Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5.1991
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 69
University is
forum for all,
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In the spirit_
Sun I a Claw oven showed
up The Beta Theta Pi Iraler
Uitv hosted some children of
homeless Eugene families
lor .1 Christma-. celebration
I’he house t r e a l e d the
youngsters to tuod and pre
sents during the second con
seculive celebration
See story, Pag* 5
Spinning facts
(den "Spinner" Jones is
different than who fie might
appear to lie The yellow
rnohawked 10 year-old
spoke to a group of Umverst
tv students Wednesday
a I unit AIDS and his experi
ence with the HIV virus He
urged his listeners to have
patience with their sex mill
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See story. Page 4
Free at last_
Lebanese captor* released
Terry Araler* ;i Wednesday
alter nearly seven years of
holding him hostage Ander
son. the Associated Press
chief Middle East correspon
dent, was the last American
hostage in Lebanon He sexm
visited with his wife and
six-year-old daughter, whom
he had never previously
met.
Sea story, Page 7
I Ethnic Studies program provides discourse for diversity
By Data yn Happe
ll iKtgatl at ihi- l mversiiv I!;
: If-<)■ ; tart
the civil rights mu v emeu I
brought about
Tiic i.limit Studies program
onttmies today .c. .t w .iv to cil
ut ate students about minorities
in the I tided Slides program
i w dim tor Kdw in Coleman
saiii it also provides some tin
derstanding in a i ounlrv popu
luted hy people like David
Duke, he said
Hthmi Studies Is one ol tile
smallest academic programs at
the University Hu! that's no! an
indir ation of its importaiu e.
.aid (aiii'itian, vviio calls such
studies initial in understand
tug the ever changing popula
lion ol tiic 1 lulled States
Hie program is designed It.
provide a forum lot the studv
,d Aim an A mem .ms Native
Americans. V san Amerii ails
arid Latino Americans Stu
dents t iin earn .1 minor in Kth
nlc Studies, Ini! there are not
vet enough courses available to
offer it as a major
VVI hope that students get a
mat!: wider understanding id
the world rather than a Hum
centric view ol tin world, a bet
ter understanding ol who tin v
are. where thev stand in this
larger, complex world. C ole
man said "It's foolhardy to
think that in tin- 1't'iOs th.it
white people don't fe< ogni/e
University students get char ice to
learn about not i-white world
that the world is t hanging
The number id As1.i:: Aim :
nans in this country m the last
10 Vi-.os has tnon than quadru
pled. (toiuman said The
number of Uhieanos. especially
. tl •• U . ■ t Coast. is g, tting
stronger All over !11• ■ world by
til.' isaf J000. this w ill In- a ilif
fentiit place Unless »r m op
ni/.e tin fait that this is a
i hanging world, it s going to In
a lot more difficult to survive in
the c omlog years
Coleman said hr lioprs tin
program provides sumo of the
s vv i dp. ■ ■ >
for people of all i <dors
Tilt' program is also about
helping people understand that
world wo live hi n not : ist
I :... . ;v til w i if a I that wu A o
atw ays ill right w a-, tin- only
p lai r oil earth, he s,i i it
hr.',- s a much iafg, t world
out there and the more we un
derstand tin tnoro vs- . ho able
to got along with poojilr Iri a
■■■tir minng g.ioho III.;: nines
more and more orui iai
Wo s' amt at I!: > thro,hold
hero in the United States of
having the largest population of
divergent ethnic groups." (.ole
in.in said U r hour! he teach
mg the world, hut at the same
turn w ■■ raise 1 )a Vid ilui.e s lev
el to ho governor That's the
ii.glitenihg tiling An- we le.irn
idyllling1' Hopulullv those
tli.il go through utsr program
will learn something
Tort (htlerman. a white Uni
versitv student earning a minor
111 the program, vml the i lasses
, i: ■ ! Wa’, lot her see I tie W Drill
It-mi a cilflereiil perspei live
I've always lieen into Ini
m.m rights issues ami this lets
y »ii see tilings not <|Uite as
white as you normallv tin.'
said (.ilterman. who wants In
he a civil rights lobbyist nr ri
se.irt her
( nil-man said the program's
|. a as I more th-m . usi under
si.mdmg ihe plight n( minor
Itus
W . A . ‘ 1 elbn II 1
tv wdon't a!vv .v s talk about
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‘.alive Allleri! all nr I illr atm.
he said ' l.thnu ilv is mm h
broader than that ll has in do
vs it* wiin we ,ue totally, what
are some nt our customs, our
cel. i.rati(.ns, our riles of pas
•..a'.' \.. o! that lias in iln with
. I h II . 1 I! V Wl allllv III"
games, the: art, the material < ul
lure nl people nl color and also
a v artelV nl ethnic groups.
ethnic Studies began in the
‘ale ".Os when several students
and laeultv members pushed
for programs that would focus
uii e.u.l'i ethnic group Due In a
; i » if hr ally .t:i■ I lund-.. ( .!>;•
in.in •..in! thr ! ihvitmH opted
!ni ,i j 111 ii* t .ill i th.it '.Mill l<) study
■ tl! rlluili groups I.iIliiT ill.ill
" ■ i i ..... .1! . !
rollout's and universities .M ills-,
thr rmilll! V iltti
There w ere soinr i olh'grs
.1 mi u lit vrrsi! I rs t lilt I ’.sill
!i .: . . , i !i i ! H llV In 'In pt'II '■ '•
,mi! Miiiic dui il mi thrir own.
( i.inn.in s.inl, !nit many of thr
programs started primarily be
i a u se ul ptrssurr llnin students
,md nimiinimlv ni«-1nIo-rs who
drinimiird sunn re lint. sunn
sillily u! people ol oulur
111 order to quell some of the
demands made hy people in
tfn fids Iheie w as a nei . I •,
to stud v people ul ( oloi< ole
man said, "so that's why a lot
ol these programs wire set up,
as sort ol an emergenry, stop
gap kind i! 11111 a;- '1 ■ ' ; tie
windows !rum laung broken
tin' sit-ins until some of these
demands w eie met
iu-r i were just a w ho h
«. f hi.a k -.i mlM" program
and the unfortunate thing is
that inanv ol them didn't have
mough money behind them
and manv of them didn't have
mur.li suhst.im r he alil
Within tie nest five or
years, they started to fail he
cause tin heat o! the time in
lustni', was starting to wane
In 1 mil.. the program at flu
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