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The Politics of Anger The Magazine of the University of Oregon Spring 2010 The Politics of Anger A Daughter’s Odyssey • Saul Zaik • Rose Bowl! • Michael Posner The Magazine of the University of Oregon Spring 2010 • Volume 89 Number 3 Northwest Modern 28 OregonQuarterly.com F e a t u r e s Departments 28 4 EDITOR’s noTe The arc of The archiTecT 6 letters by Todd Schwartz Saul Zaik’s style of Northwest Modern 10 upfronT | Excerpts, Exhibits, architecture can be seen in homes, com- Explorations, Ephemera mercial buildings, and resorts around the Front of the Bus A square Gets his Mind state—and he’s still eager to do more. 34 blown by Lila Marz Harper Where stories end, where 34 stories begin by H.L. Davis And the number one reason a fooT soldier’s bus ride to avoid doom and Gloom . by Ana Maria Spagna by M. A. Sanjayan An old, hazy story about her long-dead father inspires a daughter to explore an 16 upfronT | News, Notables, early battle in the civil rights movement. Innovations Rock Star Economist Beware the Underdog 38 38 Political Junkies? When the Shirt Hit the Fans At The zoo PROFile: Michael Dreiling by Robert Leo Heilman Michael Posner Honored with As anger has become a staple of the politi- National Medal of Science cal discourse around the nation, an act of ner; Jack Liu ss vandalism in Douglas County inspired this 46 old oreGon Le S essay about gorillas, tea parties, and the Brewing Up Big Buzz Jame heavy weight of our karmic footprint. L Student Alumni Association ichae m 42 Dentist Alfresco orida; Oregon’s First Track-and-Field L F F rose bowl! rose bowl! Superstar o S We Love Our Ducks 42 Photos by Jack Liu UO Alumni Calendar rchive a Images from the culmination of a magnifi- Class Notes COVer | Tea Party Protest, Hartford, cent season for the Oregon football team. Decades rary and Connecticut, April 15, 2009. Creative B Commons Photo by Sage Ross. 64 duck Tales Rockin’ the Bard by Kim Cooper Findling im LaBarge; State Li t Fromtop: THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 1 BookBook YourYour Summer!Summer! Big return from a I N O R E G O N small i nvestment Four-week courses, shorter workshops, seminars, and institutes are offered throughout the summer to fit your plans. Formal admission is not required. Invest just four weeks, and com- languages, environmental studies, plete a course that advances your computer science, journalism, professional goals. Or marine biology, or take a weeklong seminar music. just because the subject fascinates you. Even a Take advantage of in- two-day workshop can novative, summer-only change the way you see courses. Earn credit for the world. an archaeological dig or a photography workshop Immerse yourself in art while enjoying the great workshops, foreign Oregon summer. Important information about courses, including course descriptions, special programs, housing, registration, and fees can be found on the Summer Session website in early March or in the 2010 Summer Session Catalog, which is available in early April. S u M M e R S e S SI o n Registration begins May 3. University of Oregon 2010 Summer Schedule First four-week session: June 21–July 16 Second four-week session: July 19–August 13 Eight-week session: June 21–August 13 June 21–August 13, 2010 Twelve-week session: June 21–September 10 uosummer.uoregon.edu 2 OREGON QUARTERLY | SPRING 2 0 1 0 BookBook YourYour Summer!Summer! Big return from a I N O R E G O N small i nvestment Four-week courses, shorter workshops, seminars, and institutes are offered throughout the summer to fit your plans. Formal admission is not required. Invest just four weeks, and com- languages, environmental studies, plete a course that advances your computer science, journalism, professional goals. Or marine biology, or take a weeklong seminar music. just because the subject fascinates you. Even a Take advantage of in- two-day workshop can novative, summer-only change the way you see courses. Earn credit for the world. an archaeological dig or a photography workshop Immerse yourself in art while enjoying the great workshops, foreign Oregon summer. Important information about courses, including course descriptions, special programs, housing, registration, and fees can be found on the Summer Session website in early March or in the 2010 Summer Session Catalog, which is available in early April. S u M M e R S e S SI o n Registration begins May 3. University of Oregon 2010 Summer Schedule First four-week session: June 21–July 16 Second four-week session: July 19–August 13 Eight-week session: June 21–August 13 June 21–August 13, 2010 Twelve-week session: June 21–September 10 uosummer.uoregon.edu THE MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 3 Editor’sNote | Guy Maynard, Editor The Magazine of the University of Oregon Free Speech, Hate, and Community Spring 2010 • Volume 89 Number 3 This winter term, the UO has hosted an open and free—and unplanned—colloquium on that bedrock principle of our country and our