Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Monday. October 22. I‘WO
l upcne, Oregon
Volume *J2. Iv»ue .V)
Briefly
Al Smith, a 70-year
old Native American,
spoke about his battle
with alcoholism and his
experiences with Ameri
can culture and society
Friday night as part of a
weekend workshop called
“Soar Like an Eagle.”
See story. Page 4
Students seeking a so
cial atmosphere or a place
to meet that special some
one have another option
to offset the singles bars
and coffee houses.
The concept is social
laundry, and the nation
wide trend has come to
Eugene in the form of
Club Wash.
See story, Page 5
Of the 43 passenger el
evators on campus, it
seems the most memora
ble are the two elevators
in PI.C.
Most people who ride
the elevator remember the
long wait for it. the sud
den lurch as it stops and
starts, thiffailure of the
elevator to stop before (he
door opens, the lack of
Braille button indicators,
■md a button panel that is
too high for people in
wheelchairs.
See story. Page 5
Almanac
Pick up class schedule
printouts today at the reg
istrar's office in Oregon
Mall Photo ID is re
quired.
Oregon's football team
had two rare occunenc.es
happen in Saturday
night's game with Arizo
na State at Autzen Stadi
um
The Ducks returned
both a punt and an inter
ception for touchdowns
to lead the way in a 27-7
Pacific-10 Conference
win against the Sun Dav
ila.
Sanatory, Page 10
Oregon’s volleyball
squad uaed the power of
Dawnn Chanoin and the
flawless setting of Molly
McGrath to breeze by
Portland State in three
straight games Friday
night.
The 15-11. 15-3.
15-13. victory over the
Division li Vikings
pushed Oregon's record
to 14-7 .out allowed Dock
t loach (lorry Gregory to
bre.iliie a sigh nl relief
See story. Page 11
Middle East students clash on crisis
Kuwaitis charge Iraq
with aggression, Iraqis
claim rightful action
By Daralyn Trappe
Emeraid Reporter
University students from Kuwait and
Iraq arc watching developments in the
Middle hast while they wonder about the
fate of their families and the future of their
countries.
The students from the two countries .tic
struggling financially because of a sudden
lack of government scholarship money In
addition, they have been unable to i.ontat t
family members for several weeks
Iraqi and Kuwaiti students have little
else in common. They have very different
perceptions and beliefs about yyb.it hap
period Aug 2. yvhy it happened and what
should be done now
"I used to call mv family at least tyvii e or
three times a week and now I haven't
talked to them for almost three months,
said Al-Taei Al-Dclanni. who was born and
raised in kuvsait and has lieen studying at
the University since t’lH.V
Most of bis family is still in Kuwait, but
Al Delaimi said one ol his brothers has
been taken hostage and is being detained
in Iraq
"My other brother escaper! through the
Saudi borders and he's the only contact I
have." Al-IXdainn said "It's brim a month
and he hasn't called because he hasn't
heard any news from (our family) ."
khaled Al-Jasaim. who has been here
since t‘IH4. also has a brother who is lining
detained
"The last time I talked to him was on the
day of the aggression (Aug 2).^Al-Jassim
said The rest of his family is in kusvait
and "word of mouth" is currently the only
way he has of finding out yvhats happened
to them
All Mubarak, ryho has also been at tin*
University since 1984. said most of his
family is now in Saudi Arabia, but one
brother is still in Kuwait.
"Every minute you think you might hear
fhitlu t»* Sriit Pmlim
Kuwaiti students Ali Mubarak. Al-Taei Al-Delaimi and khaled Al-lassim claim Iraq
invaded their country lor its oil and to strike against the Kuwaiti rttyal family.
tii.it something wrong happened to out; of
the members of your family It's very
frightening." Mubarak said
The students from Kuwait tame to the
University through government scholar
ship money. The crisis has cut off that
money
Mubarak is not taking i lasses this term
because he cannot afford tuition He has
also been unable to obtain a work visa
Ziyad Abdessalam is another University
student who is unable to contact his family
and who is also without government schol
arship money He arrived from Iraq on
Sept ."i to begin work on his Ph 1) in phys
ics Because Iraqi assets have been frozen,
he has not ret rived tuition money, he said
The desire for control of the oil field that
Kuwait and Iraq share, economic problems
in Iraq and a personal vendetta against the
Kuwaiti royal family are the reasons AI
Uelaimi. Al-)assim and Mubarak give for
the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait
"We are having the largest mafia in the
world active led by Saddam Hussein,"
Turn to GULF. Page 9
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Iraqi student Z.ivad Abdessalam says his
country wav reclaiming its own territory
when it invaded Kuwait Aug. 2.
Rally calls for peace through renewable energy
By June Russell
Emerald Reporter
If the United States’ depen
dence on oil is leading the na
tion into war. then renewable
energy leads to peace, activists
told listeners at a peace rally on
the Saturday Market stage this
weekend
"Our message is that we
wouldn't lx* facing war in the
Middle Hast if it weren't for
oil." said peace activist Kandy
Prince. "We're dependent on
non-renewable energy sources
like oil. Hut there is a way out
of this that will resolve all of
our concerns about oil.
"If you start using renewable
energy, we can have peace.” he
said.
The rally, whir h included ac -
tivists from Eugene Peaceworks
and the Renewable Energy Pro
ject. was a continuation of the
weeklv peace rallies at Eu
gene's Eederal Building and
the petitioning for peace drive
Activists encourage participants to
achieve peace by writing Congress
that started Sept. 5. The peti
tions call for Oregon’s congres
sional delegation to speak and
vote for renewable energy
sources and peace in the Mid
dle Hast.
The peace group plans to
submit signatures on the peti
tion to Sen. Hob Packwood
Wednesday at his office in Port
land Prince, one of the organ
izers of the petition drive, said
they will also join the weekly
noon peace rally at Pioneer
Courthouse Square
Citizens for Peace anil Ra
tional Knergv Policy, organiz
ers of the Portland rallies, esti
mate the rallies draw an aver
age of lilt) participants.
"Sometimes people forget
about the simplest things, like
petitioning your grievances."
Prince said "The point is that
if people want something, like
peace, people have to speak out
and express themselves.”
About HOI) signatures on a
"Petition for Peace” were sub
mitted to 4th District Kep. Peter
I)eFazio in early August. The
petitions expressed concern
over DeFazio's announced sup
port for the deployment of U S.
forces in the Persian Gulf
Since the group l>cgan the
petition campaign. DeFazio has
spoken in the House in support
of renewable energy policy and
joined 2H other congressional
delegates in voting against a
resolution supporting President
Hush’s actions.
“America wants peace.”
Prince said. "What we’re say
ing is that if you want peace,
you want renewable energy
Solar energy, alcohol to re
place gasoline as fuel and elei -
tricity to operate mass transit
systems were among the idler
natives In non-renewable ener
gy sourc es and oil that I’rini e
suggested.
“We should look on the cri
sis as an opportunity to protect
the environment and work for
peace at the same time." Prince
said. "We want to unite people
to work for renewable energy
"(las and oil prices arc going
to continue to rise." he added
"If we're going to pay more for
energy, let's make it renewable
energy.”
Peace activist Peter Woolen
spoke at the rally. pla< ing the
recent developments in the
Middle Hast in historical per
spective Wooten. I>‘). works in
telemarketing for Sage Ad
vatu e. a lot al 1 ompanv whit h
manufactures solar water heal
ers and hosts the "Elderberry
Witte" radio show weekly on
kixx:.
"For those of you that re
member Daddy Warbucks, let
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