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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
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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.
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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.”
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