Oregon DAILY EMERALD Thursday, October 18. I WO fcugcne, Oregon Volume Issue O Briefly Internationally known and award-winning edu cator. philosopher, au thor, editor and lecturer Sandra Harding will be speaking today on cam pus at 3:30 p.m. in the EMU Fir Room. See story. Page 3 University students enrolled in military pro grams are studying the Middle East crisis with a personal interest, know ing that if war breaks out. they will have more to worry about than just their mid-term exams. Soe story, Page 4 Democratic incumbent Larry Hill and Republican challenger Rail Walters find themselves differing on just about every politi cal issue in Oregon. In their bid for Senate District 21. which encom passes southeast Eugene, the University area and all of Springfield, the two find themselves in sharp contrast with each other. See story. Page 6 The Oregon volleyball team was beaten Wednes day night in a rematch with Oregon Stale. The Beavers dominated the Ducks in all three games. 15-8. 15-12. 15 6 See story, Page 7 Nationally WASHINGTON (AP) — Is the B-2 bomber dead or alive? It all depends on whom you talk to in Con gress. Senate negotiators who agreed on a 1991 de fense bill Wednesday said the package provides enough money for the Air Force to buy stealth bombers No. 16 and No 17 — the same ones Presi dent Bush proposed in his budget. But House bargainers who adopted the $268 billion military blueprint contend the legislation does not authorize the two radar-evading air craft. effectively stopping the program at 15 planes. "They may claim that they have taken the 2' out of the B-2 and just left the 'B'.*' said Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga.. chairman of the Senate Armed Ser vices Committee and a B 2 proponent "The B-2 program is alive and well " Students acquire credit, freebies, long-term liability By Cathy Peterson Emerald Reporter Within ii blot k of tempos. Gniversitv students have the opportunity to boost their Inning power t>v <it least Si.000. In credit, that is Getting a credit < art! is easier than ever At numer ous tables around and near campus, .is many as lot) students a day have been filling out the short appli cations. enclosing a copy of their fee card. and plan ning their first purchase Salesman larrry Hovvser said he tells students at his table in front of the l Diversity they ■ an till out an ap plication for a Wells l argo VISA, get two voui hers for free airline tickets, and cut up their cards w ithout ever charging a penny. Bowser still gels a commis sion for each apple ation filled out. and he figures for every canceled card, a student will charge $1!,1)00 in purchases. "About 50 percent of the students are planning to keep their cards." Hovvser said Junior Gara Hayden said she filled out a Wells l ar go VISA Gard application in order to get two I'WA flight certificates. Once she receives the tickets, she plans to cut up her card "School's expensive, and you need all the help you can get." Hayden said. But Hayden said she has three department store cards and a bank card in her parent's name, in addi tion to the Wells l-'argo card for which she lust ap plied . With average charge limits of $.100 to $500. credit cards i an help in an emergency Some students even use credit cards to gel through s< hoof charging ev ervthing but rent and tuition But credit counselors warn th.it students should be wary about act unrulal mg and using too many credit cards for non-emer gency needs Turn to CREDIT Page 5 3100b KtllW' t’Holu b) Sri*tt P(a*lon Main col ley e students have found it easier to apply for and rei eive credit lards. While some only apply to yet free airline tickets, others use credit cards to charye their way throuyh colteye. Officials allow press to view monkey habitat Monkeys await tests as community expresses concern about treatment Iliulo Im Sf«n Potion This rhesus monkey is one of many beiny viewed by those concerned almut the treat ment of research animals on campus. By Peter Cogswell Emerald Associate Editor University off it nils have allowed re porters to view anil photograph two Kite sns monkeys housed on campus to he used in researc h involving the brain's systems for selet ting and concentrating on information The monkeys are housed in Streisinger Hall's ti.OOO square-foot area specially suited for keeping research animals laist year University researchers field an open house and many people raised i oncerns about the care of the monkeys, said lack Vanderlip. director of the Uni versity’s Off ice of Veterinary Services and Animal Care. because of these com erns. John Mose ly. University vice president for research, decided it would lie appropriate for peo ple to see how the monkeys are being treated. Vanderlip said The individual rooms in which the ani mals are housed are organized so that ani mals of tfie same spec ies have contact with compatible species. Vanderlip said The cage in which the- monkeys are housed consists of a series of tunnels and even ise c ages in whic li they are tree to roam They have shown no signs of ab normal or bizarre behavior. Vanderlip said "A lot of talk lias been made alxiut the psvc liologic al well-being of the monkey s, and if we are adequately measuring it." hr said "We look at rating and drinking habits and these arc nonii.il for this spe cies "U'r want to make sure that they are re sponding well to what is going on in their lives. Animals are a lot like people in that their moods change for a reason Vanderlip said the monkeys are happy, hut that acts of terrorism have ( aused tile University to spend more money on secu rity rather than on other resources for the monkeys, such as an outdoor exercise cage. "I certainly don't agree with them (ac tivists against animals being used in med ical research) and 1 resent the fact that bio-medical research is tiring impeded." he said. "At the same time we have to realize these people are very sincere in their be liefs, tint its just not right to vandalize." he added "Everything done here is legal and the majority of (tie population lie lieves m it "If they want to i hange tins then they have to do it bv means other than vio lence and vandalism A California man was recently arrested and i liarged with tin- 1‘IHIi break in. bur glarv and vandalism of animal rescan h fac ililies at the University The man was a member of the radic al animal liberation group, the Animal Liberation front The University has cooperated with Turn to MONKEYS Page 5