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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1991)
Two faculty members win awards By Dennis Fitzgerald Emerald Reporter Two University ('acuity members one in biology and the other in ehoiiiis trv have been honored with awards that will provide lending to help contin ue their research Vi< ki L Chandler, •10.,' an associate professor of biology. and Geraldine 1, Richmond, HH, a professor of chemistry, are among 100 scientists and engineers nationwide selected to receive Faculty Awards for Women Scientists and Kngi liners, given bv tile National Science Foundation this year The foundation received more than (iOO proposals lor the prestigious awards. According to a statement by the loun dation, the awards have two goals to iecogni/.e the nation’s most outstanding and promising women scientists and en gineers in academic careers ot resear* h and teaching, and to retain these women scientists and engineers in academia and to facilitate the further development of their careers. Reginning this fall. Chandler and Richmond will receive a base award of $50,000 per year for a maximum of live years to fund their projects "This recognition of the outstanding work by these women enhances then reputations as scientists and teachers," sain John Moseley, University vice pres Turn to SCIENTISTS Pago 4 Cleanup Great Rotary Duck Race organisers use nets : > retneo* snn.e o> the 21.-t■ Willamette River Saturday Participants paid $h per deck ,n / pcs th it v ■ • • "f,y to reach the Ferry Street Bridge and earn them a price Proceed.. (rum the e. • Reset Nursery 'her ducks dumped in Hi i, / t'r one of the h / w ill go to the l e e C to the rst 1? Photo by Acdfi! H.irmm Columbus not just looking for the New World By Rene DeCa.r Emerald Associate Fditor In fourteen hundred and ninety two, when Columbus set sail cm the ocean blue, what hr realty wanted was gold and slaves, too, an author ami activ ist said Friday Howard Zina gave an even ing presentation to a parked crowd in the EMU Ballroom just one day before Christopher Columbus Day to dispel what lie believes are myths about the almost mythical explorer. Columbus didn't make the trip "to advance the knowledge of geography. He did the trip because tie wanted loot," lie said. His speech was interrupted several times by the crowd's laughter and applause at hts anecdotes and comments Zinn, a retired Boston Uni versity professor and author of several hooks including "Viet nam The Logic of Withdrawal" and the controversial "A Tro pie's History of the United States." studied Columbus' Journals for research on one of his books. "I was startiod by what 1 read,” Zinn said, quoting from Columbus' journal which he said read "the natives ure gen tle people, always laughing.” But Zinn said Columbus then wrote that "they would make fine servants." Photo by Jjr,« Rit^n Howard Zmn, a retired Boston Umvorsity professor, trios to dispel myths about Columbus 1492 voyage during his speech Friday in the EMU Ballroom. Moreover, Zinn said, ('<j1uih bus mentioned gold at least 75 times in Ins writings, u fact which Zinn described as “very interesting.” "He did .1 lot of talking about God and the Bible, but he also did a lot of talking about gold," Zinn said, adding he has also read journals from other men who worked with Columbus who wrote of raping and beat ing native women. This year, on the eve of 1992. the 500th year anniversary of Columbus' voyage, Zinn said he wants to educate people about the inaccuracies of histo ry "The argument about Colum bus is not what happened then it is about what it means,'' he said, referring to the fact that teachers often only tell their students of Columbus' fine sea manship abilities and his ''dis covery of America "(The controversy about Co lumbus) is what you do about history what do you put at the forefront and what do you bury." he said. Zinn said that whmi people am confronted with tin; facts «l Columbus in history, they often brush H off saying. "‘You're! ar guing about Columbus with the standards of today Then, people were driven In profit motive, killed others This is the twentieth century.'" Zinn said to a roaring crowd Hut Zinn said tiiat tilings have not changed much in the last UK) years, and tii.it is the lesson to he learned "The dehumanization contin lies through the centuries to Hush ill the Middle hast," lie said "11 Columbus is going to teach us anything, it should make us think about these things "There are values that trail scend centuries " Additionally, Zinn said ho finds fault in how historic.d events are lauglit as d every thing was done painlessly and simply. "Il all sounds so benign The Louisiana Purchase.” he said, sarcastically adding, "as il peo ple didn’t live there (See), look on a map," Zinn said he did not learn anything about Columbus while he was in college oth er than that ho w as an “intrepid sailor,” that he did not know m grade school. “The things you learn in Turn to COLUMBUS. Pago 9 INDEX Testimony_ Supporters ol Auitti Hill unci Clarence Thomas took till! stand Suml.iv, and has dramatic Senate! hearing, both sides (diered widely conflicting testimony In a new developilien 1. Hill passed a lie detei tor test given hy a private sei urity firm in Virginia, but Senate judiciary Committee Chair man Joseph Hiden, l > Del , called the findings "inappro priate" lor the hearing So© story, Pag© 4 Blowout_ file Oregon football team never knew what hit them Saturday as the 14th ranked California Ooldon Hears rolled to a SI 0 halftime lead cnroiite to a stunning 45-7 victory that saw three Duck quarterbacks get playing time Oregon was dealt another serious blow when it was learned Sunday nose tackle Marcus Woods and offensive tackle David Colllnsworth will both be out at least three weeks due to injuries See story, Pag© 6