Oregon Daily_ v Emerald Thursday NdvjmjiIht in. l'Ui'i !\lil>cm\ l >rri;un \ iiliimi' '11. Xmnlii'i M _Inside_ ■ Second open forum, Page 5 ■ East Campus study. Page (> ■ Organic food law. Page 8 ■ Here come the Wildcats. Page 9 Day held to promote national AIDS action Art galleries show support By |.inis Joseph Emerald Reporter Hiding .in artist s yy 01 k under black cloth is not something that the Hull i enter's art gallery does often. 1 loyyever. tills is esai tly w hat Stl/anne I’epin duel tin ol tile I lull t .enter's |.u oils ( killers yvill do I iidav in support of a Day Without Art. designated as a national day of at lion and mourning I he Jai i ihs (.a I let s along with other loi al and national art galleries, will drape a prom inent piece ol art under black iloth to dramatize what the world would be like without art. said Will White. I AH y isu al arts director and local organ izer ol A Day Without Art More than -tot) art in.xtitu lions nationw ide w ill part it I pate b\ draping a uoik ol art i losing lor the day 01 turning oil the gallery's lights White said 1 he event is sponsored by \ isiial AIDS an organization ot art professionals designed to promote AIDS awareness through events and exhibitions ,11 i ording to a w iitten state ment bv the organi/.ation \ Day W ithout Art is being held m i oujuiK lion yy ith the World Health Organization's second annual "AIDS Aware ness I ).iv" 1 ricl.iv White s.iiil l ilt' goals ol A I )a\ U ilhoul Alt .in- In rri ngnizr frii'iwls .mil (ollragltrs who have ilii'd or .nr dying .mil In seek gn-.ilri support .mil iinilrrsl.mil mg from tlir |uil)ln .11 (.ording In a Visual AIDS sl.iti'ini'iit Mans artists haw In-cii m volvi'd Irotn tlie beginning hi iiiiormmg the publii about \ll is \\ liiti■ said I lii'ic nr mam ga\ men in the arts nun munitv and gay men are in a high risk group, lie added A Ini ol people think that AIDS doesn't atfi'i t them White said Hut thev're going to have to rethink what AIDS realh is I he National ( enter tor I hs ease ( oiitiol predii Is that 111 \ disease will be the numbei one killei on college campuses li\ I'l'l 1 he said About three in every t (KM) people on (.imposes around the (ountr\ are inter ted with the virus that causes AIDS accord mg to the AIDS I ask lone launmittee This would erprute to about lit) mtei ted I illl ei sit\ students Nationally more than 100.00(1 people are diagnosed as having AIDS and more than till (100 people have died trom I-U}»hii llluNliulinn lit \m\ IVImnr I hr Hull I rutrr's !■*< tills (,.illri t u ill ill .i/ir .1 si ul fit m r u ilh .1 lil.n k \hruutl in sii/)/mr/ til .1 ll.n Without \rt AIDS s.nil Sails sheklms es ff. lit i vt* tlir) *t Ini ol 1 In * W ill,im Hie AIDS ( A hi n. il In I .aue I nimli 47 people am ding iitised ,h having AIDS ,ind people have (lied of AIDS she said '■fin' nil inf 'A Din Without Art is a nintapliiir lui tin-1 lull ilig possibility ill even mum vvidi's|imad ail i oimillimlv deaths a. . orditlg lu a u ritlrii slaleineiil iiv Y isual AIDS ()ue ul the intis galleries dial refused lu participate was the I niversitv s Museum ul Ail ASUO encourages opposition to Bush veto By Dan Eisler Emerald Reporter Opposition to President Bush's expected pocket veto of a hill allowing Chinese students to remain in the U S after their visas expire can l>e expressed by catling his office from the ASUO office, the ASt JO decided Wednesday "ASUO really supports this." said Angela Muni/. ASUO slati- affairs coordinator "Come in and ask the secretary, the receptionist, or anybody there and phono the While House, from KMU Suite 4. Muni/, said The number is 202-45li-70:iS). Chinese students abroad are under a lot ot pressure. Iroth from the Hush administration and from the mainland Chinese government, which opposes the bill, she said. Introduced by Kep. Nancy I’elosi. I) Calil . the hill, which would give Chinese students four more years to apply lor new visas, or per manent residency, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and by a voice vote in the Senate A pocket veto occurs when the president does not sign a bill within 10 days after Con gress has adjourned Bush has until Saturday to sign the hill, said Peter Briggs, assistant director for interna tional services. . Briggs said approximately HO percent of more than 40.000 Chinese students in the United States hold visas. The hill does not grant political asylum or safe haven. Inil pro vides an option for students in case of an ad verse government in China, he said. The bill comes in the wake