Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1991
University hosts
Soviet journalists
Guests say freedoms have
reached point of no return
By Dan Eisler
Emerald Contributor
The Moscow (’itv Council's press center repo ->■: t.i
live believes that in order to reunpose i nsorshj ,n
the Soviet Union, .1 dictator would have to line up ill
tin' journalists and execute them
Sergei Stupar said at an open session with Universi
tv faculty members Thursday that m i;.1 freedom in
his country has expanded so much that only a r<'turn
to totalitarian dictatorship could suppress Soviet jour
nttl isrn.
Stupar was one of (right Soviet journalists who v is
ited the University as par! of their I S tour
The Soviet media's new ability to report and com
merit on events without government control is t result
of the Soviet government's policy of glastnost, said
tfrigori Volchek, the economic editor of the regional
newspaper, I'crmskii' Novosti
Under glastnost, the Soviet government's policy of
openness to outside scrutiny, and perestroika, its sys
tern of restructuring, the media are examining previ
ouslv hushed-up crimes committed since the earliest
days of Communist rule, Volchek said
We have so much dm to uncover, be chum 1 mil
munist repression of media freedom began with Lenin,
the first Soviet leader, Volchek said
As a result, citizens are 1 lamoring for news, said
Dmitri Ponomurchuk, the senior editor for Costrii ra
dio, the Soviet stale radio and television station for the
l Ikrainian Kepuhlic
Lor example, in the Ukraine, the 11am demoi ratii
publication contradu ting the information in govern
merit publications has a loyal following, I’onomarcfiuk
said
" This paper is expensive," I’onoman huk said But
when people have a choice between buying the paper
and saving money, they'll buy the paper to find out
what's happening "
Soviet journalists uncovered stories because they've
had the chance to apply their training, to see the news
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jj Program livens up summer
On the oil chance that classes
albne aren't providing enough
excitement, maybe shooting the
rapids of the McKenzie River or
s p e n ding a n a f t e r n o on
windsurfing will put some
spark into s our summer
The University's Outdoor
Program, which organizes over
2 00 various trips a year, is
sponsoring a wide range id al
fordable events this summer tor
people ot all skill levels
Whitewater boating trips
either on rafts, kayaks or i a
take pi.u e every I'ridav
ones
Mountain hike rides urn organ
i/.ed fur cal h Tuesday morning
anti weekly windsurling trips
to Domna Ki'sfrvnir, :I5 milt's
southeast ul Kugune. begin in
mill July
"Afioul fill percent ol our
participants arc Irmalc and
about 25 percent are foreign
students," said Bruce Mason.
Outdoor Program coordinator
"It's the opposite ol what you'd
exper t A lot ol these (sport'd
have had a male, mat ho aura
about them
Turn to OUTDOORS P ujo
Musicians playing classical and more
22nd annual Oregon Bach Festival now in full swing
By Christina Komeshian
Emerald Contributor
Wh.it started out .is i one
week collaboration of choral
and organ music in l<)7() has
grown into a nationally ac
claimed, 15-day spectacle fc.i
turing performances by local,
national and internationally re
nowned performers
The Oregon Bach festival, in
its 72nd consecutive year this
summer. Is produced in urn
junction with the University's
St hi ml ol Musir and the liu
gene ami Springfield i omnium
ties This year's festival in
tduties _’H ticketed perform
ances. in addition to six free
concerts
Although the event is tailed
the Bach Festival, works h\
other composers are performed
during tile festivities This year
the festival will feature works
by ilif composure lakub Men
delssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mu/.art .uui Antonin Dvorak
Guest artists include the
Duke lJItnglon ( )ri lustra and
opera slur Iredern a von Stacie
Many professors Irom the
Si hooI of Music partic ipate in
the festivities, as performers
and educators Richard i ra/ier,
a professor at the University's
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JJml diiiiu.il ()rn;on Hat h festival
National
Landon dies
MAl.IUU, (ialil (AIM
Michael Landon. the boyish
ly handsome actor who hat
lied ( anoer with the same af
fability he brought to roles
in "Bonanza” and "Little
House on the Prairie," died
Monday He was r>-t
Landon, w ho also starred
in the TV series "Highway to
Heaven" and whose career
was jammed with writing.
prodm mu and directing
credits, died nearly three
months after he announced
Ins illness.
Juslii e nominated
KhNNliBUNKPOKT, Maine
(AIM President Bush on
Monday picked federal ap
peals court judge Clarence
Thomas as the second blai k
in history for the Supreme
Court, naming an unabashed
conservative to replace
Thurgood Marshall, one ol
the major lilteral voices of
tfie |iast quarter century
Thomas' nomination
must in; confirmed by tin
Seriate, whnri! hr is curtain
to face sharp questioning on
such divisive issues as abor
tion, privacy, school prayer
and desegregation.
Hush praised the Ti-year
old Thomas as “a fiercely in
dependent thinker with .in
excellent legal mind, who
believes passionately in
equal opportunity for all
Americans "
Vet. civil rights groups
have opposed Thomas on
grounds he was Insensitive
to tlii.' concerns of minorities
and the elderly as chairman
of the federal Kijuul hinploy
merit (importunities (ami
mission for nearly eight
years under President Rea
_
Sports
Berry. Heinonen honored
Oregon javelin thrower Pan
la Berry and women's trac k
coach Tom Heinonen were
awarded women’s Par 10
Conference honors last week,
when Iii-rrv was recognized
■ is athlete of (he year and
Heinonen as coach of the
year
See story, Page H
Almanac
Bm ause of the Indnpen
deuce Day holiday, the Ore
K<>n Daily Emerald will not
he published Thursday.
(Masses will not be held
I hursday and Friday. and
’ lie I M twill lie ( losed