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Women argue Human Rights Amendment By SALLY HODGKINSON Of the Emerald Whose right is right? That question was attacked by “right to life” representatives and “right to choice” representatives Tuesday night in a symposium on abortion and reproductive freedom spon sored by the University branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. “I do not believe I have the right to tell someone what's life and what’s not. That's a religious decision," said Carol Carver, state coordinator for the Oregon National Organization for Women. "It's up to an individual to choose.” "We’re asking that you recognize what science recog nizes: That the fertilized egg is a human," said Rita Radich, legislative action chairer for the Oregon Right to Life organiza tion. "That child has a right to live,” Radich said. The proposed Human Rights Amendment says "the rights of an egg are more valuable than that of a women's,” charged state Rep. Margie Hendriksen, D-Eugene, who said she calls the HRA "the egg supremacy act. “This is an issue of freedom of choice, freedom of thought and freedom of religion,” Hendriksen said "To call it pro-life' blurs the issue.” Right to Life members believe Photo by Erich Boekelheide Pro-choice advocates Rep. Margie Hendriksen, D-Eugene, and Carol Carver argued the abortion issue with pro-life advocates Rita Radich and Cheryl Cannon. The moderator (center) was Katherine Eaton. Bike lane vote expected The fate of bicycles on cam pus should be decided tonight when the University Planning Committee meets to discuss areas that may become off limits to bicycles. The committee is expected to adopt a recommendation that would designate certain cam pus streets and sidewalks as bicycle lanes and then require cylists to use them. The transportation subcom mittee recommended restric tions on bicycle riding on campus after cyclists and pedestrians began complaining about safety hazards, especially during class-change times. The proposed amendment to the University’s “long-range bicycle plan’’ states, "The plan will facilitate the safe and expeditious movement of disa bled persons, pedestrians and bicyclists by designating certain pathways as primary bicycle routes.” The amendment further states, “Certain pathways not designated as bikeway routes shall be available to bicyclists only during times classes are not in session.” The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m in Room 337 Gilbert Hall. Plasma lens aids microprobe Beneath the University’s Volcanology Building, two nucl ear physicists are developing what may become the first heavy-ion microprobe in exis tence. With the aid of a recent $45,000 grant from the Murdock Foundation, Harlan Lefever and Jack Overly of the University physics department are using a plasma lens to perfect their experiment. “It’s that ingredient we hope will make this machine unique in the world,” says Overly. The machine covers two full rooms in the basement of the Volcanology Building. A 5MV Van de Graaff accelerator sits in one room, producing — with protons — a beam that moves at .5 percent the speed of light. At that speed, the beam would circle the earth 2 Vi times per minute. This beam flows through metal pipes into the other room, expanding up to '/2-inch wide, where it encounters the plasma lens. The plasma lens is a new development that is hoped will focus the beam down to the size of a micron. A micron is one millionth of a meter, or approx imately the size of a cell nucle us. The plasma lens is unique in that it utilizes a cloud of nega tively charged electrons to focus the positively charged beam. Using this device, Anti-nuke run to be held A run in support of a nuclear free future will be held Saturday in Alton Baker Park. The third annual “Run On Renewable Resources” will be five and ten kilometers, and all ages and abilities can par ticipate Running paths are wheelchair accessible Check-in is at 8 a m., and the run begins at 9 a m. Entry deadline is Thursday. Runners can register and pay the $6 entry fee at Nike, 10th Avenue and Olive Street, at Sugar Pine Ridge, 875 E. 13th Ave., at Nautilus, 55 W. 6th Ave., and at Feets, 1290 Oak St. The first 250 registrants will receive running shirts the day of the run. All others can be picked up one week later. For more information, call Nancy at 342-7561. Lefever and Overley hope to focus a beam with an energy of 5 million electron volts. The physicists, using the plasma lens, will have a heavy ion beam that is higher in energy and smaller in size than any other such beam. The high energy beam may have many other uses in such fields as geology, biology, agriculture and medicine, says Overly. Open Daily 4:30-10:00 PM Beer & Wine Served Experience the Best Hunan & Szechuan cuisine from the heartland of China Next to the Mayflower Theatre 786 E. 11th 343-5866 HOUSE the rights and freedom of an unborn child are just as import ant as those of his or her mother’s, said Cheryl Can non, a member of the organiza tion’s speakers bureau. But giving that right to fetuses erodes a women’s right to choose when to have a child, Carver countered. “Who wins and who loses if my right is taken away? I say I lose," Carver said. The National Academy of Scientists has refused to take a stand on when life begins because that defini tion is a religous and moral decision, Carver added “I don't like Congress telling me I don’t have that (abortion) c E McKenzie Coffee Co. 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