Oregon DAILY EMERALD Tuesdav. November 20. I94#) Eugene. Oregon Volume i>. Issue Ml mr-" 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 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 Turn to MEASURES. Page 12 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 Turn to WOMEN Page 5