Symposium offers
chance to heal
It's about time1
Sunday marked the end of the four-day "I’eac <• and
the Plane' Native Wisdom. Native Rights and Mother
I.arth" symposium held in lugene [he conference
brought together indigenous people from all over the
world to find ways to preserve their cultural '.'heritages,
values and land buses.
The symposium wasn't limited to just Fugene. it
was broadcast over the Costa Kit an bused Radio'for
Peace Tapes were also made of the various workshops
and lectures, which ranged from "Working with Addii
lion: Spiritual and (Cultural Issues" to "Indigenous la u
nomic and Small Business Development to "Indian
Art: A Native American Perspective
The i (inference was a key success in several wavs
For one, it provided an opportunity for internation
al indigenous leaders and elders to gather and talk
about various strategies necessary to their personal and
cultural survival.
What most people don't realize is the degradation
of native people, their culture, life and land is not a
thing i)l the past it < ontm
tjcs to happen to<iav The
only wav to stop it is to
organize against it It's
good to siv the indigenous
people saving "no more"
via volt it Ins like this win
jiosium
The < onferenee ai si i
,n i nmmodated serious
bridge building and
we re not talking Steel and
i ement. The gaps of inis
The symposium
was a good start
in native peoples'
walk toward
strength and
healing. Let the
journey begin.
understanding mdween various peopies need 111 tie an
dressed Hed, k. yellow and white rai es must learn
how to live with and respect each other I'he confer
enre vsas a chance for leaders and elders to speak to,
and hopefully dispel, a good chunk of the ignorant e
plaguing mm I: of the "t ivili/ed" world.
I tie only area of weakness with this symposium
was the Stda attendance fee Unfortunately, many in
terested people were no doubt prn ed out of this once
in-a-lifetime event (Considering turn much it costs to
put on something of this magnitude, however, the t ost
was a net ess.try evil \ext time, perhaps the art ammo
dat ions could he more mot lest, lowering the cost
I'he sy mposium was a good start in native peoples
walk toys aril strength and healing Let the journey he
gin.
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LETTERS
Student help
! would like In thank Iht* stu
drills Involved with presenting
.1 proposal ,it the I'.MP iiudge!
Committee limiting rec.untly
I he proposal examined allerna
live*, to ( uiimg student ,tnd
(. i i positions .it the KM!
I he KM l hood toed no! Vet
in .id e up its mind, hut h.id been
i onstdefing i utitng student mi
poivees .is ,i vs .1 \ lit s.ive mon
ev I'll: •• w .is iipp.1 ren11V l he
(d !(;, | V Ns•, i.ite I)l
rector. I t.ink Celtner. hut stu
dent offit i,i Is on the hoard
xi*ertied to agree with him
A group of students present
ed an alternative proposal that
would examine the large and
expensive management strut
ttire of the l AH .itill iii stu
dent positions
! greatly appris uii ih.it some
students have gone to i vit.mr
liman lengths ! n lie le nil the
rights ip! other students 1 on
< mirage other students to help
keep the student union lor the
students : he ! AH ; is the stu
dents building, we pay for the
programs and a< tivltti's in the
building, and \\ e should he gtv
en first priority
Tony Mills
Student
Statistics
M V letters that propose the
marliili arts as the solution to
rape have coi hu ted favorable
■espolo.es Arrested With the
i laim that there was nothing .1
woman could do about tin- fear
of rape. I fein ted I assigned a
solution that not only proposed
the end of any prat tu a! fear of
tape, fin [ proposed the end of
any impractti .11 h ir of rape
Rape is a violent in tn e .
