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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
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