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new slate of board members than this very old guard. Candidates like Kevin Cronin and Colin Farnsworth are desperately needed to help guide 4J into the next decade; they represent our future. The board needs new and younger energy and ideas. It’s a shame you wouldn’t endorse them for the future of our kids. Jules DeGiulio Eugene QUEER’S COMEBACK Regarding your cover story “The Hammered Lamb” May 14, by all means, let’s “hammer out some semantics.” I’m an elderly straight male, so undoubtedly I’m out of touch, but for most of my life calling someone a queer was a particularly vicious insult. Now it’s on the cover of EW. In my lifetime we’ve gone from faggot to queer to homosexual to gay — and now back to queer? How did this happen? Was there a referendum that I was excluded from, and queer was voted back in? Obviously it is not up to me, but I respectfully suggest that this does not seem to cohere with Darwin’s theory of evolution. And now I have to wonder, if queer can make such an unexpected comeback, are other discredited relics, nigger and spic come to mind, waiting in the wings, ready and eager to be reinstated? I know that sounds ridiculous, but honestly, fi ve years ago did you even think it conceivable that that you’d be proclaiming queer on your cover? Mike Kopf Eugene EDITOR'S NOTE: As stated in the story, “queer” is now an oft-used umbrella term for LGBTQA. Many consider the terms “gay” and “homosexual” as marginalizing to those in the LGBTQA community who are not males at- tracted to the same sex e.g., trans and intersex people, lesbians, bisexuals and others. In addition, our sources requested that EW use “queer.” SALES TAX OPTION Kudos to Gerry Merritt [Letters, 5/14] for daring to mention the ST phrase: sales tax as a solution to our budget woes instead of suggesting PERS workers just crawl off and die. I would especially hate to see our fi nal old growth logged in order to save our schools. Stephen Cole Eugene LETTERS POLICY: We welcome letters on all top- ics and will print as many as space allows, with priority given to timely local issues. Please limit length to 200 words and include your address and phone number for our fi les. Email to letters@eu- geneweekly.com, fax to 484-4044 or mail to 1251 Lincoln, Eugene 97401. locally handmade jewelry 1027 Willamette • (541) 683-5903 A Modern-Day Hero’s Quest with Music, Dance & Poetry Directed by Craig Willis & Maya Thomas May 20 - June 13 “Universal in scope... storytelling at its finest” –Discover Hollywood Magazine Visit our new theatre at 194 W Broadway Tickets 541-465-1506 or octheatre.org Thanks to Our Sponsors: EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • MAY 21, 2015 7
