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Reporter to speak
on Middle East conflict
International journalist David
Ze'ev Harris will speak at the EMU
Ballroom today as a part of Caravan
For Democracy, a nationwide pro
gram visiting college campuses.
Oregon Hillel, Jewish Student
Union, Club Israel, the Harold
Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic
Studies, Temple Beth Israel and
Tzedek Hillel are sponsoring the
event, which is free to the public and
begins at 1 p.m. Doors open at noon,
and refreshments will be provided.
Harris is a radio commentator
and former BBC reporter known for
his broadcasts about events in the
Middle East.
For more information, contact
Oregon Hillel at 343-8920 or visit
www.caravanfordemocracy.org.
— Michael J. Kleckner
Amnesty International
to hold Middle East vigil
The University chapter of
Amnesty International will hold a
candlelight vigil at 7 p.m. today in
the EMU Amphitheater to honor all
victims of human rights violations
in Israel and the occupied territories.
The event is part of a worldwide
day of mourning sponsored by the
International Secretariat of
Amnesty International.
Organizers are asking people to
bring their own candles with a drip
guard. They will have a limited
supply of candles available.
— Kara Cogswell
Controversy
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attention,’” Merskin said. “People
are going to think about what speech
they value and what they don’t. It’s a
wonderful lesson to see how many
ways there are to look at something.”
Dean of the School of Journalism
and Communication Tim Gleason
said, “My original decision was to
not do anything until we had time
to decide an appropriate response
so the students had an opportunity
to get their message out. The School
of Journalism and Communication
is not going to be in the business of
censoring student content.
“Free speech brings with it a
challenge. The issue is easy to deal
with in the abstract, but when some
thing very strong and controversial
is staring you in the face, it becomes
a harder question,” Gleason said.
Johnson, a senior in advertising,
said her group’s intent was to get peo
ple thinking about the idea that all
people have births, all people die and
everything in between is up to the in
dividual. She said no one in her group
knew that taping the materials to
walls violated the building’s policy.
The team posted an image of a
baby in a womb in the center of the
bulletin board. A makeshift umbili
cal cord ran from the baby to a
doorway that had the nude woman
over it. At the end of the hallway
was a tombstone. The text on the
sides of the baby read: “Everyone is
born, and everyone dies. What is
done in between is up to you.”
Portions of the project not taped
to walls remain up, and anony
mous authors have written com
ments such as, “This is offensive
and disgusting!” and someone
taped a miniature version of the
New Testament near the baby.
“I hope they got the idea above
the imagery,” Johnson said.
Each group from Professor David
“Jelly” Helm’s advanced copywrit
ing have the bulletin board reserved
for one week. The assignment was to
create an installation that would pro
voke thought in building users.
Helm said he thought the proj
ect was a success in that it created
the discussion.
“I sort of romanticize the college
experience sometimes,” Helm said.
“Unfortunately, there’s not enough
impassioned dialogue on campus.”
Gleason said, “When all is said
and done, I think this was a great op
portunity for us to deal with a some
what difficult question. It was a very
startling installation. It was a healthy
thing for us as a school to have to
confront and have to deal with.”
Though Gleason said it was ac
ceptable for Johnson to re-post the
image of the woman on the bulletin
board, she decided not to. She said
the project already did its job be
cause it started the discussion.
“A lesson I have learned is that
words and images have a lot of
power,” Johnson said. The human
connection is “what gives ads
their power.”
Helm said he didn’t personally
find the images offensive. “I think
it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than
permission. If anything, the team
that goes next should be nervous.”
E-mail higher education
editor Serena Markstrom
atserenamarkstrom@dailyemerald.com.
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