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Page 4 ACLAS THE CLACKAMAS PRINT Forum allows exchange of ideas; teachers speak out continued from page 1... The second speaker of the fo rum was Averill. Averill compared a composi tion text book from the late sixties to one that is used today. “The . earlier one, ironically titled Toward Liberal Education, has 100 authors. Only one is a woman. There are no African American writers. The only Na tive American was a Supreme Court Justice. There is one author from a third world country, India, but the selection the editors chose was a piece on the German Philosopher, Wittgenstien. So the only other person, other than the one woman, who is not an elitist white male in this text book, is Buddha,” said Averill of the book from the six ties. “Now, let’s take a look at The Harvest Reader. We have 33 women authors instead of one, and 47 men. Fourteen of these authors are people of color.” Averill concluded her speech with a statement on political cor rectness and academic freedom. “Some of these threatened academics respond by claiming that they are the victims of a political correctness conspiracy. But it is not legitimate to use the defense of academic freedom to prevent a full and open discussion of diverse points of view. The only way we can resolve this is to keep sight of aca demic freedom for liberals and conservatives alike, whether they are faculty members or Clackamas students.” The next speaker was Epstein who was introduced by moderator Harlow as “My favorite conserva tive sexist.” “What John and I are trying to do here is not to deny their aca demic freedom but to protect ours - which is under, of course, attack in several ways,” said Epstein at the beginning of his speech. On the issue of present texts, Epstein posed the question: “Why do we have so many different writ ers?" “The answer is that they are put there for political reasons,” Ep stein said. “If they weren’t put in there, there would be a movement, both at the publishers’ level and the professors’ level, to exclude that book.” The final speaker of the state ment period was Uris. “Epstein mentions this issue of political correctness. I want to mention two movies: Thelma and Louise'and Cape Fear,” said Uris. “In Thelma and Louise, the critics became extremely upset - largely male critics I point out - because two women behaved in a mannerthatis uncharacteristic, tra ditionally, for women in films. Instead of being victims, they were victimizers. “In Cape Fear, on the other hand, the critics loved the movie because the women were the clear victims.” Following the five minute speeches from each of the speak ers, the speakers questioned each other then the audience had the op portunity to voice their opinions and ask questions. After the forum, the teachers involved expressed how they felt about it. “It went quite well. There was a tendency towards name calling. We need a group of campus intel lectuals,” Uris said. “It was stimulating,” said Averill afterwards. “I am very pleased to see students who are very honest about what their be liefs are.” “Frank was a very good mod erator,” Epstein said in retrospect. “The forum was very nice and pleas ant.” FOR SALE - 1988 Ford Escort 4-door hatch back, pwr stmg, pwr brks, tilt wheel, AM/FM stereo. Looks good, runs great $3,000 OBO. Call Tammae at ext. 2577 days or 630-7355 eves. FOR SALE - Good working road bicycles (10-speed) $25. 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