Oregon DAILY EMERALD M.«\ 2H IWI I uiicne. Oregon \ oiumc 92 Issue IM Asian Americans looking for state recognition Minority scholarships exclude Asian students By Daralyn Trappe Slalislii:s will tell vou that Tai 1'ruong is a imnoriH His parents moved In the l ulled Males from Vietnam 11 \ears ago The\ 1111 m ' t speak Knglish well, a lac I that I ini its thi n earning potential Willi HI < ini drew Ihes are lurthei limited in the amount of finanr lal help they i an pro \ ide Iruong, a junior an Infer lure major al the I 'niversity lie is getting through college with ti mini lal aid grants and loans he < ause like every other Asian American in Oregon, lie is i lassified as a minorit\ hut is not eligible for a slate minority m holarsliip I hree years ago tin- Oregon Slate System of Higher lalucation formed .1 program known as IMAM' the In derreprcsented MinoriK Academii S( holarship I’rogrum ll is 111«• only state mmoril\ scholarship lli.il OSNIIK sup ports said Tom (adey state system .is sist.int vice chum ('Hot [he scholui ships provide lull tuition for up lo five \ ears I he decision to exi lude Asian Amen (.ills was based on historual data that showed that (ducks Hispanic* and American Indians were grossly under represented tin higher edm ation). ( ai le\ said I he program was set up to meet those needs Hut main Asian American students at the Cniversitv are t oni erned about the I ritella used to form this (lei isioil I he tel in Asian Auierii an is applied lo those whose heritage trai es hai k to all of Fast Pholo b> \nilrr Kjnirn 1.11 I ruuttii (left), frttm the l letnamese Student \sstntation. and (iar\ Huh and Theresa ( bin Is/.in Tat ifn \meruan Student l niun members, Iwhexe minunti st holarship pm grains should include \si.m \meruans rrn Asm from (’lliit«< to Malaysia and ttio I\h die Islands All the Asians arc lumped in Ingeth cr, and people like Cambodians. Lao Halts and Vietnamese students are not represented compared to lapanese ko rean and ( hinese American students sail) Hobli\ Lee a Korean American stu dent and ASI ( ) affirmative ai lion i 001 delator I here are about Hat) Asian American students on campus representing more than half of all the Amerii an minoritv students here Hut T ruling. vice prose dent of the Vietnamese Student Assih la lion, estimates th.it only ahoul at are V ietnamese Amerii ans "It's a different situation tor different Asian groups.' Truong said "People who have lived here tor |uvt one genera Turn to PROGRAM Page h Asian course absent from curriculum By Miko Sian Yim I Vspiti' III' I 111 \ rrsilv - \m\ l'i i ri'.ilt' \ t'111v rrsil\ tin I vr'rv mu' " si’Vri.il Am.m Ariii'rii an slu limits Im'Iii'Vi' llir si hunt li.l- not i ninmitli'il itsi'll to i me nil mini\ uriiup Asian Aninrii ans i n k 11 k lift tfit* si limit VI'.II till' 1 'ntvi'isiU lii'lit a suli'inn i ouvm a lion iiTt'imiiiy in Si«plemlH*r vow ia rnmmitmmit In i ollt'i tivr .ivvari'rii'ss ami A t'nivrrsilv Inr \ in s uni \s |>.)it oi iti.it t omrniiment Mu I imrrsltv iiii|)(isr(l ,i three i mill ' ran' Kinder non luiro[>eun rr (|iiirement' fur .ill ini tuning stu drills ( )ut of tin’ 1 VI i oursrs tli.it mrrl llir rrguiromenl only one drills with Am,in Amrrit alls. ,m rtliilii sludirs (iiursr i .illrd Iiitriiilm t it in In thr Am.iii Ament an l.spr I'li'iic r " This i hiss hits firm listed m thr i nurse i,it.ilnn for It years .inti v\.Is listed in this u'.ir s spring st lirdule of ( hisses hut it li.is not lierll taught consistently 111 hut. 1’rofrssor ImIwiii Isileinun diret tor of the ethllil studies program. Turn to CLASS Page h Eugene rough for skinheads By Gerrit Koeppmg ( liarlie doesn't look like a skinhead Ills blond i urlv hair sinks mil from undt*r his tap Ins eas\going manner and qua k smile obscure a tlark past I'lii! only hint of his skinhead affiliation is his flight jacket and leather work lb- learned eari\ that looking like a skinhead < an be yen unhealthy \bout two years ago. ( harlie who .it the time hati Ins head lulls shaved was arrested lor trespassing while distrihul mg anti iiii isl pamphlets at a high si hool in Boise Idaho lie was in Boise while a nuinbei ot while supit'inai isis were on trial pro i endings that atlrai let! both rai ■ st ami ■mil rat isi skinheads In the .hi m (.'harlio iu> jailed for nine days anti ri'lfiiscti one il.i\ Miter the trial ended They Ills! yy Milted skills oil the streets It didn't mutter d you were Nazi or not ' he said Hut tie said, d soil have a shaved head everyone pn-tt\ ninth .issurues you re m \,izi am u a\ The i’ortiand murder ot Ethiopian Mulugeta Seraw and last tail s trial nl I om Metzger have i ontnhuted to an mi ■ige ol skinheads that elit its suspicion, distrust and hatred from most ol (tie puhlu In spite nt the stereotype, most tin gene skinheads sav the\ lat k any real I It 1st heliels and tune no link to white Tin” ti SKINS Page 4 thorn Irttl Smash. l)an and othrr hmrnr skmhr.nls sa\ tanuh and not to rsfmusr rat ist dot Innrs //id /titII Initrlhfi tin .1 sc/isr til Regionally s A! KM (API A lull lo make n vear term could he imposed it vandalism to a research i en ter ext ended S100 000 Art Skipper Sports Moth OiHgnn ir.H k teams added five lot tins iurk s \( A.\ meet .il Has waul Field oil tin- prm imiiii al \'( A \ lists Saturdav inshl Past N't A A part it ipanls Rosin Williams Folio Dal ton and Ait Skipper .ill made it into tin- mini See stor\ . I’aye t>