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Letterman’s sidekick joins local comedians •; to tickle Eugene’s funnybone . See the Friday Edition Oregon Daily Friday, April It; 1-986 Kugent*,^Oregon Volume 87. Number 129 Cultivating mental muscles Kick klessig. n resident of Robbins dormitory, maintains a leisurely posture while exercising his mind. The warm Thursday sunshine contrasted with a cool spring breeze to provide an enticing lure for many students. Photo by Derrel Hewitt Smokers to ‘kiss butts goodbye’ in a new anti-smoking campaign By Michael Rivers Of I hr hnwralif Students who smoke will lie given the oppor tunity to exchange their cigarettes for kisses el u kissing booth to be located in the main lobby of the KMl! Monday. The kisses won't be coming from human lips, however. They'll come in the form of Hershev’s chocolate kisses and a stamped kiss on the cheek. The “kissing IxMith" is sponsored by tin1 American l.ung Association of Oregon. The group's newest anti-smoking campaign is asking smokers to “kiss your butt goodbye.*' This provocative slogan proved so successful in a western New York campaign that the Oregon chapter elected to use it in its state wide cam paign. says !.uurv Girt, campaign coordinator. The campaign began April t and will continue through the end of the month Girt, a community health major at the University, has been working with the l.ung Association since |an. t as a practicum student. In addition to chocolate and stamped kisses. GOOD-BYE. Girt says the group will he giving away helium filled balloons. She also hopes to have slices of lung tissue that show the effects of smoking and emphysema on display at the booth. The lung slices were on display at a kissing booth at the Springfield Mall April 4 and proved "very effective, especially with the kids." Girt says. The campaign is aimed more at increasing awareness about the dangers of smoking rather than actually trying to get people to quit. Girt says. The campaign is a response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, which documents that smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Every year, 340.000 Americans die prematurely from diseases caused by cigarette smoking, according to the report. In Oregon, peo ple tiie from chronic lung disease at a rate 20 per cent higher than the national average, Lung Association statistics show. The American Lung Association, one of the oldest nationwide, non-profit, voluntary health organizations, is dedicated to the control and prevention of all lung diseases and some of their related causes, including smoking, air pollution and occupational lung hazards. Other services the Oregon association pro vides include self-help "Freedom from Smok ing" kits and research funds for local physicians engaged in pulmonary research Manpower and support for the University booth is lining provided by the lifestyle planning program, located in the Student Health Center. Carol Bodnar, one of the coordinators of the lifestyle planning program, says their emphasis is on wellness and health promotion. Information on how to quit smoking will be available at the University booth as well as at the booth that will be set up at the Lane County Home Show April 17-20. For more information about the anti-smoking campaign, call 343-5864. Contras and U.S. backers target of federal probe into drug-related charges WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators are ex amining allegal ions that Nicaraguan Contra rebels and their private American backers have engaged in gunnmning and drug trafficking, say U.S. officials and sources close to the probe. The investigation, first disclosed Thursday, im mediately prompted calls from Democrats for defeat of Presi dent Reagan’s plan to send $100 million in aid to the rebels, scheduled for a House vote next week. “In view of these very serious concerns, the House should vote down the president's re quest. . and consider the issue again when these issues have been resolved.” said Rep. Michael Barnes. D-Md., chair man of the House Foreign Af fairs subcommittee on Latin America. Sen. |ohn Kerry. D-Mass.. a Contra aid opponent who has been closely following the in vestigation. said, “because these charges involve important aspects of American foreign policy, it is vital for Congress to investigate these matters fully in order to uncover the truth.” The investigation, conducted by the FBI in conjunction with other federal agencies, has spanned at least seven states and Central America and is under the direction of Leoh Kellner, the U.S. attorney for southern Florida, according to sources who spoke only on con dition of anonymity. They say it focuses on possibly illegal shipments of arms from New Orleans and southern Florida to rebels based in Honduras and Costa Rica, on potential Neutrality Act viola lions, and on allegations of co niine smuggling to help f inance the war against Nicaragua's lef tist government. The Neutrality Act makes it a crime to initiate or organize, on American soil, military' attacks against a country with which the United States is not at war. Twelve American, Nicaraguan and Cuban American rebel backers inter viewed by The Associated Press said they had been questioned over the past several months by the FBI. lack lerrell, who was a leader of the American paramilitary group. C i v i I i a n - M i I i t ary Assistance, said FBI agents and prosecutors from the U^S. at torney’s office in Miami have met with him several times. Terrell said the investigators asked him about alleged weapons shipments from the United States to Contra base camps in Central America. Con tra involvement in drug smug gling and a reported conspiracy to assassinate the U.S. Am bassador to Costa Rica. Lewis Tambs. Prior FBI inquiries into possi ble Neutrality Act violations and illegal arms exports in con nection with the Contras were conducted as early as October 1084 — when Congress barred U.S. government aid to the Con tras — but no charges have been brought. Sources said some aspects of the previous probes have been reopened. The White House had no im mediate comment on the cur rent investigation. White House spokesman Kdward Djerejian declined to respond to six in quiries from the AP over two days. University art museum given reaccreditation The University Museum of Art passed with Hying colors a visit by the American Museum Association last November, receiving word earlier this month the facility has been • reaccredited. As one of only four such museums out of 57 in the state, the museum has achieved excellence in a wide range of areas, said Richard Paulin, the museum's director. “Accreditation is based on physical facilities, staff, budgets, endowments, exhibitions and traveling exhibi tions” among other things. Paulin said. Accreditation for a museum simply means it ha9 been recognized as a professional organization, which helps in ob taining loans, for example, Paulin said. The museum was first accredited 10 years ago. coming up for review again last fall, he said. To receive accreditation, museums must be reviewed every 10 years by AMA designated museum directors, he added. The campus museum is one of the 625 out of nearly 5.000 museums nationwide to receive the honor. Paulin said. The other accredited Oregon museums are the Art In stitute of Oregon (formerly the Portland Art Museum), the Oregon Historical Society (Portland) and the Maritime Museum (Astoria).