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Ash Wednesday Events:
Feb. 25th, 2004
Catholic Community at University of Oregon:
Newman Center
U of O Campus
Ben Linder Room, EMU
Mass & Ashes at 12:00 pm
Newman Center
1850 Emerald St. (across from
Hayward Field)
Mass & Ashes at 5:15 pm
Mass & Ashes 7:30 pm
Weekend symposium links
past, recent internments
Professor Arif Dirlik said
the event was necessary
to prevent recurrences
of U.S. wartime acts
By Jeremy Berrington
Freelance Reporter
The Center for Critical Theory and
Transnational Studies hosted a sympo
sium on the Japanese-American Intern
ment and its contemporary implica
tions on Friday and Saturday. Hie
symposium included lectures and pan
el discussions featuring more than a
dozen scholars, authors and survivors
of the Japanese Internment.
Although some speakers shed tears
during the symposium, most partici
pants shared good humor. Author and
playwright Frank Chin opened the
conference with a lecture. Chin ac
knowledged the fault of the Roosevelt
administration for issuing Executive
Order 9066, which empowered the
Danielle Hickey Photo Editor
Maria Hwang spoke as part of a panel discussion titled "Perspectives of a New
Generation" for the Japanese-American Internment Lectures on Saturday afternoon.
War Relocation Commission to establish
military zones where the eventual intern
ment took place Chin also criticized the
Japanese American Civilian League for
its support of LI S. policy during the in
ternment.
"1 think the JACL is irrelevant; it is
dead, it has proven itself obsolete and
dedicated to preserving its obsoles
cence " Chin said when asked about the
role of JACL in preserving civil rights in
contemporary society.
Chin urged future generations of
Japanese-Americans to "form other
groups that are dedicated to preserv
ing Japanese-American civil rights in
the future."
Photographer and JACL member
Rich Iwasaki, who was covering the
event for several Portland-based Japan
ese-American newspapers, said times
have change since JACL's controversial
and volatile history.
"The JACL has come a long way, it has
a very different focus than it did in the
1940s," he said.
Iwasaki said there is still a preju
dice in "white America" toward
Asian-Americans.
"We've come a long way as a society,
but we have a long way to go," he said.
'This is why organizations like the JACL
are so important today."
One of the main themes of the sym
posium was the parallel between the
internment of Japanese-Americans
under the status of "enemy combatants"
during World War II and the internment
of Arabs and other "enemy combatants"
after 9/11 in the wake of the USA PATRI
OT Act and the Homeland Security Act.
Peggy Nagae, panelist and former
president of the Civil Uberties Public Ed
ucation Fund Board, drew a comparison
between past and present U.S. policies.
"Much of the same legal language
and case law that was used to revoke
Japanese civil rights during WWII is now
being invoked by the lawmakers of the
Bush administration to strip civil rights
from our current 'enemy combatants,'"
she said.
Nagae discussed the cases of Yasui v.
U.S., in which she served as lead attor
ney, and Korematsu v. U.S., an almost
identical case.
History and culture Professor Arif
Dirlik, who organized the event, com
mented on the timeliness of the sympo
sium and the necessity to continue such
programs in the future.
"For a long time, I said that (the in
ternment) could never happen again,
I thought that the lessons of the past
were too strong," he said. "We must
keep doing (symposiums) over and
over again to prevent the reoccurrence
of past mistakes."
Jeremy Berrington is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
Erik Bishoff Photographer
Board of Higher Education President Neil Goldschmidt addresses OUS Senior Vice Chancellor
Tom Anderes (foreground) as board members Geri Richmond and Henry Lorenzen listen in.
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125 people, will determine which of
its functions campuses can take. The
office provides internal auditing, insti
tutional research and technology serv
ices, among others, according to its
Web site.
Goldschmidt, the board's presi
dent, said it is unlikely that downsiz
ing the Chancellor's Office would ulti
mately have an effect on University
students because the University pro
vides many of its own functions.
"Almost anything that affects a stu
dent, it's provided here on the cam
pus," he said, adding that the office
provides more services for smaller
universities, such as data processing
and finance services.
If the tentative plan to split the $7.5
million falls through, Frohnmayer
said it is even more difficult to deter
mine where the cuts will fall.
"We really haven't formulated ex
actly how we're going to do it because
it's a moving target," he said. "I think
we're just going to have to absorb it as
best we can, while protecting the in
structional core of the University."
He said more specific plans should
be developed before the May 1 dead
line for final cut proposals to be sub
mitted to Oregon's Department of Ad
ministrative Services.
Contact the higher education/
student life/student affairs reporter
at chelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com.