_University_—— Student turnout low in city voting Bv Stephanie Mem imer Emerald Reporter Despite appearances ot political activism on i ainpus. I 'diversity students m.ike up only .1 tiny f'rat lion ot the voters who partit ipate in 1 11\ ami i ounly elec 1 ions Although students make up nearly one tilth ot tlie population ot laigene. said l ane ( ounly Klee lions Division director Dave Sprites most people would he surprised at how little students i mil 1 ilmte to loi al elec lions In the tints May primary , out ot at voteis registered in one t'niversitv prec inct only Jt> 1 ac tuallv 1 ast h.dints In this year's Man h spn nil election. 1 people were registered in the same pret inc t y el only if! people c ast ballots Hetty Burgess, senior offic e assistant at I am* County Klei lions Division, said there have been times in the past when only three people have c ast votes at the polling station set up in the i:\ir "Students are issue orifmted Spriggs said, adding tli.it he didn't p and the deadline to register to vole in the primary lias April I I or the (list time the Kepuhluaii Party lias opened the primary to non affiliated voteis. meaning that anyone who is not registered yyith one ol the major political parties may vote on the Republii an 111 ket To obtain an absentee ballot, registered lot ers may write to or drop in at the bane (.minty 1 lei lion Division. I t > 1 nth \ye llugene OK •17 lUl Speaker links struggles of women, animals lis ( hristopher Hi.iir I met,ild New s I ditor rhc struggle tin the l ights ot women .mil the struggle tor the rights nt .mim.ils .nr (me .mil the snme. .1 visiting Huy Area attorney said Fuesdiiy Lauren Smedley. co-chair woman of I eminists tin Animal Rights and iiitiHindei ut the Ba\ Area Lesbian I eminist liar AssOl latiou. spoke In .1 crowd ot mure than 1 At 1 about the sun ilarilies between the plight ot animals and nature, and the op pression ot women, people ot 1 olor. lesbians and ga\ men "Men attempt to deny then leelings ot dependent v on tia tore and women In dominating both. Smedley said Males identify things as other that other is woman Animals and the outside world also 1 omit as ttie other' Kv ell when men use (tie until rnl environment lor seemingK non-threatening purposes, then intention to dominate is still the same Smedley said "Aten e\/)/ore the land /tinge into the depths of the sea til n r trtit hs and planes prohr into spat e. she said Nmt'dlev also used the exam pic ut animal terms given to people ot iolot and to women as one obi unis wat men lump the two groups together (lavs and lesbians especially •ire targets of perset tition by so ( iel\ bet atise tllel do not play then expei ted rules in the domination ot the environ iilent (lav men who refuse to "penetrate women, and worn tm w ho refuse to he relegated as 1 hiItlhearers are doubly perse culed. she said Smcdles showed slides in * MINDCRIANP * GRt AT FOR PARTIFS AND 8IHTHDAVS 5-Uintn ALL GAMES WORK £VIUCU WITH NIC At LS GAMES ADMISSION -1 so STH STRUT PURIIC KARRIT Jjw IUCEHC • MJ-MM ooeocoooocoooocoooo! 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L Check out the ODE Classifieds. tier presentation I<> illustrate her point about the espjoitalion lit unnitm ,ui(l animals Some (}ii tures showed animals in i.ili oratories where. ironically. \vinut'ii’s c nsmetk s arc tested Smedlev also i ited male dominated reprodui live lei Ii liningv as ,1 wav nt controlling the human spot ies W lion the tounders ot a ( Inning lab were asked to name then ideal male genetn models they listed men sin h as Altiei t Ivinstein Slued lev said the rescan hers named Mae West and Marilyn Monroe iis their ideal lemale spot I mens Smedlev said that hot ause te males are not seen as doinina tors ut the natural env ironinenl they sub< onst iouslv enijiathi/e u ith animals, vv ho share then persei iition This pattern was evident m the Middle Ages m I mope, when women were burned at the stake as Will lies tor helriending animals, their familiars W omen were also persei uted lor prat tit ing herhal niedu me .mil tm ln'iiig iiiiiIhiu's Snicd li>\ said. because thev !icl|it'(! women through the |Jilin ot childbirth, v\ hit h hi (llirist 1.111 philusophv is (licit CtltNC till I A c' s m iiji n,il sin Must members ut vegetarian ,iml animal rights groups ,irc women, even though men are recognized .is the li snl its Smedlev s.nil Silled lev , ,111 dttoniev point id out th.it until tile IHIItls i ourts v ievved women .is i li.it tel. in nothing more thou nun cable properl v This is c\ ,ii tlv how animals are seen and how the courts deal with animal abuse, she said Animals are the properts ot pei ipie she said In the i units vim i an t ret over for tin* loss ot i onipumou.slnp or sue tm tile animal's pain and slit taring We have a sot let\ that Is destroying the planet at an alarming rate. 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