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Oregon Daily FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1991 It came from above Students m an alley oft Kmc aid Street o : ;< puddu< It b, iVeanesJ n ■. di v. "P( ’jr Photo tjy J<<" Pas.ay OCA initiative opposed by variety of Oregon groups By Hope Nt'.i " i h< (logon Citizens A il tain v> imliahvr Id previ ill homosexuals Irom obtaining muiortty status hits come up against widespread opposition from religion*. and politic <tl groups the ( X Vs initially e lu ,i me (ut tin- fid gun Constitution w ould require ill ■■'■■■ ■■ of gin. <• rri 'mint i*. w ■ d r, p ,id n tii sot i! standard (nr Oregon's youth that rot ugni/os Immii-.i xuabty, poili' jiln I la, -a distil itiii mastH Insni as abnormal, wrong unnatural amt perverse a11■ I that tin e hi haviors aro to ho ill si omaged and avoid oil i hr Iflltiallvr also stairs that ail !i tub. of govrrnmrnt and thru jgem u*s shad no! list- thru imini'V or property to pro muli1. rli. mirage or tai dilate hoimi'-' Ui.ii tty piril. iphilia sadism or ma*.u< lustn Assoc iatr thru tor of tin Kugem* Amor le an Civil I. tberr t tos t1 ti ion David HdtUlf|Ur said the At.id olio ot the groups (riming out against the measure .pposrd the (H As uittlattvr lire ausr ol its discriminatory nature against homo sex mils The agenda ot t tie ( M A e. to impose their moral views on tin* rest ot (In gun it is a very narrow viewpoint that they have in terms ol tolerant e for dlllerent view points I tdalKjue .aid I idanijue said tile t.H I is that many ho mosexuals are d isi.r i m l na t<ul a. oird sir if tly on the lias is i d their sex ual po ter en< e and do recpiue legal prolei turn Manv 11 ■ ■■ s.ii..Is have hi en due. !• ! the vs 1 irkpl.it t( and housing lor dlserino nation la a il use somebody thouglit they might gay ■ r lesfuan 1- id.rupee ■ od Hut t lathy Phelps deputy director ot the l.alie Count V ( X A S.I id t! a ■( e h e o ' been out tnurt ( ,r e of di.siriminat] against a homosexual Phelps said hate crimes an- not investigated fully to ■*" if there is real disi nmiii.itioii She said legitimate discrimination against minorities unhides being bam d trom hatte'ooms and rest.earatd■ ' Homosexuals are not lieirig disirmn tinted against any more than anyone else, Phelps said Hut the heterosexual-, aren't binding together to he prolei ted liv law I !ii.mi|ur '..ini- tl e tint n n a Vs hi • i\ no 1 !1 \ I f; i 11i>t\ »• v > i » f m » ! I’i-M !h> : r are mi (tmii t ,im-v involving disc rtnuna ■ Imp. agains! hum os,-x a a js 1 he iim-.hii there *J f i * lin i Ulirt c .1 sin is hi ( i ■% i ■ n, • >4.11 remedies exists lor huiiinscvu.ii-. who .in* dis< nminated against. hr said ■ ll S like say liu: 1 ill! In'! MV the h ■•.lit ■ being pul in thr oven. therrlnre the hoio i .ms! (Inin I happen. In' -. 11(1 Another eompiaml against lie i: .in livr 1,11m1 from lhr I < iimrnn ai Ministry 1)! Oregon, «i coalition ot l ‘ religious de immuMlinns who ; endue l mmislrn • .net mx tit) programs 1.1 ten Lowe. ,t member ,,1 the l.< uiuem ca! Ministry. railed the proposal overly broad. saving thrv p.utu uiarlv objei t to the use o! tin word ta< ildale When vou look .it the initiative the tin a! point does not br< omr « undui t. hut it het 111111-, the indiv idual Lowe aid The inittativ r \ s that state tee. »nai and lo< ai government', will !;>■{ lea m • e\ to pn n note of tat dilate homos* Vila • Lowe said Ion dilate means ‘make |p. easier and there .m }ji\ drug and ah. h.ol centers that rn rive a little govern mrnt monev and do make hie easier lor illdl V id oa is Woa.il that pl.ee those | 1 grains in jeopardy because homos'xuah . 0 the m ah.« -. 1 a iw e . .