Tuesday. July 10.1990 Eugene, Oregon Volume 92, Issue 7
Oregon Daily
Emerald
Locally
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Memuers oi iu< ,11 at tis ist
groups staged a protest l-’ridav
outside the (iff it e of 77m Keg/ster
(iuurii. t 1.liming that the newspa
per's i overage oi environmental
issues, especialls the spotted owl
(.ontroversv. is biased and mis
leading
See story . Page 4
A Japanese businessman lias
donated Slot).odd to the I 'Diver
sity for /)()/(/ look-* on ,is her son loshu.i I’c/s /us /./( c junntrtl .it the \i t .mil tlu- \'iney.inl < elehr.it ion l.isl
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Photo hy Heather (>arru k
Mexico needs stable economy
By Stephanie Holland
Mexico's unstable rural environment
makes |1 ilifticult Ini people to speak
const! uct ivelv about the c uiintn an
economics prolessoi Irum Mexico said
I huisil.n
"It's vet\ haul to think ot positive
things that are going on in the environ
merit in Mexico said David Haikin
who teat lies at the I niversidad
A u t o n 0 III a M e I I o p O I I t a n a 1 11
Xih hiinih o
Harkin told a group ol th.it the sta
Inlits ot Mexn o depends on the govern
nieol s commitment in exporting goods
However as long as Mexico i out in lies
to prodtli e goods lot export tt wall lie!
et have the autonomy, skills or re
soun es needed to contront the dilemma
ot contamination created bv prodtu tion.
In' said
(ainsumers who want the cheapest
pnics Ini goods Ionf contamination
.mil environmental degradation mi I hi ■
ii In ili’ i\ 11r 1 ntal question Mexii 11
must di'.il iv ilb. hu said is \vb 1 • fb 1 • r il is
pussibli- In 1 unfrnnt tin- enviromnenl hr
fine confronting the issue ol wb.it and
for whom goods arc produi cil
Mexico needs lo base its growth on
internal consumption not on exporta
lion and cheap labor, liarkm said And
tile country needs lo t bange its essiimp
lum ol what development Is about
I he alternative models have lo be
based on a more creative use ol natural
re.sourt ex he said
I urn lo ECONOMY, Page 6
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Police arrest campers at homeless shelter
tugene, county orticiais listen,
seek a satisfactory solution
By Pat Malach
t'nwuiid Assoc,ire Editor
Kugene polit e arrested seven more people on I hursdav .tmI
two on Saturday toi selling up camp on the lawn of the re
eentlv olosed Opportunity Shelter at 1‘ltli Avenue ami I’eurl
Streel
f he latest at lion h\ polit e firings the total number of arrests
at the shelter to around If), said Kugene I’oliie spokesman
(dipt d im Hirr
llirr added th.it some protesters have been arrested several
times
"Some individuals have been arrested out e or tw it e or pos
siblv even three times." he said
I he arrests began after tour families who were turned awav
after the shelter < losetl its doors )une la set up t amp on the
shelter s l.in u vvh11 li is against Ihi' ( its s pr«>liiij111■*i i aniping
nrdiuaru i'
l ilt' i .1 m11 Mir turned into a lull fledged protest alter otlirr
homeless people ,iml supporters ot the tanlilirs gathered on
tlir shelter lawn to draw attention to some ol the I,truer issues
rttri ling homeless prisons
'Initially their goal was last to hr left alone bemuse their
u as no pl.ti r to go said Kevin I lav dm former ease manager
at the (Ipportunity Shelter Hut. they i hose to 11\ and rrpre
sent sonir ot the larger homeless issues
liavdrn rstun.ilrd about three fourths ol the protesters are
homeless persons The remaining ijuarter ol the prolesteis
have homes in the i (immunity hut i.ante out to slum then
support In* said
I lie protesters have issued five demands to i itv and c minty
uffit nils that they say must he met before the protests amt sub
sequent arrests will i ease However, no olfu ial negotiations
hay e taken plai e
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