EDITORIAL
Tree you later
I am annoyed l»\ the decision
tn remove the tress behind
Knight l.ibran, .mil though I
believe therr w.1 s and rnavlie
is .1 need to show tin' adminis
tration how dis,i|i|)ointrd some
11I us arc with that action. I
agree that vandalism is not an
a< 1 c|i!able form of protest
However would someone
like to tell [lie alxilll the lo( a
tion ill the slogans’ \re the\
still on the sidewalk nest to
where the trees were7 I hat
sidewalk also in tile ( nurse
and name of library expansion
was removed shorth after the
trees surrounding it I would
liardK sav the protesters "de
fai l'd our i ainpus w hen dial
sidewalk is no longer part of
our 1 ampus any more than
those tress are As far as the
1 osts of a leaning the ( on
striii tion crew seems to have
done a thorough job
Katin Austen
Dam e
Oxymoron
Kngarding lirsan Westby 's
letter i()DI MiU t>!
"Ilomosexual is In define
lion .in oxs moron I luiun
same Sexual sexual Same
sexual llns is about as
oxvmurunu as similar pleasant
or different sensual I or tin? un
enlightened Ism li as Westby)
an iixvmorun is a type of word
thiil i onlrudii Is itself sue li as
jumbo shrimp work pails 01
military 1111• • 111 • m e
Heterosexual is redun
dant I’lease noli" that here as
svell as in the previous sen
timi e the fust word is a blati
kel noun rather than a slate oi
Iremg fins would equate to
saving "hall is healths I Ins
is almost too good of a
straight line to pass up
"(lass lesbians. and
bisexuals are all anti sexual
I-linns. I .ilssass t onsidered
myself quite tile sexual person
Iverynne has thr freedom
In In- .sexual or asexual” Sci
cm i s,n s vuu re wrong 1 sup
pose tins means women fan
give up (.hiliiix'dring ami iwgm
budding any time they want In
()i did you mean anti-sexual
again'
Paragraphs four ami five ul
Weslbys lellei will not l>e dealt
with here .is they are imom
preiiensilde
i’erliaps Westby should ton
sider i hanging ins major from
English to someth mg else
Ibis author would endeavor
to explain whs all individuals,
no matter what their sexual ori
entatinn might lie are equal
but has done so before and is
limited to 250 words
Den Kims
Student
Juddheads
()n May ) th«- fluids |)**r
formed at the I'ntversilv <Ir.1 w
i nvt many people and their
money into the Iugene area I
will not deny that this is a defi
nite henelit to the < (immunity
hilt i find the Ullage lh.lt these
|ndd heads bring to hugene
and the t'mversity one that the
I 'niversity has no business be
mg att.e bed yy Hh
Dei ent iiti/ens like mvself
are frightened In the strange
dress and lifestyles of the kind
of people that follow the holds
I hey arrive by hundreds in 1 ar
avails of r bartered buses in
stead of line shiny 1 ars i'hey
wear funny h.ils and shoes and
say y ee hayy Is it no wonder
yye are intimidated by then
present e f
As it their dress and sjieei h
yyere not enough these people
bring yyith them ra< 1st attitudes
and general disi runinatory val
lies They are yyell knoyvn tor
their drinking to esa ess and
subsequent violent e Surely
everyone will agree this liehay
tor is not tin' kind out I'nnersi
or, h.-.or; n
on1 THE 'WALL;
WHOSE'- TH'£
NOffL^r or
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Ml
tv i ommunitv should l>r know 11
for supporting
1 veil if these problems ,rre
not .is bad ns they seem, v\ e
need to ban the Indds from per
forming in Kugene until their
fans t .in i time up with n plan to
remedy tills situation Hv then,
however, it may he loo late for
tfie Judds to perform hurt* tor
another year anyway I think
that would be quite i.nmenient
All the good citizens of In
gene need to an omplish tins
ban is 1 1 more letters I'hat s
1’mversilv polity Sound famil
tar'
|oshua | ( ti\
Mush
Et tu Brute
llie greek system has always
been the vanguard uf tradition
and patriotic American values
• it tins I nil ersity Ihe verv fat t
that we have provided a bul
wark against the tidal wave of
unrest and subversion has
made us .1 target ot ( tint erted
onslaught bv the unwashed
blame -A merit a first iobh\ th.it
permeates this t ampus
Ihe struggle that we find
ourselves in is one that we 1 an
win However when members
ol the Interfraternity Council
partk ipate in events sui h as
the anti war Amerii .111 protests
of last term and openly soi 1.1I
i/e with our avowed enemies,
then one 1 an only he suspi
i ions as to their i ommitment to
our < ause
The count il's endorsement of
Hills Watson ill the last ASI'O
eli‘( lion, despite thru anti
glrek statements and positions
onh confirmed those suspi
cions tli.it the leadership ol the
Interfralernitv (’.oun< d sup
posed U lighting for our inter
ests are in actuality convenient
bedfellows with the left wing
extremists who seek our dr
mise.
