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Quite maddening The Mad Duckling The atre anticipates the July 5 opening of the production ‘My Emper or's New Clothes,’a Hans Christian Ander sen classic PAGE 5 The Flash Art in the Vineyard a blend of arts The 17th annual Art in the Vineyard music and art festi val will be held at Alton Bak er Park June 30 through July 2. Organizers tout the event as a gathering of fine local and out-of-town artists who must be hand picked by a jury in order to participate. Wine-tasting, music and chil dren’s storytelling highlight the festival. Page 5 Hikers have bountiful options for scenery Mountaineers and novice hikers can enjoy the beauty of Hardesty Mountain, just miles outside Eugene. The hike includes scenic vistas and treks through pastures of wildflowers. Page 5 Supreme Court rejects abortion ban WASHINGTON (AP) — Re publicans in Congress soon may push forward with legis lation that would ban so called partial-birth abortions now that the Supreme Court has given guidance on how to make such a bill constitu tionally valid. On Wednesday, the nation’s highest court threw out Ne braska’s ban, saying it vio lates women’s constitutional rights by imposing an “un due burden” on their deci sions to end their pregnan cies. GOP lawmakers, who have been waiting on this deci sion, now will take the ruling and rework their already-ap » proved “partial-birth” ban in hopes of avoiding any consti tutional questions. “This opinion will be stud ied intensely,” House Judicia ry Committee Chairman Hen ry Hyde, R-tll., said. Weather Today Friday high 92, low 66 high 89, low 61 Thursday June 29,2000 Volume 102, Issue 4 —Q—D-the_w R h www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Bach talk Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald A wide spectrum of academic and religious leaders were represented in the five member panel which discussed the issues of Bach and the Gospel of John. From right to left: Anne Dhu McLucas, Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, Thomas Somerville, Reverend Daniel E.H. Bryant and Michael Marissen. Bach song considered anti-Semitic Public debate A second discus sion, titled “Lutheranism, Anti-Judaism and Bach’s St John Passion,” is scheduled for Friday at 3 p.m. in Music 198. SOURCE; Bach Festival ■The song ‘St. John Passion’ has stirred a passion of its own among the Jewish community, putting heat on the Bach Festival for performing the controversial piece By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald “Music Beyond Boundaries” is the theme of this year’s Ore gon Bach Festival and bound aries were the topic of discus sion Wednesday night at Beall Hall. A five-person panel ad dressed the controversy sur rounding tonight’s perform ance of Bach’s masterpiece “St. John Passion.” When performed in 1995 at the Festival to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the presenta tion was met with dissension and protest. After five years without the piece as a part of the event’s lineup, the Bach Festival organizers are bringing it back. Commentary during the piece, which is sung in Ger man, includes phrases from the Gospel of John that many be lieve are anti-Semitic. The dis cussion sought to address the concerns regarding the piece’s selection as part of the festival, and opened up dialogue among the 200 people in atten dance at Beall. Representing the spectrum of academic knowledge, com munity religious leaders and musicologists, many gave their opinions about “St. John Pas sion.” The panel discussed the meaning and background of Bach’s lyrics, and how they should be critically examined. “Is there anti-Judaism in the text? In my opinion, yes,” said Turn to Bach song, page 3 CC Every time that piece is played... the issue comes up. George Evano OBF director of communica tions Commission looks ahead after public discussion ■A public discussion airs concerns of observers and protesters related to the June 17-18 anarchist protests downtown By jack Clifford Oregon Daily Emerald As the Eugene community continues to strug gle with questions and concerns relating to the pro-anarchist rally that turned into an arrest spree, the city’s Human Rights Commission is looking at the bigger question of, “What now?” Approximately 25 people, including mem bers of the HRC’s neutral observer program and several individuals from the total of 67 arrested during the weekend of June 17-18, spoke out Tuesday evening at the Lane County Court house. Some people connected to the anarchist movement have said that the city’s neutral ob server program can’t be trusted to make fair as sessments during protest situations and is just an extension of the Eugene Police Department. The event’s total attendance was close to 100, a number that Eugene’s Human Rights Program Manager Greg Rikhoff said was lower because of what he calls a sense of mistrust among cer tain segments of the population. “There’s a large chunk of the community who still feel unsafe to participate,” Rikhoff said, re Turn to HRC forum, page 4 Bill would allow release of sex offenders’ status ■ Legislation that recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives could allow universities to post information about students convicted of sex crimes By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald School officials and local law enforcement agencies are unsure of how to deal with the logis tics of a bill that recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation, would require colleges and universities to make known on their campuses the identities of stu dents and employees who are “registered sex of fenders.” The House on June 12 unanimously passed the bill,, but it has not yet been reviewed by the Senate. The bill is expected to pass easily in the Senate. The measure,, was prompted by an incident that occurred last summer involving an Arizona State University student. Fifty-five year-old Arun Sharma was a convicted sex offender enrolled in the school and he was later arrested for assault ing six women in a movie theater. University of ficials were, at that time, unable to release crimi nal history on the student because it violated Turn to Sex offenders, page 3 (( ... it is not really clear yet the im pact this will have on cam pus. Joan Saylor admissions lieutenant from the Of fice of Public Safety ^
