400 gather to save schools
By Katy Moeller
Oepon OlWV fr'WM!
SALEM — A handful of Uni
versity students joined educators,
children, human service profes
sionals and human rights advo
cates on the steps of the Capitol
Friday in u rally aimed at encour
aging legislators to come up with
a tax proposal to refer to voters.
Many in the crowd of more
than 400 people wore multicol
ored pins that said "Tax reform
Don't leave Salem without it" and
i arried signs demanding "Tax
reform now."
The $07 million cut in human
services during the Inst hiunni
um brought out human service
advocates who want to prevent
the cuts the state is i urrently fac
ing in the next biennium
Following the rnllv. partici
pants flooded the building to
meet with legislators to inform
them about the reality of cuts tak
ing place in education and
human serve es around the state
ns a result of IfKtO's Measure r>
Five University students, led
by ASUO Vice President Karmen
Fore, met with Rep Ijs> Hover. I>
Springfield, to lobby for tax
reform and Hud out about the sta
tus of the bill the Senate passed
that would, if passed by the
House without amendments, add
SJT million bai l, lo the higher
education budget
Beyer said the only significant
thing that the Legislature will do
this session is refer a tax plan.
"If you're going to get it passed
and that's the number one prior
ity, you have to have something
that none of the major player^
object to." Beyer said
"You've got to have something
the Assi* cited Oregon Industries
doesn't oh jet t to bis atise they re
the ones that have the money and
capabilities to defeat everything."
Beyer out ourages students to
tell people what they are fat mg
as a result of cuts from Measure
r>
People ol all ages and kinds rallied to encourage legislators to make
a new tax proposal at the Capitol building Friday In Salem.
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Bruce Mason, director of the University Outdoor Pro
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the lawn m frorfi of Hendricks Hall Sunday
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Marchers ‘take back the night’
By Tammy Batey
Omjcn Oifc/y f mecW ;
About it)0 women mart bet! the streets of
butene Friday night t hunting 'Two. four, six
eight No moor dale ra|w" and No mutter what wo
wear No matter where we go Vos means yes And
no means no" in the annual Take Back the Nigh!
man It
Some mart hers gathered outside of Fantasy
Warehouse, a store on Broadway Street that sells
pornographic items, and i hunted "Hey. hey, ho.
im Pornography Inis gut to go
Before the event, whit It was sponsored hy Sex
uni Assault Support Servues, several speakers
spoke at a rally
t he tnurt h offered the women "a taste of free
doni," said Frin Collier of SASS It was also .1
( ham e for w omen to express some of their sadness
and outrage about violent e against women
"In peacetime in our community as well as in
wartime in Bosnia, rape is a crime used to < onlrol
women and cause them to live in fear," she said
Shelley fames, lead singer of the hand Pyramid
Breakfast and rally emcee, said the night was both
serious and exciting
"1 choose to believe and hope for a twitter day
when women get the respei t they deserve and can
walk the streets safely." she said
It's often hard for women to speak out, said
Susan Trefts. a community self-defense instructor.
Women are supposed to he quiet The Take Back
the Night march was a way for women to regain
their voices and express themselves
"Are you ready to take hack the night?" Irelts
‘I choose to hope for a better
day when women get the
respect they deserve and can
walk the streets safely
Shelley James,
feed singer. Pyramid Breakfast
askod "Whv slop thoro? Why not 1.1 kbar k thf
< I it v' Whv not tako bat k I lif world
To mid violfiiif against vvommi, mmi and
woman must uuilf in opposition ol thosu poopio
who perpflimlf il. said Koss I rnfiuaii. <i Mon
Against Kiipn immtbcr Frnoman said hf was
mspiri-d by thoso who work ti» mid violottio
against vvonifi)
Tin! work begins holt).' in> said "This is .1 1 all
for solidarity of thf inassos
Fretmiitn ipiolfd thf words ol dead rfgga*’ singer
Hob Marluy Ihe tiino has cornu,”
Diana Collins I’nento. ASUO vu.11 president
flei t, said taking back thn night for her signifies
taking bar k her rights
"Wo 1 ontinuu to Ihi prisonors of someono a Isa's
war." shf said. "It is tlie haloid and fear in somu
oiif tils*’ that kffps us lor ki>d ill our 1 i'll blocks ”
I’eoplu must sliarf Ihti common truth that intol
franco, racism. sexism. homophobia and anli
Smnitism aro ono. Collins I'uonlo said
"To fight against ono, wo must fight against all."
sho said "Wo must look insidf ourselves and
undorstand our own bigotry 1mm auso wo 1 an i.on
front otbors' bigotry
honoring diversity
freedom
safety
love
for
all
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