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phobes would not see it that way.
Mike Eyster, director of hous
ing, said a past incident where
racial slurs were shouted at the
residents of the Multicultural Hall
made him decide it was more like
ly PRIDE Hall could be the target
of hate.
Members of both the Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Al
liance and proponents of the
PRIDE Hall said although they
were disappointed by the veto,
they were looking forward to
working with the University ad
ministration to deal with the con
cerns that prompted the PRIDE
Hall proposal.
Jason Wicklund, co-chair of the
PRIDE Hall committee, said he
was optimistic about tackling ho
mophobia.
“I think die committee as a whole
is disappointed,” he said. “But I
think the issues brought about by
[PRIDE Hall] are getdng attention.
I’m looking forward to moving on
and working with the University.”
Nina Thompson, a supporter of
PRIDE Hall, had one reservation.
“The one thing I fear is that they
didn't research the hall as much as
they should've,” she said. “I know
Mike Eyster did."
But Thompson was optimistic
about the future.
“What did come out of this is a
greater awareness about homo
phobia and racism,” she said.
“We’re going to involve the ad
ministration in the future. I think
if we do that there's a better
chance we wi 11 be successfu 1. ”
Whether a greater awareness
of homophobia exists now,
North America certainly has a
greater awareness of the PRIDE
Hall proposal.
Last Thursday, the media’s dis
covery of the proposal sparked a
series of newscasts in cities such
as Portland, Seattle and New York
City.
At the University of Toronto,
delayed news of PRIDE Hall moti
vated a student group to plan to
lobby the Canadian university to
develop something similar.
Sean Carroll, a student at the
State University of New York at
Albany, watched a newscast
featuring the campus PRIDE
Hall proposal at his Brooklyn,
New York residence.
Carroll wrote a letter that con
demned the proposal to the editors
of the New York Times, the Ore
gonian, the Albany Student Press
and the Oregon Daily Emerald.
In an interview, Carroll said
PRIDE Hall ran counter to the
goals of diversity.
“Everything an activist is trying
to do is trying to get their group
more included in what’s going
on,” he said. “If a (gay) student is
harassed and the only response to
that is the student moves away, I
think that’s a problem.”
about what King means to them.
To Sheloman Byrd, a BSU
member, hearing others’ feelings
about King can be a revealing and
insightful experience.
“To me, the most important
event, if people choose to do noth
ing else, is to come to the candle
light vigil,” Byrd said. “The vigil
will allow people to learn about
the day and what Martin Luther
King means to them.
“Personally, this day is senti
mental to me because from fourth
through sixth grade my school put
on an annual play called ‘Martin
to me.
“I think that this holiday is one
of the few days that all people ac
tually can come together and unite
to promote peace and civil rights
through nonviolence.”
The last event the BSU is host
ing is a dance Jan. 16 in the EMU
Ballroom. This dance is sponsored
by BSU and Phi Beta Sigma Frater
nity, and will take place from 10
p.m. to 1 a.m. The cost of admis
sion is $3 at the door.
“The dance is the place for peo
ple to put their groove on,” said
recognition, some thinking and re
flecting about the importance of
this man's life. It seems that, for
many holidays, people just use the
day as an excuse to sleep in or to
go skiing or whatever. But they
never stop to think about why
they’re getting the day off.
"Martin Luther King had been a
man thrust into the forefront at a
time that was right fora movement
and at a time that had been right
for his leadership. His contribu
tions toward the civil rights move
ment should be recognized and re
membered.”
Four die in U.S. military plane crash
The Associated Press
FRANKFURT, Germany — A U.S. military refuel
ing plane crashed and burst into flames Wednesday
night near the Dutch border, killing all four crew
members, the Air Force said.
All of the victims were from Washington state, and
were due to return home on Friday, military officials
said.
The KC-135 plane, assigned temporarily to a NATO
base near the northwestern German town of
Geilenkirchen, was making its final landing approach
after a refueling run when it crashed at 7:30 p.m.
(10:30 a.m. PST) about two miles from the base.
It took more than 100 Dutch and German firefighters
about three hours to extinguish the burning plane,
which can carry up to 83,000 pounds of fuel.
January Black ministers term what be
came known as Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference. King is named its first
president one month later.
King visits India. He had a lifelong admira
tion for Mohandas K. Gandhi and credited
Gandhi's passive resistance techniques
for his civil rights successes.
King meets with President John F. Kennedy
to urge support for civil rights.
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King's book published: Wry We Can't Walt
December 10 King wins Nobel Peace
Prize.
January 18. King successfully registers to
vote at the Hotel Albert in Selma. Ala. and is
assaulted by James George Robinson of
Birmingham.
February. King continues to protest dis
crimination in voter registration, is arrest
ed and jailed. He meets with President Lyn
don B Johnson February 9 and other
American leaders about voting rights for
African-Americans.
March 18-21. King and 3,200 people maich
from Selma to Montgomery.
SOURCE: SeahleTimes.com
130 mph in a 25 mph zone.
January 38. King's house Is bombed.
1958
I King's first book published, StmtoTowant
Freedom (Harper), his recollections of the
Montgomery bus boycott. While King is
promoting his book in a Harlem bookstore,
an African-American woman stabs him
1960
I King leaves for Atlanta to pastor his fa
ther's church, Ebenezer Baptist Church.
1963
King leads protests In Birmingham for de
segregated department store facilities and
fair hiring.
April. King is anested after demonstrating
in defiance of a court order. King writes
letter From Birmingham Jail.- This elo
quent letter, later widely circulated, became
a classic of the civil rights movement
August 28. 250,000 civil righto supporters
attend the March on Washington, At the
Lincoln Memorial, King delivers the famous
•| have a dream-speech.
1968
I April A. King is assassinated in Memphis,
Tenn., by James Earl Ray.
1986
I January 20 is the first national celebration
of King's birthday as a holiday.
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