COMMUNITY
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Portland to attract a large student population," said Gary Howell,
PSIJ vice president of finance and administration. "People in the
work force an? going back for second degrees, or brushing up on
Job skills The figures are somewhat misleading, though We have
more part-time students.
‘'Then- is a momentary downturn in the number of high
school graduates." Powell said. "Hut that can also lx1 attributed to
students attending community college before enrolling at PSIJ."
Powell said PSIJ was a bit too successful in complying with
the stale mandate to reduce enrollment. And the state s notice this
summer to increase student enrollment came a too late for PSt\
Powell said He said most of the freshmen students had already
chosen a college
STAIR
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Hospital IJ-Can program physical therapist anil member of the ho
gene law Riders wheelchair basketball team
Continuing research may provide a way for people to leave
their wheelchairs, he said
Kvent participants will receive T-shirts, and local businesses
have donated floor prizes that will la- awarded during the event,
Eller said
The University was the number five fund raiser last year Eller
said the USKftC is donating 1!> round trips to the Sugar Howl game
to the top fundraising school this year
For participation information, contact the KIM staff at
Cerlinger Hall or c all ;t4t>-4121
ACQUIRED DEFICIENCY
An investigation into a person
Leaving nothing to chance
Stabbed repeatedly in the back
And ordered onward to dance
A hand is the symbol of a carrier
Mo such thing as a fence or a locked door
Warnings left like dead insects
Ordinary life becomes a state of war
Dedicated to my grandfather Joseph Chester
Kime (Kime and Bonebreak. J C & E K photogra
phers Akron ) A pioneer in color photography, he
bought his wife Peg, a high school classmate of
John S Knight of Knight Ridder a Willys Knight
(whose namesake W J Willy, died with Joseph Pat
rick Kennedy Jr in 1944 Joe Jr.'s sister Kick s hus
band William. Marquess of Hartington also died that
year (Kick died in 48 )) He died of alcoholism in
1944 (2/2) leaving 3 children Joseph. Janet and Wil
liam (of DePere. Wl and salesman for Employers In
surance of Wausau (dec d 86 ))
Also to WE Wright (son of Christina
Eichenberger) who helped his brother C. Nelson,
whose only child Richard B was born Oct 16. 1928
found Wright Tool & Forge Co in Berberton, OH in
1927 before his death on Nov. 18. 1929 Having a
taste lor the exotic, W E once had a jeweler spend
an entire year making him a watch that told the day
of the month phase of the moon, etc His obituary
in The Akron Beacon Journal, a Knight Ridder pa
per. appeared on page 1 under the headlines. "An
nounce Wright Services are to be Held at Home;
Rev. Stephen E Keeler may Come from Chicago to
officiate at Rites; Name C of C Committee This
very interesting piece also included a eulogy from
Harvey Firestone, one of his Florida neighbors, as
well as an account of how W.E.s chauffer found
him dead in the back seat on the way back to work
from lunch Nelson (who was born without the C
in Rittman, OH and had sold hand tools from the
trunk of his car prior to founding Wright Tool) al
ways kept an oil portrait of W.E. on the wall across
the landing at the head of the stairs in his home (as
well a a pair of antique dueling pistols atop the grey
metal cabinet in his upstairs office there ) He died
Easter Sunday. 1972 followed later by his wife Inez
Marie (Bill was visiting us when the call that she
had died came ) An avid hunter, Nelson also had a
Derringer pistol and a sawed off shotgun in his gun
collection
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Homeless arrested in protest
By Brian Bloch
EfTwaia Report#*
What began as a protest
more than one month ago
ended in three arrests early
Thursday morning outside of
the Lane County Courthouse
in Eugene.
Wayne W. Semancik. 24.
Cynthia F. Straight. 46. and
Eric Stauffer. 19. were arrest
ed by Eugene police around 5
a.rn. for camping outside the
Federal Building, at 125 E.
Eighth Ave.
The throe were arraigned
Thursday in a Lane County
municipal court and pleaded
not guilty to the charges
They were released later that
day. with a trial set for One. 6.
They must return to the
court today to make payment
arrangements on each of their
$50 securities.
Political and environmental
activist )ohn Vance said
Semancik had been camping
outside the courthouse for 54
days In protest of the county's
decision to shut down the Op
porlunity Shelter (or the
homeless.
County officials justified
closing the shelter near South
Eugene High School in June
by saying they wanted to de
vote the funds to more perma
nent housing solutions.
“It was a political state
ment.'* Vance said of
Semancik's camping. "That's
what it was all about "
About eight homeless peo
ple had joined Semancfk dur
ing his protest and were using
the camp for shelter, food and
companionship. Vance said.
The campers had construct
ed three small shelter areas
near the flagpole outside ihe
courthouse, he said.
Tim Birr, public informa
tion officer for Ihe Eugene Of
fice of Public Safety, said Eu
gene police responded early
Thursday morning to a com
plaint from l-ane County Ad
ministrator Jim Johnson and
look Ihe three people into cus
tody
|ohnson said he had re
ceived complaints from coun
ty officials and employees al
leging public urination and
other disruptions by the peo
ple staying at the camp.
He said the complaints,
coupled with the growing
number of people inhabiting
the camp, caused the Lane
County Board of Commission
ers to take action. After dis
cussing the issue, the com
missioners requested that
Johnson notify police offi
cials. he said.
“The board unanimously
decided the situation had
gone on long enough and they
directed me to take action and
call the police.” Johnson said.
"The general feeling was that
the situation was escalating.”
"Some people don't want
to follow the rules." he said.
"But. the fact is that there are
places to go (for the home
less)."
However. Vance disagreed,
saying that there are not
enough places for single
homeless individuals to find
tood and shelter.
"There needs to Ire a place
for single people to go as well
as families," he said.
GODDESS
Continued from Page 1
considered to t>e from the living body of a god
dess. and the earth was worshiped as tin- means
of life itself
Hut shifts in what was deemed sacred created
the beginnings of today's environmental crises
"If we say what is sacred is not of the earth, hut
is external, then that gives us unlimited license to
exploit the earth." she said.
She said that just as people now ask how
slavery could have tieon condoned, or how Hitler
could have been allowed to order the deaths of
thousands, someday people will call industrial
i/.ed society "the great genocidal criminals of the
20th century." and ask how it could have let the
earth tie ravaged by environmental atrocities.
She said this condemnation will be directed
at not only corporations, but at the rest of the
memliers of society who stand by and let it hap
pen.
Not only is the environment being violated.
Starhawk said, but religious freedom is as well
She i ited the Shoshone Indians, who have been
embroiled in conflict with the U S. government
over possession of their sacred lands, now part of
the Nevada nut lear test site.
When Starhawk last protested at the test site,
she learned that many of Shoshone’s sacred land
marks are now radioactive or have been de
stroyed
"If we believe that the land, that the earth, is
sa< red. or if we accept someone else's belief that
it is then what we have done (to the Shoshone
lands) is a terrible desecration,” she said.
There is no protection for sacred lands, how
ever Starhawk said the U S. Supreme Court
ruled that religious freedom does not apply to
land-based or place-based religions. "If your reli
gion is the earth, it doesn’t count.”
She said that what a society thinks is sacred
determines what we think is important, and the
earth and the environment are not considered sa
cred by most people.
Starhawk said in early times, cultures wor
shiped the processes of life, celebrating the cycles
of birth, life, growth, death and regeneration.
Am ient civilizations also celebrated the erot
ic, heterosexual and homosexual. "There was a
celebration of the erotic for the energy that it
raises." she said. "This kind of erotic connection
is good for the land, the earth, and is part of the
meaning of life ”
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