Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1991
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 44
ROTC ruling meets mixed reaction on campus
By Colleen Poh g
F'maraicl Rtun^tuf
Th«; Oregon higher edui ation
system’s decision Friday to per
suade the KOTO to'drop its
policy banning homosexuals
from military service met with
mixed feelings from the gay
and lesbian community
'It's really commendable that
the chancellor is taking this at
tton. but I'm really shocked
about it," said Sue Dockstader,
co-director ol the Lesbian, day
and Itisexual Alliance "I don't
know why the i h.mi ellor is do
mg this vs linn In- is thti one who
doesn't want >4.1 v anti lesbian
( ouples living tn family lions
ing I question what is going
on."
Brant Keister, another alii
ant e tnomlxT, said he is some
what skeptical about the tlet i
sion
"I'm skeplit ill hot arise my
experience with the udmintstra
tion has linen a lot of talk about
respet ting diversity and affirm
ative action, hut It hasn't had
much substance," he said
I hi- decision is encouraging.
Inil Ivviint In sir some rc.il ar
lion taken
Phi' decision, which (Ilian
i oilor Thomas Bartlett an
nounced Friday to the Stale
Bourd of Higher Kdu< alion, w as
prompted by a concern ili.it
KOK' programs discriminate
on the basis of sexual orienta
tion, which is in violation of a
state system rule
KOTC policy states th.it 1,1
dels vs ho are homosexuals ot
have engaged in a honiosexual
ait will he dropped from the
program
The l 'diversity w ill lx- work,
ing with oihi-r institutions mul
systems lo attempt to persuade
this 1 S military to bun thu
policy of dist rlrninulioh. said
Melinda drier. tin* chancellors
legal t ounsel
it seemed like It was tin'
right time to make the hoard
aware of the 'dm ision." she
said
Dot kstjiiier. although pleased
with the (let ision. salt! she Is
still dissatisfied with the hit I
that military ret rollers are on
( aitiptis
KOT( should mil hi? till
i iirnpus." '•hi- said "Thu I in
vt-rslh now tii-oiis tn s.i\,
Wi- Tr not m11n>; to ai i opt
ROIX' on i unipus
Hoi kst.ii! i- r a nil Marl r nr
Dri-si hfr, dirootor of tlu> Offii o
of Stuili'iil Advotaiv. arn cur
molly mvolvi-il 10 a oommltlt-o
that is atti-mptin^ to ban mill
lury rixruitors on lampus In
f HUM! tlu ir ilisi nnuoaiiiin on
tin- basis ul siixutil onimtatlon
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Hand in hand
Even the recent dreary weather can't dampen the spirits of yjn-.ot John Schotts nod supr.onnxe
Corrme Murphy as they walk down 13th Avenue near Condi a Halt
Photo by John Stoops
Christie founder
warns of cover-up
By Kirsten Lucas
i n w.ik! Reporter
Wherever you i:onm down on I he jiol ilu «il spectrum,
lliu i urrent st.ilu of Amtiritan politics is .1 dangerous
sitUiition said tin: t o founder of Ilu: Christie luslilulti
Monday night
In u spent h tilled "(iovernmeiil Set recy. I he (tonsil
lution in Crisis. " hither Mill Ihivis warned the until
elite thill the US government is slipping Into .1 one
brunch svsltmi. domin.iied by ti lying president who is
no longer governed by a st, slem of t her ks and h.d
ant es
Davis lot useti on evidence from tin- Christie Insli
lute’s investigation into the li.in Conlt.1 st undid, whit h
revealed sysleinlt: corruption iintl a gnverninent witie
1 0nsp1r.1t y to cover it up
This systemic t orruption has also manifested itself
111 II S complicity in global drug traffic Iking. Davis
said
"it wasn't pis! a handlul of zealots (Involved in Iran
Contra)," he saitl ''These people have a history of tli
ret t relations to covert operations and Ceorgt: Mush
Although the Christie Institute has been saying tills
lot almost five years now, Oliver North has recently
lent credence to its claims in Ins allegations that lor
incr President Ronald Reagan and President Mush
knew about the covert operations
I his is the guy who said lie would stand on his head
in the t iirner d his t ommander in 1 hud ordered him to
do so. Da vis -.aid lie's now saying that the comm and
Turn to COVER-UP Pur;..
INDEX
Remember_
The winter term Schedule
of Classes is .lire.iily avail
able at Oregon Hull Duck
Call registration begins Mon
day. Nov 11
Threatened_
Terrorist attacks in the
West Hunk and Turkov
threatened to disrupt
Wednesday’s Middle Hast
peace talks
See story, Page 9
Decisions_
Community members can
speak their minds and add
input to city financial deci
sions In a new program
called Eugene Decisions
See story. Page 11
Donated cash fuels sculpture move, debate
Arts commission claims Byrne
had opportunity to review artwork
Ry Carrie Dennett
Emerald Associate Ed tor
I he controversy uvi:r tin1
iin 1 v i-r mI y 's plan tn spend
inure til.ill $41,000 to move till'
sculpture .it the new Casanova
Center may not he quelled hv
the anonymous donations that
turned up Fridas
Tile debate centers around
whether dissatisfaction with
tin- $54,000 sculpture should
have been expressed earlier ill
the project, thus saving time
and money
In August, University Athlet
ic Director Hill Uyrne said he
wanted the sculpture put into
storage, but has since asked
that it he moved from its cur
rent location in front of the ath
letic headquarters Uyrne
< 1.11II'.< ii the artw l il l is out 1 j 1
scale .uni din's not match 11 i*•
i I:.trader of tint now building
l orn Kudd of the Oregon Arts
Commission said the sculpture
was chosen from a nationwide
competition by a committee of
architects, arts professionals,
community members and ulh
ietit department represent.!
lives, whu h should have in
cluded Byrne
Byrne vs is given a se.n on the
committee. Kudd said, but
turned it over to two other
members of the athletic depart
metit
The OA(. oversees publicly
financed art. and commis
sioned the sculpture jointly
w ith the committee
The H statues, representing
athletes from around the I’.a if
f e fi*o(o
the figures atop the sculpturo outside the Casanova Center havo
been crihcued by AD Bill Byrne and protected by art lovers
ir II) (Ionferuni :e, is mount' ll
m front of tiir (aisanova dim
ter’s main entrance on an ele
vated, i urved beam
Rudd said the sculpture re
reived no complaints while it
was in the planning pro< ess.
but be did not know if Byrne
had .u tually seen the plans and
draw mgs bimselt
Byrne was m Las Vegas and
could not Im1 reached lor com
merit Brodie Remington. Uni
versity vice president for public
affairs and development, said
[i Vi lit: hail <m <>{)|>ortiinit\ Id
view drawings of the sculpture
before i (instruction begun
I'm virtuallv t i rt.iln tit.it he
saw ttir plans,' hi s.iui 'What
couldn't be anticipated was
what the sculpture would .11 tu
ally look, like when in pint e
It's not the sculpture itself, it's
just where the sculpture is
"In the eyes of many people,
the sculpture just is not in
scale "
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