Oregon Daily THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5.1991 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 93, ISSUE 69 University is forum for all, Brand says Milili*r\ m ru itrrs should hr .dit*\%»11 on t .impus Imm .him’ the l. niv.iirsitv inis in ublig.ilinn to ..provide .1 lurmiv tor-tin: ip. • \|)t t'vs it. I i • . i ltlr.lv. I n i \ I’h - iiirtit Myli'v Brand s.iul Ilf s.iitl till’ i \r Board "I Dire- !>•:•. \m . iiih.-r ii. . i-tiMi! It) Ban unlit.,irv r« l.’.l I U U f.. ■: Hr. ouragsng th (111! I n,” • BRAND ( Voices of Christmas present \4 \' • : ’ ; ' Ui, • / irt ' !! ( ' i 'Jf( ! !■' 'It) by 1 -it,in t’tr.Ior INDEX 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 IV 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 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 !’ • ; ..I,..:-; .! ' a ' a i .it k ; ‘.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 , - o ETHNICITY M.ep. 4