___Oregon Daily_ _
Emerald
Monday. March ti. 1989
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 90. Number 11.1
_Inside_
• State committee passes reform. Page 4
• Alliance helps students. Page 3
• Beavers hand Ducks defeat, Page 11
• Women take Pac-10 third. Page 12
A fair trade
Tim Templar, who is currently living out of the
back of his truck in Eugene, said he has had success
finding work in exchange for food or money.
Photo by Sherlyn Bjorkgren
Critics say task force needs
more minority membership
By Denise Clifton
Emerald Reporter
The University's newly
formed Task Fort e to Promote
Racial Kquity is now being < rit
i< ized by some of the people it
is designed to help
According to Native Ameri
can Student Union Director
Myrna Hobb. the task force,
which was organized in |anu
ary to fight racism at the Uni
versity. has lieen promoting
discrimination in its member
ship.
At its first meeting. Hobb
said the task force was com
posed of i!t> to It) administra
tors, faculty and students, and
no more than 10 of them were
minorities
"The majority of that task
force was white They (the co
ordinators) weren't being very
sensitive," Hob!) said.
Vice-provost for Student Af
fairs Gerry Mosely. who helped
coordinate the task force, said
not all the task force members
had been chosen by the first
meeting
"The first meeting primarily
was a meeting of administrative
officers At that point we had
not gone through the faculty
nomination process and not all
(ierry Mosel v
the student members had lieen
named." he said
Some task force members he
lieved the few student minor
ities already on tin- task force at
tile first meeting were i liosetl
only tier ause they were mem
liers of ethnic student unions,
Hobb saiil
"We felt like we were the 'to
ken minorities,' ” she said
"They can't sav they're repre
senting the students when
there isn't equal representa
lion."
In addition. Bob!) saitl the
faculty representation on the
tusk force is tar Ido small "We
w<iiilt'tl more faculty with Wh
im bai kgrounds, anti some im
portant people wont over
looked Fai ulty aro important
Um austt of iholr influctnco on
the students.'' she said
Klementarv education Profos
sor Robert I’roudloot was one
person who was initially
snubbed. Itobb said
"lie's always been our men
tor on campus and there was no
reason, except discrimination,
that he wasn't (on the task
forte)." she said "Wo feel if
you've disi riminated against
one Native American, you’ve
disc riminated against all of
us."
Proud foot could not he
real bed for i nmment
Although VIFt :hA Direc tor
Ana Christiansen agreed th.it
more minority faculty need to
he named to the task force, she
said she believes the coordina
tors are making those changes
"We made some suggestions,
and I think the only reason why
they (faculty) weren't there to
la-gin with was the coordina
tors didn't know they existed."
she said
However. Christiansen said
the community representation
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Animal rights protest draws crowd
By ChristopherBlair
Emerald Reporter
Animal rights activists
picketed Johnson Hall on Fri
day. protesting the University's
switchover to more lenient ani
mal experimentation rules.
The group included about 2i)
members of Students for the
Kthical Treatment of Animals
and Citizens for Animal Kights.
Ktigene, in addition to commu
nity members.
A large crowd of students
walking along 13th Avenue
stopped and watched the dem
onstration. which is what the
group wanted, said Brigette
l.each. SKTA coordinator.
"We want to make the Uni
versity population aware of
what's going on. and we're get
ting a lot of attention today,"
l.each said
Also on hand to watch the
demonstration was Ingrid New
kirk, co-founder and national
director for People for the Kthi
cal Treatment of Animals
Newkirk was on campus to
participate in an anti-vivisec
tion panel at the seventh-annu
al Western Public Interest Law
Conference, which focused on
environmental issues this year
Newkirk attacked not only re
search involving animals, but
said "the folly of animal based
agriculture" is also cruel and to
blame for many diseases affect
ing humans.
KHotu b» John
Animal rights activists protested a proposed change in the
University's policy to use laboratory animals in experiments.
"Money should go into the
prevention of heart disease and
cancer instead of giving these
things to (laboratory) animals,"
Newkirk said.
The demonstration came in
response to the University's
proposal to change its animal
experimentation guidelines,
which state animals can l>e
us*hi ior rescan :n imiy u mr n*
search (an l>e proven to ad
vance the condition of human
or animal health.
A recent proposal would
change the University's rules to
match those of the Public
Health .Service, which also al
lows animal experimentation
for educational purposes.
Environmentalists
speak at conference
By Chris Bouneff
Emerald Reporter
The seventh annual Western Publit. Interest I.aw Confer
ence closed Sunday after a weekend (it panel dis< ussions cov
enng a variety of environmental issues
The list of featured speakers read like a "who's who" of
world environmental leaders
The conference opened with speeches by Wilderness So
ciety President Ceorge Frampton and David Brower. founder
and chairman of the Karth Island Institute and former Sierra
Club executive director
In his opening remarks Frampton told an audience ot
more than tot) people that the environmental movement is at
an important pivotal point
"When vve look buck five years or It) years from now.
I'lHH might be seen as a watershed year," he said
"I think t'lHH may turn out to he the year that it liegan to
dawn on some people that the protection of the environment
is right up there with arms control and nuclear safety.
Frampton said
The world, and especially the United Slates, must view
environmentalism as a necessity instead ot a luxury. Fraiup
ton said.
"It vve don't make some major changes in the wav vve
generate energy and manufacture products, then what vve are
doing to our planet as human beings is inevitable." be said
Frampton also said a new global perspet live needs to lie
adopted concerning local issues such .is sav ing old growth
timber in the Northwest
“If the issue is simply on owls vs jobs or environment
vs. timber, it's a battle vve can’t win." lie said. "These forests
are the most biologically diverse ecosystems we have in this
country
We must save the few remnants ot land undisturbed by
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