Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 12, 1992, Page 4, Image 4

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    Faculty, Staff and Students
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DEAL
-ON
SQUARE
MEALS
25 meal lunch pass for only
$100
During Spring Term Only
I his is .i 30% discount Ironi the duih
______ cash price.
Purchase lunch pass at University
Housing or call 34(>-4277 for more
information.
riMVidiki!
Groups to hold anti-nuke fair
By Mandy Baucum
fmer a id Contrcf
The Siudent (Campaign fur
Disarmament will hnsl Nuclear
Free Friday on Marc h 1 i lo in
form people alxHil pariic ipaling
in a protest against nuclear
weapons testing, as well as lo
heighten awareness of environ
mental issues
SCI), along with other organ
izallons will l>e at the event's
awareness fair with sign up
sheets for those who want to
pa r I if i pa te in the protest,
which liegins April in Knvi
ronrnental groups such as
I1KINC Recycling and the Solar
Knergv Center will also he at
the fair lo give- out free environ
mental information The fair
will take plac e in t he KM I
Courtyard Friday afternoon
Alsu. Kiiymomi Yowell,
( hiff of thr Shoshone Indians,
arid tritie mwnbcr Carrie Dann
will present the film 77> /’mbs /
Mnlhrr l urlh Friday night at ti
in Room 177 Lawrence The
film depicts the difficulties the
Western Shoshone face in their
land struggle Comments will
also t>e made hv Yowell and
Dann
Yowell and Dann have a
"very unique point of view we
want to share w ith members of
the community. SCI) < o-Direi
lor Jake Wagner said "It will fie
very empowering to sis’ some
one who is there all the time
come and say what is going on
dow n there
I he protest y\ ill begin near
Meet
Lou Whittaker
Lou Whittaker is an internahon
ally Known mountaineer whose
histone achievements include
leading the first successful
ascent ol an American team to
the top of 28 168 tt Mount
Kanqehenunga in 1989
On March 12 l ou will lecture
atxrut his many mountaineering
adventures, and present an
exciting slide show ol his climbs
He has successfully spellbound
a packed room in his last two
visits to the UO Don't miss this
opportunity to meet one of the
world's greatest mountain
climbers l le will be ac. emp i
rued by Skip Yowell another
>•. irid class mountaineer
i LOU WHITTAKER
i LECTURE AND
SLIDE SHOW
j THURS., MARCH 12
| 7 30 - 9:30 p.m
150 Columbia,
UO Campus
•sons? by J-i ,k'H .i a
1 hr (fQ H, "e
Talk to Lou Whittaker
At the
UO BOOKSTORE
FRIDAY, MARCH 13
10:00 - 1:00
Win A Mountain
Climbing Trip
truer at the UU Bookstore tor
a Climbing Trip on Mt Rainier
with Lou Whittaker and Skip
Yowell as your professional
guides
I he trip includes one nigh!
accommodations m downtown
Seattle a boat cruise and dinner
on Puget Sound a live day
seminar and basic mountain
climbing training tour nights
lodging and all meals at Camp
Muir on Mt Rainier one rugh!
a^ cornmodahons at the ba* e o!
Mt Ramier and an awards
dinner and dance party Worth
: th ■ e >c ting trip is : p n
i ored by Jansport
The drawing will be held at
Lou Whittaker's lecture
March 12, and you must be
present to win.
Door Prize
Giveaways
On MARCH 114 12 the UO
Bookstore will be giving away
TWO DAILY PRIZES Ot a
backpack and a sweatshirt
On MARCH 13 to celebrate
L ou Whittaker's visit to the
bookstore we will be giving
away HOURLY PRIZES of a
backpack and a sweatshirt, with
TWO PRIZE WINNERS EVERY
HOUR! [ nter in the lobby ot
the UO Bookstore March 11 13
20% Off
Jansport
MARCH 9-13
You Save 20% On All
Jansport Merchandise at the
UO Bookstore
•..I r v.-ns •’ ’f incluck>d'
Author Signing
Thursday, March 12
12 30 • 1 30 p m
in the General Book Department
| Kenneth Hetphar*} is a professor of
I anascape at the Unaersty of Oregon
Las with .1 !«» il.il
opening ceremony featuring in
temational speakers and per
formers
Tarticupants will walk l>r>
miles from I.as Vegas lo the Ne
vada lest Site from April
IT 17 A nonviolent demonstra
lion will he held at the site In
ail, the events w ill last 10 days,
including Karth l)a\ on April
1R
The federal government in
lost established the Nevada
Test Site on a pier e of land the
Western Shoshone have been
living and herding their rattle
on for years
The impact of nuclear radi
ation has reported !v caused the
Shoshone to suffer increasing
incidents of hirth defects, men
till retardation and cancer The
Shoshone want an end to the
nuclear testing and hope that
the protest will force action on
the issue
SCI) wants to help the Sho
shone keep their land and pre
sent it from being destroyed bs
nuclear testing By hosting Mu
t fear Free Fridas. the group
hopes to raise awareness and
gain support for this cause
(,rinips su< h as The Mad f arm
ers and singer I'eter Wilde will
he performing in the Courtyard
from 11 It) a m to t p m
In addition to the Shosho
re s light against mil lear test
ing, they also face a battle to
keep their nailva* land In 1 *)7;t,
lie- government accused Dunn
of trespassing on its land
land the Shoshone have been
herding t hei r cattle on for
years
I'he Shoshone have taken
their i use to the I S Court of
Appeals three times and to the
CS Supreme Court once The
Supreme Court ruled against
ihe tribe ls< ause its members
have supposedly been paid lor
lhe land The 1 S interior se<
retary who serves as spokes
man for the W estern Shoshone
incepted the $-’•> million dol
bus and deposited it into a U S
Treasury Department trust
fund
H: wi v er the W i’stern Shu
shone ha\ e refuser! to at < ept
I he sei ret.iry is a guardian and
haven't r i i i ; y ,-d any of the
money i'fie Shoshone still plan
nonviolent resistance against
any government attempts to
drive them pom their land
I r: th ’ ' are unable to
attend tie Nev ad.i Protest bill
w . id k, upport It. a hen
etit ; ;; or: featuring Afrit an
marimba music will Is’ at the
W ()W ft., n April .1
Cash
For Textbooks
Mon. • Sat.
Smith Family
Bookstore
768 E. 13th
1 Block From Campus
345-1651