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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1996)
University of Oregon Eager*. Oregon TUfSOAY MAY 7 1996 INDEX •* o m u u m TODAY The Eugene Svmphomi Hand will perform at 7:30pm. in the School of Mum- Admunon rangn from $2 hi $& INSIOE Despite its south. the Oregon h*hnen i golf tram is expected to do well m Regional* Eugene City Council candidate t summarise their mam campaign issues -4 (D WEATHER Slight chum t of nhtmrn High GO Um 40 Speaker stresses Jewish studies ■ SPEECH Deborah lipstadt says the Holocaust is not the cornerstone ot cutture By JannHar Schmitt fauamm Thu Holocaust thou Id not be th« symbol of Jewish iden tity hut instead should prompt the Jewish community to edu cate itself un its traditions and cultures, said a professor of Modem Jewish and Holocaust UPSTAOT studio* in a speech Monday night dur ing l h« “Ethic* aftar tha H o 1 o • C a u • t “ confer •nee. A ppm* imateiy turn tum. tired people attended Deborah Lipstadt's *pee« h, ' Imaging the Knd; American Jewry ana the Memory of the Holo caust." which focused on how the Holocaust fits Into the identity of American )nw* What must be achieved it a balance between remember ing what was dtme to the |ew* and living as a lew." Upstadt ■aid. The different* in American ideals and lifestyle in the 144Os and those tn the t4tiO« had a large impact on the amount of attention given to the Holocaust In the 1940a and through tire IWtOs. jews were trying to blend into American culture and hesitated to discuss the Holocaust In postwar Amer ka. the United States and (air many were allies against communism and Jews were encouraged to keep silent Turn to SPEECH Pag* 5 MM 1>*W tmiWSMIM Jwwm B*luv«g*, • Sophmora rattglooa atudtaa major, talks with Oatxxah Lipatadt sft«K hor •poach on Amartcan Jaws am1 hoar A mar tear parcaipttons of tha Holocaust changad Union, state find tentative agreement ■ NEGOTIATIONS Delegates from the Oregon Pubic Employees Union will decide whether its members will vote on the two-year contract with OSSHE By Laura KtpiMr* 1 A*'*** The Oregon Stale System of Higher Kctiu ation anti the Oregon Public Employ e«« Union came to a tentative agreement on a two year contrac t last Friday morning atlwr wvnn month* of horgimmng Th« higher «<hi c»lion tyttiom b*t*m« QPEtPf new employer 1**1 Au*ju*i *nd both group* have inwn n*gotittitift *1111« October to form * now contract The tentative coni rue t contain* tmuemomi mi impruvmi ungu«|«t • *«l»ry increase. ««rly retirement. medical insurant :» and length of contract, said Jeff SeeUu. chair of the bargaining Imm for QPEU. "! believe it*s the best agreement we c ould have come up with under the cir ttimrtMKm.* SwUtr said t W’Kl ■ declared an impasse on April 19 when both sides failed to come to a re*c> lutton. I waving them 30 day* to coma to an agreement Bargaining continued last week with a mediator on Tuesday and Thursday. The two sides reached a tent* live agreement on a contrac t at 4 30 a m Friday, aaid Nora Ueery, the delegate rep resenting the University at the bargaining table The tentative agreement will be pre sented Saturday to the bargaining dele gate* In Salem at the Union Headquarters If the delegates decide to go ahead with the contract, OPKU members will vote on it by the end of the month. Deery said Deary and Heekatx said they believe the rnaiority of the member* wilt ratify the contract Campus radio station questions vote to block funding measures ■ uislussiun: Ac>uu programs finance Committee and other student government bodies suggested the budget proposal go to the ballot during the last election By Kristin Bsitsy Skjmnt Arswsee f^txrmr The results of the 1906 University elections left many satisfied. Some still ssy. however, the democratic process on campus did not fulfil I its obligation to stu dents KWVA Radio Station went on the ballot, requesting e total of $66,800 None of the measure* passed. and many people are still Irving to figure out why. A recent article in The (U>mnwntu!or by KWVA (ion wr*l Manager lame* Pierson has prompted discussion of where lhe blame. if any, ties for the failed measures "lf» unfortunate that a lot of people thought of blam ing other people for what happened." Pierson said "But really what I waa addressing in The (Janunentolar article was the (act that the system is designed in such a way that it doesn’t really promote the posterity of groups like the radio station an a level it could," KWVA received SStt.182 from the ASUO Programs Finance Committee far the l»W »7 school year, which was an 8,47 percent increase over this year's allocation. Additional funding requests, namely for the purchase and implementation of new technological equipment, went to the ballot at the suggestion of the PFC end other student government bodies “Everyone in the HKt! amt |u»t about everyone I t an think of in the ASUO — everyone that helped u* get our ballot proposition* up and running wai really gun ning for us." Pierson said "Everyone was very support ive and era* much in favor of teeing us succeed" However, when ail three measure* (ailed. KWVA (mind itself without the monies it had hoped for. Pierson said “At the ballot, looking at propositions like nun. if* really hard to get aero** what you’re trying to do." he said "I half expected the measure* to fall That was my concern when t submitted the proposal*." Had the measures passed. KWVA would have received Turn to DISCUSSION Pages