Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Friday. October 19. 1990
F.ugcnc. Oregon
Volume 92. Issue .18
Briefly
Educators in the Uni
versity's school of educa
tion have decided to re
view and update the
school's program for edu
cating public school*ad
ministrators.
See Story. Page 3
Paula Walsh, in her
first political race against
stale House Majority
Leader and District 40
Representative Carl
Hosticka. typed and cop
ied her own campaign
flyers at home.
And while Hosticka is
spending $6,000 to
$7,000 on campaigning
and giving financial left
overs to other Democratic
candidates, Walsh, a Re
publican. is giving out
stacks of paper door-knob
hangers that she cut out
in her garage with a
bandsaw.
See story. Page 10
The Injury list may tie
longer than ihe depth
chart lor both Arisons
State ami Oregon this
week as the two teams
prepare for Saturday's Pa
cific-10 (Conference game
at Autzan Stadium.
The oddsmakera have
installed the Ducks as
19 Vj-poinf favorites and
kickoff is scheduled for
7:07 p.m kickoff to ac
commodate Prime Ticket
television.
It's do-or-dle time for
the Oregon volleyball
team Friday night as the
Ducks play host to Divi
sion II rival Portland
State.
The Ducks, who are
coming off a tough road
loss to Oregon Slate
Wednesday night. need
to turn things around if
they are going to return to
the NCAA playoffs.
See story, Paga 11
EnttrtSnnwnt
Henry and June is the
first movie in this country
to be rated NC (no chil
dren under 17).
Previously, it was rat
ed X.
But after months of ne
gotiations. Director Philip
Kaufman and numerous
people In the film indus
try. including Sydney
Pollack, were able to ap
peal the 22-year-old Mo
tion Pictures Association
of America’s rating sys
tem. Now films portray
ing adult subjects can be
nationally released with
out the black mark of por
nography.
See story. Page 8
Ex-dean says civil rights need backing
By Bob Waite
Emerald Reporter
Former University law school
dean Derrick Bell spoke Thurs
day of the ineffectiveness of
civil rights legislation, reading
a satirical essay, and was re
ceived with applause and a
standing ovation.
Bell spoke at the law school
at the invitation of University
groups, including the Black
Law Students. Lesbian and ('.ay
Law Students, Minority Law
Students and Jewish Law Stu
dents.
While both houses have sup
ported the 1990 Civil Rights
Act. Bell said. "Bush doesn't
support it because it will cause
too many law suits."
The educator, who resigned
from the University in 1085 in
protest to a white man being
hired over an Asian woman, is
currently refusing his salary as
dean of the Harvard law school
until a black woman joins the
faculty.
After student sit-ins to pro
test the lack of diversity on the
Harvard law school faculty in
May, Bell was named the
school's dean.
Reading from "The Final
Civil Rights Act," written for
the University of California
Law Review's special issue on
civil rights legislation. Bell
made his case alaiut the state of
the nation.
"Even as the Congress and
the nation debate the merits of
the Civil Rights Act of 1990,
PHolo bt S»4n Piwhm
Former University law school dean Derrick Bell, now at Harvard, usetl a satirical essay
Thursday to illustrate the ineffectiveness of civil rights legislation.
the Civil Rights Act of 1'tM
stumls in risk of do facto re
peal," Bell road.
Throe dot ados after the l‘iti-4
act. Kell said he is still trying to
get even "token" people of col
or and women appointed to fac
ulty positions.
"The Final Civil Rights Act
was enacted as the Racial Pref
erence Licensing Act of 1996."
he read. "It does not assume a
non-existent racial tolerance.
hut boldly proi hums its com
mitment to mornl justice
through the working of a mar
ket place undisturbed by gov
ernment interference."
Continuing vvitli his modest
proposal. Hell wrote that the
act allowed "All employers,
proprietors of public facilities,
and owners and managers of
dwelling places, homes and
apartments." the ability to buy
a license ". authorizing the
holders and their agents to ex
clude or separate persons on
the basis of race and color."
As Hell continued to read,
the audience of about 100 poo
pie alternately laughed and
were silent
Proceeds from the license
were to provide scholarships to
black students. When some
people argued that the policy
Turn to BELL. Page 9
Trojan nuclear plant s fate lies in Measure 4
Proponents, opponents continue fight
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Reporter
The Trojan Nuclear Plan!, an ominous
concrete mountain, casts its shadow in the
flow of the Columbia Kiver. majestically
puffing out silent plumes of white steam
from its cooling tower
But despite the
nuclear plant's
serene appear
ance. Trojan is
for the second
time in four
years a! the cen
ter of heated con
troversy over its
safety, reliability and the manner in which it
has been operated since it was built 14 years
ago.
And the fate of Trojan will once again tie
decided when Ballot Measure 4 is put be
fore Oregon voters on Nov. t>.
Measure 4 would require that Trojan be
shut down until a permanent radioactive
waste repository is found, a judicial pro
ceeding takes place to prove that the plant
is operating at a rate that is cost-effective,
and until it is proven that the plant can safe
ly withstand a major earthquake.
Proponents of the measure, who have
formed the Don’t Waste Oregon Committee,
said they put the measure on the ballot be
cause of w hat they see as Trojan's potential
to harm the state's economy ami environ
ment
‘‘(Trojan) has the potential impact for a
catastrophic failure,” said Lloyd Marla!!,
spokesman for the committee
Hut a group called IX IK Opposing .i Shut
down of the Trojan Klectric Plant opposes
the measure, claiming that the plant is safe
If it were not safe, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission would shut it down, the meas
ure's opponents say.
"All the charges of the proponents of
Measure 4 have lieen aired before this (regu
latory) agency,” said Koy Heinmingway.
campaign manager for the committee Hem
ingway points out that a Department of Kn
ergy study done in 1988 concluded Trojan
could withstand a major earthquake of the
magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, the
highest possible reading
Mari>et argues against the validity of the
study, claiming the report was biased.
There was never a formal hearing on the re
port's evidence, fie maintains; instead an
informal workshop was held in which IX)K
hired consultants heard testimony from
Portland Ceneral Kle< trie employees
"Their (IK)K consultants') contrai (s said
they were to do no original work.” Martlet
said "There has never been an independent
judit lal proceeding I was there
Marbet said that if the 1988 report was
valid, opponents of Measure 4 shouldn't
worry about the initiative's requirements
"If they feel so confident then they
VOTE '90
Measure 4
Question: Shall nuclear power plant
(Troian) be allowed to operate only if
state regulatory agency finds that certain
conditions are met?
SUMMARY
• Enacts new law Suspends electric
power generation at Trojan plant.
• Provides that no nuclear power plant,
specifically Trojan, shall operate in Ore
gon unless the Energy Facility Siting
Council finds, after a hearing, that: (1) a
permanent radioactive waste repository
has been federally licensed and is accept
ing waste: (2) the plant is then cost-effec
tive; and (:t) the plant can withstand ma
jor earthquakes without harm to the pub
lic.
• On legislative declaration of electro
power emergency and referral of the ques
tion, voters may suspend or repeal this
law
shouldn’t be afraid of a judicial proceed
ing,” he said
The Don't Waste Oregon Committee is not
only skeptic al about Trojan’s ability to with
stand a major earthquake, but is also dis
trustful of I’OE's management of the plant.
Proponents point to the NRC's $280,000
fining of I’GE last year, when it was discov
ered tb.it debris had been stored for 14 years
in the plant’s containment sump. Marbel
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