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A showcase of the newest spring fashions See Pages 8 & 9 Monday, April 28, 1980 Eugene. Oregon Volume 87, Number 140 Use of animals in lab experiments protested By Kim Kandy CM the IMMM (Carrying placards that rand "The tJ of O operates animal . death camps" arid **JLab animals are innocent.'“about 50 pbople protested the use of r "animals in laboratory ex-’ pertinents Saturday on Frank I ih Boulevard, across . from the . University science labs' where animal "research takes place. The protest, was sponsored by . - People for the Ethical Treatment of Aoimels (PKTA). an fnfema . - tionai. .organization of about '.200.000 members whose .ultimate goal is the elimination of all animal research. ’ Saturday’s event* culminated a week of public awareness ac '• tiv.itief in- conjunction with World Week for laboratory •" Animals " . • PEtA wants to accomplish ", three. goals at the University. . * said: Sharon Nettles, president • "of: the ltK.al chapitir. rhe: group wants a PKTA member assigned to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and permis sion ip allow a trained. iron partisan-veterinarian or other animal tare expert make "• periodicunanmfunced inspei. t intis of. labs: * • \ . Elimination of psychological experiments like sight depriva tion is also a goal. Nettles said. She said PKTA has tried to work through University-chan nels to accomplish its goals, hut haji met with little success. John Moseley, University vice presi dent of research,' canceled an appointment to moot with Net ties and rescheduled a tentative, dale in.May. she said. ■ '’Moseley has said he doesn’t need to jnnet viitlv us at this time.". Nettles said. "To me, that means hit doesn’t want '° meet.wjth us." Researcher* across the coun try feel under° attack, fropi groups - opposed to animal research and .are starting to get "defensive "rather than work toward a compromise both sides .can live With. Nettles said. "I’m here because I'm very concerned about animal-'ex ploitation," -said .protester Marilyn Burkhardt. Many ,ex-. perimehts are just a good way to got federal'grant money, she said/ '. ; . _ ’• ‘ fy '’Ninety percent of animal research is done for the. profit motive;’.'said Ron Kiczenakt! a i’KTA member from (amis Bay. Researchers are”in a race for grant money." he said; Kiczenski said animals are held again'sl ’’ their will, in laboratories: "If w,e were living In the animal kingdom, running wild, we’d have an excuse to kill animals," he said. “Sup posedly we’re living in a ciyiliz . * V “'*• •• ' PHoto by |«mn M«ri» About 50 people gathered on Franklin Boulevard Saturday to protest the use of animals in Univer sity lab experiments. The protest Was sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. ■**'.' s * ' #v ** • \ ' 7 •* ° .v * ed system, but animals don’t have any rights;” Louis Singer, another- pro tester. said'aiiim'al'experiments arti totally without medical validity. ’ .;fc ■ /' "Sewing the eyes shut on kit tens doesn't prove anything. Any 12-year-old knows what the.result will be — blindness. They might as well do limb deprivation," Singer said. ;. |ack* Heinemann. a graduate student in molecular biology, said a distinction should be drawn between experiments c onducted at universities and in private industry. Kight monkeys and 106 cats were used and disposed of in experiments at the University in 1085. according to Greg Stickrod. laboratory animal ser vices director. About 50 rabbits. 500 rats. 250 hamsters. 24 bats and 8,000 mice were similarly used, he said. GTFs protest State Board's tax ruling By Mary IJchtenwalner Of fh# t m*r«l<l About <><) demonstrators chanted and picketed in front of Susan Campbell Mall Friday to protest the State Board of Higher Education's recent tax ruling that makes Graduate Teaching Fellows' tuition waivers taxable income. Chanting "Starving students can't loach!" and carrying signs with slogans such as "(Bill) Lem man — Don't squeeze us'", the group entered the hall to protest directly to the office of the State System of Higher Education. The group, mainly composed of GTFs. then caller! Chancellor William Davis out side to answor questions from the group, Davis told the demonstrators that the Hholu by l.vnne (.«m*v William Davis, chancellor of thtt State Hoard of Higher Education, answered several questions from a group of GTFs protesting a recent tax ruling by the board. system contacted about half of the Big-10 schools and those schools also are withholding percentages of their GTFs incomes. 'Ohio State has been withholding since January.” Davis said. “Their argu ment for starting that early is that they should start sooner to make the bite smaller." “Yeah, that's a good idea — why didn't you?" people in the crowd responded. Because of the ruling, about $150 will be withheld from the April and May paychecks of GTFs who generally make $500 to $000 a month. "The problem is that we do a lot of undergraduate education... if we quit, we will In; assessed for this quarter." said Ghuck Hunt, president of the GTF federa tion's local; chapter. "We want to teach people, but what do we do? We can't live but we can’t leave either." Davis said GTFs art; an integral part of the campus community. "1 don't think (the University) would be as good as it is now without GTFs.” he said. The group advised Davis to consult with Sen. Bob l’ackwood, R-Ore.. on the issue. "But it shouldn't take all the peo ple here to get together and get you to go talk to Pack wood." said Dave Herman, a student participating in the rally. Glen Mitterinann. a GTF who advises undergraduates in the international studies program, said the tax ruling is rough on him and his family. "This isn’t something that's going to break us. It's just one more thing in a real ly tight budget," Mittermann said. Teachers and students back five-year plan By B.J. Thomsen Of lh« Knwrald Although state officials recently adopted a teacher education program that will re quire five years of study, the idea is not new, says }udith Grosenick, associate dean of the University College of Educa tion’s division of teacher education. The five-year program may go into effect at all state colleges and universities that offer teacher education as soon as September 1987. The idea may have first come 20 years ago. but Grosenick says the idea has reemerged because of a nationwide concern about the quality of teachers. Also, she says there is concern about the lack of direction new teachers receive when first employed. The four-year program pro duces teachers ready to begin teaching, but banks on further help from associates at the schools at which they work. Grosenick says. "No one ever said that four years was the end of a teacher's education.” Grosenick says. A fifth year, Grosenick says, would almost certainly include more on-the-job training in public schools. She says the Continued on Page 4