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Blues Jam $1 B mjJJiy W — • «M» MMMWH High St. $2 ■ WtONfSOAV COUNTRY JOE MACDONALD w/ Lost Creek ■ THURSOAY. Perfect Alibi ■ FRIDAY.-. NORTON BUFFALO ■ SATURDAY. Renegade Saints 375 E. 7th • 484-7181 136 E. 1 itti * (near Willamette) 342-3358 Must be 21 or Over Monday m» « Heck if we know yet. Call 342*3358 for further info. Tuesday m» $3 K Pants l'hc 7m 7.u\ Petals Buckhorn Wednesday m, $3 Funnelhead Truman's Water Sunrunner Music Starts at 10pm Mon Sat Muse starts at 8pm Sundays , Pieced h The >sociauon (.•i« •> ’f«i U>k«M •> ik» f Nil 'i«l» (•••k l i «M.4<4j |kk») %tl »* A UNIVERSITY Bible open to gays, scholar says By Scott Andre t.mo*aid Roportc* A former Baptist minister said last Thursday that despite what members of the religious right contend, the Bible does not condemn gay men and lesbian women. The Rev. Dr. Buddy Turluck. a biblical scholar who holds a doctorate in theology brought this message to the University Thursday night Speaking before about 25 people in the (a-rlinger Mall lounge. Turluck. who is gay. said religious extremists incorrectly translate and apply several biblical verses to condemn and reject gay men and lesbian women. For example, Turluck said many people mistak enly assume the Bible condemns sexual inter i ourse between men anil that God destroyed the (11v of Sodom because homosexual activities occurred there Turluck said ibis view come* from an inaccurate translation of Genesis 19 f». In Genesis I‘i r>. the [ample me aware of Turku k said the phrase, as used in Genesis probably meant the people of Sodom were afraid of the stronger* and wanted to [jerseCUto them However. Turku k said modern translations of Genesis, sut h as the S’t’n Ament an Standard Ihhle and the Good Sens lit hie say the phrase 'to know" means "to have sexual intercourse Turluck said the biblical phrase "to know < oriii's from the Hebrew word "vado" and simply means "to become aware of." Turluck said the phrase, as used in Genesis, probably meant the people of Sodom were afraid of the strangers and wanted to persecute them. Therefore. Turluck said (k)d really punished the people of Sodom for persecuting a small group of isolated strangers He compared the isolated and persecuted strangers in Genesis to today's homo sexual community. A leader of the religious right disagrees with Turluck's interpretation of the Bible. "I don't think that the one true God would have destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of the plains simply because they were inhos pitable," said Lon Mahon. Oregon Citizens Alliance director. In telephone Saturday. "It is nowhere stated in the scripture that that is the ma son." Mahon said the word "know" is usad literally dozens of times " to describe sexual relations, and Christianity clearly teaches homosexuality is a sin. Speaking Thursday night. Turluck said opinions like those espoused by Mahon make gay men and women hale themselves and "reject church like ilt'sl the plague l m hn k s.ud he hoped his leach- ** mgs change those feelings and help gay people realize the Bible is then friend. Neat 111*• end >ii Turluck's lecture. Bob Gray e t tniversitv student, thanked the reverend for bring ing his message of religious acceptance to Eugene. "I was on m\ knees for seven years, praying that I would change, but it never happened." Gray said. Turluck acknowledged the thanks and finished his lecture. "Mv first line o( < oncem is to empower gays and lesbians to love themselves." he said. Jackie Balz.er. educational and support services i oordinator with the dean of students office, said she invited Turluck to campus as part of a contin uing effort to provide support to gay. lesbian and bisexual students at the University. University fixing waste problem By Dernian McLean femes aM3 H*spof!e< After lieingt ited for throe vio lations of staff! guidelines on hazardous waste storage lust Jan uary. the University has solved two-thirds of the problem At the behest of the Depart ment of Environmental Quality, certain air filters at the Universi ty Physical Plant will now he disposed of as hazardous waste The filters, used in the plant’s paint room, were formerly nagged and thrown out for cilv trash pickup. Also, three to four pounds of unlabeled hazardous waste were removed from University stor age Feb 12. as requested by the DEQ The unlabeled waste caught the eye of state officials last fanuorv during a surprise inspection of the University's waste storage fai ilith-s Thomas links, associate dirts tor of the University Office of Public Safety, said depart ments throughout the Universi ty produc o hazardous wastes every term — lab solvents from the chemistry department, chlo roform from biology, and corro sive acids from fine arts jewelry classes an- examples. These wastes are then stored in the University ’s Environmen tal Health and Safety building, located beside Onyx Bridge Ide ally. hazardous wastes are later shipped off to disposal facilities around the stale. However, some hazardous wastes are harder to get rid of than others. The University cur rently is holding about 100 pounds of mercuric chloride and can't find anyone to lake it away. Mercuric chloride is a heavy metallic compound some times ust<d in organic chemistry labs For almost five months, the waste has sal on campus, a peri od almost twice as long as alloyvahle by state regulations Thanks to the Hl'il federal Clean Air Act. state waste incin erators can no longer accept mercuric chloride. Thus, the University has found itself in a cal< h-22 situation: The state says get rid of the waste, but fed eral law prohibits most disposal sites from taking it. Thus, the University will con tinue to stand in violation of the DEC} until .1 solution is reached David Livengood. an environ mental health specialist with the University, said he sees no relief in sight. "There's no evidence that contractors will begin taking mercuric chloride again," he said. “We're at a loss here. We’ll have to give some time to com ing up with a creative solution." However, Livengood said con tinued storage of the mercuric i hloride poses no threat. The DEQ time limits on storage are designed to keep waste from pil ing up to dangerous levels, and the storage building still has free space, he said. Freshman Seminars DUCK CALL Registration for Spring Term February 22,1993 - March 12,1993 ARE 199 MI'S 199 CSPY 199 PHIL 199 CUN 199 ENG 199 INTI. lW PHYS 199 Public Arl and the Making of Place The Complete Film Experience: Understanding the Manner in which Drama, Photography, and Music Work Together to Form the Whole Journey to the Self Nietzsche’s Zarathustra Literature, Law and Sometimes Justice Crucial Human Issues in Our Culture The Vietnam Phenomenon: Migrating Images and Alternative Perspectives The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: from the Fiery Birth to the Big Crunch See the back page of the Schedule of Classes for more information Office of the Dean of Students • 364 Oregon Hall • 346-1136 AND TANNING All im agc Hair Spmys • Fog. by design • Deep Freed • Zero Proof • Freez • Vapor * Freez 2000 • Freed Dry 20% OFF THROUGH MARCH 1 month unlimited tanning *3095 Expires 3/31/93 609 E 13th Awe • Eugene • 484-3143