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UNIVERSITY OSPIRG volunteers help children clean up stream By Carrie Vincent the Oregon Odufy Fw<ikf A box spring, a purse. a baby chair — these are but a few of the items pulled out of theCal Young Middle School drainage ditch by the school's Environmental Solu tions class and some OSPIRG vol unteers The project is funded by a grant from the Environmental Protec tion Agency and is coordinated by Ken Shindledecker, a biology teacher at Cal Young. Shindledecker said the pur pose of the project is twofold: to significantly improve the envi ronmental quality of the stream and its inhabitants, and to involve students in creating and implementing environmental solutions in their community. The intent is to return the stream to its natural state, includ ing replacing existing blackberry bushes with indigenous species and to maintain a channel for flood control and drainage, Shin dledecker said. Shindledecker said the project would take 10 to 15 years to com plete but believes that the stu dents have created a partnership with the environment and will continue to take an interest in the project even when they leave Cid Young. "I think people should I* more considerate of where they throw their trash. I think they are very thoughtless.-' said Bethany Ford 12. Golden Baxter. Tanya Stiller. Kurt 1-achcik and Sue Owen, all University students, volunteer their time to the project through OSPIRG. "It's an opportunity for Uni versity students concerned with the environment to actually do something and see results." said Baxter, who will receive degrees this June in both biology and geology. The projec t also provides expe rience for people interested in humans interacting with the ecosystem in a sustainable way. Baxter said. The clean-up process happens once a week. This week the class and the OSPIRG volunteers are t>* Kami? t **•«><•*■< Bethany Ford. 12, and University student Cotden Baxter remove debris from the Cal Young Middle School drainage ditch as part of the school's Environmental Solutions class ’ effort to restore the stream. taking a field trip to the Fern Ridge Reservoir to inspect streams that ore in their natural Stoll*. Shindlodmknr is phiiming on Muitling his students door to d*x*r ill a couple of weeks to try and inspire the community to take part in the projet I Vigil brings JSU, LGBA together By Shanti Sosienski for trie Oregon Dairy f meratd Sunday night a small group gathered in the EMU Courtyard for a candlelight vigil, marking the clo sure of Cav Pride Week and the beginning of Shoah Week, the remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. The vigil was a joint effort of the Lesbian, Cav and Bisexual Alliance and the Jewish Student Union. "I feel it's important for student unions to do things together," said Yohanna Kinberg. co-direc tor of the JSIJ and organizer of the vigil. Gay Pride Week has gained more recognition with students on the University campus recently. "We had a huge crowd for Queer Pest both last year and this yeur," said Sarah Ross, co-director of LGBA. The vigil was seen as an important addition to pride week because it recognizes the oppression of homosexuals in Nazi Germany 50 years ugo. “When I was growing up. 1 was taught to not only remember the oppression but also to remem ber the resistance." said Alii*} kinberg, a local Jew ish community leader who joined the University vigil to show her support, along with her husliand Rabbi Myron Kinberg. "If I had lived in another time in Germany, even though l am a blond-haired blue-eyed German. I would have been persecuted because I am a les bian." said Elisabeth Alsou, an international stu dent from Germany "When you become a lesbian, you change your whole entire history." Pvwto by A/Hfcony F»n#y A Sunday night vigil In tha EMU Courtyard ramam bared tha homosexual victims ot tha Holocaust Several people in the vigil made reference to tin* Oregon Citizens Alliance when speaking about the Holocaust, reminding each other to not btdievo that oppression toward minorities was over The Queer I'est is probably the most memorable, if not most noticed, event of Cay Pride Week in students' minds. Friday's Queer Fest show was a lip-sync show with long-legged queens haring names like Mona and Camilla and hip-hop groups like the Uttle Dykettes. Holocaust remembered By Beth Hege OMy f irmtitk) Shu,ill Week, the Jewish Student t boon -sponsored remiini hram.e of the Holocaust, is more than an examination of past atrocities "Societies have the power of mass extermination." said Yohanna Kinberg. JSU co-diret lor Rumettibering the Holo caust "opens our eyes about genocide and ethnm ide in our communities today." she said Ktnberg used the past and present treatment of Native Amer icans as an example. "The government has made a deliberate attempt to put political and economic interests above nations of peoples." she said "It is like what huppened in our Holo caust." Drawing links to current issues was central in the planning of Shoah Week. A panel of Holocaust survivors and libera tors — those who helped Jews escape com munition camps — will speak today on issues ranging from the conflict in Bosnia to Oregon’s Ballot Measure ft. an anti-gay initiative "We want to talk about our own communities." Kinherg said. “We have defeated Measure 9. but what's next? Who's next?” Tuesday, Delia Offer of Hebrew University in Jerusalem will speak on U.S. foreign policy lake today’s Haitian refugees at Florida’s coast, lews wen; turned away from New York harbor during World War II "They were sent hack home to die." Kin l>erg said Shoah Week, so named for the Hebrew word for Holocaust, will continue through Sunday. "It is a powerful time." Kinlierg said "It is a time to remember what happened, and to remind us of justice and equality issues today.” UNIVERSITY THEATRE SECONI SEASON PRESENTS ROOJTERJ By Mucha Sancftei-Seati Feanntoi lie Mask •) sanmnca MTU 21-24.28-M. PttJ 1 8|B Iran neaac mart in Ml WOK 346-4191 ««$! v. Shannon Mater Women's Oaf