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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).