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Volume 100, Issue 82
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
A woman of many words
(( She had no qualms about speaking her mind.
She was very plain-spoken. If she liked something
or was critical of something, she wouldn't miss a
word.
Amanda Powell
Romance languages professor
Amanda Cohen/Emerald
Elizabeth Ann "Izzie” Harbaugh, owner of Mother Kali's Books and community activist, will be remembered at a celebration Saturday.
Eugene lost
a valuable
community
member
when Izzie
Harbaugh
died of a
stroke last
week while
working at
her beloved
Mother
Kali’s Books
By Teri Meeuwsen
Oregon Daily Emerald
Elizabeth Ann “Izzie” Harbaugh was nev
er afraid to let people know how she felt and
what she thought. When someone needed
advice, Izzie gave that person a straight-for
ward answer. When Izzie liked something,
she voiced it, and when something pushed
Izzie’s buttons, she voiced that, too.
“She had no qualms about speaking her
mind,” said Amanda Powell, a romance lan
guages professor. “She was very plain-spo
ken. If she liked something or was critical of
something, she wouldn’t miss a word.”
Nancy Johnson, an employee of Mother
Kali’s Books who worked with Izzie, agreed.
“She was non-flowery, and sometimes
people didn’t like it,” she said. “But she
was always an honest person and cared
very much about the people she touched.”
When things pushed Izzie’s buttons, she
would throw herself into action and ac
tivism. Before she died, she also threw the
majority of her time and effort into manag
ing Mother Kali’s Books on 13th Avenue.
Izzie died from a stroke last Tuesday at
age 71 in the bookstore.
Many people who visited the bookstore
knew Izzie as a feminist, a book specialist,
a thinker, a well-read and caring person,
“and that’s why everyone loved her,”
Powell said.
Izzie had been the manager of Mother Kali’s
since 1981, but she volunteered all of her time
and effort to keep the bookstore running.
“She tried very hard to keep Mother
Kali’s open,” Johnson said.
Izzie was adamant about keeping inde
pendent bookstores alive. If someone talked
to her about finding a book and was think
ing about going to a chain store, “she would
n’t hesitate to say, ‘Say what?”’ Powell said.
“If you believe in free speech, support
independent bookstores and small press
es,” Izzie once said.
To do that, Izzie brought a sense of accep
tance to anyone who visited Mother Kali’s.
“Whoever came through the door she
welcomed no matter who they were,”
Johnson said. “She didn’t gravitate to an
old person or a young person. She honored
diversity.”
Because of her acceptance and her open
ness, the bookstore became much more
Turn to HARBAUGH, Page 6
Panels to promote
nature, justice
A conference will offer
12 panel discussions
and four workshops on
coalition-hu ilding
By Erin Snelgrove
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Coalition Against Envi
ronmental Racism is sponsor
ing its 5th annual grassroots
environmental justice confer
ence at the law school this
weekend.
The conference, entitled
“We speak for ourselves! A call
for change,” is intended to ed
ucate and inform the public
about social and economic
concerns.
Through Sunday, the confer
ence will offer 12 panel discus
sions and four coalition-build
ing workshops. The topics
being discussed range from the
Gardenburger boycott to urban
environmental justice. The
talks are free and open to the
public.
Gabby Siegel, a co-coordina
tor for the event, said CAER is
an organization striving to im
prove the quality of people’s
lives. She said the conference
will help the public gain a bet
ter understanding of problems
facing mankind.
“1 feel that CAER, in its con
nection with environmental
justice, brings environmental
ism on this campus to a whole
new level,” Siegel said.
"What CAER does is under
stand that the people and the
environment are inherently
connected. It pairs social, eco
nomic and environmental is
sues all together.”
Missy Rock, another co-coor
dinator for the conference, said
this year’s event has a twofold
purpose.
“This year, we have an
added bonus in that we’re
building off of last year’s con
ference,” Rock said. “We have
four workshops scheduled in,
as well as a closing strategy
session to create a Northwest
regional coalition for environ
mental justice. So our goal is
not just an academic confer
ence but to see results come
out of the conference.”
Turn to CAER, Page 5
Conferences to discuss
drinking and depression
Two speakers will give
advice to students on
how to overcome the
common problems
ByG. Jaros
Oregon Daily Emerald
Dealing with drinking and
depression are two topics to be
discussed during the Universi
ty Substance Abuse Prevention
Program’s seminars this week
end.
During Saturday’s seminar,
“Conquering Depression,” Eu
gene psychiatrist Jerome
Vergamini will discuss the fun
damentals of identification and
treatment of depression, includ
ing natural and pharmacologi
cal therapies.
“I’ll be talking about different
aspects of depression, what
types of depression are out
there, different theories on de
pression and some of the differ
ent types of therapies available,
including light therapy and
talking therapy,” Vergamini
said.
He also will present a video
showing people who have been
treated for depression and then
follow with a panel discussion
with people who have had de
pression and were able to over
come it.
After the discussion,
Vergamini will lecture on what
children and adolescents look
like when they are depressed,
different treatments and sui
cide.
Substance Abuse and Pre
vention Program Director Miki
Mace said the idea for this semi
nar came from students.
“Most of our conferences we
make up from our evaluation
forms asking what students
would like to see offered, and
this was one subject that came
up several times," Mace said.
Her office in Esslinger makes
frequent referrals to the coun
seling center for students with
depression, she said.
“Many of us have a tendency
to get depressed during high
times of stress, and I’ve been
told that the weather — the
darkness — can leave some of
us light-deprived," Mace said.
In Sunday’s seminar, “Beer,
Booze and Books,” nationally
known author and speaker Jim
Mathews will speak about the
effects of campus drinking, es
pecially with regard to athletic
and academic performance.
Turn to CONFERENCES, Page 6