> • • 1 Hut Phelps said there is nothing, aiiv where that substantiates the c laim that ImliK isev mill tV stun ||d even he termed a morallv acceptah!' . and theretore .: rec ejv e public in* -UeV She ..nd homosexuals ire air- 1 d v i-ijuailv pfotec ted under lie- Hill o! Light1, and deserve no spec ial rights \ m ! or 1 a Hr o w ■; of tin 1 .e-.h 1.. 11. c .. 1 \ and Hisexua i \ i! lam e said what ! he ( )( ,\ terms as spec ial rights are rights that he! erosexuals already have rights • an h a no! get 11 ng tired (lom fob-. t ir k n k, I t.f housing based on then sexual ore , Hon It I became heterosexual tomorrow. ' hi ; • I .L' w o .. i hi ( )K . •1 .1 gay. todas its sperm! rights, !h w • said Hrow n s.tui si t h* ini1 ia11v - \ ■ ■ •' on!V would prop , turn aga i mV disc :;: 1 . lion disappear, hut funding for anv gay I ,m • OCA L 1 m ‘ University restores axed library hours Student protests prompt backpeddling on cuts By Carr e t >ennett University officials announced IVnlni'sil.n suinr campus libraries will slay open 1 i hours a week long er. after an effort by a fledgling student group to restore the flours cut lie< atlse of Measure r> The hours will fie restored at the Knight Library, the Architecture and Allied Arts Library and the Science Library The libraries will eat h be open ‘IT hours a week be ginning winter term. University Librarian fit-urge Ship man salt) in a written statement I'he knight Library will also offer extended hours during dead weeks " This (.ill a number of students let us know their strong concern about the new schedule.' Shipman saiti "At the same lime, they were extraordinarily sup portive and understanding of the library's fiscal prob lems ” Dylan Coulter, founder of Concerned Students for Library Hours, said he was pleased vsilh the syy dt at lion. Honestly. ! was surprised that it t. >j 1} .’•■!■ !.r 1 hr Sillll The group, formed less Ih.m two vm ■ -ks ago, I..t.i h> gun ,1 petition time .mil vv.is prepared !u liegm 1 -<■!!'-r writing campaign whrn the hours vsere reinstated “l nlvursitv administrators have reconsidered their earlier derision and deluded to restore all hut livi of the rut hours to better serve the needs of students ind other library users, Shipman said We re glad to make this commitment to improved study conditions for our many serious students, said I'nivi rsity I’rovos! Norman Wessells "It's a reality, however, that our budgets are .lire u!y so tight tllat spending money lor this < onlinendabir purpose means tli.it other worthy needs will not b< funded as we halanc e our hooks at lie end d the hum n ill 111 in June, Wessells said Shipman estimated the cost of restoring these hours as well as some hours during summer session and be tween sessions, w dl fie about SUO,(Kill a V1 at More students will fie hired to stall tie- .d.rar, d ,r I urn to LIBRARY Fhirje 3 INDEX Stop the hate_ ll.tU' bused bigotry and Violence vs ill be Itur locus of the I'l'l] ASI!() fall symposium starting Saturday and continuing llirougboul next week Ihe aim of the panels and workshops is to help people learn flow to recognize bale oriented behavior in their own lives as well as identifying that kind of behav ior in institutions and the community S#e story, Pag* 4 Yaaawwwn It .111 itegan bv pulling tin <ill mghter to write .1 forgotten 10-page paper Now dorrnie neighbors, more forgotten class assignments and loud stereos have taken control of his life It's been days suite he's had any sleep. Will Neal Skorpens Oscar tiut I rrshnnin ever recover from his midterm-induced t ase of sleep tie privation, or will Ins lu< k ol rost If.in to an carlv 11> ntisc7 Thorn's only ono way to find out. S*e Oscar lh» Frashman, Pago 9