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Volume l*2. Issue
Despite the University
administration's adversi
ty to reversing or even re
viewing its decision to
bad the Grateful Dead
from Autzen Stadium,
University students con- ,
tinue to protest the deci
sion in hopes of a change.
See story. Page 3
Bill Purscenev of
Springfield, with the help
of Habitat for Humanity,
will be building a brand
new three-bedroom home
for himself and his two
children this spring
See story. Page 7
Sports
Jennifer Bourn hit five
three-pointers, including
the game-winner with
five seconds left, as the
women's basketball team
beat Oregon State 65-03
in Corvallis Sunday,
See story. Page 8
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Registration change
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ery grade option or crcsdit
change.
Briefly
BEIJINC |AP) - A lead
ing democracy activist
charged with sedition
went on trial Monday de
spite his efforts to post
pone proceedings bv stag
ing a hunger strike
Chen Ziming. :)H. the
director of a private re
search institute, gave ad
vice behind the scenes to
the college students
whose protests for reform
in 19»9 grew into a na
tionwide democracy
movement. He has spent
more than a year in jiail in
solitary confinement.
Chen started his hun
ger strike Thursday, ac
cording to friends and
relatives who spoke on
condition of anonymity.
He also is refusing to put
on clothes *'as a form of
protest," one source said.
Chen wanted to delay
the trial IS days because
his lawyer has had less
than a week to prepare,
the sources said
Clowning around
University sophomore Joel Cyan entertains three-year
old Kiria Oldham-Curt is and her father, ferry Curtis, by
twisting her a balloon animal in the EMU Courtyard
Sunday afternoon.
Photo by Ji*fT I’aslay
Brand requests law school cutbacks
By Peter Cogswell
Emeiaid Associaie fcditoi
In a last-minute move, the University’s
School of Law is being asked to limit next
fall's entering i lass by one-third to one half
and to eliminate two full time equivalent
law faculty positions. President Myles
Brand said Friday
The announcement tame two hours la
fore the University filed its formal budget
reduction recommendations with the Office
of the Chancellor of the State System of
Higher (education.
Previous recommendations for program
reductions did not inert the $r> million cut
hack level established as the University
tries to compensate for a $10 million loss in
funding from the state's general fund
No major c hanges were made from the
original proposals. Itrand said, hut some
line tuning did o< < nr
Adjustments involved rethinking the
shifting of various programs from depart
ments lining cut to those that will remain
intact at the l [diversity
The enrollment reduction in the law
school will additionally serve to tiring the
faculty-to student ratio in the school to 2ri
to 1 the standard set by the American Bar
Association for schools to receive accredit
ution.
The law s< iiool has been threatened with
having its AHA accreditation revoked if it
iloes not make improvements in spec ifit
areas, including faculty-to-studenl ratio and
funding sources.
Hrand received a letter Thursday from the
AHA saying the UniversiH Inis until June to
prove it is making progress in these two
areas The University has to ad fast if it is
going to meet AHA standards. Hrand said
Turn to LAW. Page 6
Outdoor Program given
grant for biking guide
By Dave McMechan
fcrneiald Contributor
Tourism in l.ane County is helping the University Outdoor Pro
gram.
The Dine County Board of Commissioners gave the group a
$10,000 grant last week to produce an expanded version of its
Mountain Hike Ride (Unde to the South W illamette Region
"Mountain biking is a huge industry right now." said Dan Cei
ger, program assistant coordinator "This grant shows that the
community is starting to realize that timber harvesting is not the
only way to bring money to Dine County "
The University’s Outdoor Program is the largest in the country
The group organizes several hundred trips a year
Bruce Mason. Outdoor Program coordinator, said some of the
grant money will be used to hire a part-time editor for the guide
this summer.
The program has distributed 7.5(H) copies of the current 25-page
guide. The new edition will contain information on more than 4(1
mountain bike trails through Kugene City Parks and the Willam
ette, Umpqua and Deschutes National Forests
Turn to BIKING Page 6
Phirfo b> Sean Poaton
The l diversity's Outdoor Pro y rum received u $10.000 yrant to
produce an expanded version of its mountain hikiny yuide.