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
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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
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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
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