Oregon
DAIIY EMERALD
Monday. January 7, IW|
Eugene. Oregon
Volume l>2, Issue 73
Ducks come up short in Freedom Bowl
Color,ulo Slate players celebrate alter ,m official ruled that Oregon’s Michael McClellan didn't make
it into the end /.one on a two-point conversion try that would have given the Docks a win in the Free
dom Howl Dei 29 instead of a 22-.ll loss.
Photo by Sean Poston
Report clears
law school
By Peter Cogswell
tmeiald Associate Editor_
An investigation into fall term incident at the
University law school has found no evidence of
mistreatment of .1 guv professor
As a result of the report, University President
My les Miami has asked the provost and other I 'to
versilv oil 11 lals to establish programs w inter term
to raise awareness of two issues academic tree
dom and gay and lesbian t out erns
In <i written response to the report. Brand said
law si hoot administrators acted too harshlv bv
having legal researt It and writing instructor Ureg
lohnson read a prepared statement explaining
why he disi losed his homnsc xualitv in 1 lass on
National (aiming Out l)a\ in Or tuber
Law school Dean Maurice Holland Associate
Dean Chapin Clark and Johnson's supervisor.
Mary Uiwrence were insensitive to gnv and le
hian issues. Brand said.
Brand also s.nd, however, that lohnson "went
beyond useful pedagogic al tec hnnpies h\ mak
ing personal statements af>out homosexuality in
relation to a court case discussed that day in his
1 lasses.
After disc ussing the court cast? Mowers vs
/lardwii k. lohnson read a statement from a gay
rights group known as the Radical I*aeries, at
knowledged he was guy and then introduced .1
third-year law student not enrolled in the 1 lass
who told the c lass she was a lesbian
After some students in los c lasses t ontplained
to lavs sc bool off ic ials about the 1 lass admiuistra
tors met with lohnson and it was agreed he
would read .1 prepared statement to his c lasses
explaining his actions
Brand said he will not take any disc iplinarv a*
lion against the parties involved and he said lie
lieves nothing would he gained bv dwelling on
the incident any longer
Turn to BRAND Page 7
New contraceptive available soon
By Layne Laketish
tme*aW A mm. ale t j •. •
11 s been near I \ to years sun e w omen in the l' nited
States have had a ii«-\s birth control option, but the
wait is over
On Dei 10 the i S Iood and Drug Administration
approved a contraceptive implant railed Norplant,
which consists ol si\ matrhstiek sized capsules that
are surgically plat ed under the skin of the upper arm
And in lehruary the new alternative will be available
locally
The new i ontrareptive will be obtainable at the Stu
dent Health t enter in mid -February when Norplant’s
marketing i ompanv w ill begin distributing it national
ly
The ( line is currently gearing up to train and edu
c .ite nurse prai tilioners and doctors on the surgit al
prot edure said Pam IWisser. family nurse prat tilion
ei in the women's t.Unit at the health i enter
"We’re going to get into it as soon as we tail."
OeVisser said "And it will cost significantly less to
i time to the Student I lea It h ( enter ''
The health tenter will charge $5 for the visit ami
$-00-$.tot) lor the Norplant implants Students who go
to the health center lor the implants will avoid surge
i al fees charged by private t linics in Eugene.
The procedure, which would cost between $300 and
$500 at >i private clinic, takes about 1 Ti minutes anil is
Turn to NORPLANT Page 6
In Mike Kuw|l
.•I new contraceptive. Xurplant. will ilive women
Cue years ol birth control protection from just six
surfeit ally-implanted tubes the si/e of matt bsticks.
Inside
lack Sampson. 51, ot Ku*
gene, has I teen missing since
Dim 25. and Ins family and
h lends have hexun a slate
iv ide search lor the mentally
retarded man
Sampson had just visited
his family in Portland for the
holiday's w hen his brother
saw him board the Eugene*
bound (aevhound Express
bus <it K .50 p in. The bus
had been s« hedtiled to leave
Portland at 7:.10 p m
Searchers an" i oik entrnt
ing on the Portland area, hut
are looking for any of the 45
people who were originally
on Sampson's bus
See story, Fane 5
Both (he Oregon House of
Representatives and Senate
have selected committee
members and are gearing up
for the toot legislative ses
sion. which begins next
week.
Many legislators are con
cerned about the projected
$800 million budget short
fall and are preparing to im
plement serious budget cut
ling measures In response
to Measure 5 some legisla
tors predict students will l>e
fut (•(! with increased tuition
to offset higher education
budget cuts
See stories. Pages 9 & 10
Sports
To the people in the vid
eo tape business. Oregon's
Pacific-10 basketball game
with Stanford Sunday after
noon must have! looked like
a combination of "basket
ball Bloopers" and “Pantas
tii Finishes.”
While the Ducks fumbled
and bumbled their wav to a
33 23 halftime deficit, they
managed to dig themselves
Richard Lucas
out of <i horrendous shooting
rut .uui finish the game with
an 81-77 overtime win over
the Cardinal.
Sec story. Page 20
sansss^"™
(AT’) — Saddam Hussein
told Iraqis on Sunday to pre
pare for a long vvar against
thn "tyranny represented by
the United States.'' and he
again ruled out an uncondi
tional withdrawal from Ku
wait.
In a national television
address three days before the
first direct U.S. Iraqi talks,
ilussein again linked any
pullout to an Israeli with
drawal from the occupied
territories — a stand Wash
ington has repeatedly reject
ed.
See story, Page 12