Oregon Daily
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER S. 1991
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 49
Students blast President Brand for EMU veto
By Kirsten l ucas
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A i oalitloni>t students . •]>
posed hi niihl.irv ret rurting on
i amp'iis lashed iv.il Miinililv at
IJ n i verstt v I’:. ' idm! M v I vs
Brand for his veto and repri
mand of a rc-i mi siudoh! JolMtt
ti\ e to tain rvi t iulvrs- Sr.iifi i'nv
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ASLH) i’rvsiiim; lennili r
Bills. kMU Hi 1.11<i id ! >i:vi ties
member Ryan Dei serf graduate
teaching fallow Bo Ad.in, and
Sun Dm kstadt r. t lu-direi tor of
she Lesbian, C..iv and Bisumi.iI
A:i..met!, spoke tv |v, .-! mvdin
at a press conference in the
!At’ Ben Linder Knom
Tin students discussed cur
rent and pending at lions devot
ed to ending military recruiting
on the basis that the t’ S. mili
tary discriminates against g«ivs
and lesbians
Dei kert .said all three oflii lal
bodies of student government
the ASt'O, Student Senate
ami the f-.MI in.aid support
the initiative to ban recruiters
We have done what we i an
do through formal structures,"
Dei kert said.
Decker! proposed the motion
to ban recruiters from the LAIS
I he LMt hoard's unanimous
approval ol Dei kert s motion
was overruled by Brand
To say that he is opposed to
discrimination, hut that Ins
hands are tied, shows little ml
tlative," Allan said "But to say
that he is opposed to dlsi rillli
fr’K »-> !.~f iwfl »f
(From loft) ASUO President Jennifer Pills, gr.idu.ite teaching follow Po Adan, I MU board member Pyan
Deckert and Sue Dockstader, Lesbian, Gay and Pisenu.il Alliance co director, blast President Myles
Brand at an EMU press conference Monday
niiii.iii. and thi’n, win’ll i
tala; tin1 irutiuttvi' to vein tin ir
efforts, is no less than an a< t of
hypi ’ Ti’.v and Fla.tat n w »rd
Hi'
"Kv-rry effort the students
have made has been thwarted
(bv the administration)." Hills
said
Hilts said she will continue
to fiy»l>,t discrimination on the
t diivet si tv level as well as a na
tional level
Bills is thu co > li.m wmiiiin of
ill.- Nalnuia! l.ishi.m, i;,iv, ill
MAUdl Student Call. I-., which
represents mere than .PM).000
tfav and lesbian students in the
! .nited States
Bills said sin- and Brand
firmt\ disagree un the ml id
the ! diversity as an instrument
n! jiid 11 n a I t ra ns hirmat i. n
Brand, in an offlt lal statement
Friday, said the Umvorsitv
should not assume this role
In Uililt.i'.!, Dills Mild ihn
I mvirsilv provides .in oppor
Utility lor Irui' s<« i.tl change lu
«m i ur
Dm kstadiir agreed I nivei
..in. have always laeri arenas
fur -.iK t,i! < hungti. she said
Tri-sidi-nt Bland's argument
is !i•. IlliHills -..iul "By main
l.lining the status ijuo. hi1 is
in.ilking tin- politii.il statement
that discrimination is Oh and,
in fai t, welcomed
Tin' '.next formal action will
hike plate Nov I I, u lii-ii llii'
i’liiversitv Son.ili- will 1 n•.ir a
Student Si'ii,ilf approved Irs.i
hiiutn recommending ih»> ad
inmisirntiim b,ui ret miters im
lil ilu* military lolly complies
with University pisa v regard
ing discrimination
Brian Hoop. Student Si'ii,is.
HU' i ha irrn in, .•.aid that a I
though iIn■ l ■ nivi isity Senate
has 1 i t! 11 • i'll pi i yvi-i It It i ■■ I
strong von f
Thf administration tt i litioii
ally abides by the Waiver*>itv
Si-0.ilf 's ri'solllllons. Hoop said
However thf students urn:
douMtvii thiil a senate tfsolu
lion would change Brands jm
Milan, gwfii his ir'ai ol a Mini
la: ih i IM'UI if. tin l .Ml U>atd
Thf coalition id students also
: - k - :«' with It I a! id •• -1 I >: ■
itiont that banning recruiters
w ou Id v iu la if t h c i r 1 l r *■ l
Amimdmunt right*.