Make no mistake, the odor of
oil is thii k in the air and the
nose-ring-wearing. t ye-died
barbarians are .it the gate It we
are to survive as a system then
the greeks will have to wake up
and hold their representatives
in the Interfralernitv Council
accountable lor this latest be
travel
Steven |. YVeidemun
International Studies
Fraternity member
FORUM
Professor Hatzantonis made student’s trip ‘magical’
By Dana R Watrud
I..ist Thursdav a frii*ii(i < .till'd Iruiti Kugene to It’ll
mr thiil Professor Litimanuel I lat/antoius IhhIs had
bi't'ii found in llic Mi hen/ii' River A week later I still
cannot accept the idea that he is gone Kvei su ulteii
during the i nurse ut a das that thought w ill o< i ut to
me and it just does not seem possible
Commentary
I he (list time I met I’rotessor Hat/antoms was in nn
second veal Italian i lass in 1‘IHl It's hard to believe
that it has been 111 soars He svas such an energetii and
exalting leather that I learned a lot trom him More
than that he convinced me that I wanted to studs Ital
tan I ditin t set* I’rotessor Ilut/untonis for another four
sears since I took a lease of absence trom 111s studies
to ssork ami travel When I sass him again it svas at a
meeting tor tile study in Perugia program He ssas as
energetic as ever anti encouraged me to go to Perugia
tor the sake of ms language skills, since I ssas a Ko
main e Languages major
When I arrived in Perugia in |une of 1‘fHa. I found
that thanks to the efforts of Professor Iiat/.antonis I al
reatis bad an apartment and that I had been registered
for si bool Hie next tias at noon when ms si hoof
mates anti I scent to lunch, there svas a line ot about ">0
students trom various Luropean countries waiting to
register tor t lasses Italian bureau* rai s being svhai it
is most of them missed lorn h that das in ordei to reg
ister Later I made friends ssith some ot the students
tiles told me that sometimes it took them as long as a
sseek to title! decent housing and that .n til* meantime
they had staved in hotels or south hostels
That summer in Perugia was magical I'Aervthmg
was so different from what 1 knew in the I'nited
States the people, the su< nil life the < lasses, the art
the an Intel lure It svas like a dream to wake up evert
morning and he surrounded h\ people who would
speak only Italian to me
That surnmei Professor Hat/.antonis took us to mu
strums i athedrals and the opera We visited the Yati
ian, Kavelina, Koine and Florenc e We c elehrated the
end ol the term at a very elegant restaurant in Perugia
where wo were joined hv our professors from the t Hi
versitv for f oreigners
Not all of ms exponent es in Perugia ssere pleasant
ones There was the matter of our landlady entering
our apartment without kllor king We asked her to
knot k. hut she continued to open the door svith her
kes After the third time Professor Hat/.antonis came
and explained to her in a vers firm and muompromis
mg tone that not only would she have to knot k hut
she ssould have to t all and give ns notu e before com
mg over Not only did she knot k alter that she seldom
( nine over
Then the money that I had been waiting for from the
States ssas delnsed for more than tsvo sveeks and Pro
lessor Ilat/antonis lent me the entire sum until my
check arrived During our overnight trip to Venice
one of the students suffered .1 mysterious attac k at 2
a m , and Professor Hat/.antonis accompanied him to
the hospital, made sure that he was signed in and he
mg looked after, and returned to the hotel on foot at 7
1 m 1 bout the time the rest of us got up to base
breakfast
These are just .1 few of the episodes that Professor
llat/.anto. is dealt with that summer. I marvelled that a
man of Ml years had more energy and patience than
any of us and I felt fortunate to have someone 11ki
ll im introdui e me to Italy
i am mm a graduate student in the Romance I-an
guages department at the University of Washington,
and therefore am not aware of the full nature ot the
problems that arose with regard to the Perugia pro
gram What I am aware of is that Professor Hatzantonis
managed a delic ate balam mg act in his < apai ity as d:
rector of that program He was available to respond to
( rises and vet did not hover over students who should
have been adult enough to figure some things out tor
themselves
1 rei entlv ran into a woman with whom I had attend
ed the Perugia program It was so hard to tell her about
Professor Hatzantonis' death and the investigation that
preceded it We agreed that although vv e did not hear
any complaints from our fellow students in lOHTc
some of them were probably too young to have gone,
and might have had a greater apprei lation of their e\
perieiu e had they wailed a y ear or two
I don t know why Professor Hatzantonis took his
own life It's very painful for me to think about it
siiue lie was my mentor and my friend lie was also
one of die most compassionate, intelligent and honoi
able men I've ever known 1 w ish I'd had the chance to
tell him how important he was to me. how bee ause of
his encouragement and support I'm pursuing mv
Ph i) There are a lot ot us who have benefited from
Professor Hatzantonis' generosity as a man. and his
knowledge and talent as a teacher 1 know that I speak
tor many when I say that he will be missed
llin.i R Watrud is a former University student now
attending the University of Washington's graduate
school,