Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Frida\. November d, I WO
Kugene. Oregon
Volume *J2. Issue '
Briefly
What began as a pro
test more than one month
ago ended in three arrests
early Thursday morning
outside of the Lane Coun
ty Courthouse in Eugene.
Wayne W. Semnru ik.
24. Cvnthia K. Straight,
-tti. and Erie Stauffer. 19.
were arrested by Eugene
police around 5 a m. for
camping outside the Fed
eral Building, at 125 E.
Eighth Ave.
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Entertainment
This Sunday, students
will get to hear one of the
pioneers of hard core al
ternative rock as The Bob
Mould Band, on a promo
tional tour of their newest
Virgin release, makes
their second appearance
at the University in the
EMU Ballroom.
See story. Page 7
Oregon’s men and
women's cross country
teams will be confronting
the ghosts of last year's
performance when they
go to the Region VIII meet
in Fresno. Calif., on Sat
urday.
See story, Pag* IS
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Almanac
Today is the last day to
withdraw from courses
with a recorded **W" and
the last day to change
grade options and to
change credits in classes
with variable credit.
There is a $10 fee per
change
Student tickets for the
Oregon-Oregon State
football game in Corvallis
on Nov. 17 will go on
sale Monday at 9 a m. at
McArthur Court. There
are 500 tickets available
at $12 each. Students will
be allowed to purchase
only one ticket each and
must present currant fee
cards at the ticket win
dow.
B5onalir™™
PORTLAND - A ban
on oil or gas exploration
within three miles of
shore is part of what Ore
gon officials say is the na
tion's first comprehensive
ocean management plan.
The plan approved
Thursday by the Oregon
Land Conservation and
Development Commis
sion outlines policies for
state agencies on nearly
all commercial, scientific
and recreational use of
the Pacific Ocean to the
three-mile state limit
University enrollment highest in state
By Bob Waite
fmeraid Reporter
The University is the stale leader in total
student enrollment. according to prelimi
nary statistics compiled by the state system
of higher education.
Full time equivalent student statistics,
used to calculate state funding for universi
ties and colleges, will not lie available for
several weeks, said Susan Weeks, state in
stitutional researcher But preliminary sin
dent enrollment totals are available
The higher education board, reversing its
mandate to reduce student enrollment, re
quired the state system's eight c olleges and
universities to increase enrollment this year
to compensate for tuition and athletic sc hol
arship revenue shortfalls, said Norman
Wessells, University provost
There are still some problems to lie re
solved in order to ac c urately report student
enrollments, said University researchers,
who are in the midst of a conversion to
computerized data reporting systems
Both Oregon State University and the
University reported slight enrollment in
creases for fall loon Portland State Univer
sitv. which lagged Irohind the University
and OSU in the past. passed OSU enroll
ment last year hut reported a dec line this
year.
After four weeks of school, the University
reported 18.04:1 students, a 1.2 percent in
crease over 17.818 students last year OSU
reported 18.024 students, up 0.5 percent
over 15,058 students last year I’SU report
ed 14.758 students, down one half of a per
cent from 14.888 students last year
All three universities reported increases
in minority and foreign students this year
()SU showed .4,244 students m those cate
gories this year, compared to 3.045 students
last year The University showed 24110 stu
dents this year, up from 2.804 students last
year PSU reported 2.482 students this year,
( ornpared to 2,440 students last year
Because some students choose not to re
port their race, it is itiffii ult to toll exac tly
how many minontv students tire enrolled,
s.iid Mary Ku ks. HSU clirei lor of institu
tional researeh planning
Kic ks said HSU places till students who
do not dec lare their race in the white stti
dent i atogory w hen asked lor general statis
tics Attorneys suggested this method.
Ricks said, so that the university does not
report false minority student statistics
University enrollment has surpassed that
at OSU since 1084. said (iery Heach. OSU
institutional research coordinator
"It runs in cycles.” Heach said "The
sw ing now is (or students to go after Idieral
arts degrees businesses want students who
have .1 diverse bac kgrntind
"We have the largest foreign student i on
tingent of any state university.” Heac h said
"Hut that fluctuates as well in '87 UO
did."
'We have the population base here in
T
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PHOTOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT:
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Photography and the Environment
Tracy McEwan, student in the muster of fine arts program, is co-chairing n regional conference being held on campus
this weekend called “Photography and the Environment: Prom Response to Responsibility." The conference, spon
sored by the Society for Photographic Education features nationally renow ned photographers, ini hiding Linda Connor.
Richard Misruch and University professor Dan Pow ell The conference includes an exhibit of photos in the Im Verne
Krause Gallery that w ill run through Nov. lt>
Photo by Sean Poston
‘Witch-goddess’ stresses ties to nature
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Reporter
Society's failure to protect
the environment is destroying
the very thing that keeps us
alive, said Starhawk. a "witch
goddess" who gave a speech
on campus Thursday as a fund
raiser for a student group.
Starhawk, based in San Fran
cisco. is an ecofeminisl, soc ial
activist and author of several
books. She was hilled as
"Witch-goddess of the am ient
( raft that honors nature and the
power of women "
Today, many people fail to
see the life value of the earth.
"VVe are literally destroying
our own life systems and ignor
ing it," she said to about 350
people in 1 50 (Columbia
The event, a benefit for Stu
dent Campaign for Disarma
ment. ended with about half
the audience participating in a
spiral dance, a ritual that
Starhawk used as the title ol
one ol hei books
She s.iid .it one time in an
cient history, the universe was
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'Wilch-tfoddess' Slarhawk
campus Thursday.
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reads from one ot her books
on