UNIVERSITY
Teach-in will focus on Mid East crisis;
DeFazio set to take part in discussion
By Brenna Hansen and
Kimberly Ralston
fmeraiO Conlnbulois
A group of students and fai
ult\ will spend the day disi uss
ing and learning about the Per
si.in (lull'crisis. Friday. Rot 7.
A rally two symposiums and
a series of 17 workshops are be
ing held as part of a national
campus movement, which
comes on the anniversary of
Pearl Harbor
The tea< b in aimed at i reel
ing a dialogue on the (iulf t ri
sis. has been organized by the
No Cult War Coalition, which
is made up of let ult\ students
and student groups
Panel members will disi uss a
wide range of issues coni eru
ing the Cult crisis in the work
shops. The workshops will
I think the grctil pruhlem is
111.it we fail In educ ate our
selves Allan said We look
lu a government. I« .1 leader, or
lo thr so i allfd experts instead
of using llii'ir knowledge as the
fou tidal ion upon which we
then si'ok to educatn our
solves
Adan said I In* workshops,
"create a space for people wlio
otherwise don't feel comfort
able speaking out in a politic al
science 1 lass" and that they ap
peal to the diverse interests of
students
"Ue want people there who
have all sorts of concerns
Wiebalk said " There are a lot
of people involved in tins who
have never been involved in
politic s before It's not pisl m,
c alled radii als and liberals
There are at least 21) other
I think the great problem is that we fail
to educate ourselves. We look to a govern
ment, to a leader or to the so-called ex
perts, instead of using their knowledge as
a foundation upon which we then seek to
educate ourselves.
Bo Adan
"explain the issue, open it up
for discussion, and create an
interactive dialogue," said
Angela VViebalk, an organizer
of the event and a senior major
ing in sociology and peace
studies "I want to stress that
the workshops are not i lasses."
The organizers of the teach
in want students and Kugene
community members to lake
time out of their dav to In-come
more informed
Ho Adan, a graduate teaching
fellow in English and coalition
member, stressed the need for
individuals to educate them
selves
campuses holding teach ins on
Dec 7, Wiehalk said She said
a wide range of student groups,
including the ASU). OSPIKG,
and GALA. have helped to or
gani/e the teac h-in and are tak
mg |iart m the workshops
The workshops include top
ics such as the historical ori
gins of the C ill I f crisis, media
coverage of the Gulf crisis, the
draft and draft resistance, and
perspectives from Middle Hast
students
The teach-in will la-gin with
a rally protesting current I S
policy in the Gulf, followed by
a symposium titled. "Why are
We Here?”
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gene. is traveling lu Kugeno
from Washington. lit to give
spool lies .it llio r.ilh ami first
symposium said his pross soi
rotary |off Stior
'Representative Dofu/io is
very tonierned ahout tho (,ulf
i risis and his t onoorns go hat k
to tho Reagan Administration's
involvement in tho Iran-lraq
war.'' ho said
Tho rally liegins at noon on
tho i ornor of 1 tth Avenue and
him aid Street
The first symposium is at
p in in tho I Alt I ir Koom I ho
workshops .iro arranged in two
sols, from t it) to v p in and
from l> to '' It) p m Die final
symposium, at K p m . is titled
"Whore are Ur Cuing ' I’ropos
als lor Coat ofu 1 Solutions
Students and l.u ultv interest
oil in being on a panel, or seek
mg more information, should
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I was the night before Christmas and inside the
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Lay the best Christmas present attached so a
A Macintosh computer sat under the
Wondering where on campus it would soon be.
College students were settled all snug in their
While visions of
danced in their heads.
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They know that a Mac as a
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is great,
For making their projects look sharp and first-rate.
Then across campus there arose such a clatter.
All the students awoke to see what was the matter.
It was
who from atop his red q
Yelled loudly to all, "Students hear what I say!"
"If you want a Mac, the best place to go
Is the Microcomputer Support Lab; you’ll save some dough.
Great discounts are offered to students, faculty and staff.
On both hardware and software," Santa said with a laugh.
Then Santa drove off and threw these words back,
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