of the Chinese government's June massacre .it Tiananmen rupture The mainland Chinese government is up set aliuiil this bill Ih-i .Rise it lias invested hear 11v m Minding students abroad. and could sul ler a "lirain dialn' if large nuinljers of stu dents reipiesl asylum, liriggs said I'assage ot the lull would "more or less terminate .in ediK.ntion.il relationship of the past III-\'l years." liriggs said, adding that Itusli would like to continue to maintain that relationship with the (Ihineso government "I'm very mut.il moved hv this hill." said a prominent student from the People's Kepuh lie of China who asked to remain anonymous in protect himself from retaliation hv the Chi nese government Some of the students abroad have returned to China, and are in prison, forbidden to to,toll, in have been followed and interrogated, the student said The student spec ulated Itusli "personally wants to keep relations with the Chinese gov ernnienl because lie's friends with" former leader Deng Xiaoping, dating from Hush's days as ambassador to China "Maybe (Hush) sees the general interest of the U S. Congress could play the bad guy. he could play the good guy. and the Chinese gov ernment does nothing" in response to a veto, the student said "People are supporting the democracy movement, (but) Bush, who is supposed to support the democracy movement, is going to veto (the bill) Ilf’s really going to far. even though he wants to retain the- lies "lie's saying if lie passes the hill the Chi nese government will punish the U S I he Turn to Veto, Page 12 W hilt; said Ksst’iilinllv lilt’ (lirt’i Ini It'll il was mil ilirt’t 11 \ .1 slatiMiifnl about art ami I In it- u, isn't a |iur|iiisf M-rvi'il by t tivt'rini4 11}> .1 juft f til .ni said I'.ihfl \Vflt;«n. ndministralivr .isms l,ilit in tnust iim dirut lm Sit; (ihi'ii Mi (aiiigli II was I lit- ill rut tin s (let isiint slit’ .itltlt'tl Midmigh w.is mil nvailalilt lor t tittiiiit'iit Any volt o u r t .in liavi; In vi .n ii a tint' lm All IS will lm bunetii tarv said Unit u Millflln tlirct lm ni tin- Maiitlt' Kerns Ail ( enter (■ I lei \ M.mv limes mii.iII .n linns 1 ,m generate t inn ei n .1 n, ( him h anil tile I ample. In lel'failh Slinistn ale I n spun Miring the It 1111 ill annual AIDS \ igil ul Ihavei limn I 1 idtH In Saturday evening lie- vigil will lie held al the huHitinia ( entei I III K mi ant Street Improved lighting needed H\ Brian Blot h I merald Assot j.ilf Irlilor \ rt-pi h i isstinl lit I In' I'm versitv Nafetv Ndvisorv ( 11in mitlri' Nov I / vails lor im proved lighting m a nuinhor ol campus ,III',Is ,ls well .is 1111 proved 111,11 Ilte 1 id ill e ol existing lights The student I.11 ultv 1 ummil lee began developing the report III 10117 to respond to student demands lor mi leased 1 ,1 in pi 1 s safe!v aftei dark Two plivsiial sin v e vs and numerous night tours ol the campus were eon dm ted to identity poorlv III iiri'ds l lic i<■ |u>i I will ii J .is .1 ii•( umini’iiil.iluni in llir I nivt'isilv .1111111111 si 1. 1111 • 11 Ii II dll' 111 • \ l‘ll)|l niiml ui "both dir i nli'ii.i .uni sutist•<]in-ntI\ .in iittni.il policy sl.ili'mcnl mi llir lull'd lur .idi' 1111.111■ I'xli'iliir lighting Ini .id IIIIH l'\tl‘l HU ( llll.slnu I lull bi'ili'i inter tie|i.iit ment t nm rmimi .it it in .mil fiiur.il ion mi lighting iii'i'ds .mil ili'Vi'lop moot ul .1 ri'gnl.ir lighting m.iiiiti'n.ini c pl.m . \ St '( ) t III Vl'l S11 \ Ml.HI s ( 11 milinatm .uni SAti nn*nilii'i K 11k Bmli’\ s.inl that lighting is lurn to S.ih'tv, Page Ii Writer speaks on oil spill Bv Ain e l hornton 1 morale! Reporter Knvunninenlalist Mike Lewis (llsi 11■< 1 till' I'ffec Is ill lllr Man li IN Iaxoii oil s|)ill in Valdez Mask.i during a speei h sponsored In the Surv ival ( en ter Wednesdax l.eu is. a free l.im e writer and photographer, moved to Valdez in l‘IH7 to work Several weeks alter the oil spill, lie produced a video tailed Voic es ol the Sound' that dismissed the problems in I’rinc e William Sound resulting from the spill Ulii'ii In' hr.ml tilioul llu' s | > 111 mi lllr tirst iliiv, l.fuis s.ml Ins ii'.h I inii IV.IS (iishi'lii'l I lhniiy;lil ( )li smr snmr IhhK 's tin ill'll II1V • Ini k Inr \v.ml uni it's April In st I Ins is .1 jokr l.i'U Is s.ml Hill till' nil spill ui'ViT stuppi'il It li.isn't stuppi'il \rt l,i'u is s.ml 'll) pun ml nt uli.il h.ipprniTi with i'Axoti in Alaska li.nl tn iln with pllblit l l'l.lt toils I .css III.Ill III pi'll l ilt nt till' I'ffort was pul into i leaning up tin' oil." I,i'U is s.iiil I Itev Itirn to Spill, Page H