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Student groups
seek bill override
By Alic e Thornton
Emerald Reporter
The A SI '( ) .mil the I nited Stales Student \ssoi i.i
tion sponsored a slide presentation and dismission
Wednesdav in support of the effort to override I’resi
dent ( a mi rue Hush's veto of the Pel os i Hill
The I'elosi Hill was sponsored In I louse Ki*presen
tative \am \ Pelosi 11) ( a| and was approved imam
mulish by both bodies of (iongress I be bill Mould
waive the two veai return reipiirement many (Chinese
students fat e at the end of their i ourse of studies
/i/bou Tang. a 1'niversilv graduate student from
( lima, presented slides ot the (line Massacre in
Tiananmen Spume
Tang said (Tiina helped inspired the light lor de
hum rat v in I.astern In rope while the i hanges in last
ern Kurope also have inspired the (Chinese to i ontmiie
lighting for ilemm far \
Die strength ol the (Chinese people during the
massai re p.utii ularlv the students i mild prove inspi
rational loi other i ountries that .lie lighting tor deinoi
rai \. Tang said
"We've siM'ii a lot of changes m the hist seven
months in ('hilia and around the world hang said
I he massai re lurried demonstrations in support of
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ASVO President Andy Clark, panel moderator Tim (lleason. Kmerald editor Thomas Prowell
and administrator Cave \ andermyn discuss the tree press
Panel debates free speech issues
By Dan Eisler
Emerald Reporter
A panel discussion on the University's right
to limit fighting words " and tin- right to protest
was held W ednesdav night
The discussion 'Tree Spin’ll) on Campus
was sponsored h\ the Society ol I’rotessional
journalists and held .it Allen Hall
The panelists ini luded inoderatoi I mi Clea
son. v\ho is also a 1 'niversity assistant journalism
professor. University political science professor
lames klonoski; ASUO I’resident Andy ( lark
ihr (frriiim < iimmrnl.itoi eilitoi f'alrii k I’eikins
Enwrulti editor Thomas f’rowell; Cave
Vanderinvn. University assistant viie president
tor communii ation: Shannon Oliver. Student
Campaign tor Disarmament co-director; and
Ohevney Kvan. pence studies department than
man and philosophy professor
A recenllv added clause to tin- harassment
statutes of the Oregon Administrative Rules now
allows the I'niversilv to lestru I speech consul
ered .is harmful, following a trend of i .imposes
nationw ide ( deason said
I he I irst Amendment allows the I niversitv
to serve significant state interest as long as it's
not intended to stop viewpoint from being e\
pressed while under the Oregon Stale Supreme
(aunt s rulings, the stale onlv has the right to
prohibit harmful spec* h (lleason said
However the issue is not easilv resolved
Monoslvi said Referring to the 11 niversitv of ( ali
tornia. Rerlvlev s rerent placing of epithets oi
fighting words outside the bounds of prolei ted
speei h. "m\ immediate real lion is good
"Hut m\ second reaction is I've never been
liappv w ith the (i' S ) Supreme (uiurt’s der isinn
on lighting words klonoski said
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Senate wants code changes
Kv |olie Andrade
Emerald Reporter
I hr tniversih Senate un.mi
mouslv Miled In approve an
amendment In the Student I mi
dm I I nde i nnt fining i ases
w here i nde \ iolalions might in
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t ompeteni e is involved and
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HIV workshop trains peers
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Assch iate Editor
Teaching students how to assert themselves on sensitive
topics in real life scenarios will be the focus of .1 two day
peer IliV educator workshop sponsored bv the Dniversitv
Health Kducation Center l td) ti-7
The tree workshop will combine in-depth discussions b\
local health officials with situational skill-building for edu
t ating peers, said workshop coordinator Annie Dot hnahl
The focus, she said, is to build confidence in student's
knowledge of AIDS issues so they can feel safe in educ ating
their peers and dealing with sensitive situations that arise be
cause of misconceptions surrounding the disease
"Peers learn best from their peers." Dot.hnahl said "We
want to attract people who are natural helpers, who are in
trinsic a 11 v sought out because of their personalities
Dot hnahl said the lirst three-hour evening workshop
vs ill deal primarily with disc ussion of AIDS issues Including
legal, social treatment and epidemiologic al aspects Speak
ers will include |anet Winters from the lane (minty Depart
incut of Health. William Moore from Shauti in Oregon and
others from the l 'niversity health centei
The sec 0111I evening workshop w ill plac e students in real
life AIDS related scenarios to practice cummunication. prob
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