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 JOURNALISTS 1 ;o e V Hiotu by Jwff f'*» ty Ihr / nn*r%it} t Outdoor Pntffrant tomiuits U>%* < out outdoor a Ipidnnj, I nrnrst Stoyrr (bass) ,uu frtf Homan (%-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