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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1992)
UNIVERSITY UPDATE Berry concert tonight Comedienne Berlin- Berry, the Campus Pntertainor of the Year will give a fri-e performance tonight at the Hull Center .it M p 111 Berry was scheduled to perform in Kugene earlier this year as part of the Martin Luther King |r celebration. hut the show had to lx- rescheduled !x-i .uisii of weather conditions In addition to being a comedienne. Berry holds a I’ll 1) in sociology and is a former college professor She is known for infusing her humor with messages and observations on contemporary r.u e and gender issues Diversity workshops planned A series of presentations and work shops on ra. e. gender and gay and lesbi an issues will lie featured during this month s Kmpowering Diversity' ses sions Because spue e is limited for the ysnrk shops, those interested in attending should call the Office of Human Ke sources at 346-2951 to register Some of the highlights include • TODAY "Unwanted Sexual Behav lor Becoming Part ol the Solution' and "Native American Traditions Lmpow nring Women • MAY IB "Identifying Privilege Where Do You Pit" and "Expanding Your Perspective on Culture " • MAY 20 Dealing with Hate Crimes A Campus Perspective" and "Battling Stereotypes Update Your Im ages of Persons With Disabilities • MAY 2f> "Homophobia How We've Been Taught to Hate • MAY 2^ "Are You Aware' Issues Pacing Students of Color" and "Under standing Coming Out Por Cays and Straights Students help farm workers l-our students who are taking a class called Population and Clobal Re sources have undertaken the task of r trying U) raise awareness of tin- prob lems facing migrant farm workers To do this, the students along with several eo sponsors such MKC.hA and the Offk:e of Multicultural Affairs, plan to show a recently completed film made hv members of PCCN. the Northwest farm worker's union based in Wood burn 1'he film, culled Our Slru^lr For /us (fee, will be shown Monday at 7 p m In Room 1 !M (lilhert It Is a 22 minute do< unientarv on the conditions the workers live in. the dangers of the pesticides they .ire exposed to and Iasi summer's strike Rosa Alba Valerio, one of those who organized the project and a MKChA member, said a representative from CCl \ will also lie on hand "I*t:UN lias only two resources tfieir memtvers and others who support them, " Valerio said it s S.ui to see that the people who pick the lood we eat get such harsh treatment,' Valerio said City, OSPIRG plan bike week The Kugene Department ot Public Works is sponsoring Bicycle Commute Week, beginning Saturday The Oregon Student Public Interest (Iroup is coordinating the campus part of the event, including "Hike to ( am pus day next Wednesday • May It', 20, 21 and 22 are designated as "Park and Ride" days A small break fast will tie provided ai 15th Avenue and High Streel from 7 0 a m • May 10 is "Ride with your City Coun cilor” day, when eight council memliers w,ll depart from different designated areas to I'tfi Avenue and Oak Street, where a continental breakfast will be served to all who partii ipale • May _MI 'Hike to ( ample. lay will me hide information tables hv OSPIKC For more information and a i omplclt schedule, call Diane Bishop a! the Pub Ik Works department at t>H ' 52OH Hikers’ rescue due to ‘luck’ without use of tiny locator ImSIKnS1 TIMHKKLINK l.OIHH:. Ore (AI *) Three lost hlk i-rs who endured two frigid nights on Mount Hood wen* ri’Miii’il with "blind link" because they weren't wear a liny signal device tti.it rents tor v>. a ski pa trol member says Most rlimbors tarrying the ulectrunli device an* foutul within three hours after lh<-s fail to turn up its siheduled. said t raig Petrie. a mem her of the Mount HimxI Ski Patrol for !H sears Its so simple and it works so wall. Petrie said ol the 10 ouin e J hs 1 m< h loi ator unit worn across the shoulder Idle trio was found Mondas at tile t tititi foot level of the mountain After two (lavs a i rew of HO si during the mountain finally humped into Dean Anderson. .1 I. of Seattle, his wife Sheri. An derson tl and Donald Henry L.acer. t.’.. id Port land If the climbers had been using a signal dev lie. all the dollars and people hours and heartache would have fierti avoided, said I t Neil James of the ( I.k Lunas ( ountv sheriffs offi; e d fie battery operated transmitters are available at several Portland area mountaineering shops ddiev have worked .It tit) degrees below zero, when thrown ISO feet down a i revasse and when turned under tons of snow After the deaths of nine hikers sis years ago, the Mountain Signal Memorial bund raised enough money to purr base loo of the S ISO trails milters lor use by hikers and five S.1 0(H) rer elv ers for seen h teams However, searchers say in the four years the signal dey ii es have tx*en available no lost hiker has ai tivated one and most don't wear them Its another piei e ot safety equipment.' Petrie said, referring to es. uses climbers use to avoid ; k ing aloe...', the I ite in i limbing tec lino logy I .ay why w on Id Ih v lake an lie as' Why would they lake a sleeping hag ' Petrie estimated only about id percent ol the thousands of climbers who trek to the summit ol Mount Hood nut It year lake transmitters p sounD M STAFFORD w In our Children s Book Section Hardcover 13 VS 1 mi animai 111ai Duank Up SOUND An animal walks tf to land, drinking up summer's green sounds,' the croak of toads and all the little shiny noise grass blades make ' In his footprints, winter falls What will bring the sound back9 Step into the heart of winter in this book where trie moon owns the earth, and spring's return seems impossible But of course rt will return always though it may begin with the smallest ot signs Watch for them. They're out there, waiting, just as poet William Stafford and artist Debra I rosier have promised SI 13th & Kincaid • 346-4331 • M-Sat J *v <ni r i n f WORD 'i »*-Jk 4T / si I' - i r r 1 ( a»* * t' A * d sti*l« ni'-of flit ! n-ii -'O’- tr