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LETTERS Your paycheck I went to the \ruima Oregon proud to 'in lh.it I am ,1 Dm k ()ur team showed its true polen tia! Himi'wr the game was almost ruined tiv our lame ath letic director Kith Brooks, when he forgot who he worked for The |erk had the gall to have the top three rows of the student sec.tion cleared by rent-a-cops because the lazy boosters did not want to stand up to see the game (like everyone else) Never mind the fm t the zero ranked Dm ks were playing as well as a top-10 team Never mind that the students were rocking The I’d in support of our team So that there is no misun derstanding. I would like tor someone in the athletic: depart ment's tutoring program to dar if\ what "our means to the guv with lots ol titles and no guts In c losing. I would like to leave our illustrious athletic dim tor with this If you can't remember where vour pave hec k comes from - find a new job Ebon D Brady Student Wrong slant Every so often there is a letter to the Emerald editor complain ing of misrepresentation or bins in the reporting. Since I was not personally involved in the events covered. I have always wondered whether complaints in the past have had nun h mer it Iqi-on reading "lewish group discusses 'St hindler s List (OldFeb 1(>). I vs ill wonder no more While I applaud the Emer ald lor covering an event spon sored hv the Hi I |e i foundation and the lew ish Student t niou who get little press as it tsj, 1 question the \er.u its ol some ol the author's statements and the general slant ot tin- artfi !e I he event Was intended to be a discussion ui Spielberg s tliin. and we did .ndeed do so at length We i owned the symbol ism of i ert.cn si enes. tile quali ty of the i iiiematographv, the actors involved, why Spielberg made the film, our personal real tions to the film, eti V ery little of this discussion was mentioned in this article Secondly, although the dis cussion was sponsored by the two organizations mentioned above 1 would venture to guess that half of those in attendant o were f)o' Jewish i •! strongly that it seemed that oniv people lew ish bat kgrnund iit‘!t' a' tin. disi unship, reintun es i t**r rible mist om option Only lew ish people ( an? about the wav lows an* represented in film ihe point is this As long as people (ibo press, tin* media vou and mo. trio average ( it mm) refer to the Holm aust as some tiling only lovvs need to remem her and lament, or what Stalin did to the Ukraine .is an issue only Ukrainian* and Jews need to clist uss and regret, or what is now happening m Bosnia some thing that only Muslims need concern themselves with, there will be a continuance of the senseless, devastating blood shed that is genocide It is only when wo ail stand up as humankind and say No more Never again that per haps geiux ide will indeed never again occur By misrepresenting this event, the author does a dis service. not only to the Hillel Foundation, the |SU and the people whom they represent, but also to the people of non Jewish descent who stand with them Mary E Baxter Geology Sex is? This is in response to Cessa Hoard-Johnson’s letter (OUh, Feb 2H) First, the article you worn responding to in the but k of tho Queer Film Festival Guide is not an irtii le at all. it is a public ser vice iimoum nment from HIV AIDS Resources and the Vlpowerttlent Project mil was not paid tor or funded b\ slit dent funds Set mill the advertisement, a graphic description of what is sate gay male sex does not imp!', that the only thing tes bians gay men and bisexuals do is have se\ This message is something von read into the advertisement Sex is only one part of our lives, hut when so mans of ns are d\ mg of AIDS it is important to get the message out" any wav we cun. even if that means offending a few peo ple Relieve it or not, there are many people out there who aren't aware of what is safe and what is not Finally, thank you for your concern of how this ad plays into the mind of the Oregon tat izens Alhani e and other bigots Hovvtn»*r \w \ .imihi! livt* our !i\t's m ft*iir of!ht* ( X A inv ihtru; \\v (ii> is iikfiy to offend snnn*on*' whothur >\\ \ da net* an information tab!«t or t*vi*n an ad Jodi Mai Co-Director Lesbian, Gay. Bisexual Alliance All apologies On Jan .IH. an unfortunate sit nation (xi nr rod at the Student Health Center An international student was offended and very l om erned by continents made to him bv a Student Health Ou ter employee Hie issues raised in the student's subsequent let ter to the Emerald have been formally investigated and resolved to the student’s satis faction The Student Health Center staff prides itself on the support of cultural diversity a! the Uni versitv and the Student Health Center I'hev pride themselves on being t aring, sensitive and responsive to all students We have apologized to the student We apologize to the I Diversity . and most important, to the entire University student body Robert R. Petit Medical Administrator Student Health Center Cornwell questioned I hi' ri'< ent dm ision by the Incidental I "" Committee to riX onsider the approved budget tin MM :h.