Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Thursday. October II, Id**)
Eugene. Oregon
Volume d2. Issue 12
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Urews filming ii new
Hurger King television ad
will lx* on campus Thurs
day. using fohnson Hall
and the Knight Library as
backdrops. The library's
special collections sec
tion also will be closed in
the late afternoon for tap
ing.
The commercial,
which will be aired na
tionally in late October, is
the first to be filmed on
campus since the early
1980s. according to the
University News Bureau.
Producers are not seeking
any extras for filming.
Outdoor filming will
begin after the sun sets.
Students will be allowed
to view filming.
KRMA organizers
agreed on the composi
tion of a board of direc
tors for the fledgling cam
pus radio station after de
bate on affirmative action
rules and student repre
sentation.
Students attending
KRMA’s Wednesday
night meeting voted for a
13-member board of di
rectors. nine of whom
will be appointed by a 17
member seurch commit
tee. The committee will
include representatives
from minority student
unions, nit? vtuimm s
Center, the Cay and Les
bian Alliance. fraternities
and sororities, as well as
members representing the
interests of disabled stu
dents and non-traditional
students.
As soon as the com
mittee is formed, it will
appoint nine students
and one at-large represen
tative to the board of di
rectors.
The other three direc
tors will Ik* appointed by
President Myles Brand,
the ASUO Executive Of
fice and KWAX. the Uni
versity's classical music
radio station, which is
letting KRMA use its
transmitter.
Marc Abrams, a Port
land attorney considered
by many to be the state's
leading authority on stu
dent press rights, will de
liver a talk titled “Stu
dent Press Rights: The
Constitulion Starts Here”
at 0 a.m. today in the
EMU Fir Room At 2 p.m
a panel moderated by
University journalism
professor Tim Gleason
will discuss issues in stu
dent journalism.
These events are part
of the CUth annual High
S< htKil Press Conference
living held at the Univer
sitv Induy.
Kids who care
Children from the University 's Child Care Development Centers paraded in the CMC Courtyard Wednesday in hats
made from recycled materials brought from their homes The event teas part of Recycling Awareness Week
Photo by Scan Poston
L
Requirements change
Students study
other cultures
By Cathy Peterson
tnwralf! Repot tee
In John Shorts’ world history
course, students debate the cul
ture and history ol early India, for
mulate the Four Stages of Life,
and try to comprehend such texts
as the Upanishiids Later in the
term they will turn their attention
to the history of ancient Mesopota
mia. the Mediterranean and Chi
na.
"The whole course is geared to
ward making students understand
cultures they don't have experi
ence with, to give the students a
wider perspective than the main
stream American culture." Shurts
said.
World History 104 is one of 159
courses from which freshmen and
transfer students can choose to
fulfill a new University course re
quirement
beginning fall 1990. all bache
lor degree students entering the
University must earn three credits
in an approved course studying
gender, race or life from a non-Eu
ropean-A merican perspect ive.
The new requirement grew from
a concern voiced hv faculty and
administration (h<il students were
not exposed to mu It it ultiir.il per
spei lives during their time .it the
University, professors and admin
istrators said
I think that the American stu
dents have traditionally been in
structed in a notion in the con
tinuity of western i ivili/ation that
I think is no longer very relevant
to the kind of world we live in."
history professor Randall Met am
mi said
Students can t hose from a list of
courses, spanning disciplines
from geology to gerontology. All
levels of undergraduate classes are
included in the list, which was
drawn up and voted on by the
University Senate last spring
In addition, students can use
the course to fill a major or block
requirement, said Marliss Strange,
a memlier of the University Currie
uhim Committee and assot iate di
rector of the Academic Advising
and Student Servit es office
University Affirmative Action
Director Diane Wong said students
should learn about race, gender
ind other cultures in the "semi
protected" environment of the
I 'niversity. or else they will have
i diffii ult time adjusting in the
real world
"If they get here and never have
Turn to CULTURE. Page 4
Panel debates use
of peyote in rituals
By Peter Cogswell
t.meidld Associate f
A panel disi iissiou spciiisurt’d t»v tin; I tniviTsitv's Pro
law Stx iely tlisi ussed tin* legalilv of peyote usi! in i i'i
tain Native AmerU an rituals Wednesday evening in the
KMl ''s Kir Koom
Peyote, a drug deemed illegal by the Drug Enforce
ment Ageni y ex< ept when used in Native Amerii an rit
uals. has been a hot topic in Oregon since state Atlor
uey Ceneral Dave Krohnm.iyer look the issue to the I' S
Supreme Court on two separate <k < asions
The Supreme Court supported Oregon's right to de
cide for itself whether exceptions should be made lor
Native Americans
Under Oregon law the use of peyote is illegal and no
exemptions exist for Native Americans. The major is
sue. therefore, is whether Oregon should follow the ex
ample of 24 other states and exempt Native Americans
Before the discussion liegan. a brief video was shown
so the audience could understand the ba< kgrouud of pe
vote use
The video showed how a i hori h in New Mexico, call
mg itself the Native American Church, would he affei t
ed by the Supreme (Court's ruling It also explained how
the pevote battle in Oregon brought the issue ol peyote
use to the attention of the Supreme Court
"The Supreme Court's ruling did not deal .is much
with pevote as it did with states' rights," said Inn Kd
mundson a state representative who sat on the panel
"It did not tell us where to draw the line
Turn to PEYOTE, Page 5