COMMUNITY
Festival to celebrate ‘shrooms
By Jacqueline Woge
• " <»M 5 RuporlOf
Sum*' might liknn it to the
hist, lug outdoor fling hidori'
winter sets in Other, might
consider it .1 pro winter i elebra
tion
hither vv,i\ . people just want
to get out in the f.ill vventher
iimi 1:0010 to the I'all Festival
.nid Mushroom Show because
it's mi pretty. Iliirhttfa Cooper
Townsend, Mount fhsgah Arbo
return office manager said
The lltli annual festi v ill
takes place Sunday from 10
a m to ■} p m at the Mount I’is
gah Arboretum, located oil Sea
ve> hoop Koad
i lic show leatuies mushroom
displays and lasting, fresh
pressed i ider. nature walks.
music. a M-afi'crow < unit's! ami
fur (ho first timer, a show and
sain of naiuti' art
Retired professor i rmn.ir
Rowe s.itd mushrooms fiavi- al
wav- occupied a powerful and
mysterious position in U. '.tern
Kurope and North American
mythology. associating them
with rotting. decay and evil
When we grew up. mothers
said Ilia! it sou torn ft the mush
rooms on the lawn, sour toes
would shrivel up." Kowe said
()! course, this ts a really im
poverished view of mush
rooms
Mushrooms' bad reputation
in Western < ulture mas he at
Intuited In part to their tsehas
ior
Mushrooms themselve. are
vrry undopenciablr rffrrvi's
K-nt : matures, appearing and
disappearing suddenly Rowe
said .Seeking them for food is
the equivalent of an egg hunt of
a fishing trip Never invite
guests over for a trout dinner
until vou catch the fish
Hv using three pronged
rakes, people really dig Up the
forest looking lor valuable
mushrooms like that of the Ore
gon white truffle, Howe said
The prat in e disturbs all tin1 or
ganisms in the duff the laver
of moss, leaves and branches
covering the forest floor
Rowe believes the practice
should he prohibited He favors
the l-.uropean practice of using
specially trained dogs or pigs to
search for the powerful aroma
of mature truffles
Activists explore gay-rights backlash
By Kirk Powell
f rneraid Contributor
I he increase in hale groups prompted by Ih<•
gay rights movement liiic klash is tin- greatest
slnte t!i(! civil rights movements ol the l'tMis, .1
prominent g.iv rights activist said Thursday
I have never encountered a ( Innate so poised
by hate and shot through with four as 1 have
here.' said Kevin Horrill. a training and organ!/
ing consultant for the Nutjonul (lav and f.eshian
Task I on e Policy Institute
Herrill was joined by Claudia Hretinor. a mem
her ol the gay and lesbian delegation that recently
met with presidential hojieful boss Perot The
pair spoke on i urtipos in an effort to edui ate slu
dents The event was sponsored lay the Offito ol
[he Dean nl Students and the Lesbian, (Jav and
Itlsexual Alliance
Herr 111 Itcgan with the concept id maximizing
progress and tninimi/ing hii< klash He said when
the gay rights iiiovernent started, homosexuality
was illegal in all ri(l states, hut that number has
now declined to 11 A campus study showed that
more than *10 courses at the college level are he
mg offered including tin histotv ol the
gav/lesbian movement, lie said
Brenner addressed the continuing violence
caused and aided h\ silence, lies, harassment
vandalism and physical assault All these things
culminate into one thing fe.ir, she said
During tier depiction ol the traumatizing inci
dent in whlrh her partner was murdered, the
room Was silent
Students’ well-being
topic of conference
By Sarah Clark
Emerald Report or_
Health issues lor gay, lesbian and bisexual students and the
role of Chinese medical principals in modern medic ine arc
just two of the more than 30 seminars to lx- presented next
week at the Pacific: Coast College Health Association's confer
one e at Valley Kiver Inn.
The conference, co-sponsored hv the University's and Lane
Community College s student health centers, will attract
about 150 physicians, health educators, administrators, phar
‘It gives us a
chance to talk
over problems
and issues we’re
facing in college
health
m.icjsis arid oinrrs irum
western United States and
Canada, Bob Petit, Student
Health Center medical ad
ministrator and conference
planning committee chair
man said.
Students who want to at
tend any of the conference's
seminars or see its exhibits
can contact Annie Dochnahl.
Bob Petit,
Health (.enter p<rt-r advising
coordinator, at H4ti-272H
Student Health Center
medical administrator
Hour-long seminars will bo
presented all day Monday,
Nov 2, and Tuesday. Nov d
Seminars are also scheduled in the morning for Wednesday.
Nov 4 All of the seminars are free
State Sen John Kilzhaiier will discuss Ins "Oregon Plan
Nov 2 at o a m The plan aims to provide universal health
care for Oregon citizens.
Other health issues to he presented at the conference in
clude AIDS, communication in-tween men and women, panic
disorder and student health insurance
The PCX’HA is the regional affiliate for the American Col
lego Health Association Its annual conference serves as an
educational program to keep its members current in the field.
Petit said
It gives us a chance to talk over problems and issues we're
let mg in college health," he said
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