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Show SOFTSILL The Daily Utah mc MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1989 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Lady Utes back in the race Seepage 10 VOL.98.NO. 121 -- r Ow fi 1 Lw on Israal-PLac Hincl(ley InstiiyiGl O '1- - ; Vi s :VS v ,. ; ; to ; ; ,.' By Christian Aggzlex Chronic Je staff writer s '?t. -- . t Congressman Wayne Owens said Friday is a "strong supporter of Israel," but at tk3 same tea believes that nation's government f should be talking to the Palestine Liberation ! Organization. . r The Utah Democrat was speaking on "Prospects for Peace in the Middle East" at V the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of. II I The University of Utah Animal Resources Center held an open house Friday and invited members of the munity to tour the center and see the importance of animal research at the U. com- animal center has open house U. opposition on the part of many By Ken Southwick Chronicle administration reporter animal-right- s groups. Animal Resources Center officials are careful to stress that 98 percent of the animals used are The University of Utah Animal Resources Center rats and mice, while only a very small percentage are cats and dogs. held an open house Friday in an apparent Generally, the use of cats and dogs is of greater geared toward stemming a tide of activists prepare for a interest to the public," Taylor said. Last year, the U. protest as animal-right- s used some 250 cats and 470. dogs, most of which demonstration later this week on the U. campus. "As one of the major universities in the West were stray or abandoned and obtained from animal using animals, the University of Utah welcomes shelters, he reported. For other, more specialized any opportunity to explain the necessity of animal studies, rabbits, chickens, pigs, sheep, ferrets, fish research to continued progress in science and and frogs are used. This week has been selected as the "World medicine and to demonstrate that this work is done said careful a and humane way," in Jack Taylor, Laboratory Animal Liberation Week" by a number of animal-right- s director of the U.'s Animal Resources Center. groups. A march on the U. campus The annual use of some 127,000 animals for is planned for April 27 and a candlelight vigil see "animals" on page three research at the U. has been the perennial target of: coun-teroffensi- ve -- Politics, . Owens developed his interest in the region j as a member of the Committee on. Foreign Affairs as well as the chairman of a subcom- raittee on human rights. He has traveled;! extensively in the Middle East, meeting with PLO chairman Yassir Arafat for several nours during one recent visit, The majority of the congressman's time' : Friday was spent discussing the current situ- ation in Israel's occupied territories as well t as the prospect of a dialogue between Israel 1 : and the PLO: r Owens admitted it is difficult for an " "American to raise issues such as ' of the future the West Bank , , : . "The attitudes) are so complex and ground into the people of the Middle East, they can't ' be understood by an outsider, Owens said;; : He has, nevertheless, developed some con- Crete opinions about the region "Thoss elected to Congress must say what we believe, r " regardless ofthe impacts "he said. ; w The congressman, in fact, was the first U.S. official to say openly on national television tharthe government of Israel should be talk- - : ; ing to the PLO, Owens did so on NBC's- " ' i' . . Today Although he recognized the "geopolitical" see "Owens" on pags two non-Jew- , , " - . - , For 2 U. students, Civil Rights Movement became personal By Andrew Hunt Chronicle managing editor In the early 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement reached its peak. And, like thousands of other college campuses across the nation, the University of Utah found itself in the midst of a monumental social struggle. Caught within the turbulent whirlwind of this historic movement were two U, students, Steve Holbrook, an IDS returned missionary, and Ronald Coleman, an athlete on the U.'s powerhouse football team. Both Holbrook and Coleman found themselves profoundly affected by civil rights struggles and both .became actively involved in combating racism and institution; alized segregation. - v Holbrook,- who was raised in a conservative Utah household, said his IDS mission to Hong Kong in the early 1960s helped him appreciate other cultures and ''. r ''v.:."' peoples. is IflllfllllS - -- --- ; mmm ' "As the Civil Rights Movement began to develop and I became more informed, in my own mind, I identified with the people who Pitt were being brutalized and who were not being afforded full civil rights within our country," Holbrook said. In the summer of 1963, Holbrook went to work in Washington, D.C., for a Republican congressman from Utah. While in the see "history" on page four 4 t t ' . Chronicle photo by Andrew Holloway Former U. student Steve Holbrook said his involvement in civil rights struggles during the 1960s radicalized him and prepared him to question the Vietnam War, sexism and poverty. Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT Non-prof- it |