Oregon Daily
THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 131
Assembly passes race requirement
□ 175-155 vote approves
multicultural guidelines
By Sarah Clark
Oregon i- ' V fmeciW
Alter tens.** debate plagued with at i usa
tions of anti-Semitism and coerced votes,
the University Assembly Wednesday
voted 175-1SS to revise the University's
race, gender and non-European require
ment.
Wednesday s vote increases the require
ment from one to two courses. One course
will discuss race relations in modern
America, focusing on African-Ameru an*,
Asian-Amerioans, Native Atnerii alls
and/or l.atinos't.hicanos
The other will discuss how gender,
race, ethnicity and/or class shape society.
The new requirement will affer t freshmen
entering the University during the 1994
95 si hool year and after.
University Assembly Secretary Keith
Richard said Wednesday's fat tiltv atten
dance was the largest he's seen in 14
years.
The close vote marked the end of a two
year battle by students and some fat uity
to narrow the focus of the requirement.
"What it means is that this University is
ready to move into the 2 1st century," said
sociology Professor Sandra Morgen, co
chairwomnn of the committee that drafted
the new requirement. "It means that the
state will have a better informed citizen
ry and a better informed work force."
Student supporters said they were
happy with the vote, but that it's only a
step in diversifying the University's cur
riculum.
"We're still light-years behind where
we should lie as far as addressing issues of
race and gender equality in this century,
said Student Senator Brian Hoop, who has
worked more than two years to rev ise the
requirement.
Though supporters s,iid they were sur
prised the revision passed, one professor
said assembly members were forced to
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P*0*O by Pat
Politics! science Assoc Isle Professor Sum! Cho, a member of the President's fAtiUcui
tural Curriculum Committee, addresses the University Assembly Wednesday. Cho rec
ommended that the assembly vote In favor of the new multicultural guidelines.
Sensor flashlight illuminates drunken dnvers
□ Eugene police department first to use
vapor-analyzing Passive Alcohol Sensor
By Matt Bender
Oagon Deity Int&ek]
Drunken drivers will have a more difficult time not getting
caught, thanks to the Eugene police department's simple new
tool.
A flashlight.
Not just any flashlight, but an SHOO flashlight that is equipped
with an alcohol sensor. It's called the Passive Alcohol Sensor,
and officers who have used it say it's a very accurate and help
ful weapon in the fight against drunken drivers.
Officer Tint Bulski said the sensor detects alcohol vapors and
displays the amount of alcohol present on a twr graph
"There is a motor behind the head of the flashlight and it pumps
in air into a cell that analyzes the air," he said. "It works well
because other smells, like tobacco, don't interfere. It operutes on
vapors,"
The flashlights are currently being used by the officers who
drive EPD’s DUII car and officers who work the University rein
pus and local high schools.
The flashlights were provided by the Century Coalition, a group
of alcohol producers. The coalition targeted Eugene and four oth
er cities in the United States for funding of alcohol-abuse pre
vention programs.
Officer Carrie Axtell. a DUII car driver, said the flashlights have
made her job easier. She said that, during a DUII stop, she holds
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University not
likely to go
private, say
officials
j Board will continue
evaluating privatization
By Colleen Pohlig
I’m .111/mu the University would
save J«*w dollars ill llii' next four
yours, stalo higher rdui ation hoard
members found alter completing a
report requested by legislators Iasi
February
Stale representatives laroKu ().ik
lev K Album, and |nn Whilty. II
( imis Hay . asked the board lo i oitsider
making the t Sniversity a private msli
lulion in the wake of fewer available
stale dollars for higher oilui alum
"As far as short term say lugs, it's
probably not a possiliilil V. 'Oakley
vud Hut for the long term, it's some
thing we still haven't given up on
Oakley said she will ask the hoard
lo submit further rejmils no the long
term possibility of privatizing the
University or Southern Oregon State
College, which Inis a large percent
age of out-of stale students
I’rivati/.ing the University would
shift tile i lists more from the slate lo
students through higher tuition (air
reutly, in state students pay about
one-third of the cost to instrut I them
%2.72\
The report saitt that it the si hool
1ms ante private in the nuxl year, there
would tie a sudden drop in enroll
iiient caused by a minimal $10.OIK)
tuition rale The hike could pin e as
mm h as fit) percent ot the current
Hi.-HH) students out of an edut ation.
at i ording lo the report
Privatizing the University would
not only reduce at cess for (fregom
nns. hut the University would have
to eliminate many faculty members
because there would he fewer stu
dents to tench.
The lame County economy would
further suffer, the report said. Iwcause
departing faculty would take their
federal contracts and grants with
them.
Privatizing one or more institutions
is only one option the board and the
Oregon legislature are considering
to bridge the budget gap. said Kolierl
Hailey. Oregon State System of High
er Education Ixwird president.
"Our concern is if the stale does
nothing about revenue in the next 1H
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WEATHER
It's past April 1 and we re
still foolin' you.
A storm arrived overnight
that should produce light
sprinkles this morning and
clearing by this afternoon.
Today in History
In 1973. artist Pablo Picasso
died at his home near Mougins.
France, at age 91.
PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN
COLFAX. Calif. |AP) - The latest police weapon against a shrinking bud
get? Piggv banks.
In fact, pigs seem to have become the unofficial mascot of the Colfax
police as the six-member department struggles to make do with its 510,000
budget amid a rising population and diminishing revenues
Officers have put a dozen pink plastic piggy banks in stores in this village
50 miles northeast of Sacramento.
On sale are T-shirts with the words “Colfax Police" and a picture of a pig s
head A fund-raiser and drawing drew 200 people to a pirn parlor
Monday
SPORTS
LOS ANGELES (AP) * l.»** than 48 hours after commit
ting one of the biggest mistakes in NCAA Tournament his
tory. a gracious Chris Webber appeared at an awards < ere
mony Wednesday and talked about bes oming a hermit
Webbers infamous timeout tall with tl seconds left cost
Michigan a chance at the title Monday night. The gaffe,
however, did not coal the bald, clean-shaven Alb American
his sense of humor
'I think I II grow long hair and a beard and move out to
the California desert and wait for the basketball season to
begin,' he said
Tv« been in a state of denial.' he added.