PANEL
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ami human sexuality m general The
panelists emphasized the instmetur s
rule in making the classroom a safe
environment for dis< ussing sexuali
ty.
tlniversitv (’resident Myles Brand
opened the first panel by i moment
mg on the important e of work like
Kandy Shills to the University .Shilts
was .1 gay lournulist and University
alumnus who died last week
The University is richer and more
aide to perform its role because of
si holarsiups like Shilts Brand said
1 he relevant.e of sexuality and
diverse lorm.s of si holarship should
he explored he said
All of the panelists at i opted that
there were many tliffn nines in bring
ing up questions of sexuality in class,
but saul the rewards outweighed the
risks
As soon as the prison bars are
removed. [Hjople are allowed to think
better.' said Henry Alley, a history
professor in the Honors ( oliege
I'd hi) Id ,i i lavs w here these things
were discussed .is legitimate topic s
was refreshing, s.ud Ron Si hlittler.
a journalism student
Many lieheved ttie issue of homo
sexuality has been avoided in the
classroom for too long
A lot of things about homosexu
nlit\ have been distorted and left
out." said Dominic k V'etri, .1 law pro
fessor
Dianne Dugnw an Knglish profos
sor, 1 omplamed about the 1 lose!
mg" of literature and other
disi iplines She said it her c lass is
disi ussing .1 ga\ or lesbian author,
she doesn't let the author s sexual
identity be hidden
Alley who now jokes with lus
class about being more nttrm ted to
Roy Rogers than 1 tale !.\ .ms when he
yyas a child, (list usseil the vulnera
hility and harassment he felt when
first i oming out as a gav edui ator
1 got a harassing phone 1 all before
talking to the parents of prospec tiye
freshmen Aliey said It made me
feel naked and defenseless
Clarence Spigner an ethnic stud
ies and folklore professor said he
t relieves professors imisl do a much
lictter |ofi bringing issues into a sex
uni i ontext and foster an open dis
cession
'They need to be comfortable with
their own sexuality, and it's up to the
professor to make the classroom ns
safe as possible." Spigner said
Panelists were mixed on how i lass
disc ussion should t>e handled
”1 don't tolerate political corrn t
ness, hut I do demand i ommon i our
tesy ' Spigner said
The panels also said students had
a responsibility to bring up sexuali
ty in ( lass when it was appropriate
and sx fit-n the instrui tor xsas ignor
ing the issue
(.ay lesbian and bisexual students
saxv risks in ( oniillg out • :i ( lass Not
only did they tear harassment from
students and professors but loss
grades from homophobic professors
1 wanted my As. so I skirted the
issues las ause of IIIy professors atti
tildes said laiura Rodgers a lesbian
1 diversity studenf
1
FOOD
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"We don’t receive tun money
from the IFC. hut we’re being scru
tinized more than other programs
that receive money from them."
Carr said. "All the budgets should
be looked at the same.”
The committee also discussed
the possible closure of the Foun
tain Court Cafe However Carr and
others argued that the Fountain
Court is more than a business.
"Although sales aren't so good,
there are stdl people eating there
Carr said It has a history Some
customers won’t come to the EMI '
unless (Fountain Court Cafe) is
there We re here to serve the com
munity as much as we re here to
maku a profit
Carr and others ilt*\ ised some
possible alternatives The> sug
nested that Food Services move out
of the KMC and set up vending
carts in various ocndemii halls
Certs have already been pla< ed In
Willamette and Lawrence halls,
and C.irr said these carts have been
successful
Carr and others are also looking
into bringing other businesses, such
as a local bank, to campus and are
examining bringing more fast food
franchises like TacoTime to the
h ishbowl
In the long run. the possibility
exists for the entire KMU f ood Ser
vice area and tlie Recreation ( en
ter to 1st remodeled The renovation
of thi' food area would im ludo the
Fishbowl and I nuntain ( durt (Uift>
The non Fountain Court would
be a half-moon shaped area, coun
ters and shelves would lw movable
in caso a particular setup wasn't
pleasing, and the only fixed com
ponents would be plumbing and
electrical units, Carr said
The estimated cost is $ t.7 to $4
million, he said
Dec isions regarding Food Sor
v it ns have yet to Im made Hut some
staff members are luting informed
of the budget i omillittee's disi us
sum
I've informed my full-time staff
about the discussion in fairness to
them Carr said
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whii h symbolizes power and
strength, dances into the hall to chase
away evil spirits for the new year to
come in. Lee said (longs and drums
from the Kugene Tuiko Drummers
d( i ompanied the lion dance to help
si are tlie spirits away
tail Mali, one of the drummers in
the lion dam e. is a chemistry and
(Ihinese major at the 1 'Diversity I b
lias linen u tuiko drummer for five
years and said ho likes drumming
!«•( aust; "it's one tiling you i an share
with other |K*oplo and educ ate them
at the same time."
