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.
World’s finest coffees
Mexican and Swiss Chocolate
Rare and F.xotic l eas
Steamed Bagels
Mayflower Building
782 E. 11th 342-2071
c
K
choice anymore.”
The HRA will dictate birth
control because of its conten
tion that life begins at fertiliza
tion, Carver said. If passed, the
amendment would outlaw the
use of lUDs and other birth
control devices that interfere
with the fertilized egg, she ad
ded,
Radich agreed but pointed
out that forms of birth control
that prevent fertilization would
still be avilable under the HRA
Although there are tough
abortion cases — such as those
involving incest or rape — "You
can't make laws for excep
tions,” Radich said.
Resumes
Make a great impression with
resumes copied or printed on
your choice of paper at Eugene
Print We otter quick,
convenient service — or a
self-service copier — with
finished copies that will help
you put your best foot forward!
EUGENE PRINT
Two locations:
2387 West 11th. 686 9799
20 East 13th, 484 2601
LET YOUR OPINION BE KNOWN!
BSU ELECTIONS
Thursday May 28
and
Friday May 29
ASUO Office, Suite 4.
Please bring your I.D. card
Voting from 9-5 on both days.
WE WANT TO REPRESENT YOU!
- \
—JOBS—
EMPLOYERS
—JOBS—
A New Service is
Available to Helpl
The Placement Register is for:
Students
• Seeking fulltime employment
• Needing additional business contacts
• Wanting resume preparation assistance
Employers
• Seeking University of Oregon graduates
• Wanting to fill a position
• Needing individuals who have identified
their career direction
120 employers will be contacted informing them of
individuals on the Placement Register.
Contact:
Career Planning and Placement Service
246 Susan Campbell Hall
686-3235