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EugEnE FamiliES: School’s open! See what our schools offer. It’s school choice time. In Eugene School District 4J, every school offers an excellent education. You can enroll in your neighborhood school at any time. To request enrollment in a different school for 2015–16, apply online at www.4j.lane. edu/choice by February 27 at 5 p.m. Requests will be accepted in an order determined by lottery. in all the media outlets available to us, as the latest fear porn weapon and tool for the masses. I am really sick of all the media fear porn that is pumped out to begin with, from radio to TV, video games, the internet; it’s really hard to not have your family be influenced. Now, the latest tool, beheading. It is not a new fear porn weapon either. If anyone studies history, ancient generals, the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages and now the Muslim extremist group ISIS, along with political cartoonist in the local paper. Publishing this is in the name of journalistic freedom and free speech, you say? What is wrong with the editors of EW? What does this say about our society today? Enough is enough. It is nothing but the disgusting psychotically degenerate war tool tactic that it is. And a broken tool from the bag of psychological war tools, I might add. Perversion of all accomplished. Good job, Eugene Weekly! Dumbasses! S. Trinity Corvallis Editor’s note: The cartoon’s meaning has been interpreted differently by various people. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed the Charlie Hebdo attack. BUYING INTO SPRAWL Regarding the process for the proposed changes to Seavey Loop, Buford Park and the surrounding area (letter from Charles Stewart, Jan. 8): I lived in Sarasota, Florida, for 25 years before moving to Eugene in 2011. From the 1990s onward, deep-pocketed developers swooped down on the city council with tales of “improved” neighborhoods (where all the old picturesque bungalows were pulled down in favor of cheap new buildings) and “enhanced economic development” (read: no affordable housing). They ran roughshod over the people and processes meant to keep them in check (aided, by the way, by compliant city officials), tearing through historic neighborhoods with the worst of gentrification excesses. This state of affairs lasted until 2004 when public outcry regarding a developer sniffing around a 100-year-old downtown church to be torn down in favor of a multi-story parking garage made it grind to a stop. The church was saved thanks to public response and their courageous board of directors, who took about 15 minutes during their meeting to decide to let the developer know they weren’t interested. By this time, however, the damage had been irreparably done. Do not let elected officials lull you with great-sounding phrases as they attempt sleight-of-hand. Do not allow developers waving cash tilt your processes in their favor. Downtown Sarasota is now a concrete canyon and the surrounding city is lost in sprawl. Don’t let this happen to our beautiful Eugene-Springfield area. Stephanie Bashein Emerson Eugene Elementary School Showcase School Visitation Weeks Saturday, Jan. 24, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. 4J Education Center, 200 N. Monroe St. Attend a school choice information presentation. Sign up for school visits. Talk to representatives from every 4J elementary school. monday, Jan. 26– Thursday, Jan. 29 monday, Feb. 23– Friday, Feb. 27 Each school offers activities and times when parents can visit. Please phone ahead or see www.4j.lane.edu/choice for details. apply by Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. School Choice information meetings Thursday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (during the School Showcase) monday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. 4J Education Center, 200 N. Monroe St. Learn about the school choice process. Eugene School District 4J www.4j.lane.edu/choice • 541-790-7570 Oregon Humanities Center 2014–15 Tzedek Professorship in the Humanities CREATING A DEAD ZONE Regarding the Jan. 8 Slant rant about sprawl: I would like to rant about government facilities being on the waterfront. The Eugene area seems to have way too many government facilities on the waterfront. Try and find another city that does the same thing. From an economic standpoint putting government facilities on the waterfront is a disaster. At 5 pm the areas around these government facilities turn into an economic dead zone. The whole area is wasted for most of a 24-hour day. Waterfront is precious and should be developed as “waterfront.” Any facilities on the waterfront should be open for business at least from 6 am to midnight. Grocery stores, gyms, etc. The above also applies to office buildings or anyone else who closes up at 5 pm. Frank Skipton Springfield Ethical Challenges of Scholarship View live-streaming video: ohc.uoregon.edu Free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations. Information: ohc@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-3934 Wednesday, January 28, 2015 7:30 p.m. • 182 Lillis Hall 955 E. 13th Ave, UO campus Susannah Heschel professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College Heschel’s lecture will emphasize the importance of the Humanities as a guide to dealing with thorny ethical questions facing scholars in a wide range of fields. EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity eugeneweekly.com • January 22, 2015 5
