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Oregon Daily TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1993 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 94. ISSUE 129 Found! t'l.-*, by Nu t Blind since birth Annie Monson, 8, ol Eugene uses her ears to find a pri/e at an East er egg hunt lor blind children at Corridor Elementary School The eggs used during the hunt chirp repetitively to help the children locale them Students take part in fast protesting hunger j Those participating hope Congress will make ending hunger a national priority By Rebecca Merritt More than 1iiti l inv vimiv :,i ‘i ;>1 • M«m*lay |oined l! S t<«• |• lunv II,ill on i nationwide I.ist In protest the ehitun.ition of the I S House of Represenlaliy es St1 let t I nmutlltee on Hunger Memtu-is ii| tis• ■ N.ition.il Student t ,im|>.i■.;:s Against Hunger .11 el Ilumnli ssiirss ,mil (JSl’IKt. nnntnmt rd at a rally in front of |olmson II I they will last tor ,n least 4 hours Some meinliers has« umv.l not to imI lor us Itin^; .is ,i Week Ihe volt «• in Congress for tin' hungry .out tin' needy h.is been si Itnii ed," (JSl’l K<. mi'inl nr | tin I in loti r '..nil .it Monthly s rti 11 \ We immol ignore hunger Students yvho promised to f ist for .it least .' I hours wore ri'tl arm b.mils to i .ill to .itti'iition ihf ni'i’tl lor hunger und homeless tint .uni to support I lull s efforts Across the i ouitlry students nre joining Hull in Ins l.ist .mil .ire encouraging people to sign u petition urging l niigrt'ss to ni.ik.it hunger a iuition.il priority f'reloar sun) I he lasting is u sy inholit at lion." Irelonr s.iiil We are yy tiling to give up n h.e.H hum.ill neeil lor something that should he a iialinn.il priority I lull, an Ohm represent,it is e. of fit ml Is begun his last Mon (lay alter the hunger t om mil lei- yy as tail on Mao h 11 (JNl’IKt ■ ineitllier Vain ■„i Pepe saut Hall yy ill hist tor lour yyeehs. .mil I rnlo.it s.uil the length ol Hull's last is indefinite Ills last is a i all to ( aingress in make hunger a national priority. ' I relonr said According to Hull, nearly 27 million Americans are on loud stamps, and JO million Americans go to food hanks Worldwide. 40.000 people die from hunger-related i .loses eat h seat and about one billion of the world's population is undernourished More than 4.000 lame (aumt> families pay more than 70 pert ent of their nit tune on housing anti 2.000 laiuthes are homeless. W ay no 1 ortl ol the luigene 11 tuneless At lion ( audition suit I I he former hunger t mnmiltee emit led a lask fort e to provide aid lor the hungry ant! homeless I lie i.ouimitter ssas dedicated to addressing the growing problems ol hunger in Amerit a and also ini tiated relief programs in Somalia and other plat es around the yvorld The i oililllittee yyas the least expensiye id all national i omillittees. Indoor s.uil ''Hunger yyas hv far lie-1 heapest i.omiuiltee that the House of Rep Turn t- HUNGER Put'*) Cost, politics of multiculturalism proposal questioned j The requirement may change number and focus of courses By Colleen Pohlig and Sarah Clark The often heated debate over a proposal to change the Universi ty > ruce/gender/non-Europeon requirement ha* raised several questions about the polite s and i ost of teaching multicultural ism. 1'he University Assembly. v% tie h consists entirely of fai ul ly members, administrators and student senators, will consider Requirements not unique to Oregon j Universities across the nation are experimenting with multicultural courses By Jen Ellison The University isn't the only educational institution working on multicultural require meets Manv American universities require or will require t ompletion of a r.n u/gunder i hiss for graduation. Thu University's current rut e gender/non European requirement i.uo fit* satisfied by one of more than 175 courses already available. The Multicultural Curriculum Committee will submit a two course reijuiremenl to the Turn to STATES. Page 5 these questions whim it votes on a new inuUii.nIturalism propos al Wednesday at t K) p in. in Kuoni 150 Columliiti. Thu proposal would chmiK*' thu current requiromenl from one course lo two One course would focus on ran* relations in modern America. The other would address how gender, race, ethnicity and/or i lass shape so< irtv If tin- assembly adopts the proposal, it w ill t»‘< oiiio part ol tin- University's curriculum beginning ns soon ns the llt<H • I • si Itool \ ear Education for the future? Supporters of lit" proposal say students need it to learn how to tom turn in an increasingly rai iallv diverse i ountrv "Let's learn about ear li other so that when mi have to work together and live together, we Turn to COURSES Pago 4 WEATHER A high pressure astern arm ed over Oregon Monday allowing for some sun and warmer temperatures for the next few days. Today Tn History In 1H% the first modern Olvmpii games formally opened in Athens. Grets e. GUILT OR INNOCENCE MEMPHIS, Tenn {API - lames Earl Rav w as acquitted of slaying the Re; Martin Luther km# Jr during a mock trial in a (able TV spe< lal Sunday. The three-hour program. Guilt nr Innocence The Trial nf lames Earl Hay was bmadi as! on HBOon the 25th anniversary of Kings slaying Kav serv ing years for shooting the civil rights leader in into) while King stood on a motel balcony, testified during the moil trial by satellite from the Kiverfieud State Prison in Nashville In l%4 Rav pleaded guilty to the slaving but later'tried to recant his plea The 10-dauns< opted mock trial was filmed in Memphis in January SPORTS The Oregon women s tennis team finished with nine [Hunts and in last plat e in the Pa< ifii-tO Conferem e Northern Division murid robin tournament with Washington and Washington State user the weekend. Washington won the event with T2 points and the Cougars were sei oud with l‘t Points (rum the three-day tournament will combine with points from the duel-match tournament. April lfel7 al the 15th Street (amrls in Eugene, to determine the Pai til Northern Division i hampion In men s tennis, the Dui ks defeated Washington State 7-0 Sunday in Eugene They are now 6-11 for the season