LET TERS
The Shedd Institute
will lead to conviction without intent.
I am grateful for Eugene’s community
values. Can we consider that Ms. Shurtz
was in support of those values? Sometimes
we white people, especially of a certain age,
are clumsy.
Shouldn’t we be striving to help those
being actively oppressed instead of beating
up on each other, especially when we share
progressive values?
Nyla Jebousek
Newport
THEY ARE THE CRISIS
Halloween is a holiday where costumes
are worn. To condemn a law professor for
partaking in a holiday tradition without hold-
ing all others who might have worn an of-
fensive costume is both unfair and unethical.
If the University of Oregon’s intent is
to create jobs for attorneys indefinitely by
prosecuting all “offensive” participants, I
can see you could create many jobs forever
with a feather in your cap. However, if you
see the futility and absurdity of retribution
for a cultural custom one night a year with-
out malicious intent, then get a life.
Second, in mental health circles, it has
been said if a crisis is called/identified and
upon further inquiry there is no crisis, then
those who called the crisis are the crisis. I
believe this directly relates to both the law
school dean, university president and all
those who signed Professor Shurtz’s letter
of reprimand. They are the crisis and should
resign for incompetence immediately. The
reputation of the university is at stake.
Craig Patterson
McKenzie Bridge
MORE CAHOOTS
In June of 2016, Eugene’s City Council
announced that funding would be increased
for the CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping
Out On The Streets) program. CAHOOTS is
a mobile medical clinic and crisis-intervention
team staffed by crisis counselors and medics
and dispatched by Eugene’s police-fire-ambu-
lance dispatchers at 541-682-5111.
CAHOOTS began in Eugene in 1989
as a collaboration between White Bird
Clinic and the city to help people suffering
from mental illness, addiction, homeless-
ness and other problems. The service is
free, confidential and voluntary.
A similar but separate program —
CAHOOTS Metro — began operating
in Springfield in 2015. That service runs
from noon to 11:30 pm daily and can be
dispatched by Springfield police dispatch-
ers at 541-726-3714.
For the past five years, Eugene’s CA-
HOOTS program has operated 16 hours
per day, from 11 am to 3 am, with two vans
running from 3:30 pm to 10:30 pm.
We are excited to announce that begin-
ning Jan. 1, 2017, CAHOOTS will be a
24-hour service in Eugene, providing care
around the clock (with two vans running
seven hours per day).
In preparation for going 24/7, CA-
HOOTS is running from 7 am to 3 am
— increasing service time from 16 hours
to 20 hours per day — for November and
December.
For more information or to make a do-
nation, visit whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots,
email cahoots@whitebirdclinic.org or
leave a message at 541-342-8255.
Brenton Gicker
and the CAHOOTS team
Eugene
REPUBLICAN DREAM
Nostradamus saw Trump coming:
“A ridiculous clownish appearance
Disguises the onslaught of worldwide
ruination
Poor and old will starve and freeze:
It’s what the Republicans have dreamed
of.”
June Smith
Oakridge
SAM ADATO’S DRUM SHOP
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The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts
Shedd Theatricals 2016
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December 2 nd to 18 th
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Sun, Dec 11, 3:00 pm
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