Volunteer
continued from page 1
“If this is the time of year they
feel most comfortable doing it,
they should do it,” he said.
The book-sorting project is over
whelming, to say the least. On Sat
urday, the fraternity members
worked through eight Dumpster
sized boxes, each of which held up
to 1,000 pounds of books. While
most of the books are carefully
sorted by subject on a shelf along
the wall, some are sent flying
across the room into a box of re
jects destined to be recycled at a
paper mill.
Nearby, about 20 more giant
containers of books, from as far
away as Seattle and San Francisco,
are stacked two high and two deep,
a monolithic reminder that there
is no shortage of work to do.
Rebecca Larson, community de
velopment director for St. Vin
cent’s, said most of the books will
be given away or resold in the soci
ety’s thrift stores. Proceeds from
the thrift stores help fund emer
gency services for the needy, af
fordable housing and job training
programs, she said.
“Volunteers are so helpful in get
ting this done,” Larson said.
McDonald sees a lot of potential
in the vast mountain of books. He
proudly shows a tattered but intact
1838 tome about atheism, one of
the many antiquarian curiosities
rescued from the pile.
“It’s amazing what the waste
stream has in it,” he said.
McDonald emphasized the im
portance of volunteer work.
“At some point, somehow, we
should all be involved in direct
service to one another,” he said.
“Life is in the giving.”
For Putnam, the motivation for
helping out was clear.
“It makes you feel good, because
we’re doing stuff that wouldn’t get
done,” she said.
Contact the senior news reporter
at kenpaulman@dailyemerald.com.
Teach-in
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perceived as evil.
“A lot of Latino communities
view the military as a method of
upward mobility for economic
and social gains,” Garcia said.
Students for Peace member and
teach-in organizer Marya Lusky
said that in addition to offering stu
dents information that has been
glossed over by the traditional me
dia, the discussion will give people
the chance to speak out on the is
sue and get their voices heard.
“It’s important to bring this to
the surface,” she said.
Contact the reporter
atjenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
Race
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The American Anthropological
Association published research
concluding the current notion of
race originated from a European
classification system sometime af
ter Christopher Columbus sailed
to the Americas.
The system, which linked skin
color to perceived behaviors, served
as a racial hierarchy for hundreds of
years and was a result of the discov
ery of new people during worldwide
exploration at the time.
Using this system, European tax
onomists in the 18th century de
scribed themselves as “white, san
guine, muscular, gentle, acute and
inventive,” while the African race
was described as “relaxed, indolent
and negligent.”
Later in the 18th century, Euro
pean anthropologists attempted to
remove the behavioral aspects of
race but still used physical char
acteristics like skin color and
skull measurements to create sys
tems of racial classifications.
Today, as anthropological research
suggests, the study of genetics has
debunked the idea of race, even
though the term is still widely used.
Although Gougill hasn’t heard
back from the members of Con
gress who received a copy of the
bill, he has not given up hope.
We’re “looking for the leverage to
try and get this bill passed,” he said.
In the meantime, Cougill said he
will continue to run his nonprofit
corporation and fight for equality in
the law.
Porter said he also hopes the bill
will be successful in Congress.
“All the experts say race is a
meaningless word, (and) reason
able people can’t agree on what
the hell it means,” Porter said.
“I’m convinced that people are
people — and they should be
treated as such.”
Contact the senior news reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
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