y\ h: h ilia k > ■ ■ 1! ilu 0:1: pa r ab le
to sexual barassment Those
sexually harassed should not
1 (insider themselves raped
And rape does riot stem from
harassment The fraternity ass
y\ lii 1 onsiders women to he oil
pu ts is a world apart from the
mi k y :oo-nt rapist who hur!s
Women he< allse he is afraid of
life
I! ! would respond to socie
ty 's problem n! rape ! y\ on hi
suggest tha! frightened men
learn to defend themselves
from anything that might cause
them to he violent
n pared
rnrnl and rape is with every .is
suult imaginable Thr sugges
tion that the martial arts arc the
solution to everything, from
someone with mv naivete, is, of
course, silliness
In conclusion, rape is not a
fat !. it is a statistic Anyone can
i h inge a statistic I o end the
i (infusion, fight apathy with
apathy Srji.irate blond Jokes.
y\ hit h are usually funny, from
rape, which never provides
laughter
Bryan Westby
Student
Shark attack
Thank \ ou for try ing, Don
Munson You gave it your best
effort and i ertainl y prov idetf all
of sis vs tth both ev iting games
and teams through your tenure
\uw It's time to move on
The only question ht-n- is, in
w h ,i! (11 red inn v As three Dm k
liaskrlli.iII f.iins who tinin l rniss
Ini! .i handful uf games m three
years of supporting (In- teams of
il l ,iti lilts We have a slices
Imn |orrv Tarkam-m
\h look at It this wav Sure
we will he on jirniiulion from
the MCA \ lournamenl within
tile M \ 1 I ft r ee years, 1 I not
sooner How ever, w >u Idn'! it
lie bettor to lie a team that is
good enough to go to the tour
natnenl. but is banned from lin
ing so, than || b ad n n e t h a t
wouldn't ge' invited anyway
Besides, the important thing is
not u lose the big hui ks from
all the TV revenue
Here's one Iasi visual image
In provoke you further Imagine
the endless possibilities of hav
ing .i dui k and a shark for game
mascots and on T shirts and
posters Do your alumni right
Gerard Berry
Class ol '90
San Jose
Aaron Cudek
Class ol 90
Reno
Tom Wildeman
Class ot 90
Sacramento
Compassion
Numerous .lei options are
enijd. ved I y ;u homosexual
:o' ks try mg i e\ i m o !he
general population that homo
sexiohu is apph' pie-OK One
ol the more i ns id s dus decep
tions is promoted under the
pretense of "religion" h\ Clergy
and Lail'v Concerned, .1 group
al the fiir loft fringes of Christi
anity They would 1 la 1 in that
not welcoming homosexuality
as normal and acceptable be
havior is "hateful."
They're dead wrong (Genuine
compassionate love does not
ini lude total e< ( eptani e of all
behavior I truly love m\ sons
and daughter it is precisely be
cause I love them that 1 do not
•it quii'M e to all they do or wish
to do
I'he opposite of love is not
bate, it's apathy t. ALC ma v
complacently "1 elehrate (sexu
al) diversitv. hut I love nn
children enough to ar lively
strive to ensure that they won t
he exposed to homosexuality as
a suitable model in schools,
government, or general society
lie: ause I love m v ^ ids. I'll
do mv utmost to steer them
aw.iv from the influence of a
destrui live behavior wltose
practitioners have an average
1 ife expoctancy of on 1 v 1 _
years
Homosexuals have grave
problems dealing vs ith the crip
pling phvsit al results of their
sexual practices and they need
our compassion However, that
compassion definitely doesn't
include extending sor letal ap
proval or sanction to the dy s -
functional at is that got them
into their situation Nor does 1!
ini lude passing on to our chil
dren the notion of normality of
h< Ullosexuai ac Is
Jon Wollander
Eugene
Represents
lor .til those who think flay
hoy and Ponihousf should be
removed from the University
bookstore her ause they are of
fensive, have you taken a look
at the windows of the ASt.'() of
fit e7 Talk about graphic*
\V hat are they promot ing
down there* Tilings tii.it con
i ern the student body, or Un
personal agendas of those who
work in that office7 One of tin
posters is particularly offensive
and degrading 1 can't Ixdieve it
represents tile larger portion of
the students or faculty And it
i erluin!v doesn't speak well to
parents and other visitors to the
University
Ron Williams
Eugene