\ totdllv unvvarraiil cd I lie II ( i ondtu It'd in o(11 i<il meeting and subsetpientlv tpproved the proposed budget increase IK irii'inbei Kris Cornwell was quoted Hi Ann Colombo A article (O/d leb .A! >•. .aviug th.it Ml 1-liA memhei . bullied then wav into getting vvliat the\ wanted What itid happen w is th.it MKdusta , shewed up to tile hearing to express then sup port and confident c in the i atm mile of the proposed budget That budget was wholly insti lled in its expenditures, which are essential to the University s rei ruitnient and retention of Chu aim l atino students Cornwell also staled that she "wanted those people out of here" so she could breathe Cornwell's insensitivity to those people" is shamelessly FRESHMAN SEMINARS spring term 1994 ICOL199’ Society, Ethics and Philosophy in South Asia ART 199 joumev to the Intenor: Personal Experience and Vision as Source Material in Art ICOL 199’ Beyond the Limits: Toward a Sustainable World ENG 199 Primary Intensity: Lesbians in Literature Since 1970 TA199 Contemporary' Issues in Modem Drama PHIL 199 Kierkegaard: the Father of Existentialism ICOL 199’ Crucial Human Issues PHYS199 The Evolution and Search for Life in the Universe • Open to non ICOL students call 346-3216 for preauthorization For more information, turn to the sponsoring department in the Schedule of Classes. Office of the Dean of Students • 364 Oregon Hall • 346-1136 apparent If she intends to uphold her position profession iliv. sin1 should rttfraili from ii ■ allou-- remarks which not >• i:v make her appear unskilled and insensitive .is an li t mom tier (nil iIso sus< eplible to lining bullied \s I ns all. it was sho who i hand'd the motion to appro so 1 (Ml I >e - nut t hr Ml' (III \ budget request As a stuih'iil. 1 am i out erned about tliM i ompetem \ of the II I Members should f>r dei i su e and unw as ering, not wish\ vvashv 1 litur original resolution should stand Non funding of MlC.hAis proposed programs could ha\r serious repercus Mims mi the (ihli:nno I aitino slu dent population It's high time that this University recognize ret ruitmenl and retention needs of ( flu ano'l.atino students (airmen Kuluo MK ih V Needless killings I bis letter is m regard to the violent anil needless killings lli.it occurred in Israel Palestine We, the lews on this iaiii|ins. would like to apologize to and show otir support of all of the Muslims of this i.(immunity lor what was done hv a group of fanatical lewish terrorists We are sorry for all of the grief they have i aused you w ith their hatred and violente Although we do not, under any cin uni stain es, i undone this u lion we would also like for people to know that the ai lions ol these radicals does not speak lor the actions ol a whole gtoup ol pen pie and cannot lie generalized to ttif lens mi ihis i .1 mpus or ( uni nuinitv \ltllough till' voile of these lewish terrorists is quite louil. there lire many other Jewish vou es that speak |ust us loud for |>eiu e and instil e We believe ins u 11 ini was i ompletelv ( OUll terprodm live to any idea of peai e or iii|Ustii e lor hoth peo ple. Muslims or Jews, and do not want to let it get in the wav of tile dialogue ol the people hetwi*etl us We lielieve the onlv wav there ( illi truly tie peat e lietweeil Mils Inns and lew s is hy allow mg the I'alestmes full autonomy and hv allowing the Israeli Arabs to hei ome full citizens within the state of Israel Hy autonomy I mean a Palestine state that is ful ly governed by (tie Palestinians themselves with those exiled allowed to do whatever Is neies sary to hasten the day when Palestinians no longer are under the rule of the Israeli military and the day when Jews no longer have to fear for their safe ty We hope that this horrible action does not set us hack in our goal Rachel Rubin Co-director Jewish Student Union Wrong song I’li',isc let Ms (inn know that \ll Monft thr H'atrhtoH-rr. the sunn from which she quoted |( >1 >1 M.iri h 10), w <is written hv Huh l)v I,in. not (inn Hendrix. 11itii Hendrix i overnd t)ie song on itm tnt hiilvliind His ver sion is the most famous, hut the lyre s Iteloni; to I is lull Robert M Farley Pohtic.il Science History LIVE ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY MONDAY MOVIt NIGHT POOL TABLES FREE DARTS & FOOSBALL ASSORTED EATS smoking prifferri-d Moon -v.j Court._ "1 tfirrc d,rr? 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