g ju s t Q ClQDflf 6.2QQQ___________________ rTnTTrPTnTJnews C iv il Riakts W ills 8C Estates ^ D eaf S tudent from P ortland M urdered on D.C. C ampus Intellectual Property ^ Personal Injury I I aw Lake W o rk . IT'S fl HAPPENIN’ THING! COOL GARDEN * ART * GIFTS FOR THE FAMILY Perriguey E sq . w w w . la 1305 NE FREMONT (JUST DOWN FROM NATURE'S) w orks, com for *n\\ season..* ...for reason NOW THRU OCTOBER 15th THE -W HERE D ID THE SU M M E R G O ’ SA L E I SAVE 10% to 50% BROADWAY FLO RA L HOME and 1638 NE Broadway GARDEN ON SELEC T ED G A R D E N GIFTS, OUTDOOR POTTERY, C A N D LE S and MUCH, M UCH MORE. 503.288.5537 Open 7 days a wsslt P o rtland '! ONLY I ndependent • N oncommercial L istener -S ponsored C ommunity R adio S tation O»' w 90.7 fff “ ? , . V POOTtMD » * * » * ,* « > * " “ 92.7 ( 0 LUHIIÁ 60 N 6 f » lO O J WILLAMETTE VALLEY 19-year-old deaf student was found dead in overnor akes istory \ his dormitory room Sept. 28 at Gallaudet ov. John Kitzhaber has proclaimed October University in Washington, D.C., the victim of a ,! 2000 to be Lesbian and Gay History possible anti-gay hate crime. Month. The proclamation was requested by the Police arrested Thomas Minch, 18, of Greenland, N.H., also a freshman at the nation’s Coalition to End Bigotry, Oregon Common only university for the deaf and hard of hearing. He was charged Oct. 3 with second-degree murder but released Oct. 4 because of insufficient evidence. Eric Franklin Plunkett graduated last year from the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, according to the Washington Post. One Gallaudet student, who said she had known him for 16 years, said he grew up in Portland and attended Oregon School for the Deaf in Salem before moving to Minnesota. Plunkett was elected secretary of the Lambda Society, a gay and lesbian campus group, a few days before his death. It has about 70 gay and straight members. “We are fearful,” said Thomas Green, 25, a junior who is presi­ dent of the organization. “This happened on campus. It could Gov. John Kitzhaber has declared October 2000 to be Les­ happen again.” Police won’t discuss motive in bian and Gay History Month the slaying; nevertheless, students have Cause, American Association of University expressed concerns about a recent increase in Women, Women’s Rights Coalition, Oregon anti-gay activities on campus. Several gay stu­ Library Association, Rural Organizing Project, dents were targets of disparaging comments in It’s Time Oregon, Sweet Spirit Metropolitan the days before the murder, and anti-gay slurs Community Church, Basic Rights Oregon, Life­ have been found on memo boards, according to line AIDS Project and Parents, Family and the Human Rights Campaign, which met Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Oct. 2 with five students and faculty members The proclamation acknowledges the contri­ at Gallaudet. butions gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people have made to society throughout Oregon history. The month offers the opportunity for No on 9 positively affirming these individuals’ lives, fam­ pens ugene ffice ilies and culture, the proclamation says. o on 9 has opened a Eugene office to rally 2000 marks the sixth year Kitzhaber has volunteers and get out the vote. issued a statewide proclamation concerning Les­ With four weeks remaining until Election bian and Gay History Month at the request of Day, campaign organizers and volunteers are the Coalition to End Bigotry. Lesbian and Gay gearing up to narrow the gap in the too-close-to- History Month was founded in 1994 and is coor­ call battle against Measure 9. Alan Brown and dinated nationally by the Gay, Lesbian and Polly Nelson are co-chairs of the No on 9 Lane Straight Education Network. County Steering Committee, and Allison Noted gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgen­ Carter is the mid-valley field organizer. dered Oregonians who have enriched our Volunteers for phone banking and related society include gourmet and author James campaign duties are enthusiastically welcomed Beard, Lebanon cobbler Ray Leonard, Native and may contact the office at 541-434-1798. American guide and interpreter Ko-come-ne- Buttons, lawn signs and bumper stickers are also pe-ca, physician and women’s rights activist available for sale at 1633 Willamette. Marie Equi, physician and writer Alan Hart The next Line County general community (nee Alberta Lucille Hart) and film directors campaign meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting ) and James Oct. 17 at Central Presbyterian Church, 15th Ivory (Room with a View). and Ferry. In addition to No on 9 updates, atten­ For more information on the Coalition to End dees will be entertained by a performance from Bigotry, write to P.O. Box 13/44, Salem, OR the Encore Theater group. 97309. G O E M H O N S