Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24,1991
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 41
Survivor speaks against death penalty
By Mike Sears
Emerald Contributor
In 1009, Dennis Tapp was
forced by four men to open tin
safe of his father's California
gas station, then made to kneel
before he was shot in the hack
three times
The men who shot him had
robbed and killed another man
only hours before. They were
quickly apprehended and two
of them were sentenced to
death.
Despite Tapp's ordeal, in
told an KNHJ Gumwood Room
audieiu r Wednesday night hr
dors not tw'hrvr his atlai hers
should have received the death
penult v
At the presentation, Tapp
joined Hillary Navlor, coord i
natnr of the Amnesty Interna
I tonal Anti-Death Penalty ('.am
paign, in asking for petition sig
natures for their i ampaign
When the California Supreme
Court overturned the state s
death penalty in 1*172. the two
death sentences were commut
ed In 1985, the man who
pulled the trigger. U a v i d
Magris, was paroled.
Tapp, who Mill suffers severe
p.ain from Ins wounds, cam
p.limits actively against the
death penalty He has appeared
on a number of talk shows, in
eluding a 1‘lBtl episode of
2.0<‘20 where he received an
apology from Mogris
"All I wanted was an apo'lo
g v. ’ Tapp said, stressing Ills
c onviction that the death penal
tv would not have solved any
thing
Tapp's attacker is now mar
ripd and lives in (California
where he earns $ (0,000 a year
Tapp, a Kugene resident, is mi
able to work as a result of his
injuries He and his wife live
off .1 StiHS a month disability
( hei k
Nevertheless, Tripp insists
that he is happy that his attai k
er has done so well lor himself
Amnesty International op
poses the llse of the death pen
ally and i lassifies it os a human
rights abuse
"The death penalty is a hu
man rights abuse because it van
lutes the most fundamental
right the right to life," Naylor
said
Donnls Tapp
In the shadow of art
Miles Wooftar. a graduate student in architecture,
conducts a spatial analysis of the Museum of Art tor
an architecture media class
Photo by Andro Ramon
IED adds spice to a class schedule
By Colleen Pohlig
Emerald Ropcx!of
College ( lasses don't have lo ho a drag
Students taking advantage of the Innovative
Educational Development program are able to get
a break from the dav today University currteu
lent and the accompanying note taking and
mundane lectures for at least a couple of hours
a week
With titles like Aikido, Understanding Sell I Is
teem and How to Meditate, the ASUO-funded
program offers students and community members
an opportunity to take classes that offer a lilt more
variety than the University curriculum
"For me, it is important to oiler diflorent class
es where people are sharing information." said
ilfi) co director Erin Dorm "It's an extra outlet
and it enables people from the community to
come together who are interested in a specific
matter that is very diflorent from the University
curriculum."
The classes, offered lor free or a small fee, are
not necessarily taught by teachers but mainly by
community members who want lo share a partlt
ular interest with others
People interested in teaching .1 class are re
quired to get co sponsored by a University do
partment pertaining to the topic The Innovative
Edut atinn program is the other ro sponsor and its
objective is to sc hodulo classrooms and "push pa
pars around," Dorm s.mi
"Once our classes get going, we step out," she
said The program starts and coordinates the
classes; the teacher and the students take it from
there
Almost all of the classes running this term are
also being offered winter term Most of the oiler
logs are non credit c lasses, however, there are a
few c redit c ourses as well
Aikido, in its sixth year, ts a non-aggressive
Japanese martial art that places emphasis on ( cm
Turn to IED. Pago 4
Dream Journey class
raises consciousness
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Associate Editor
You are walking through a sunny meadow,
watching birds anil butterflies flutter around
vou Soon you re.n h a wooded area, and enter,
moving from the warmth id the sun to the
coolness of the shade
You are i>ii king your way through the laden
logs and branches, when suddenly you i onto
upon a cave, its deep, cavernous mouth almost
taunting you You wonder if you should enter,
and delude to take the risk
This in .ill happening as part of a dream, hut
tin; images and encounters you experience of
ten have meaning that extend beyond dream
land
Dreams are a gateway into another whole
area of consciousness," said droamwork thei
apisl Nora Minogue. who helps find meanings
In dreams.
Minogue said consciousness follows a con
linuurn and if total consciousness was a hu
man body, most people's consciousness would
fit into their little fingers
To help students gain greater consciousness,
Minogue is teaching a course called Dream
Journey, offered through the Innovative Educa
tion program.
"The premise of this course Is that dreams
give us access to an Important source of energy
and information for personal problem solving,
creative activity and spiritual development,"
according to the class syllabus.
Turn to DREAM. Page 4
NEA-rejected artist to speak on campus
The performance artist who writes
and performs acts such as "Life of
Lies" and "Why Can't This Veal Calf
Walk?" will speak in Condon School
today at noon on current social issues.
The EMU Cultural Forum and other
groups are sponsoring Karen Finley's
lecture, which is free to the public.
She will also bo performing the
above acts tonight at 7:30 in "Wo Keep
Our Victims Ready," her last perfor
mance in Eugene at the Hull Center
Soreng Theater.
Julio Lear, contemporary issues co
ordinator for the EMU Cultural Forum,
said it was a coup for Eugene to gut
her.
Finley first came into national
prominenco when the National En
dowment for the Arts singled her out
as an example of misguided grant
m.iking Led by Son Jesse Holms, tho
NEA callod hor and other selected art
ists' work inappropriate for govern
ment funding. These labels caused a
national debate over artists' freedom
of expression.
In her performances, Finley ex
plores different aspects ol societal
abuse, Including rape, homophobia,
abortion, censorship, domestic abuse
and AIDS.
Lear said Finley's performances
have nudity at times. "She uses her
body as well as her poetry to express
her ideas," Lear said.
Tho Cultural Forum along with the
Hull Center Community Involvement
Program, the Oregon Humanities Cen
ter. and the Center of the Study of
Women in Society are all sponsoring
today's lecture
Karen Finley
INDEX
Musgrave gets the nod_
Sophomore Doug Musgravu
will start iit quarterback when
tin; Ducks fact; third -ranked
Washington In Shuttle on Satur
day Musgrave hei ami! the si-a
son's third starting quarterback
after Itrett Salisbury injured Ins
shoulder in praclu:<: nisi week
Musgravu completed 12 of 16 passes fur 12(>
ynnis in his appearance against California on Oct.
12
Speaking in tongues_
The University's forensic team debated its way to
first plain in the San Diego State University Invita
tional tournament last weekend.
See Campus Update,' Page 4