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. 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 plat ti in thf KMU (lourtyartl 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." 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