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School of MUSIC mmaanror oneon & Department of DANCE NOVEMBER CONCERTS Clip and Save this Calendar! For more information on School o( Music events, cal 346-5678, or call the Music Hotline at 346-3764 for a taped message Thur. OREGON OPERA ENSEMBLE 11/2 UO Ensemble 8 p.m., Baall Hatl 84 General Admission. 82 students S senior citizens Tues. OREGON COMPOSERS FORUM 11/7 New music by UO composition students. 8 p.m., Baafl Hatl FREE Admission Thur. THE PETERSEN STRING QUARTET 11/9 Chamber Musk Senes 8 p.m., Baall Hall Free lecture at 7 15 pm Reserved seats $8. |17, 820, avail able at the Hutt Center (687-5000) Students 85, 89 at the door Fri. THE JAZZ CAFE 11/10 UO Jazz Combos 8 p.m., Room 186 Music 84 General Admission. 82 students & senior citizens Sat. FESTIVAL OF BANDS 11/11 Mardvng Band Competition AH Day. Autxan Stadium Prelms S»S6, Finals t&%5. All-day ticket 812/810 Sat. SOUTH OF THE BORDER 11/11 Chddten s Concert Senes 10:30 a m, Baal HaN 83 adults. 82 students/children, or 85 for a tarmly Sat. PATTI PETERSON, Soprano 11/11 MUTSUMI MOTEKi, Piano Guest Artist Fleatal A Master Class • pjn., BmII Hatl FREE Admission Sun. MULTIMEDIA SLIDE SHOWS by DON HUNTER 11/12 Benefit for Ph Beta 4 p.m., BmN Halt $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Tues. STEVEN POLOGE, Calk) 11/14 DEAN KRAMER, Piano Faculty Arts) Senes I p.m., BmI Hal $7 General Admission. (4 students S senior citizens Wed. OREGON WIND ENSEMBLE 11/15 00 Ensemble 8 p.m., BmI! Hail £4 General Admission, $? students & senior citizens Thur. UNIVERSITY GOSPEL ENSEMBLE 11/16 UO Ensemble 8 pjn., BmII Hall %A General Admission, $2 students 4 senior citizens Nov. JANET TOWNER, Dance Lecture-Demo 17,18 Choreography of Charles Wetdman Dougherty Theatre 8 pm Fn 12 pm Sat $5 Gen Admission, $3 sfudents.'seraors Sat., VIOLA V1P« 11/18 Vioia Workshop 8:15am -2:30pm, Schooled Music $10 before Nov. 13. $12.50 after Nov 13 Cal 34^3765 Mon. CLAIRE WACHTER, Piano 11/20 Faculty Arts! Senes 8 p.m., Beall Hall $7 General Admission, $4 students & senior citizens Tue. OREGON PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 11/21 UO Ensemble • pm. Bead Hail $4 General Admission, $2 students & senior citizens Tue. COLLEGIUM MUSICUM 11/28 Baroque-Renaissance music. 4 pjn., Beal Had FREE Admission Tue., FUTURE MUSIC OREGON 11/28 UO Electronic Music Stuck) 8 p.m., Room 198 Music $4 General Admission, $2 students & senior citizens Wed. UO CAMPUS BAND 11/29 UO Ensemble 8 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission Thur. UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY 11/30 UO Ensemble 8 p.m., Beall Hall $4 General Admission, $2 students & seraor citizens Students disagree on use of PC ideas ■ CHOICES: Opi’ onr, froc around campus differ on benefits of politically correct language By Jamie D Pope University students continue to hwvaried opinions on tbe definition of political correct ness. Its effects and benefits. fiv well as on the usage of those terms tlint are doomed "PC ' Margaret Butler. < o-direc tor of the Lesbian. Ciuy and Bisexual Alliance, described political < or re< iness ns a form of communi cation that gives [xsople the right to make < hoii es Political correctness is the language we use to validate tin* options and lives of all people." Butler said Mark Numainville. chairmnn of the College Republic ana. has a very different definition of political correctness Polite ni correctness is stllv and superfu ml. Numainville said. It makes people feel good about themselves, hut it does not solve the problem of dis crimination It's lip service. ' Zacherv Kelton, ASl'O vice president, disagreed "Politic al corns iness is the articulation of sensitivity toward individuals or groups." Kelton said. Political correc tness affec ts students in different ways For example. Kelton said political cnrret tncsii has had a positive affix t on him b»x ause "sen sit iv ity toward other people is good. ” However, Kelton di<l say political correc tness can nega lively effei 1 people 'it tan be taken too seriously w hen people try to Im» too polit it ally correct,’' he said "For example, it c an net out of hand when people try tot lassify oth ers as they see fit Butler stud politic al correct ness has affected her positively for a different reason "It S fieen good because it has made it i Jenr to me that the options of the world are not lim ited to heterosexuality." Butler said "it allow s for the possibili ty of a non gender relationship rather Iteing limited to the mole category of "husband