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012527 all phones are FREE!! 5 Come in and -call your friends for free. 3000 anytime minutes 99_ per month 1 year contract fi+ Wireless A few doors from the UO Bookstore 841 E.13th Ave. Qwest~ • WxaSfrfflR authorized dealer authorized dealer Race & Class Crime 8c purysWetft Eugene Weekly Film Festival f r (jrtt-f fun. (jrttf v<f>zn&cz. Don't miss out. Work for your college paper. For more information on how to freelance for the Oregon Daily Emerald, call 346-5511. Horowitz criticizes protesters By Sharif Durhams Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE (KRT) — David Horowitz is at it again. The former ’60s radical turned-conservative commenta tor has placed another ad in col lege newspapers, months after his essay on reparations for de scendants of slaves sparked protests on many campuses. On Friday, Horowitz ran a large ad in the University of Wis consin-Madison’s Badger Herald and other college papers, urging students not to take part in “anti-war” demonstrations. His ad during Black History Month criticized proponents of having the government pay repa rations to the descendants of slaves. More than 50 University of Wisconsin-Madison students stormed the Badger Herald’s of fices in March, demanding apologies for publishing the ad. Horowitz’s new piece implies that students protesting Ameri can plans for war against terror ism are traitors. As of Friday, it had not generated the negative response of his reparations com mentary. Students who did dis agree focused their ire toward him, and not the student publi cations that agreed to publish his views. “He purposely exaggerates his viewpoint just to get a reaction,” said Adam Goldstein, a UW Madison senior who is vice chair man of the student judiciary. He called the current ad “ridicu lous.” In it, Horowitz said current anti-war protests cross the line into treason and that similar demonstrations during the ’60s prolonged the Vietnam War and hindered the U.S. effort. ‘‘This ad, although it discusses topics that would inflame, is not something we thought would have as much of an effect on our readers.” Yanev Suissa Yale Daily News “I understand better than most, the importance of protest ing freedom of speech and the right of citizens to dissent,” Horowitz wrote. “But I also know better than most that there is a difference between honest dissent and malevolent hate, be tween criticism of national poli cy and sabotage of the nation’s defenses.” Horowitz did not return a mes sage left for him on Friday. College newspaper editors said they savr trouble coming when Horowitz approached their staffs about running anoth er ad. Yanev Suissa, a senior and pub lisher of the Yale Daily News, said his paper declined to run Horowitz’s earlier ad because staff feared it might turn off ad vertisers and readers to such a degree that it could harm both the newspaper’s finances and community members in New Haven, Conn., which has a large black population. But Suissa said he did not have the same concerns this time. “This ad, although it discusses topics that would inflame, is not something we thought would have as much of an effect on our read ers,” he said. At the Badger Herald, which staunchly defended Horowitz’s free speech rights in the spring, editor Alex Conant said there were no questions about running the new ad, “We knew we were going to run it,” said Conant, who added if there was any debate among the staff, “it was about how we were going to run it.” In a note to readers, Conant wrote that Horowitz tries to write ads so inflammatory that college papers would refuse them, which might lead to even more publicity. Conant also promises an expand ed Opinion section next week so readers can respond to Horowitz. © 2001, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. Rec Center now available for families ■ Leighton Pool and designated courts will be open to families for limited hours on weekends By Diane Huber Oregon Daily Emerald Last year, graduate sports medi cine student Lisa Meneely wanted to show her seven-year-old son Der ric around the Student Recreation Center, but at the time the facility was only available to people over age 18. Now Meneely can take Derric for a swim in the pool or teach him how to play racketball on week ends as part of the Family Recre ation Program, which launched Saturday. “The program’s mission is to make available times when stu dents and faculty can come togeth er and recreate with their chil dren,” Physical Activity Director Dennis Munroe said. The program is available for adults already eligible to use the Rec Center at a cost of $1 per child. Leighton Pool will be open to fami lies from 10 a.m. to noon on Satur days and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sun days. Designated basketball, tennis, racketball and squash courts will also be open Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon. “We’re just slammed with use from 3 p.m. on (during the week), so that limits us to weekends,” Munroe said. But Saturday morning, no one used the program, Rec Center em ployee Wendy Martin said. The senior journalism major worked at the Rec Center on Saturday during the program’s hours and did not no tice any children in the building. She said she suspects that people aren’t aware of the new program yet. Meneely said she is excited that the facility is now available for the growing number of parents on cam pus. “I am glad the Rec Center now has the resources available that support our unique position,” she said. She added that the program of fers parents the opportunity to lead by example in demonstrating the importance of physical activity to their children. Meneely is not the only student parent who has wanted to bring her child along to the gym. Last year, students with families began in quiring about when they could bring their children with them to the Rec Center, Munroe said. He added that the program was developed in response to surveys sent out last year. According to the surveys, families’ strongest interest was the swimming pool. “We have always envisioned that we would open the Rec Center to children,” he said. But it wasn’t until last year that the building’s renovation was com plete and the program could be or ganized, he said. Because of safety and liability is Family Recreation Program’s hours Saturdays: 10 a.m„ to noon {selected areas of the SRC and swimming pool) Sundays: 4 to 6 pm (pool oniy) Charge: $1 per child For more information: Brochures are available at the REC Center sues, the Rec Center needed to add training so that employees would be able to perform CPR for children, Munroe said. The Rec Center also hired additional employees for the Saturday and Sunday shifts and added changing tables in rest rooms, he said. The strength and conditioning areas will not be available because of safety issues, and babysitting will not be offered either, he said. A brochure with a more detailed ex planation of the services and guide lines is available. Martin said she thinks more peo ple will take advantage of the pro gram once the word is out. “I think it’s great, especially for students who have families that want to work out with their kids,” she said. Diane Huber is a student activities reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached at dianehuber@dailyemerald.com. Oregon Daily Emerald ' P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publish ing Co. 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