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. See story. Page 6 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 : 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 Turn to ENROLLMENT. Page 6 PHOTOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT: ftom amw 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 Turn to GODDESS Page 6 'Wilch-tfoddess' Slarhawk campus Thursday. at. rhulu I. V4h T reads from one ot her books on