Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Tuesdav. November 20. I94#)
Eugene. Oregon
Volume i>.
Issue Ml
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Two Muslim students
are disputing the spon
sorship of events planned
for today and sponsored
by the Muslim Student
Association to commemo
rate the fourth year of the
Palestinian uprising.
Fida Mohammed and
Bader tlarahsheh. both
graduate students, said
they represent 29 mem
bers of the Muslim Stu
dent Association who are
contesting elections held
earlier this term and who
have had no part in or
ganizing "Palestine Soli
darity Day.”
See story. Page 4
Regionally
PORTLAND, Ore, (AP)
— Thirty-five Oregonians
will celebrate Thanksgiv
ing not in their damp and
chilly homeland but in
the dry and hot Arabian
peninsula
They are members of
the Oregon Army Nation
al Guard 206th Transpor
tation Detachment, doing
their part for Operation
Desert Shield.
“In the backs of our
minds we had hopes of
spending the holidays
with family and friends
back in Oregon." Nlaj
George D tanning, com
mander of the unit, said
in a telephone interview
Monday
The unit specializes in
moving supplies and per
sonnel from airfields into
the field It has been in
Saudi Arabia since Sept
16. when it Iwcarne the
first Oregon unit to serve
in the U.S. military re
sponse to Iraq's invasion
of Kuwait.
Pat Haller
Junior Pal Haller was
the only Duck lo place in
the top 25 runners at
Monday’s NCAA cross
country championships
as both the Oregon men's
and women's teams took
fifth at Knoxville, Tenn
See story, Page 8
Speaking out for peace
With the threat of war in the Persian Gulf, students
gathered on campus near the t urner of 1.11h Avenue anil
Kincaid Street Monday afternoon to protest the United
States' military buildup in the region. Stewart
Schullmun addressed the crowtl at the So (aill Wart.oa
lition s demonstration
Photo by Joe Schatller
Anti-abortion camp says fight not over
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Reporter
Proponents of the Ivvo ballot
measures whit li would have .se
verely restric toil abortion rights
s.iv thev will continue to work
on their anti-abortion agenda
despite their losses .it the vol
inn booths two weeks ago
"In polities they say 'never
say never.' " think Kabul,
chief spokeswoman for United
families of Oregon the
group sponsoring Measure 111
— said of her group's future
plans to put another initiative
un the ballot tint added Ifi.it
they have ii<> immediate plans
Measure lu proposed paren
till nutifii iition before ,i nillliil
i mild have an iitiurtimi. iind
vv.is defeated by a '> 7-t H percent
margin Measure H which
would have hamied all abor
tions except for in i axes where
giving birth would endanger a
woman's life or in cases of rape
or incest, was defeated by a
much wider Ii7-.t t percent mar
gin
both t'mted Families of Ore
gon and proponents of Measure
H the Oregon Human Rights
league retain lukewarm en
Ihnslasm about i>11111mk their
ideas to the voters again \ la the
ballot initiative hut said the>
will continue with other non
election agendas in the hopes
iil finally attaining stronger
anti-abortion laws
"I guarantee that (it won’t he
pot on the hallot by initiative
petition) in two years (from
now) not when something
gels defeated that badly." said
Kelly Walton, vice-chairman of
(lie Oregon Human Rights
League Walton also said, how
ever. that other groups that
mailt' lift tlx' n<m disbanded
election virt»ti|> eoalitiun. in
eluding the Oregon Citizens'
Allium e and (iathnlii s lor I.ife,
are planning to lobby the Ore
gon l.egisl.iture and are looking
to support a eonservative c an
didale to run against Sen Hob
I’m kuood in tbe next elec lion
Kahm said it is too early after
tbe elei lion to tell what Ivpe ol
spei ifit action her group will
t.ike next Hut she said I bat an
other group of which site is
vice president. Oregon Right to
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ESSN creates Women’s Labor Committee
By June Russell
£ morale) Reporter
Traditionally, labor unions
have largely ignored women
workers. They were seen as on
organi/able. and as .in appen
dage to the paid work force
Not surprisingly, workplac es
were traditionally oriented to
ward men's specific needs and
interests
Not much has changed, said
Celia Winkler, sociology C»TF
and member of the* Women's
ladior Committee of the Ku
gene Springfield Solidarity
Network.
Child cart!, discrimination,
sexual harassment, health and
safety, sex-segregated employ
ment. comparable worth and
other problems are left for the
individual woman to deal w ith.
Winkler said.
The KSSN's response was to
do what Winkler said labor
unions traditionally thought
women couldn't do they or
ganized The result is the
Women's Uihor (Committee
"We saw a need to address
women's issues in the work
place. because traditional labor
movements have ignored the
needs of working women and
women in general." Winkler
said.
"We felt we needed a special
committee to deal with it We
also want women not involved
with KSSN to take part." she
said
The concerns of working
women are many One of the
most difficult to solve, Winkler
said, is the pay differential
also known as the "gender
gap "
"Uecause women's work has
been ghettoized, there's a real
difference in wlinl mrn and
women arc paid." Winkler
said “Hecause men have hcen
ilcfincd as Ihc worker, the defi
nition of what you fixitt for on
the |i>l> centers around men's
definitions."
Part of the problem with the
gender gap is the job areas in
which women dominate, said
sociology professor loan Ai kor
"Women earn less than men.
because in general the women
dominated jobs pay less than
men dominated jobs." Acker
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