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■ LETTERS More spaces Open letter to the University parking department: If you make the parking spaces just a hit smaller, you may be able to squeeze a few more i nrs onto this wonderful, wet campus And. oh yeah. long live George Lucas! Scott Klemp Eugene ‘Normality’ Celebrities ranging from Rev Chumleigh to Ken Kosov to Paul Krassner to Artis the Spoonman have endorsed our new cam paign! "Heal Normality Naturally" is its slogan As Newt warned, the counterculture will indeed drive normal | ample to madness' We've listed the warning signs of nor rnalitv. hatched cunning plans, and — making it all official — issued a button Who are we? We re an alliance of 10 grassroots groups, called Support Coalition. Our main office is in Eugene's Growers Market We publish an award-winning ‘"zine," Dendrun. with a readership of 15.000 Your readers may have seen our local group this past Novem ber when we protested deaths related to forced psychiatric drug gingund solitary confinement in the Lane County psychiatric sys tem. We also broke the silence about inadequate informed con sent in the use of elt« troshock. down the street at Sacred Heart And did you know in the state psychiatric institutions in one recent year eight Oregonians had forced electroshock? These issues impai t every Uni versity community mem tier who may have a friend or loved one in need of emergency emotional supped This issue affects every one who iliav one dav have a career related to the mental health industry K very one loves to laugh in the face of normality The "mad movement" is actually fun So everyone is invited to find out more, and become involved Phone »s now in Eugene at t-tl 0100 (24-hour voice mail with actual loons) or e-mail us chrpfierfn.org. David Oaks Eugene OCA returns Important quotes were omitted in halv Soto's coverage of the inauguration of Gov. John Kitshohor (?)/>/■; |an 10) Both he and former Gov Barfutni Roiierts disapproved of efforts by l.on Mahon. and his Oregon ( iti/ens Alliance, to one e more amend the (tregon (Constitution to ccxiifv the i real ion of an outcast c lass of cit izens in Oregon Mahon and his followers have filed language for referen da in 199ft People of good will, faith based or not. will again have to combat these efforts Who will |om our coalition in 1905 and 109ft to make sure that Mahon and the CM A are defeated again f In 1994. approximately one third of the 21 (Christian campus groups joined in the opposition to the OCA. For that I’m proud and grateful But. what about the other two-thirds of the Christian campus groups? The tom hings and life of Jesus focused on compassion and love for the outcasts, Christians, from conservative to l i tie ml. agree the ologically that judging the behav ior of mortals is the sole prerog alive of the Creator How can anyone claiming to lie a Christ ian support ton Malum and the OCA? Do these people realize tuns much [win. anger,alienation and depression among homosexual people they < reate when they support the politic* of Lon Mahon and the (X.Af Join our coalition and refuse to be neutral or supportive of attempts to legal ize discrimination As stated by our new governor We must stop ceding power to individuals and groups that draw their lifeblood from turning Oregoni an* against one another " Jacob Veidhuisen Eugene Honor veterans On Monday. University stu dents and staff honored the mem ory of the great civil rights leader Martin I,other King Jr by observ ing the state holiday established for this purpose I strongly believe this nation owes a tremendous amount of respect and appro* iation to Dr King, and therefore, I find it not only fitting but net essary that the Univorsi ty honor this holiday. Bui. I ’ * nt ■ iu s University has negle* ted to pay similar trib ute to an entire group ii! Ameri cans to whom this nation owes a great deal - - U S veterans The national holiday established to honor these Anieru ans was not observed on this t umpus The University failed to re* ugni/e that not only do we owe veterans our Utmost appre* iation and respe* t, but many people throughout the world owe them mm h more their lives and freedom It is no s»«:ret that this Umver sity has a student body with lib eral tendencies, and with that m mind, 1 am .sure a failure to hon or Martin Luther king IVi\ wotiid result in quite an uproar But the Cnivorxitv administration should not tie in the business of catering to the politit s of any faction on t ampus Liberal. conservative, npoliti i al or otherwise, there are some things that go beyond politit s Honoring the great men and women of this nation for their contributions is one of those Heather Leigh Davis Political Science Insensitivity With all that's going on in sports these days, it's hard to (relieve that Kris Henry's "opin ion" would be anyw here near the sports section, let alone the paper lOOf , Ian IB) What Henry, a male Kuro American (while to you Insensitive*) like myself, fails to realize is that his heroes, his leaders, his role models have been in plate for hundreds of ears in tlns-i ooiitr\ He has never had to dream of sexual equality or racial itisin e it has always been there for him He might think (from his narrow view of the cosmos) that grand stories of a hia< k astronaut, or the "first" female CKO, or a Hispanic Supreme Court justice are minis essary lax ause for him it has never been necessary He has never had to dream of these things like others who have l»s<n treated with social, racial, or t* o nomi< prejudices hove had to dream. The spirit of Horatio Alger and others like him is still needed today We dll need to tie remind ed of the struggles endured and the triumphs expenem ed We need a benchmark from where progress«an be measured. Oth erw ise. no one i an know how much work still needs to be done Nest time you feel the urge to get siw tally righteous. take nnoth er look And w hile you're at it rend Alger, too Michael Platt Psychology Choice forum On Monday. |an .! I, Students for ( him i' will In* holding a cel ehrntion of the Hue vs Wade decision Saturday. Ian 2t, marks the anniversary of the famous court i ase that made it i I lev;.11 for individual states to outlaw abortion mid guaranteed a woman s right to choose t he i elobfiltion will he held ill the Kir Room of the KMU, from 11 TO a.m. to 1 it) pm There will lie two performers singing, as wall as three speakers from the community Also tables will !»' sin up by groups interested in women's issues It should lie an interesting and.enjoyable time, so try to stop by anti show your support in a woman's right to choose Dana Gold Psychology ■ LETTERS POLICY Thu Orrgftn Daily Emerald will .illnmpt 10 print all UittnrN containing l omimnits on topic* of inttirost to the I Intvnrsllv community. Hit' Emerald tvsorvos tin* right to wlit any Urttor for length or stylo ON SALE NOWU STUDIO Twin Size Frame & Futon s139°i • Handmade Futons • Covers • Pillows • Tables • Lamps • Delivery Available ROCK SOFT FUTON it t ^HARDWOOD Full Size Frame and Futon 8319°° ! 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