Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Monday. October 8. 1990
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 92. Issue 29
New pledges in the
University's fraternities
and sororities look a les
son in greek system val
ues at a on»-awl-a-half
day conference called
Greek 101.
The conference, held
on campus Friday and
Saturday, consisted of a
series of workshops on
such issues as alcohol
and drug abuse, leader
ship and scholarship.
See story . Page 3
Recycling Awareness
Week begins today and a
variety of events are
planned on campus.
The EMU will be pro
moting Its new reusable
mugs, and kinko’s and
the University Bookstore
will be sponsoring con
tests and drawings
throughout the week, in
cluding a chanc e to win a
$25 certificate from the
bookstore by guessing the
weight of a hale of poly
styrene foam.
See calendar. Page 3
Up and Coming
it n 11
Check oul lh*» Emerald
this Wednesday, as
"Hudson Van Curen.” a
serialized adventure com
ic. created and drawn by
University student Mi
chael Russell, makes its
debut.
Oregon came out and
took (.are of business Sat
urday. routing Utah State
52-7 in a non-conference
encounter at Autzen Sta
dium.
Now that the 22nd
ranked Ducks have the
Aggies out of the way. all
attention can be turned
north to Seattle and this
Saturday's showdown
with No. 17 Washington
See story. Page 5
Up in the air
University sophomore foal Evan, is a member ot the
Eugene Jugglers, a group of experienced and commit
ted jugglers who practice every Thursday from 7 to <1
p.m. at the Ida Patterson School Gym. 1510 U 15th
A vo. Beginning jugglers are welcome.
Photo by Eric Evans
Former TV co-anchor
tells of discrimination
By Daralyn Trappe
E me/a id Repotter
The illusion of credibility when style and Ireauty are valued
over substance in television news is resulting in the “dumbing"
of America, said author journalist Christine Craft, the keynote
speaker at the University's “Images. Illusions and Identity" con
ference Saturday
Craft spoke of her own experiences with being “made-over' by
television consultants who advised her on everything from make
up to the words she used on camera
She made national headlines in I'tHl when she filed suit against
Metromedia, charging sex discrimination, fraud and violation of
the Equal Pay Act She had (men hired in 1980 by Kansas City tele
vision news station hMHC, owned by Metromedia, to co-anchor
the nightly broadcast At the time, she was Hi years old Craft said
when she was interviewed for the job, she made it clear to the gen
eral manager that she did not want to lie changed in any way
Although that was understood. Craft said, she was taken aside
after her first broadcast and told by the general manager and the
news director that her appearance was not quite right
“I hadn't changed at all." Craft said. “They knew what I looked
like when they hired me
Craft said she is still unsure why she was hired if her appearance
was thought to be unacceptable, but she has a theory that the
people who tried to change her believed she would go along with
it to keep her job.
“I guess they figured that any of us in television are so enamored
of our own image that we would sell our souls for the privilege of
being seen on television There lire a lot of people who are that
way I'm not one of them '
Craft said television consultants were then brought in to change
everything about her on < amera appearanr e and performam e
"These people, to my mind, are charlatans." Craft said “They'll
come in and tell newscasters. “Now don't use words that are
more than two syllables long he< ause the audience doesn t really
understand it
“There's this idea that we re there to find out what the audience
wants to see like we re selling a product." she said “We're
supposed to give you the news A lot has happened in television
news in the past twenty years It's become a search for the illusion
of credibility .is opposed to the real thing
Hut Craft resisted the make-over attempts and refused to defer to
her male c o anchor, as was expei ted of her
“I was expected to plav dumb to make the men look smarter."
she said.
After just eight months at the station, was told that she was be
ing demoted from her am hor position.
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District 39 race remains low-key
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Reporter
Never take anything for granted.
That's the slogan Jim Kdmunson ap
plies to his approach to politics.
Kdmunson. the Democratic candidate
for House District :iii. keeps that slogan
in mind, despite the relaxed pace of his
re-election race this year against lesser
known Libertarian Bob Fauvre.
Kdmunson got his slogan from his
1'tHB election race, which turned out to
be one of the most expensive and con
troversial in the area.
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BIOGRAPHY
Bob Fauvre
Candidacy: State represen
tative. 30th District
Party: Libertarian
Age: 65
Home: Eugene
Occupation: Retired aero
space worker and technical
writer
Background: II S. from M.I.T. in electrical engi
neering; worked on GOP election campaigns as
a Republican_
BIOGRAPHY
Jim Edmunson
Candidacy: State represen
tative. 39th District
Party: Democrat
Age: 39
Home: Eugene
Occupation: Lawyer: jour
nalist. 1971-ttO
Hiuliimiinil: St.iti* renre
swnlative. 1987-jm>sent;BS, 1974. and law de
gree. 198.1, from the University
No verdict in
Horton trial
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporter
After a lengthy deliberation I-'ri
day. a jury could not reach a ver
dict in the trial of former Oregon
football player Derek Horton.
The twelve member jury could
not gather the ten-vote consensus
needed to decide the sexual abuse
case that was therefore declared a
mistrial.
Horton. 22. was indicted in May
by a grand jury and spent last
week on trial for the alleged sexu
al abuse of a then 18-year-old fe
male University student.
The former defensive stand-out
was charged with having inter
course with the woman without
her consent after a fraternity party
on |an 5.
Assistant District Attorney Kd
Hagen said although most hung
jury cases are retried, he was not
in a position to make that de< ision
immediately after the trial
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