Oregon daily emerald., February 21, 1994, Image 1

Oregon Daily
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1994
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 102
World-famous Russian writer to teach here in spring
Andrei Sinyavsky
Literature: Authorities in USSR
regarded his writing as ‘anti-Soviet’
by Eric Buckhalter
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A st holar and writer who emigrated from the
former Soviet Union and who claims commu
nist ideology caused the country's breakdown
will teach two classes here during spring term
Andrei Sinyuvskv has accepted an appoint
ment to the Lindholm Endowed Professorship
of Russian Literature. Language and Culture in
tho I htivorsily's Russian dopartitiont
Sinvavsky. also tho koy figure of a Russian
symposium si ht'dulod horn from April J'l
through May 7. will loach Soviet > ivilizatian
(VVodnosduys from f to ri p m 1 and 20th contu
rv Russian poetry (Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 11 a m to 12 20 p in ).
Doth i lassos aru available to all studimts via
l)ui k (U>! 1 registration
Wo are the envy of ovary i.ollogo and uni
vorsity in tho country." said Alhort l.oong. a
professor of Russian 1 know pooplo who are
flying here from the hast und West (Rousts just
to attend his lectures
in liir>‘). whiU* a lending si hotnr und writer of
Russian literature and i ulture in Moscow.
Smyavsky acquired worldwide fa mu under the
pseudonym "Abram Tort/.' Ins bolder alter
ego As Tertz. he wrote fantastic, noiu onfonnist
novels, stories and essays that were smuggled
abroad and published in the West
Hie works of Tertz gained immediate popu
larity with Western readers because of their
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Festivities
celebrate
cultures,
diversity
Heritage: Celebration
spotlights traditions
of 14 Asian countries
By Stephanie Sisson
Oregon Ckt'ty fmtffiVd
Food, clothing, martial arts
and dances from 14 Asian coun
tries were presented at the Ninth
Annual Asian Celebration at the
Lane County Fairgrounds on
Sunday
The event, which is spon
sored every year by the Fugene
Springfield Asian Count il, has
drawn \ isitors from all over the
Pacific Northwest and Hawaii
and may have attracted as many
as 15.000 people this year
" The i ouik il has 14 countries
on it and we all rvork together
and make this event happen to
promote a diversity of culture
m Fugene. said Ada lee. chair
woman of the Asian Council
Lee yvlio y\as horn in Hong
Long and has lived in Fugene
for 40 years, is proud of the sue
■ i-ss of the Asian (.elehration.
Tins ye.if vve have doubled
our spar e and it is still holding
up. shi" said.
One of the highlights of tins
y eal s < neb rat ion yv as the Cht
nese Lion dam r in the Fshibi
tion Hall It is a Chinese New
Year's tradition that is thou
sands of years old The lion.
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iVll SON CllAN <w »>» Em*®,!
Jason Boyar, a member of "Hul O Avenue' from Corvallis, performs New
Zealand's native fire-eating dance at the Aslan Celebration.
UNIVERSITY
EMU committee
discusses plans
for the Fishbowl
Budget: Decreasing revenues also might
lead to closure of the Fountain Court Cafe
By Daniel West
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More national fast food < limns in tin- I islibovvl and the
possible ( losure of Fountain Court ( ’afe were two of the
suggestions made by the KMC budget Committee last
week m an effort to combat I.Mt 1 Food Serve es' de< reas
mg rev elllies
Certain areas of Food Serve es have been losing moil
ev for (he last two years, and be identnl Fee Committee
members present at the meeting suggested a redut tern 111
student positions or a total i losure of turn-profitable food
a reus
One area where Food Serve es is losing money is the
Fountain Court Cafe Hits loss may fat tot ustomers' tastes
changing over the years, making them t boose to eat some
where else said KMl' Food Serve es Manager I tennis ( arr
Also. the present strut turn isn't user friendly . Carr said
l lie Fountain Court Cafe is positioned out of the sight
of students And though the addition of Tat oTime lias
increased business in the Fishbowl, it has taken a t on
suierable amount of business away from the Fountain
Court, he said
Memliers of the I Ft said student positions may lie el mi
mated in order to < ut costs in the F ountain Court ( afe. or
Food Servo es should halt the hiring of employees
"My com ern is about the I ttl student employ.. I arr
said "When I'm asked to make money , it's at the expense
of the student )ubs. or ini rease the pric.es in all Food Set
\ ices Uni students wouldn't tolerate higher prit es."
( arr said many of the students employed by Food Ser
vices depend on those |ohs, especially international stu
dents whose opportunity for off campus employment may
be low be< ause of tiieir unfamiliarity yvilli the commu
nity
Food Services is the largest employer on campus and
has the largest budget in tile KMC However. Food Ser
vices isn't supported by student funds because it's self
supporting
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GOOD HORNING
»> TACOMA. Wash. (AP) —
Marc Olson and Katherine Ostlie
were sure that Elijah, their 20
year-old pet box turtle, was
dead
Their apartment building had
burned down and the roof col
lapsed That night, the tempera
ture dropped below freezing
They were sure it was Elijah's
carcass they had found floating
in about eight inches of water in
50°
l O w I
35°
his tank as they were poking
through the rubtile the next day
The turtle's head was in the
shell When Olson touched one
of the dangling legs, it retracted
into the shell, too Elijah had sur
vived
"What we figured was. if the
smoke didn't kill him then the
heat would have." said Olson, a
Pacific Lutheran University stu
dent "It the heat didn't kill him,
than all the water they poured on
the fire did
"Then, when the roof fell in,
we thought the roof would have
killed him Then it got back down
to 20 degrees and we thought
that would kill him "
Panelists suggest classes
discuss sexual orientation
Symposium: Speakers
say rewards will
outweigh difficulties
By Michael J. Wilczek
rot lire Oregon Daily tmeraid
Sexuality should come out in
the classroom, professors and stu
dents said at the University's
fourth annual "interSKXions"
symposium
Itirw pin it *1 (Iim ussions on Fri
day and Saturday, organized by
thu Standing Committee on liny.
Lesbian and Hisexual Issues,
dealt with the University’s odu
calionnl and social responsibili
ties to present students with
information on sexual orientation
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