Numtunville said the effect of political torret tness has been negative because "you can't say what you want to say you have to censor yourself." Other students debate on the benefits of politic al correctness or the lack thereof Bill Miner, regional coordina tor of the College Democrats of America, vied he has benefited from political correctness because “it has increased my awareness of my vocabulary. I am forced to think about it " Nutnainville's assessment of political correctness is not as positive, "I’ve never benefited from political < orrec tness." he said 'If we i an't Ih> frank and honest about gender and race, these issues will always be a problem in our society.” Many students feel there are major issues involved with the use of politically correc t terms Shannise Howard, a member of the Black Student Union, believes political correctness is the problem and not the solu tion for racial prejudice. "Political correctness is a Band-Aid for the racial prob lem," Howard said. ‘What 1 mean by ‘Band-Aid* is that peo ple i an say and tin all the right things, but if we don't practice them in our dally lives it doesn't do any good.” For Keiton, the most impor taut issue concerning political correctness is tieing sensitive to individuals as opposed to groups of people. "I really don't buy into the idea that greater numbers mean greater needs." Keiton said To Butler, the issue of politi cal correctness is a philosophi cal one. T think political correctness is misunderstood,” she said. "People often expect to mean all language must be regimented and disallow individualism." Halloween ads said to encourage kids to drink ■ ALCOHOL: Health organizations launch Hands OH Halloween campaign against the beer industry SAN DIEGO (AP) - Beer aits featuring Hal loween charac ters such as Elvira and the Crypt Keeper are encouraging children to start drinking, and the beer industry should withdraw them, health advocates soy "It is so blatantly obvious to people that Hal loween imagery has spot nil appeal to children," said Laurie uriber. dim tor ol the t enter on Alt o hol Advertising in Berkeley. In a presentation Tuesday at the annual meeting of the A murium Public Health Association, l-eiber outlined "Hands Off Halloween," a campaign intended to persuade the beer industry to remove Halloween imagery from advertising, just as the industry has done with Santa Claus, Coors has featured the buxom, black-haired Elvi ra m its advertisements, and Anheuser-Busch this year is using television's c reepy Crypt Keeper — bones peeking out of his decaying clothes and all "Children start drinking by age 13 oil average, and by senior year in high school BH percent have had a drink," Leiber said "The drinking age in this country is not 21: the drinking age is when you can get it." She noted that the consumption of lieer is strongly linked to auto deaths, suicide, homicide and sexual assault in teen-agers RuNt s t lands Off Halloween campaign has rnel with resistante by the beer industry "Our marketing materials — for all occasions — ano dins tad to adults." Raymond J. McGrath, pres ident of the Boer Institute, told I-edatr in a letter on Oct 17. lit! rejected the suggestion that ads with Halloween themes Ih! dropped. Coors had no immediate comment Tuesday. John Kaestncr, a spokesman for Anheuser-Busch, said, "Taking down a beer poster in a convenience store is not going to help our kids with drinking." He said Halloween is celebrated by adults as well us children, and "for us not to be promoting our product, I think we re missing the boat.” The < ampaign has been endorsed by 19 health organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics. Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the National Count il on Alcoholism and Drug Depen dent e and the American Publit Health Associa tion. Leiber said, 1 .tuber said the Halloween ads are only part of efforts by the beer industry to place its products before children and teen-agers. She noted, for example, that (.oors has advertised heavily on TV shows watched by children and teen-agers, such as "Beverly Hills 90210." "Martin” and "Living Sin gle." According to Nielsen ratings obtained by Leiber. 24 percent of those who saw the Coors ads on "Beverly Hills 90210" in nine top media markets were younger than 17. Featuring: SubUftah Slim LIVE BLUES/JAZZ Every Thursday • from 9 pm-1 am No Cover if You Come Before 9 PM 'M 2222 Centennial Blvd. • 343-4734 -M Cash For Textbooks Mon.-Sat. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th I Block From Campus 345-1651
