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The Clackamas Print ^7 Wednesday, February 21,1996 / News/Sports ‘Jesus at 2000’ topic of Clinton approves discussion via satellite Telecom bill JEL Damon Fouls Staff Writer More than 80 people gathered at CCC to join 10,000 nation-wide in a satellite link to a dias of reli gious scholars commemorating Jesus’ 2000th birthday- give or take four years. CCC was one of more than 300 sites linked to Oregon State University for the two-day “Jesus at 2000” seminar Feb. 9 and 10. At Oregon State University (OSU), an audience of600 braved the floods to listen to lectures about Jesus from six religious scholars from Harvard, Syracuse, DePaul Universities arid else where, ¡deluding a discussion by OSU Religious Philosophy profes sor, Marcus Borg. “It’s different,” said CCC stu dent J.D. Bigelow of the seminar. He and fellow student Chris Engerman are taking a Christian ity sequence from CCC instructor Bill Briare. Both are Catholic, and found it interesting to hear peoples’ differing views regarding Jesus. The seminar, whieffhas been held semi-annually since 1985, concluded Saturday afternoon with a two-hour panel discussion including all six scholars. The panel also took questions from the OSU audience a,s well as viewers from Kansas, Illinois, California and other link-sites across the country. The questions concerned a variety of contemporary issues, including Jesus and women, gays and the environment. One OSU viewer asked if the, “...historical Jesus would make a place for gays at the table.” Sev eral scholars answered, including Borg, who said yes. “For Jesus, purity was what was on the inside, not on the out side,” said Borg. John Dominic Crossan of DePaul University said, “Jesus wouldn’t have to make a place at the table., The place is already there, but the place is empty.” ’ Harvey Cox of Harvard Uni versity added, “What do we really know about the guys already at the table? They weren’t selected be cause of their sexual preference.” Another from OSU lamented the seminar had focused on the scholarly aspects of Jesus, to the near exclusion of the spiritual as pects of Him. “The fact that we’re talking about Jesus 2000 years after His birth, is talking about the Holy Spirit,” said Crossan, whose an swer met with an ovation. CCC instructor Briare later said there were two questions be fore the “Jesus at 2000” seminar: the intellect and the heart— and since the seminar dias was com posed of scholars, it was natural the focus was on the intellectual questions surrounding Jesus. Still, Briare felt he and others got some thing out of the seminar for the heart as well. Later, Cox from Harvard drew laughter from the OSU and CCC audiences when he teased that he was. worried Jesus didn’t seem to care much for theologians or scholars, since Jesus chose common folks to spend his time with. He later drew applause when he suggested people, businesses and countries forgive all debts, in cluding personal loans, mortgages and governmental loans to third- world,countries. , “That’s what Jesus would want,” he said. Men’s basketball plays Linn- Benton for tournament berth Jesse Sowa Sports Editor . - The Clackamas Men’s Bas ketball team is one step from re turning to the regional tournament, a place where the Cougars have had great success in years past. The men’s team defeated Linn-Bentori' (L-B) Community College, 89-84, in Albariy on Sat urday to secure second place in the Northwest Athletic Association of Commuriity Colleges (NWAACC) Southern Region. With the victory, Clackamas improved to 24-5 on the season. The Cougats finished 12-2 in regular season Southern Region play. Clackamas will play host to L-B tomorrow at 8 p.m. for a berth in the regional tournament. Should the Cougars wiri, they would play the wihner of the contest between Chemeketa and Mt. Hood on Sat urday. If Clackamas wins, they will I WRITERS' CONTEST The Writers’ Contest is still accepting submissions. Contestants may submit up to 3 poems, 1 piece fiction, & 1 piece non-fiction. No word limit. Each piece needs a cover page with contestant name, social se curity number, title of piece, and which category piece is being submitted to. Deadline is Feb. 26!! Submit entries to Allen Widerburg or Rita Dale in the English Department. Cash and prizes will be awarded to 1st, ¿nd, & 3rd-place winners in each category. I play at Chemeketa in Salem or hostMt.' Hood.— The NWAACC Tournament will be played Feb. 29-March 2 at Clark College in Vancouver. Against L-B, Leif Spencer led the Cougars with 30 points and six steals. Spericer was; 10-10 at the free throw line. Jawanza Hadley added 19 points and seven assists. Clackamas shot 27 of 50 from the field for the game. Clackamas fell to Chemeketa in Salem on Friday night, 93-88, to end the Cougars’ chances of a Southern Region title,. Jay Lassen scored 29 points to lead Clackajnas. Hadley added 20 points and nine assists. Pearson scored 13 points; three steals and four assists. ■ Clackamas easily defeated Portland CC at home on Wednes day night. The Cougars led by nearly 30 at halftime and cruised to the easy 125-86 win. - Braid Zimmerman Many senators and repre Assistant Feature Editor sentatives, most notably Senator President Clinton signed Patrick Leary, (D-VT) opposed the Telecommunications Act, CDA. which contained a subsection “First and foremost, the called the Communications De conference agreement contains cency Act (CDA), of 1996 in the unconstitutional provisions that Main Reading Room at the Li would impose far-reaching new federal crimes for so-called ‘in brary of Congress on Feb. 8. Most of the opposition decent speech...conferees also against the Telecommunications have serious doubts about its Act has occurred specifically be constitutionality.’ They added cause of the Communications a section to speed up judicial re Decency Act. CDA will limit view to see if the legislation “obscene, harassing, and wrong passes constitutional muster. In ful utilization of my view, this legis lation will not pass telecommunica tions facilities.” (CDA) relies that test,” he said. However, the Cen on the vague Leary added that ter for Democracy and blatantly he did like many and Technology unconstitutional parts of the CDA. (CDT), an organi “For example, the ‘indecency* zation that has conference agree standard closely followed ment places restric -Center for Democracy the act’s progress, and Technology • • tions on buyouts be claims that, among tween phone com other things, the CDA: “relies panies and cable. The confer on the. vague and blatantly un ence agreement also includes a constitutional‘‘indecency’ stan very strong savings clause to dard.” CDT also says that CDA, make clear that mergers between “would allow states to impose companies in the media and additional restrictions on non communications markets are commercial activities such as subject to a thorough antitrust,” freenets, BBS’s(Bulletin Board said Leary. System) and non-profit content Already the Electronic providers.’” Frontier Foundation (EFF), A press-release from the along with the American Civil White House claims, “The bill Liberties Union, has filed law is a significant step towards suits to try and stop the CDA. achieving the President’s objec The EFF feels that, “the Act tive, outlined in his State of the contains overly broad and vague Union Address, to connect restrictions on constitutionality America’s classrooms and li protected speech on the braries to the Internet by the year Internet.” 2002.” CLACKAMAS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION YOU ARE ELIGIBLE!!!!!! Eligible to join the most convenient financial institution in Clackamas County. We are as close as your phone and as convenient as your nearest ATM. 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