Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 129
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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
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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
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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