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Frida). Januarv IK. I‘WI
Volume *J2. Issue K2
“Speak for yourself”
Adilah Barnes of the African-American Drama Company portrayed several black leaders at a one worn
an dramatic presentation titled "Sister. Can I Speak for You?" in the EMU Ballroom Thursday night.
The presentation was followed by "Speak for Yourself. " a forum on racism in the Northwest for infor
mation on events planned for Martin l.uther Ling lr. Day on Monday, see page 4
Photo hv Sean Poston
Students active
in war protests
By Daralyn Trappe and Bob Waite
I meiatd Reporters
Students plain to walk mil ul c lasses today and
Tuesday as ,i protest against the outbreak <>l war
in the Persian (lull several student groups an
niiuiu ed I luirsday
Also Thursday . the Inlei national Student Asso
i iation ini hiding students from llie Mnldle Mast,
expressed its opposition to the w .11 with a dratl
resolution, and other students gathered al an
open mike rally in the KMC Courtyard .it noon to
liilk puhlir l\ about their re.u lions to the l S al
tai k on !rai|
I don’t teel I have a plane to talk C diversity
student Hrenn.i Hansen told the andieme in the
1 onrtyard She also said she tell ashamed to he an
Ainerii .111 on Thursday ill the wake of the I S air
sti ike on llaghdad
( hnstopher .Nelson asked ..pie to protest the
ai lions of world leaders hut not I S soldiers
who lire doing their jobs
The enemy is not tile t S soldier, it's not mv
friends on the I' S S Midway said Nelson y\ ho
rei ently spent two years in the Navy
"We have a police force that is acting as a
peace force said Ho Allan ol the No (hill War
(audition
Today 's walkout is being advocated by the No
Cull War Coalition and the Martin 1.11!her king |r
Celebration Committee Students are asked to
leave their c lasses to join a pea< e really in the
KMC Courtyard at noon The rally will he lid
lowed by the Martin I.other king |r March to
clmy ntown Kugenc
"Martin Mother king advocated peace and anti
war sentiments," said Shelii Romero of MKChA.
explaining why organizers had planned to coor
dinate the peai e rally yv ith the Ml.k mart h
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Profs analyze war in gulf
By Peter Cogswell
( rn.tr,i d As .ocr.ile ( ditor
II Israel i.ntt'rs tin. war with
lr,H| mi tin' Mill’ of lilt' United
Si,lies tin* results could he dc\
astatine said Anita Weiss as
sistaiit professor ol internal ion
.11 studies at tile I ’diversity
Weiss and many other faculty
members have been i losely lol
lowing developments in the
Middle Hast as scholars ol gin
ha! politics and foreign policy
"Depending on what the
American response (to the Iraqi
bombing of Israel) will lie it
will play on the world opin
ion," Weiss said I doubt that
any Muslim country can come
out and deleud the I 'nited
States when the United States
is defending Israel against Iraq
"It Israel is going to get in
voiced, then the United States
u ill lose support on every
front." she said "It depends
mi Israel's response
Weiss said the I hiited Stall’s
would lose thi’ support of st>v
cral nations it now i mints as al
In’s d it enters a war on Ih'Ii.iII
ot till' Israelis
These allies I III lode i mill
tries sin h as MuriH co. lndone
sia and Pakistan
Pakistan. long an .111 \ ot the
United States, has already
staged several anti I’ S rallies,
Weiss said
Mam North African and
Middle Pastern countries view
the I S bombing raids on
Baghdad as attai ks on all Mils
lirn nat ions she said
"Muslim countries are going
to look at this as an invasion."
\\ eiss said
The ki's to .1 I' S v a tor\ is to
disarm Irai) as quit klv as possi
ble. leaving Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein little time to
pull .my surprises. said puhli
< a I sni'iii e professor William
Haugh on Thursday
Our stit li surprise i.ould in
t hull' inohilc missile units used
in tile attai k on Israel on Thins
da\ lie s.iid
"It is noteworthv that the
president lias said that one o(
the war goals lias heen to elinii
nate nut.tear and chcmu al war
< apalnhties ' Itaugli said
Hoi it it al stiience professor
lames Monoski s.iid Thursday
that lie hopes the war ends
soon so that I ' S and allied
troops < an return home to then
families lie said he was not
i aught oil guard In the I ' S ail
strike against Iraq.
"I was reads for .instiling at
anytime.' fie said "Most pen
file figured that it was going to
happen "
Army center bombed
Extent of interior damage unknown
By Bob Waite
E mt-mlri Ri-po'N’f
I aiknown subjet ts Iirt<t><imlx'ti the I' S Arrm Reserve I • • ri
In .it l ith Avenue .uni ( Ihauitrers Stin t on Thursdav night
prompting Eugene pnlii.i* to i .ill in I HI agents to aid thr in
instigation
People driving past tin- reserve i enter ahont i. Ill p in saw
several people throw something against tin- south side of the
Iniildnig I'hey saw a flash and immediately wont to a nearby
pav phone to t all fll I
While firefighters worked to control the bla/.e polite
blor ked off the intersection to traffir and began to investigate
the site Oi.milters Street was i losed for about two (lours and
two blur ks of I ith Avenue were i losed for about one hour
said lingerie Police Sgl ken lleide
"It went pretlv well," lleide said "Tile lire department
got out here and knot ked it out pretlv (pin k
f irelighters disi overed two tires one in an offii e and an
other in a storage area in a building behind the building l.n
ing (ilia others Street. said Kugene polii e anil lire spokesman
( apt Tim llirr
Turn to FIREBOMBS Page 4
ssress—
Iraq strm k back early Fri
day against a nun-stop ham
mering by American war
planes the way it said it
would — by lobbing mis
siles into Israel and Saudi
Arabia.
The early-morning attack,
on the Jewish state threat
ened to turn the Persian Gulf
war into a wider Mideast
conflict
At least eight missiles
launched from Iraq landed
in Tel Aviv and elsewhere in
Israel about 2 a m. today (4
p in. Thursday PST).
See story. Page 4
Almanac
Today is the last day to
register, add courses or
change from audit to credit.
Today is also the application
deadline for spring term
graduation.
Monday is Martin l.other
King |r Day. Regular classes
will not be held; alternate
activities are planned.
Sports
The Oregon women's bas
ketball team takes on l nth
ranked Washington at McAr
thur Court tonight at 7:30
and the Washington Statu
squad on Sunday at 2pm