Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Wednesday. November 21. IW)
Kugene Oregon
Volume l>2. Issue 61
Briefly
University senior Ste
ven Roberts will appear
on Sunday’s episode of
America's Funniest Peo
ple. A rov ing crew from
the TV show taped Rob
erts a few weeks ago
when they came to cam
pus.
Roberts, a music, ma
jor, will be shown play
ing “lingle Bells" — in
harmony — on two trum
pets simultaneously.
Roberts, who received
a phone call from show
producers Tuesday, was
unsure whether other
people who auditioned
on campus will be shown
as well.
Bill Musgrave
Duck quarterback Bill
Musgrave and outside
linebacker Peter Brantley,
both senior*, were named
to the all-Pacifit-10 Con
ftrence first team Tues
day
Sis other Duck players
were named to the second
team all-conference, and
sis rer eived honorable
mention from Pac-10 offi
cials.
"Conversations." a
thesis project exhibit of
works by two University
fine arts graduate stu
dents. will be on display
Nov. 26-30 in the i.a
Verne Krause Gallery on
campus.
Pa*e7
The Knight Library
will close at 5 pm. today
and remain closed
through Thursday for the
Thanksgiving holiday
The library will reopen at
8 a.in. Friday.
The offices of the Ore
gon Daily Emerald will be
closed Friday.
Safety stressed for foreign students
By Daralyn Trappe
fcmeraid Reporter
A I'niversitv committee has
made .several changes in re
spouse to the need for more ed
u( ation and resources for inter
national students who are
raped or sexually harassed
For instance, a session on
safety, rape and harassment in
cluded during international
student oriental inn week for
the first time this year will be
offered at the beginning of ev
ery year
Till pleased with the tail
that we did present the issues."
said (hum Stark foreign stu
dent adviser and member of the
Committee on Unwanted Sexu
al Behavior International Is
sues 1 think the important'
of that session was that it was
the first of srvrrnl opportuni
lies for (list ussion
The Anirrn an Kii){lish losii
lute*. *iii intensive language* e t*n
trr for students Irarning to
spr.ik Knglish. is iiu iirporating
.1 similar program ll will In
lirld at ihr tie'ginniiig of i'.h li
letrm starting in lanuarv 1*1*11
lntrrn.ition.il students have
thr atlrlilion.il compliration of
not nrcrss.irilV knowing tin*
language very fluently." said
liu kie f'hler. ai.ademic adviser
.it the institute and a inemlier of
the the t >SH committee
"We want to devise a spc< ml
program for them based on
their language level." she said
"We will deal with safety is
sues in general and also in
( lode a spei ial se< lion on seMl
Turn to SAFETY. Page 6
Lithograph liftoff
Matt Low is. a senior in lint'nils, tills his lithograph from the press in his lithograph), <lass in l.awreiue Hall on T lies
k,v Photo by Andre Kanieri
Hate crimes battled
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporter
A coalition of local commu
nity groups and agent:ies is
working to identify and limit
hate crimes in luine County
The Community Task Force
Against Hate Crimes is a group
of representatives from a varie
ty of human rights, community
and public safety organizations
striving to end hate crimes
through coalition-building
Through education, group
information sharing and com
munity outreach, the task force
strives to make information and
emergency resources more
readily available throughout
the community.
“We are basically a group of
organizations, each with its
own agenda." said Creg
Kikhoff. Fulgent- Human Rights
Commission member "This
task force is an opportunity to
share information between
groups
The task fort e addresses vio
lence against individuals and
groups 1 lasud on race, religion
and sexual orientation by pro
viding emergency support for
victims of hate crimes and re
source referral through local or
gan i/.at ions represented on the
task force
In addition, the task force
emphasizes continued support
for more comprehensive legis
lation against harassment and
intimidation and for including
gender clauses in the hate
crimes reporting at t on Ixith
the state and national level.
Kikhoff said
A brochure with information
on the Oregon Hate Crimes Ke
porting At t an<i the national
hate t rimes .it t as well as on
how to respond to an ini ident
of a hate crime is in the works
Kikhoff said
Turn to HATE Page 5
KRMA gets license
By Carrie Dennett
Emeiatd Reporter
The new campus radio station, KRMA. has received its li
cense to operate from the Federal Communications Commis
sion, with assistance from KWAX and the University admin
istration.
KWAX. the University's classical music radio station, paid
for expenses in obtaining the license, and the license has
been granted to the University administration in the name of
the University Foundation, said Paul Bjomstad. general man
ager of KWAX
The administration applied for the license on behalf of
KRMA organizers to speed up the application process.
B|ornstad said.
Negotiations to transfer control of the license Into the
hands of students have begun, although everything is tenta
tive at this point, said ASUO co-President Kiri Bailey
Bailey said he expects to meet with administration officials
in the next week or 10 days.
"I'm feeling fairly positive about how things are going."
he said.
Meanwhile, station organizers are going forward with or
ganizational meetings, Bailey said. Representalives of KRMA
Turn to KRMA. Page 6