Legislative update
House, Senate take action
on seat belts, equal pay
The House Education Com
mittee on Thursday amended
HB 3224 clarifying the term
"classified research."
The bill originally would not
allow any Oregon college or
university to conduct any
classified research.
The bill was passed out of
committee to the House with an
amendment allowing any
research to la? conducted in
Oregon higher education in
stitutions provided the results
of the research are published.
Proprietory research would
be allowed under the current
ammendment.
A bill aimed at getting equal
pay for women doing jobs
similar to that of male counter
parts recieved a victory in the
Senate on Wednesday.
SB 288 now moves to the
House for consideration.
Gov. Neil Goldschmidt sup
ported the bill and has proposed
spending a total of $22 million
to pay for salary adjustments for
state employees if the bill
becomes law.
Tuesday, the House Educa
tion Committee unanimously
passed a bill that would abolish
an agreement with Washington
State that allows Oregon
students attending school in
Washington to use their need
grants in that state.
An agreement was made bet
ween the two states that allow
ed students to pay in state tui
tion while attending a school in
the other state.
A provision of that agreement
allowed students to use their
need grants while participating
in the program.
Washington, however, was
not allowing its students atten
ding Oregon schools to spend
their need grants here.
The bill now moves to the
Mouse.
Also this week Gov. Neil
Goldschmidt said he opposes
MB 3147, which would aliolish
the 55 mph speed limit on
Oregon’s rural roads and in
terstate highways.
He said he was disappointed
that the House did not pass a
bill making saftey belt use in
Oregon mandatory.
If the seat belt bill is not pass
ed after coming back from com
mittee. Goldschmidt said he
would support a move to put
the issue before the voters.
Prominent poet, translator
to read women's works
By Sarah Kitchen
Of I hr Kmerald
Margaret Kumiall. who has
been described as one of the
foremost translators of Third
World women's poetry and pro
se will present some of her
works at the University this
Sunday.
Kandall. an author of more
than 40 books, was invited to
talk at the University by the
Committee in Solidarity with
the Central American People,
and various other local groups
There ant a couple of reasons
why Kandall was chosen to
speak at the University, said
janice Zagorin. a member of
C1SCAP.
One is because she is a well
known poet and translator of
I,atin American works, and
another is that at the moment.
Kandall is under the threat of
deportation from the United
States, Zagorin said.
Although Kandall was born in
the United States, she relin
quished her U.S. citizenship in
order to work in Mexico in the
early (Mis. She fled to Cuba,
where she lived for 12 years,
after involvement in Mexican
student protests in 1968. Kan
dall also lived in Nicaragua for
four years and returned to Albu
querque. New Mexico in 1984.
"The U.S. government is try
ing to deport her under a
MacCarthy-era law that allows
people to be excluded from the
United States due to their
ideological beliefs," Xagorin
said.
The act Randall faces deporta
tion under is called the
McCarran-Walter act, and there
have been a number of people
deported under this act during
the Reagan administration.
Zagorin added.
Contributions made during
the visit will go to the Center for
Constitutional Rights to help
with her defense.
Randall will present a reading
titled "Our Sisters' Voices,”
which is a poetry reading from
the voices of women in Latin
and Central America, incor
porating formal poetry with bits
of testimony and letters.
Apart from working as an
author, a poet, a photographer,
an activist, a midwife and a
teacher. Randall is also the co
founder and editor of the
periodical K I Corno
kmplumado, (The Plumed
Horn). This magazine publish
ed the first works in English
translation of such l.atin
American writers as Octavio
Paz and Ernesto Cardenal.
Much of Randall’s work over
the past 20 years has centered
on women's culture. She cur
rently teaches in the Women's
Studies Program and American
Studies Department at the
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque.
The reading will start at 8
p.m. in 150 Geology. Admis
sion is $2.
Correction
in the April 24 edition of the Emerald it was incorrectly
reported that electronic musician Robert Rich would perform
that day in the New Zone Gallery. Rich actually performed
Friday. April 17.
Dancer promises variety
By Sarah Kitchen
WlkEmnU
It it not likely that any two of kiken Chin's
performances will be the same.
Chin will perform on Friday and Saturday
at the University in the Gerllnger gymnasium.
The contemporary dancer who moved to
Eugene from Japan. via New York, believes
dancing is a way to show the emotions and
changes that occur in day-to-day life
"If I do some piec e one day. It will be dif
ferent another day. bec ause my life is always
different, and I am changing." Chin said.
"I believe what I am doing is more than
dance, it is something very personal that is
dealing with emotions." Chin said.
While admitting that his dance-style
could be termed as avant-garde. Chin explain
ed that he does not use much of the tradilUtn.il
dam * technique* u««d in other forms of donee,
such as ballet.
**l dance with images instead of steps, and
I use my life experience in my dance. I pay at
tention to my findings, and when I feel sad or
happy, 1 try to memorize that feeling to put in
to steps.”
Chin expects his weekend performances at
the University to be relatively informal:
however, whal he performs depends largely on
the atmosphere projected from the audience.
Chin said.
“I imagine what will happen in this per
formance will be unusual for the people in
Eugene.” he said
Chin's performances are co-sponsored by
the Cay and lesbian Alliance and the Foreign
Students Organization. Tickets are $4 for
general admission and $.1 for students The
performances start at 8 p m.
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