university: free speech. EDITOR Guy Maynard In case you haven’t heard, the University’s commitment to free speech has been MANAGING EDITOR tested by a group called the Pacifica Forum, a “discussion” group founded by emeritus Ross West professor Orville Etter, which meets weekly on campus. The group is in no way affiliated ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Susan Thelen with the University, but access to University facilities is one of the privileges granted ART Director to emeritus faculty members. In recent years, this open discussion “on war and peace, Tim Jordan militarism and pacifism, violence and nonviolence,” has become a safe haven for people CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS with blatantly racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic views. Following a December meeting at Jack Liu, John Bauguess which a forum participant reportedly gave a Nazi salute, students launched a series of OFFICE MANAGER Shelly Cooper protests with some calling for the University to ban the group from meeting on campus. PROOFREADERS In our Summer issue, we will present some student views of this controversy, which is John Crosiar, Scott Skelton still being heatedly debated. INTERN Melissa Hoffman But while the controversy continues, I want to salute the initial responses of student EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD leadership, the University administration, and the University community. The student Mark Blaine. Betsy Boyd, Kathi O’Neil Dordevic, Kim Evans, David Funk, Kathleen Holt, Mark Johnson, senate rejected a resolution that would have called for kicking the forum off campus, later Ann Mack, Alexandra Mock, Barbara West passing a resolution supporting the students who were protesting against the forum. The website administration condemned the content of the hateful speech coming out of the forum, OregonQuarterly.com but refused to use that as a pretense to ban it. To reduce tension, the administration OFFICE address 204 Alder Building wisely moved the forum meeting location from the EMU in proximity to student groups 818 East 15th Avenue Eugene OR 97403-5228 who were threatened by the rhetoric coming out of the forum or angry about it (or both) Phone 541-346-5045 to Agate Hall on the southeastern edge of campus. Fax 541-346-5571 And when the tension surrounding these issues was ratcheted up a notch by vandal- EDITORIAL 541-346-5047 ism—a swastika spray-painted into the carpet in the office of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, ADVERTISING Transgendered, and Queer Alliance—the University community responded swiftly, con- 541-346-5046 demning that act and offering support to the group who had been attacked through subscriptions $30 per year domestic statements, vigils, and marches. The Oregon Daily Emerald quoted a freshman staff $40 per year international person from LGBTQA: “Seeing the way this community has responded to this event and E-MAIL the feeling of love . I know that, now, for every tear shed in the past couple of days, [email protected] oregon quarterly is published by the UO in every time we felt broken, victimized , or sad . it was all worth it.” March, June, August, and November and distributed The spray painting is a crime for which the perpetrators should be prosecuted and free to alumni. Printed in the USA on recycled paper. Copyright 2010 University of Oregon. All rights punished. But free speech—even hateful speech—is a fundamental right of all Ameri- reserved. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the UO administration. cans and should be protected, especially in places that make their living on the vitality change of address of open discourse. Speech that challenges a community’s normative values is the speech Alumni Records, 1204 University most in need of protection. In the past—the-not-too-distant past in some cases—speech of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1204 541-302-0336, [email protected] that promoted interracial harmony, women’s rights, peace, workers’ rights, and open ADMINISTRATION acceptance of gays and lesbians was considered destructive and evil—hateful, even—in President: Richard Lariviere some American communities (see page 34; see also related stories on pages 18 and 38). Senior Vice President and Provost: James C. Bean; Vice President for University Relations: Michael Redding; An argument for banishing the Pacifica Forum is that the platform it provides for Vice President for Finance and Administration: Frances nouveau Nazis and others make some students feel unsafe on campus. Unfortunately—or Dyke; Vice President for Student Affairs: Robin Holmes; Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies: fortunately, really—we can’t and shouldn’t try to make people feel safe by sheltering them Richard Linton; Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity: Charles Martinez; Associate Vice President for from ideas that make them uncomfortable.
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