Kntertainment on the main stage
continued throughout the day with
songs, daiu es and more drumming
At the same time, martial arts, origa
mi. Japanese kite making and cook
ing were demonstrated in other
rooms Asian Amerii an and Asian
inspired art was exhibited
Morn than .KM) volunteers con
tributed to the celebration this year
hen Nagao. i in hairnmn of the event,
siiid it was i rented to teat h Asian
Atnern an children about their her
itage, hut has situ t- expanded into
something bigger, he said
"We are sharing with the North
west as well." hi- said Vve are learn
mg alKiut other i ultures as well as our
own culture
RUSSIAN
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brilliant, nom.cmfommt ruminations. \\ tin h Sovi
et authorities defined ns "anti-Soviet
f rom l'Pi’l to UMi.V Sinvavskv’s dual identity
Imffled Soviet authorities and remained a nivsterv
to (host) in the West
Inning, at the time a graduate student of Russian
at the University of (.hie ago, said Tort/ was the talk
of ai ademit s who were interested m Slavic i id
tore
Kvervone wanted to know who this my sterious
figure was. l.eong said Some said he was all
emigre from the Soviet Union Others said lie was
a fabric niton ot either Soviet or Aineric an intelli
gent e Very feyy people thought lert/ could he
someone in the Soviet Union itself
I loyvever. in l*M>5. Sinytivskv. the yvell respet ted
sc holnr knoyyn for his reflet turns on topic s sue fi as
I’ii assn s artwork and Russian poetry yv.is arrested
in Most oyy and exposed as Ahram lert/
I eong said that Sinvavsky believes the Russian
poet 1 utiishenko s theory that t IA agents, seeking
to make the Soviet Union look had and to detrac t
attention .nx.iy from Auieric a s military esc alatlon
in \ letnam. mu overed his true identity and turned
Ins name oy el to the Kt.H
At!- : a sensational trial yyluc h some historians
contend sparkl'd the Soviet I mon's human rights
niov emetlt. Sinvavsky yvas c. barged vs it fi slandering
the Soviet st.it e and yv.is sen tent ed to seven years
in a labor camp lie served i lose to six years,
ret eiv mg time oil tor good lielniv cor
Mary i.c Kci/.ilitiv.i Sim ay sky s yvite. had attend
eel her husband s trial and c oimmtted its pro< cod
ings to memory bee au.se ret circling dey u es yvere
prohibited m the c ourtroom She then du tated tin
proceedings to the Russian poet Alexander
(im/hnrg, and the Uvo protliu ed a shoe king hook
about Soviet legal harassment of xvriters I he hook
yvas published in Knglish as On l rial
Upon lus release Sinvavsky emigrated to franc e,
yyhere he is c urrentlv professor of Russian tit urn
tore at the University id Paris ( hit e in Paris tie
published three fiooks based till letters he yvrote to
lus yvite yy lulc m prison Strolling H rf/i Pushkin. In
Gogol's Shallow and .1 Voire from f/ie (.'horns
Smyavsky continues lus tradition id prtidut ing
c reative, fanc iful works under his alias Ahram
lert/ and sc holarly philosophical yvorks under Ins
real name
In 1‘ttc-f. writing under his own name, he c.o
authored I hr I’ortn of thr llrvohitionnry lint, a
study id neglected early gttth century Russian
verse
In luutt. Sinyay sky \ Knglish translation of Sin i
rl Civilization A Cultural Ihstorv yvas pohlished.
m whu h he ilesc rilxcs the spiritual c risis of Russ
urn orthodox ( hristiamty under the i /.ars
A noted expert on Russian c ulture and I terature
"Professor Sinvavsky has a wealth of knowledge
and experioni e to offer," l.eong said "He's one of
this i eotiiry s most important sr tmlars and writ
ers of Russian c ulture
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