"President brand protecting
dtsi rimirnition under the guise
id tree spini h infuriates mu,"
Dm kstaih r said
d ins is ou! a i irsl Amend
rtsi-rtt issue." Adail said "He
(railing is a commercial enter
prise "
A i 1111 d i * i t students u ii , id
lundcd the press i miff re m i
rhelorn ally iptesli' nit I ivh dh
er Brand would permit the Ku
KIux Klan or pomogniphll film
makers In rei mil mi i impus
It tin- militarv disi rimin.iti d
(on tlie h.isis id) rai e or gender,
II talld dll is loll Would h.l V e
been different," Hills said
University workers feel job strain
Repetitive actions to blame
By Brad Brant
i mar aid Contributor
lallene (jiiimui k developed tendinitis us .1
University custodian in
'I dumped (rush, mopjied, swept flcxirs .md
shampooed 1 arpels," ( utnnt.H k said "It vs us to
the point I couldn't grip anything when I went
to the physician
Manuela I’urk. an olf’u e spot mils! and pur
chasing clerk in Oregon Hall, suffers from a re
current e of carpal tunnel syndrome She de
veloped the injury while working as a custodi
an for the University more than a dec ude ago
"I have terrible pain all day," she said
Park said keyboard typing and lilting heavy
hinders have strained her hands, causing the
injury to recur
Kejietitive motion injuries, also t ailed cumu
lative trauma disorders, are the fastest growing
occupational injuries ulld have been labeled
the major occupational hazard of the; 1990s. ue -
cording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
These; injuries, winch include; carpal tunnel
syndrome, . re- the result of a strain placed
upon a body part, often the hands or wrists,
from continual repetition of .1 specific task
While collar workers in office settings most of
ten fall prev to the pain the injuries c an cause
In resjionse to the increase in injuries like
carpal tunnel, the University is complying
with suggestions in the Oregon Public Employ
ees I nion contract and the Occ upational Safe
ty and Health Association rules in order to
minimize the problem.
Photo i:iu»lf*l*on by J«M P»«iay
Signs of the increasingly common carpal tunnel
syndrome are wrist and linger pain
The ()ffuv of Public Sii11• ty, whit h is re-,pun
sibli; for filing and responding to on-the job in
jurv reports, is trying to (in vent these in,ones
from developing
"We don't have a significant number of
i bums, but we are concerned about the poten
tial problem," said OPS offii er Kay Coots
Turn to INJURIES, Pago 4
Student starts group
to revive library hours
By Came Dennett
f v.A'.v. ■ ,i*o i .1: i
Concern about tin- Knight l.i
brary 's reduced hours lias
prompled one student to start a
group whoso aim is to restore
the original library si hedule
I suppose I'm the one who
tried to tmd out what's going
on,' said Dylan Coulter, found
er id Concerned Students for
Library Hours
Coulter said that little was
known about why the hours
were i ul until an article ap
p> ared In the Ijm r.ihl
There seemed to in- a need
lor someone to take action." he
s. mi
Its his seuri h lor thr reasons
behind thf t uts, linuller t.ilki il
with tlii' University's lilir.in.m.
t, i'iirj'i■ Shipman Hi- said Ship
m.in 11.11i iw reused thf librarv
hours in his 1 1 years horn, hut
th.it this \r.ir thf histont elh
underfunded library w.is aski d
hv thf .idministt.ition to m.ikc
(.ills
A t.isk fonti( w.is .ippoinlfil to
(mil tin- lisist ilftrhiii iit.il .ire i
to i ut. .Ill;] it ilfi nil'll to r ut stu
dent employee hours, resulting
in u hi percent cut in hht.irv
hours
turn to LIBRARY I’.ct- ‘>
INDEX
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eo denouncing g,i\ .ind 1«“• 0; .n rights to 77i*.* Kt^istrr-fiu.irti edi
torial board
See story. Pago 5
Vote ’91_
All eyes will be on Washington .is the state prepares to v le
on controversial euthanasia and ahortinn ballot measures
See story, Page 9