Eugene Weekly : Views : 2.15.07

Viewpoint:
Opting Out
Score one for the people
BY CAROL VAN HOUTEN

It is not often these days that we have something to celebrate, but thanks to litigation by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) brought on behalf of six high school students, there is a significant improvement in student privacy rights. [Read More]

 

Viewpoint:
Keeping Off the Pounds
Flying around mindlessly doesn’t do it
SARAH MAZZE

With little sense of sacrifice, I’ve turned down the water heater, switched to florescent lighting and convinced my husband we could survive with one vehicle (mine). I would have no problem keeping off the pounds of carbon dioxide, if not for my pesky proclivity towards plane travel. [Read More]

 

Living Out:
The Call
Make your voice heard
BY SALLY SHEKLOW

It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. — Molly Ivins, 1944-2007

Hey. I know you. You’ve got that lesbian aunt. The gay uncle. A bisexual cousin. You’re the one with the butch sister, the sissy brother, transsexual dad, transgender mom, genderqueer son/daughter. Even you, yourself. You’ve at least experimented, wondered, desired something out there beyond the bulge of the normal curve. [Read More]