iunnvood
Klllilll on the topic I he Media 111
2<)th (lenturv America Whose Side
are Thev on’" in the first of a se
ries of lectures on ethical and so
i nil obligations of the news media
Brown said most lournalists
have .1 strict ethical (ode, though
this mav not he evident to people
who work outside of the journal
IS
ism field
"And unit h uf the reason
fti.il those nf vou who (.mistime the
words written ,nul spoken In m\
i idleagues ,tnd myself h.ivc .1 mm h
different wav ut looking ,it die
world lit.in dii journalists.” lie
said
Musi people .nr mil taught In
look .it an issue from Imlli sides fie
said I tie pi1111ii looks at situations
and then del ides who is rigid and
\\ lit■ is wrong
\fter making a dei.isinn ahoul
an issue it is dilln ult tin someone
to understand die other side and
even more dillu ult to understand
how journalists imild remain tin
partial about the issue It row n said
In many ways. I think tliat
{thr pnhlii s) outlook i'' .1 min h
healthier approm It lie said
)ou nut lists however .nr
taught I" lie iirulr.il .ilitiul issues
Hrmvn s.ml Sometimes this menus
journalists must mnsiimish .it
tempt to remove then own opin
ions Ironi the story
Many s.iv tli.it no one i ,m
lie (oiupletely imp.iiti.il Brown
s.iiil They ui.tv lie i orrei I But I
would argue tli.it in the news i ol
umns ol A merim "s newspapers
.inti on the nighlh I'V news, the
reports are generally pretty even
handed
In exploring titliu al issues in
volved in tournalism. Brow n said it
is import.ml to remeinher journ.il
lorn to Brown, Rase
Slump in funding
keeps center shut
B\ ( utherim* I l.tw U*v
l mer.rld Reporter
I'lli' sc,m li lui ,i wav In liml In In: li'ini 111 ■ u i i 1114 tin
tlir Willamette Si ii*iii:i* .uni l*i*i Itnologx ( i'nti‘1
(WINTCC) has been i struggle but I In* sciem e musi'
inn s 111• rs11hni■ 1 sav linn arn i autioiislv u|ilimislii il
will reopen at tin' beginning h) m-xt hmi
Phi' innsi'iim. al 1(1(1 ( entennial Boulevard m \l
Ion Baki'r I’ark i IiishiI in August after a summer Inml
ilrivi' h'll short ill thi' amount needed to k i-i • | >
U IS I I ( \ doors opim
Sim i' tin'll U IS 11 ( i'xi'i liti\i* iliii-i tin Iti'lioiali
Mali liovv Mi ( Arts ami Sharon Mi Htirnev assistant ill
n>i toi ha v i- hi'i'ii Irving to liml slahli* Imam lal hai k
mg lor U IS’I I ( Irnm puhlii undpnvnlfxuuri.es
I hr 1111 a in ial problems stem Irom ih'hts mttliied
on several exhibits. Mi Bumev sanl
WIN ill runs on a budget ot about SI (1.1100 a
ve.it It most ol one visit’s budget i an be raised Irelnre
laimatv 1 the museum will have time to applv lot
grants, Mi Hut nev said
I know we tan gel grants she said It just
takes time to w t ite them
In addition to S 10.000 raised in the fund drive
WISH ( has rei etveil motiev totaling about St,u (Kit)
Irom the l iigene and Springfield (tlx ('ouncils. the
I ane ( aiuiitv Board ol l aiinmissmiiers W'evet liauset
( o Bohemia bn and private donors
Bv mid November the W IS I I l stall should know
II the \ will lie able to open ot it then doors wilt ret nil in
i losed lorev er
W IS 11 (. is now looking tin 1 main ial support from
the ( niversllv and bane ( ommumtv ( Allege among
ot lie i sou ii i", Mi I III r i ii* x said Ihe museum has also
appro.n lied tin al si hool boards and asked tbeni to hi
i lease their Imam ial support bv using WIN I I t more
often
WISH (: will innlinue to odv on admission and
membership lees to pas lot about J i pen ent ol its
i osls
( )I i ourse better exhibits w ill bring hi more peo
ple and mi lease til.it pen eul.lge Mi Bimiev said
Negotiations have also been taking plai e to Bans
tei U IS I I ( from the I a lie ( omit v park svslem to In
genes i itv park system I lie Iransfei iniild benefit
W IS I I ( il the r 11x pavx Ihe museum's utilitv bills
Mi llurnex said
Mi Bill I lev said U Is I I ( Is getting plelllv ot sup
po11 from the i umimimtv
'Wherever I go I gel a verv positive response,'
she said 1 think people reali/i a museum euhani es
anv i oiiltniinilv
Carper reminisces on AIDS education efforts
Tells of 3,000-mile trip to capitol
Bv June Russell
Fmerald ( ontributor
Ilf sits in .1 corner of the
corn h. comfortable ami re
la\ed Sipping tea from dm
mug in Ins hand, he (ells of
marc lung in parades with the
Ke\ |esse Jackson of meeting
wilh politic .d leaders, stale rep
resentatives and senators across
the nation.
He tells of tatlgue fevers
shinsplints and sprained an
Ikies He tells of tile successes
failures frustrations joys anil
pains of Ins journey to get his
message to A merit a
Remembering. Richard Harp
ei smiles \othing stopped
us." lie said Uc survived
In ,in effort to raise publii
awareness about AIDS and the
lift’d for funding tor long term
residential t .of f.11 ilitics lot
persons u itll AIDS (inrpei
walked miles to Wash
ingtnn. D( to bring President
Cleorge Unsb ,i strolled letter
signed In thous.inds ol people
he met on Ins journev .h ross
the nation (Inrpei returned to
Kugene Sept 17
An AIDS .11 tn 1st suit e lie
tested IIIY positive ill 1980
Carper ( nn< eived the ide.i loi
Ins Persons With AIDS W.dk
.ind Koll for Pile '89 .liter his
hunger strike l.isl Dei ember
Frustrated he s.nd he i hose to
W.llk "to remind the leder.il
government that the\ were
committed to the fight .ig.unst
AIDS "
Although Hush ac knowl
edges St t billion allotted for
AIDS research .mil e<lu< ation.
no hinds have lieen allot ated
for mom than 2 million Ameri
i.uis who arc 111V positive and
need long-term health ( .ire.
( arper said
He began his walk to Wash
inglun. D C. from Portland
Mav I with both political and
personal goals Harper said he
planned to "raise awareness
that because we have AIDS we
don't have to lav down and
die
Harper said he ( hose a rural
route to put a 1 f.K e” on the
disease, delivering 1 in speei h
es and building up a letter writ
ing campaign to the White
I louse and (iongress to bring at
tention to the need lor funding
of residential ( are hl( llllles
His goals, however, became
h\ I odd rrlrrwm
mure politu.il as hr Ixrgan "re
ali/ing that I li.nl to start paint
mg pictures in peoples' minds
on history that we arc not
learning from." hr siaii, draw
illg an analogy Imlween per
sons with AIDS and thr |rw's
"It ur as a nation sit silent
any longer we arc condoning
murder ' lie sind "In (In' IDs .1
whole nation sat silent They
sat silent out of fear of reveal
ing their religious beliefs The\
were silent 1ms arise of rai ism.
and .1 lunatic name to power.
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