Wednesday. May 30, 1990 Eugene. Oregon Volume 91. Issue 162
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Sports
Don't be too surprised it Ore
gon men's trat k coach Bill Del
linger brings home his second
national i hampionship team this
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After finishing fourth .it last
year's NCAA Championships, the
Dut ks are primed to make a run
for the team title at this year's
NCAA meet
See story. Page 1 1
On Campus
Former I'niversiH President
Paul Olum will ht* one of several
speakers comparing real-life ex
perience in the Manhattan Project
to the film version, l-'ut Mmi .mil
l.ittlr Hoy
The film, wliii h traces the de
velopment of the first mu lear
weapons, will he shown tonight
in 150 Columbia at 7 p m After
the film there u ill be a panel dis
cussion comparing tfie movie to
the a< tual event
See story. Page 5
Locally
An average of one person a da\
in Fugene has their nose pierced
This new trend seems to he grow
ing in popularity
See stor\ , Page 7
Weather
. '.'V \ V
Rain at times today. Highs in
the mid t>Os. Areas of rain expect
ed tonight with showers on
Thursday.
IACUC alters
research plan
By Dan Eisler
Emerald Reporter
Th<> Institutional Animal ( arc anil I'm' Fummittee
approved a change in an existing research protocol at
its public meeting Tuesday
(iarx King, associate professor o! physical education
and human movement studies, requested modification
ol research procedure in his study of metabolism in
muscles Mug proposed to anesthetize the rats in the
experiment expose muse le and slim k it
From a si ienlific x lexx the protoc ol < hange i an better
determine the necessary amount ol exercise said
IA( !1 ( ( hair ( dim k kimmel
lill Friedberg ol Students tor the I thii al treatment ot
Animals, said she questioned the need for a i hange in
the rest-arc h from non invasiye to invasive
The i ommittee also disi ussed but held ott reviexy
mg another requested resean.h prolot ol i hange
I’syi hology I’rotessor Harhara (airclon lac key request
ed protoc III changes tor the final year ol a three year
projet t to determine' brain adaptability through < hanges
in response to visual expedient e
The protocol xvouid require invasive research on
three requested i ats. depriving them of one eye or elim
inating binot 111.11 vision to i hange the visual stimuli re
ceived by the brain (nirdon lackey also requested lit
rats as bac kup
Some questions yvore raised atiout the lack ot training
m laboratory tei lime i.ins in sui li researi h pro|et Is,
xvhic.h is not in the t urriculum
" The ta< t that the committee feels they don't have a
problem yxitli untrained technicians is shocking,
Friedberg said after the meeting
Hcnvever people yy tin have trained tor i areers as lab
tec linn mils are often less interested in researi b projec Is
than people yvho have bac helor degrees and little lab
training Mmmel said during the meeting
“There are so many of these projects that are so
unique it's diffic ult to put together .1 generic course
said Jac k Yanderlip. direr tor ol veterinary services and
animal care for researi ti You almost have to look at it
on an individual basis
Technicians xvlth bachelor's degrees are required to
conform to the IA( 1 ( handbook proc edures. \ anderlip
said
However tIn* idea ot having to give1 people a c rash
course in such procedures "seems ludicrous Fried
berg said
111 other business IA (. I ( heard a subcommittee re
port on primate welfare and its semiannual revicxv ot
animal facilities and committee procedures and poll
cies
t he primate's used in rescan h are obtained from the
(fregon Primate ( amter and are raised in i aptivily kim
mel said
Going up
Huh Hnttom. ,i < arpenter hired In thi• Cniversit) I’hvsi
i <il I’kuit, works on .1 nru st,iir\\.i\ outside ul I’riiu >■
I.in irn Campbell Ikill Tin* project was started hist
week
Photo by Mark Ylen
Co-op to reopen under new ownership
Ailing Parr Tower
bought for $90,000
By Marina Swain
Emerald Contributor
Known tor its skull and crossbones
flag atop its turn;!. Part Tower mav soon
be a flagship ol a diflerent sort
The house will open in the fall as a
newlv remodeled cooperative with
rooms available tor Jt! to I t students
"We’ve bought the building not the
reputation, said Student (Inoperative
Assoi iation chairperson Tina Roe
"We want to stress it is a completely
different house. " she said
And to that effect. S(!A lias ( hanged
the name to Loras Manor and will in
vest Si 10,1)00 renovating the house she
said The unusual name was chosen to
accompany the house's emphasis on en
vironmental responsibility. Roe ex
plained
An acknowledged hangout for Iran
sients during the last months of its oper
ation. the cooperative, owned bv Co-Kd
Housing, was failing due to mismanage
merit, an unstable clientele and an un
timely order by the fire marshal to up
I’hoto b\ M«rk \ Irn
The Harr loner inoperative, plagued with management problems and unsta
ble clientele, will reopen fall term as the l.ora\ Manor.
grade its equipment or shut down com
pleteK
During the first signs of fm.nu i.il
floundering. SC A offered to .issist the
neighboring co-op adjacent to its own
Campbell Club But efforts in that direi
lion were replaced Iw a mid-winter de
( ision to [)iir< base the house as part ol
.m expansion of S( :A I ho house will ho
thu third owned bv S( !A
"It's really sad to see <i co-op die.
Hoe said of Parr Tower's demise "All of
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