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the political left lost their bearings when they tried to pass rules such as, “A man mustn’t refer to a woman as a ‘skirt’ or a ‘broad.’” Any well-brought-up man does not do that anyway. To make a law against that, or to think you can make on-campus rules of that sort, I think is what upset those right-wingers who seriously are defending the freedom of speech clause of the Constitution. We’re not talking partisan issues here, that is, something where the Republicans and the Democrats differ in their party platforms. I’m talking issues that seriously impact society and people, political issues. If there is an issue in which the faculty feels one side is disastrous, and disastrous to the point it could properly be considered evil, it should be spoken out against. That was the case in this war. Many faculty members Asian Food Market Largest Selection of Asian Groceries Seaweed, rice, noodles, frozen products, deli, snacks, drinks, sauces, spices, produce, housewares, and more. The president is chief schmoozer, the guy whose job it is to raise bucks from private donors. It may be that some departments on some campuses lost their bearings a little bit. I don’t know Horowitz’s motives, but I think in that movement of trying to counter the extreme left wing political correctness movement, they really have broadened their fi eld of activity so that professors shouldn’t speak out on any controversial issue. An example of this emerged at the Senate meeting where I tried to get the Senate to consider the resolution against the Iraq War. One senator who was very evidently earnest, as I could judge from the look on her face, said, “The Senate should not pass a resolution against the war because it might make uncomfortable those students who like war.” In Nazi Germany, what if a university faculty had thought that it should speak out against the annihilation of Jews, and somebody on that faculty said, “No! You might hurt the feelings of those who like to annihilate Jews!” … Of course university faculties can take stands on serious political issues. We carry groceries from Holland, India, Pakistan and Polynesia Sushi & Asian deli take-out Chinese New Year Day Special felt that at least it was important enough that it should be debated and voted on. OPEN CHINESE NEW YEAR Regular hours: 9am-7pm What about students who might not necessarily like the war, but might be members of the ROTC or returning veterans from the war? They could come and debate it with faculty at the assembly. Assemblies are public meetings. … What the assembly wanted to say was not that soldiers are bad or that the ROTC is bad, but that this particular initiative to bomb the hell out of Iraq and occupy it and seize their oil was not in the American way. It is not going to serve our nation well. It is going to turn the world against us. 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ROB WHICKER “Because the Mouth Bone is Connected to the Body Bone” CONTINUING EDUCATION The Eugene Waldorf School & the Eugene Public Library present THE TH ANNUAL Alternative Education Fair SATURDAY, FEBRUARY , 1 - PM AT THE EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN 1 WEST 1 TH AVENUE Come meet representatives of these and other alternative schools: Center for Appropriate Transport • Eugene School District 4J Eugene Waldorf School • HomeSource • Network Charter School Northwest Youth Corp • Oak Hill • Ridgeline Montessori School The Village School • Willow Creek Academy • Zen Home School Find out about the educational alternatives available in the Eugene-Springfield area. For more information, call the Eugene Waldorf School, 683-6951 or the Eugene Public Library, at 682-5450 WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM Just for Fun Piano If you yearn to experience the joy of playing the piano, then this is the class for you. This class will be held on Wednesday evening from 6-9 pm. This is a 3-hour class and will be held on February 13 at the Downtown Center in Room 202. Register for: CNR: 34646, cost is $77. Blues Piano Those of you who have always dreamed of playing a piano, this is for you. No music reading or previous piano experience is necessary. Bring your own keyboard. This 3-hour class will be on Thursday evening from 6-9 pm on February 14 at the Downtown Center in Room 202. Register for: CRN: 34647, cost is $67. Both classes are taught by Don Rochlin. To register or for more information call 463-5252 lifelong Transforming Lives through ^ learning See more classes at: www.lanecc.edu/ce • 463-5252 EUGENE WEEKLY JANUARY 31, 2008 13
