Symposium ends Pride Week
By Kaly Soto
ft* t^e Oregon D&**
Sex education, genet it i omponents for sexuah
t\. religion and homosexuality were among the
many topics discussed at interSKXions. a sympo
sium dealing with i out erns of the guv. lesbian and
bisexual community w ho h marked the end of
Pride Week at the University
The symposium, sponsored in the University
Standing Committee on Lesbian. Gay and Bisexu
al Concerns, began lost Friday with a lecture by
Carole Queen, an "alumnae of the University of
Oregon in six iology
Queen who now works as a writer and an
ai 11\ ist in San Pram isco. spoke about her own
experience as a bisexual anil Iter roseari h at the
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.
In the course of her speech. Queen introduced
tiie subjet t of "sexualities." a theme that dictated
the course of the whole symposium. Hv "sexuali
ties" ... was referring to the idea of using a
myriad of sexual identities instead of lumping all
people into only three categories of sexual prefer
ence.
Queen also reviewed the history of sexual
resenri h anti i ailed on the audiem e to question a
recent New York Times report that claimed that
only 1 percent of the population is exclusively
homosexual This report t ontrodicts the earlier
work of l)r Alfred Kinsey , whose research found
that It) percent of the population t Inimed to he
homosexual.
Dean Hamer, the second speaker and a molecu
lar biologist for the National Cam er Institute,
spoke about the genetic and biologic.ai research
that has been undertaken in the study of human
sexi^ilily Hamer and his colleagues have been
working on the theory that il there is a genetic
component that influent es a person's sexuality. it
is present on the X chromosome, which is inher
ited by the child from the mother
Hamer specializes in the study of "linkage
analysis." which is a proi ess by xv It it h all of the
genes on the same chromosomes are "inherited
together." In order to apply the i oncept of "link
age analysis" to the debate concerning whether
homosexuality is geuelii or a life c hoii e. Hamer
studies siblings who are homosexual
Janice Weeks. <i biology professor, said IlnmrtS
lecture wt« "wonderful" and that she "learned a
lot."
Kridov night concluded with a dam e m the
KMU Ballroom and a showing of the Hot kv//error
Picturr Show
The first speaker Saturday was Carmen Vasc|ue/.
who is the Coordinator of Lesbian and C«iy Health
Services of the San Franc isco Department of Pub
In Health She spoke on the topic of "enfon ed het
erosexualism." Her lecture foe lised on "the cen
trality of sexuality to systems of oppression in this
c ountry, drawing c onnections to sexism as an eco
nomic and political force "
file final speaker in the interSKXions svmpo
situn was Klias Farrajnjcj-Jones, a professor it
Howard University's Divinity School In his let
tun' Karra jaje-Jones covered the historical and roll
gious us|»ects of the debate against homosexuality
He tried to dispel the belief main people have that
the story of the deal rue tmu of Socjom and (.omor
rail was due to the sexual conduct of its inhale
tents
Karrajaje-Jones liegan fns lecture In announc mg
that the residents of Oregon Were "under siege
and that the battle was not vet oxer just bee ause
Ballot Measure ‘I an anti-gay initiative, had been
voted on
I he next point that Karrajaje-Jones sought to
make was that those people who identified them
selves with the "religious right were not only
concerned with stopping homosexual bohav tor. he
claimed that they would stop at nothing to scpieli h
any opposition to their agenda
"They will destroy the lews as fast as they will
destroy anyone else they seek to silent e,” he said
He went on to say that anyone involved in the
"religious right" had bean manipulated l»v the
images presented in the media about the "homo
sexual agenda
The symposium concluded with |ulin Wallace, a
representative lor the I IK.A on the planning com
mittee for interSKXions. She said that from the
I>eginning. "the vision has been looking at sexual
ities It was not meant to Ih> a gay. lesbian, bisexu
al event It was open to all w ho are examining how
sexualities are understood and manipulated i ur
rentlv and historically ”
Earth Week festivities educational
From now until Friday. I lie
University's Survival Tenter
will sponsor let.turns, musit luns
and an environmental issues
symposium to celebrate Farth
Week
The purpose of the week's
events is to educate students
about the environment in a fun
way, said Matt kertesz, Survival
('enter co-coordinator And
despite huge tie's reputation us a
hub of activism, students still
have much to learn
“The level of awareness is
high. Kertesz said. It s almost
to a point where people ignore
it It's almost where people lose
interest We would like to raise
the level of activity.'
Simple lifestyle r hanges i an
bring about amazing results,
kertes/. said, Students c an
i boose to buy organically grown
food, ride bicycles and oduc ate
themselves and others about tin*
environment
The Survival t enter s motto
In order to survive, we must
i hnnge In order to change, we
must survive" should also
her orne students' motto, he said
It wo ignore the (ait were
coimet ted to the environment,
we II bring about our destruc -
tion.' kertesz said
Today, an environmental
issues symposium will be at 9
a m m the EMt' F ir Room
A kids and c ominumtv env e
runment lair will take plat e on
the I Stt' east lawn Wednesday
We would like to
raise the level of
activity.'
Matt Kertesz,
Survival Center cocoordinalor
Irimi ID it in to l p.m
On I luirMtin whit h is Karth
Day miisit will lit? foaturwd in
tliti KMl' Oourtvard from 11 a in
to 4:30 p in.
()n Friday. dmnonstralioiis on
hike maintenance will take
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All events art! free. For more
information on I host’ wonts or
nit other Karth Watik wonts t all
thf Sort, ival (enter at )4t>-4 ififi
1994 Eugene budget reduces shortfall
Euguns'i proposed 1994 budget includes a br»
percent reduction in the city's predicted general
fund shortfall, said Eugene City Manager Mike
Gleason.
The general fund, which pays mostly for public
service*, is facing a $7.7 million shortfall, due part
ly to inflation, a growing city population and a
decrease in money from the federal government.
"This will require we continue to make adjust
ments m the service base from year to year," Glea
son said “We need to continue to make strategic
decisions."
The $3 million savings comes mostly from ser
vice reductions and increases in user fees pro
posed as a result of the Eugene Dec isions survey
Some of the proposed changes include reducing
animal control services and park maintenance as
well as the number ol administrative support jobs
within the t ity.
The budget also proposes increasing user fees
for recreational activities, including swimming
pool use, community center activities, athletic pro
grams and senior center activities
Other changes include reducing support for the
Eugene Celebration while making the Celebration
morn profitable. and a voluntary membership pro
gram for the Mult Center.
Gleason said the changes tieing made were
either sustainable, likct cuts in services, that can lie
made year after year, or non-su.stainable.
Non-suslainable changes include reducing the
beginning cash balance and the use of (.ontingem v
funds.
Gleason said reducing the beginning cash bal
ance is like "eating your seed coin "
"It's like a person who has a lower paying job
than before." Gleason said, "but maintains his cur
rent expenses and has to draw on his savings
Eventually the savings account is gone and u dras
tic change is necessary, like stilling his car."
Gleason said lie does not expect the city ’s finan
cial situation to improve substantially over the
next few years
"I don't believe things will get easier," he said.
After the proposed budget is presented to the
Budget Committee, publit hearings are scheduled
in late April for comment and testimony.
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