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Oregon Daily UESDAY. JUNE 2. 1992 Honey, I shrunk the city P**m> tff Sol Nmvrrw \ University junior Melissa Bagg photographs her architecture studio term project "We re done tomorrow and all of our hairs will stop being pulled out." fellow architecture student Lyn Travis said Activists trace racist roots of LA riots □ Black leaders participate in a University panel discus sion on racial unrest. By Matt Bender Emerald Conlnbulof The recent riots in Los Angeles were the result of terrible living conditions for poor blacks, two black community lead ers told a crowd of about 200 people Monday night in the EMU Fir Room Ron Herndon, an activist from Port land, and Wanda Coleman, an award winning writer from Los Angeles, gave their views on racism and the recent ri ots In a panel discussion sponsored hy the University's Peace Studies Program Coleman started the evening off by reading some of her poetry. Her readings dealt with understanding and con trad l( ! ing racial prejudice. Prejudice is something dial Coleman said she has dealt with all of her life Coleman, who grew up in the Watts dis trict of Los Angeles, said she still has problems with racism today. "I still have altercations in restaurants and shops.” Coleman said. "I'm just try ing to buy a hamburger and all of a sud den i huvu a problem." Coleman. who won a Guggcnhuim Award for fu r (mriry. said things in Los Angulos am mj iiaii that soitui filark pen pin see jail as .1 vacation from dm reali tics of llu- lives of poverty lluty h ad "When I Was u kid, jull was a bad thing. Now it’s a status symlrol, Golc man said Coleman said tilings arc still fostering in south-central 1-os Angeles and tin- ri ots nniIri happen again. Sint also criticized Los Angeles Mayor Toni Bradley, telling the audience that just because Bradley was black didn't Turn to Racism. Page 4 Springfield moves to save jobs jThe Springfield City Coun cil initiates efforts to prevent job discrimination in the wake of Measure 20 08 By Germ Koepptng f mtK.ikl Reporter A Springfield City Councilor, respond ing to passage of an unli-homosuxuul rights Initiative, luunched efforts Mon day night to prohibit discrimination against guv and lesbian city employees During Monduv night's city council meeting. Kulf Waiters suggested the i tty council use a clause in the initiative al low mg the city to protect city employees from discrimination based on sexual preference The Springheld measure, titled 20-0H, allows tiie city to mandate that in em ployment decisions only factors related to the joh are to be considered Walters, who supports the initiative, said he was simply taking advantage of that < lause to allay some fours the initia tive has at used The council unanimously supported Walter's plan, and after discussion It was decided to leave the matter to Mike Kel ley, the Springfield city manager. Kelley is in charge of all administrative rules, which include those that uffi-cl city em ployees Kelley said he would try hy next week to draft a rule like the one Walters sug gested "I see it as a healing issue," he said Others believe 20 (lit cun he modified to matnliiln the status <|uo, while not in fringing on the civil rights of gays and lesbians Jesse Maine, a candidate for Spring held city council, said during the moet ing that he would start a petition drive that would repeal 20-011 The new initiative would stale that for a group of people to he lislisl as a pro tected ( lass it would need a vote of the people. Turn to JOBS, Page 4 Student artists combine comics to publish ‘Panels’ By Karen Engels Emerald Contributor Their names have bcscome campus household words — son of. Their concerns range from ar tistic pretentiousness and ro mance to sociopolitical con cerns and beer. Hudson Van Curen. Oscar the Freshman. Weasel, the Ulti mate Boycotter and other car tobn characters gracing the pages of campus publications this year recently met In a sin gle publication. “Panels: UO Cartooning 1(191-92," a 97-page comic col laboratlon, complete with color cover, will go on sale at the University Bookstore and Em erald City Comics, next to Smith's Bcxjkstore, somewhere between the end of dead week and the beginning of finals week, said editor Michael E Russell. The creation* of 12 campus artists, known and not so-known, are Included Kussett. creator of Hudson Van Curen, began pondering the book idea after reading "The New Comics Anthology,” which he calls "the best oftn tcllectual new comics.” Thus inspired. Russell con tacted several fellow campus artists tu collaborate and create "Panels." Soverul of them had already combined forces to err ata two two-page "Cartoon jam" strips for Oregon Voice earlier this year. All the artists Kussell con tacted were optimistic about the (took, ho said. The resulting "Panels" Is an eclectic mix of cartoon art com plied from campus publica tions, dusty portfolios and dorm room walls. Kussell said he also wanted "to gel Hudson out to those two or three fans" who didn’t know Turn to COMICS. Page 4 _ pnap ^ Campus cartoonists (from latt) Naal Skorpan, Michaal Pus sail and Kraig Norris ara contributing to "Panals," an anthology ol Univar sity studants' cartoons.