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Friday. June 1. 1990 Eugene. Oregon Volume 91. Issue 164 Oregon Daily Emerald Briefly Leadership classes and .1 gruel ing advance camp are what the l adversity s tit) K()T( I students can look forward to in that pro gram But most students appret Lite the i hallenge and the scholar ships offered In the Anm See story. Page :t New marketing pi.ins and a new ou ner offer new hope to The Atrium. Kugene s downtown re tail center The Atrium has struggled against low vacant v rates and a consumer shift to suburban malls See story. Page ti On Campus Westmoreland Tenants Coun cil meets Sunday night at f> HI in the Westmoreland Community Room See Kt als. Page 5 Entertainment Obo Add\ and Kukrudu start off a full slate of upcoming con 1 erts b\ performing their brand of African musii tonight at WOW Hall. Addv, a native of Chana. and his band will perform with au thentic hand-crafted instruments. See story, Page 7 Sports The 5.000 meters, featuring tin> top three distance runners in the nation, will fittingly be the highlight of tonight's Prefontaine (classic. A $5,000 prize is up for grabs in the race that was Strive I’refontaine's main event before his death in 1075. Doug Padilla. Steve Plasencia anil Jot; Falcon are the top con tenders. See story, Page 10 Weather Mostly cloudy today with a chance of rain late. Highs in the mid-00s For the weekend, partly sunny after morning showers. Brand: No solution on partnership Discusses year in ottice, trip to laiwan By Peter Cogswell Emor.ua flefV.'e I ' n i \ e r s 11 v I’ r e s i d e n I Mv les Hi.mil s.ud She I 'ut versih w ill nut h.w e .1 solu 1 iim mni crning dome.stu partnerships in f.imiK hour, iny h\ llic end ut the term Hr.mil. spe.ikiny .it .in 111 form.11 press conlereni e I'lmrsdav morniny prom ised e.irlier 111 the term th.it the I niversitv would h.ive .1 solution before the end of spi my Anytime we re.u h .1 so lut ion other coni erns .ire r.ilsed ' he s.iid "Ue .lie f working vein hard but v\« won't have an answer It is not tor lai k ot ettort I'hi' I ni\itsjt\ is looking into tin' legal ramifir alums ot letting students with do rnestic partnership agree mi nts In e in the U estrnore land project. which is now inh.ihileil In imiriied stn dents. Brand said Bland also dis( lissed sev eral issues the I nivei sitv w ill have to lai e in tile In turn as well as a trip to ( In na. Inman and Korea from w hie h he iet enth returned It was a tiring hut exhila rat i ng 11 i p Bra ml said \Yr t (>v«*rrd .1 lot i>! v’nmini m a little* u hilt* Brand said In* w as {In* first rrprrsrntuti\ r of thr l mvrr sitv t" 11av »‘l to t'.iivv an find lfi.it hr m.idr sr\ rial tins hr tw rrn the l ‘nivrrsitv and I'aiu an tor thr future I htrr of thr cabinet mt*m hms i it tin* thr nru v*o\ rrn inrnt m laiwan art* alumni of thr I ni v iTsit \ Brand said Hi anti is control u ith how his 11rst \ r.ir at thr 1 'nivrrsi tv vvml and believes a mini hri i)f thr L’thds hr srt foi Furn to BRAND, Page 3 Ms It's tinuiri 1 Pin pals While ninny students .ire try inti I" inggle then < hisses .is linuls week .ipfmi.it lies. Tun ()'l.enr\ IleltI loel Vi in .mil .\ntluim Hutto semi their problems In lien Willetts (foreground) during .1 I'hurstlm .dteinnon jug ling session in the 1 uurtvnrd outside ot ( h.ipiu.in I lull Photo In M.irk Ylen Union offers support for Asian students By Jolie Andrade £ merald Reporter Despite problems with increasing membership and visibility, the Asian Pacific American Student Inion offers Asian students a plat e to six tali/e and ( ome tor support Al’ASr which was previouslv (.ailed the Asian-American student union in 1 ‘»7-1. changed its name to tc c ommod.ite the I’ai ifit islands, said tl.irv Hole Al’A.st ’ member Hob said the Asian Pacific American Student ISiion targets Asians born in the* t'nited States and the S’ac ifit Amen can islands, including Hawaii islands and other island territoiies, but that all students are welcome "The club is really just tor anyone who wants to partic ipatc.” he said Although the club loc us varies front year to vent. Hob said its main focus is to help students learn about their i id turr ,m<l share the positive ,111(1 negative tilings asset i.ited with he mg Asian The main emphasis o! the i luh is to share the experient es as Asian Amen ( ails with fill h other.' he said llic i lull lets me know a little mole about lapanese am estrv and other his torical experient es " 1 loh said Huh is from (luhland . ( alii People i an get together share then i n11ure and talk about their similarities and diflereni.es. said l.vnette how Al’ASl assistant direr tor In addition to contat 1 with otliei stu dents and then experieiu.es. Al’ASl provides a library ol books and artii les on Asian histon and important issues on silt I) tilings as r.K ism and employ merit Hob said "I want to see the club pursue the ongoing issue of how the Office of Multicultural Allans has a lot ol si hoi arships lot other students of color but not \siun \merit aits, said how . add ing lli.il the Ii.isIi problem is lii.it Am.in Ameru .ms .ire not i onsiilered .1 minor its Since |,mu.ns Al’ASt ’ lias been tis mg to revitalize Ibeir organization through fundraising anil sponsoring bolli 111ll111.1l and social esents lloli said l.asl monlb dies sponsored an Asian student and laciills reception There arc about ill Asian fai nils at the I 'niversilv. not 1111 lulling (.M s and stall Al’ASt' also cosponsored the appear anre ot poet In-Anting ..arlier this term l lie club is also trsuig to work more vs illi llie I ugeile commiimls spei dii al Is the Asian Council, an assoi nation ssliu b sponsored the Asian (.'elelir.ilion last term. I lob said 'Were a part iii pal ion based club rather than a membership club lie said.