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Gulf War
DHAHRAN, Saudi
Arabia (AP) — Allied
warplanes, in a pinpoint
bombing that sent shock
waves far beyond Iran,
destroyed an under
ground structure in Bagh
dad on Wednesday, and
officials said 500 civilians
were killed. Iraq called it
a bomb shelter, the Unit
ed States a military com
mand center.
By nightfall, 14 hours
after the pre-dawn attack,
crews were still pulling
charred bodies, some of
them children, from the
rubble, an Associated
Press correspondent re
ported from Baghdad.
Distraught relatives
crowded the smoke-filled
streets.
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Inside
The University’s annu
al College Bowl competi
tion ended Wednesday
with the team made up
Doug Untalan, Alison
Parakh. Brian Sandy and
Andrew Burke — calling
themselves Babe Way Hip
and the Hoarders of Ex
crement — winning the
tournament.
Two weeks ago. the
competition began with
52 teams, some made up
of dormitory residents
and some who competed
in the at-large category
The final eight teams —
five from the dormitories
and three at-large —
made it to the final
round
See story. Page 8
Most preseason Pacif
ic-10 Conference polls
predicted that by this
point in the men’s basket
ball season, both Wash
ington and Washington
State would be comfort
ably tucked away togeth
er in the bottom of the
conference.
Last place Washing
ton, 3-8 in the Pac-10 and
12-9 overall, is beginning
to assume the basement
rob, but the Cougars. 7-4
and 15-5. have stunned
basketball fans as sole
owner of second place in
Washington State
meets Oregon. 10-10 and
. 5-5, at McArthur Court
- tonight at 7:35. and the
Huskies travel to Eugene
on Saturday for a 1:08
p.m. meeting.
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Labor leader to go to trial over protest
Morgan-Nicolai manager
files charges over crosses
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporter
After leading a group of
workers who picketed Spring
field's Morgan Nicolai plant lor
more than two years. I'niversi
tv professor Dennis Gilbert mas
face up to two months in jail
for i harges stemming from a
strike incident last |uI\
Gilbert, an adjunct physics
professor at the University
since 1984. will appear this
morning in a lane County Dis
trict (iourt on ( harges of (Irimi
mil Trespass 2 and Criminal
Mischief t. both crimes are
Class C misdemeanors carrying
a maximum fine of $500 or 40
days in jail.
The charges stem from a July
11 incident that took place in
the front yard of Nicolai plant
manager I.eeKoy Pasquini A
group of demonstrators, led by
Gilbert, placed 150 small,
wooden crosses on Pasquini's
lawn in a show of frustration
and solidarity on the 2-vear an
niversary of the strike
"We wanted to make a state
ment that tliis is a community
issue,” Gilbert said. "He's de
stroyed the livelihoods of so
many families We don't think
people like that can harm the
community and then disappear
into it."
Gilbert called the demonstra
tion "peaceful and symbolic”
of llit1 strikers' sai rifii es anil
frustration with the dour matin
facturing plant's attempt to
break up I.ik al ill r>
"We dramali/ed the effects
he's had on these peoples'
lives." he said
However, shortly after the
demonstration Pasipnm signed
a complaint and (filbert was ar
raigned in Dislru I (lourt on the
two counts Aug 17
(dlliert, |ust one of a group of
demonstrators involved in the
incident, said he feels the t rim
mal charges have been brought
lust to harass him He called
the inconvenience on I’asipnni
"totally trivial in comparison"
to the effect the strike has hail
on workers' lives.
"We brought no harm to
him." he said "This is a free
speech issue He's gone into
the homes and lives of these
people and hurt them At least
one person has died from the
stress of it all
"If it was truly a criminal of
fense. everybody would have
been brought in it's |ust simple
harassment
Attempts to contact Pasquini
Wednesday were unsuccessful.
(iiltiert blamed the I'tHti cor
porate buy-out of Nicolai for
merly a family-run business
and the ensuing bottom line
management strategy for the
strike. He said the average It)
percent wage ruts and drastic
File photo
Dennis Gilbert (setonil fmm ri^hl) ami other former Mor/tan
Nicolai employees picket in front of the plant manager's home
last July.
benefit reductions offered by
tlit* new Nicolai owners was
"greed, pure and simple
"They tried to break the
union and really reduce the
stand,ml of living in that Indus
try,'' hi* said
The lengthy strike ended last
()i t .it) when, hv a vote of re
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Administrative rule calls for measles booster
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Reporter
Measles vaccinations and
grievance procedures are the
subjects of two administration
rules filed recently with Ore
gon Secretary of State Phil
keisling.
In a related rule-making deci
sion. amendments to an admin
istrative rule regarding an in
crease in fines for bicyclists,
roller skaters, and skateboard
ers were withdrawn
In response to the measles
outbreak on the University
campus last year and a measles
epidemic on college campuses
nationwide, an administrative
rule now requires that incom
ing students receive a "booster
or second shot of measles vaccine.
Under OAK 571-04-016. ail persons born after Dec. 31. 1056 who
enroll as University students must provide evidence of having re
ceived two doses of measles vaccine, or must receive a second.
Students can receive another vaccination from the Student
Health Center or from a private health care provider.
Measles cases increased over 400 percent in 1900 when com
pared with the prior year.
There wure three cases on the University campus this fall,
which caused the school to respond by spending about $100,000 in
immunizations for people who had either come into contact with
measles or who were concerned about it. said I)r. lames Jackson.
Student Health Center director
"Measles is highly contagious and if you come into contact with
it you'll be likely to get it." he said "It's not a benign disease,
there's the potential for death One out of every 3,000 people who
got measles last year died."
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Under new administrative rules measles “boosters" will be re
quired for incoming students born after Dec. 31, 1956.
Complications which ran
arise from measles ini hole on
cephalitis (an inflammation of
the hrain) and pneumonia
"Most people probably re
reived a vaccination as a
child." larkson said "Now it
appears that one isn't good
enough It's a scary thing If
you just received one it's not
enough protection
The new administrative rule
was created in response to the
measles outbreak last year, said
Muriel )ac kson. assistant vice
president for administration
"Some statistu s during testi
mony showed that young peo
ple. specifically those at col
lege. are particularly at risk."
she said
There are exemptions to the
administrative rule. These include a religious exemption for stu
dents whose religions prevent them from getting immunizations,
an age exclusion for students born (adore and students who
have had measles before.
Students t>orn before 1957 are excluded la*cause "they've
probably had natural measles as a child." lames jackson said
Once you've had measles you will not contrac t it again, he added
More than 3.000 students have received an extra dose of vac
cine since this fall in accordance with the new administrative rule,
he said
Students who choose to get a "booster dose" have two op
tions: the standard measles vaccine or the MMR which includes
doses of vaccine to combat measles, mumps and rubella (german
measles), (antes Jackson said
* If students have questions regarding measles vac rotations they
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