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——Oregon Daily_ - Emerald Inside: •Volunteering off-campus, Page 7 •Camper Van Beethoven, Page 10 •Life of a frosh footballer, Page 15 Thursday, October 15, 1987 Eugene. Oregon Volume 89. Number 31 Courtyard rally heats up contract fight for GTF union Photo by Phil Thorn* A GTFF rally was held al noon Wednesday Oct. 14 to voice demands it has with the University and the state system. The rally attracted a crowd of 50 people. By Will Holbert Emerald Associate Editor Members of the University’s Graduate Teaching Fellows union rallied in the EMU cour tyard Wednesday as part of a campaign to "intensify the heat” in their fight for a new contract. The noon rally attracted a crowd of about 50 people. Chuck Hunt, president of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, accused the Univer sity and the Oregon State System of Higher Education (if playing "power politics" and promised the union would rep ly in kind Other speakers in eluded John Foster, a sociology professor, who said the faculty would support the union’s ef forts. and OPEU member Kisa Haberman Halrerman thanked the GTFs for supporting the recent OPEU strike and promised union solidarity with theGTFF. "A lot of the people that hire and fire you him and fire us.” Haber man said. University GTFs have been working without a contract for thro*! months The GTFF broke off a mediation session with the state system on Oct. 1 because their was no movement on their demands. A slate mediator join ed the tiargaining process last month at the union's request The two sides will probably return to the table next week, according to union vice president Patrice koyenek Does this mean yet another strike? Hunt stresses it does not, and says the negotiation process is in its early stages. "I don't think it s very like ly," Hunt said about a strike. "I don't think we (GTFs) can af ford a stike financially, and we wouldn't want to do that to our fellow students, the undergraduates," Hunt added The union has three main demands: health insurance, job Turn to GTF, Page 4 Professors believe verity, question ethics of CIA book By Cami Swanson Emerald Reporter The book about late CIA director William Casey and the CIA's covert activities has rais ed questions nationwide about journalistic techniques and ethics maybe so much so that the content of the book will lose some of its impact, two Univer sity journalism professors said. Professors Stephen Ponder and Calen Karick spoke about reporter Bob Woodward's book “Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-87” during and after a panel discussion entitled “Watergate to Hartgate--a discussion on the national media's ethics." The discussion was sponsored by the Society of Professional journalists Woodward claims he inter viewed Casey on his deathbed and that the former CIA director nodded yes when asked if he know about the diversion of funds to the Nicaraguan Con tras. Casey's widow. Sophia, has denied that Woodward would have ever been able to enter the guarded hospital room Ponder worked as a congres sional aide in Washington D C. during the Watergate scandal. Turn to Veil, Page 4 Info and advice on tape; videos answer questions By Paula Green Emerald Reporter It's the answer to everything you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask: academic videotapes. Academic videotapes, the brainchild of University Infor mation Specialist Dr. Mahmoud Safarri, were created out of a need to give students accurate and reliable information about opportunities and services of fered by the University. Saffari began the project in 1981 while a GTF, because it personally bothered him that choosing a major seemed "a waste of time and money for moat students." "It’s a difficult task because they get contradictory informa tion from various sources: parents, friends, teachers and peers.” Safarri said. He is hop ing to overcome this confusion, if not totally eliminate it. Each 10-15 minute tape covers various aspects of respective majors through inter views with deans, department heads, faculty, students and alumni. The tapes also include information on departmental emphasis, graduation re quirements, research programs, and career options after graduation. In essence, the tapes give students "an idea of what the majors are all about before they get into it." Safarri said. Turn to Video, Page 5 Safe ride looking for director By Jeff Morgan Emerald Reporter The director of Project Saferide is resigning, leaving the program's future in ques tion if a replacement is not found soon. Shannon Meehan, director of the rape-prevention shuttle service for women, is resign ing effective Oct. 19. However, the program has yet to hire an assistant direc tor. leaving no immediately apparant successor Also, the program so far has only about 25 volunteer drivers, which Meehan said is about half of what she needs to be operating at full-speed. Regardless. Meehan said that except for the weekends, both the on-campus and off campus vans have been operating as scheduled. Applications are due for director and assistant director positions Friday. Oct. 16. Ap plicants will be interviewed on Monday by a yet-to-be determined hiring committee Meehan said that as of Wednesday, she had received no applications for the direc tor's position and "two or three" for the assistant direc tor position. She said she was not worried about the lack of applicants, since it was still early in the week. Meehan, a senior history major, is graduating this year. She said she is resigning to devote more time to her studies and to her personal life. "It's time to move on." she said. Meehan has been Saferide director since last fall tarm. Despite staffing problems. Meehan called the term's ridership figures “encourag ing." The vans served about :)0 women last week and 30 mam women in the first two days of this week alone. Meehan said this was up a ureal deal from last fall and down only a little Turn to Saferide, Page 5 i M»*o by <;ragar (Hum Shannon Meehan, Saferide director, will be leaving her fob on Oct. t9