Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1991
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Courtyard musician
Bartholomew Sacremvnto. a roving Eugene flutist performs outside the EMU Tuesday
afternoon
Photo by Jett Paslay
Council votes to
keep Commission
Ry Gem! Koeppmg
Emerald Reportoc
Springfield Mayor Hill Monrsette had ,i busy das
Tuesday At .1 in . .liter six hours of public testimony,
he broke ,i .1 i lie and saved the i itv s Human Kights
( tommission
Light hours later, lie again demanded the resignation
el le'iucil meinhers Kail Wallers. Larry Si ban/ and
Bruce Berg because of vvbal be said was a plan by the
three members to pre arrange a vote against the ap
pomtriient of a lilieral atfmnative ai lion specialist to
the commission
The three < mini il members bad sent eai b other mev
sages via computer that discussed their votes and la
men ted the l.u k of < bristian ethics in government
S. ■. ai a Hit Walters, Schanz and < ieorge Wi.ju k out
voted two other members and disbanded the Human
K gtit- i ommisston Both W,liter-, and Si ban/ saul the
commission vvas disbanded because of its Insistence
mi adding gays and lesbians to the list ol minorities
protec led by the c ity anti-disc rimination ordinaiic e
Monday night, the issue was voted on again and ibis
time the Human Kighls ('.mum ission vvas voted hac k
m But it was ,i hollow vii lory for the gav and lesbian
mmunity Both Moirisetle and Berg, who voted tor
the c uimnisston. said they would not vote lor an ordi
nance protecting gay and lesbian rights
Morriselte said now is not the right time for suc h
protection
Berg's objection was tlint to ensure the libertv of
e.ivs and lesbians the city bad to violate the rights of
those w ho found their lifestyle morally wrong
lii government to sav to you that you can't have
certain religious he I lets is violating to that persons roll
glous freedom,'' he said
All this is a disappointment to Sue Doc kstader, cn
direc tor of the I Jmversity's Lesbian, (lay and Hi sexual
Alliance, who hoped the controversy would lead to
pinlec lion lor gavs and lesbians She ubjec ted to those
who c lainicd the Human Kighls Commission was ask
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Soviet students see coup as turning point
Country moving forward, they say
By Daralyn 1 rappe
Emerald Associate Editor
When Mashn Shulnlina went
home for u month this summer,
she expected to spend time vis
iting friends and family, doing
the usual things that University
students do on vat ration
She was more than a little
surprised when it was a!! inlet
rupted Aug HI by an unexpect
od call from a family friend
See related
stories, Page 3
Home is Moscow and
Shatalina, a graduate student in
economics, was there for the
first time in a year
"We were sleeping at 7 in the
morning and a friend of my fa
ther's called and ho said 'tanks
are in the city.' " Shatalina
said. "! couldn't follow what tie
was saying 1 thought it was a
big joke or something, so then 1
said thank you and just contin
ued sleeping.
"Then my friends started
calling and they said. Sorry,
Masha. 1 don't think you're go
ing back (to Eugene)' and at tins
point I realized that maybe I'm
not."
Shatalina. who came to the
University last hill, spunt thf
next thriMi days watching the
beginning and end of the mili
tary coup against President
Mikhail Corbachev and hearing
her friends talk .liter protesting
in the streets
But she didn't get too close to
the action
V1y lather didn't let me go
the first day t" the barricades
because he said he wasn't sure
what's going to happen, and he
didn't want me to lose the
opportunity to come here, lie
cause what if we were caught
or something," she said "Some
friends of mine went there and
they came home and told me
what was going on I went there
immediately after the victory
Shatalina and her family
were more concerned about dif
ficulties obtaining a new visa
than aliout possible violence at
the rallies The feeling among
the people who did protest, she
said, was that there would be
n o r e peat of t he 198 9
Tiananmen Square massacre in
Beijing, when people rallying
for democracy were gunned
down by the Chinese military
"They were excited, not
afraid of a military attack."
Graduate students Philippe Kouzmme and Masha Shatalina came to
the University from the Soviet Union. Shatalina was home in Moscow
during the August coup attempt, while Kouzmme had /ust arrived in
the U S.
Shatnlina said "Common sol
diers wore in those tanks and
(the soldiers) knew that among
tills (rowd there might he their
own relatives, so it was hard for
them."
On Aug. 21. with Corbachev
hack m Moscow and the coup
attempt over, the celebration
began.
"There were fireworks and it
was like a real holiday."
Sh.it.ilma said "I think from
next your, they will st.irl cele
brating it as a holiday. I think
maybe the seventh of Novem
her. the day of the October Rev
olution, will not !»• a holiday
anymore and this will become
.1 holiday."
During those same three
Turn to STUDENTS. Page 3
INDEX
Deadlines_
Today In the Iasi day to
pay your tuition without a
Sr,() late fire.
Weaseling_
IV'ease/'s World, a now
i omic strip hy l )n i versity
student kraig Norris, starts
today in the i.'miTiild on
Page 27
Frohnmayer_
Although Oregon Attorney
Oeneial Dave Irohnmuver
has been given the green
light hy a University search
committee to succeed Man
rice Holland as law school
dean, his attention is on oth
er concerns, mainly the
health of his critically ill
daughter
Soe story, Page 4
Seeking input__
The ASUO Women s Center
is seeking input from stu
dents on the center s direc
tion for this si hool year.
See story, Page 5