GUNS Continued from Page 1 the first thing to rely on as self protection." Uzi Halimun. on Indonesian student, said it was necessary for the government as well ns people to focus more on broader issues than just gun-control. "The society itself needs to change," Halimun said "Amer icans need to think why people are so afraid that they feel they should get and keep guns Why do they have to take up guns and use them to solve problems with out using any alternatives? Imposing tougher gun-control laws or putting more policemen oil the stns-ts is not going to make any positive results. "Even if there will lie stricter gun-control laws, the government should think about how to implement those measures Politicians can't just set up laws to restrii t circulation of guns among people who are scared of their violent environment while real thugs and bandits an* able to get guns from bint k market I he\ should attack against a real source of gun proliferation." I lal imun said Watanabe agreed with Fukukawa and Halimun in thnl gun-control would not bo the only solution to prevent tragic incident* like Hattori’s She said foreign students should think about their own attitude toward American society. "We international students must bo aware that there is a dif femnt reality in another country." Watanabe said "That's a grave mistake to think this’ is never going to happen to me bocauso it has actually never happened to me in my country " Watanabe also said it was nec essary to raise awareness about gun-control among [wople in gen eral. "! like America because peo ple always have voluntary spir its," she said. "I ho|w people, not just coercion of the government, can make a difference This tune it's great Ihh ause Americans and Japanese are working together working together lor one goal (referring to the recent memorial events in tho U S.) "1 know that there is freedom in the United States, Watanabe said And that freedom includes responsibiliW BOOKSTORE Continued from Page 1 list price. Responding to the claim that Smith’s soils its boohs for loss, Standish said. "Differences go further than price." As a non profit organization, the University Bookstore pro vides for the materials that the University staff and faculty request. "If the instructors want it. we try to get it." Standish said Stand ish said the University Bookstore will provide copies of course books free of charge if none are available Standish said the University Bookstore operates philosoph ic,ally like a cooperative in the way it serves the University The money made on the sole of "non-necessary items' such as sweat shirts and gift items enables the bookstore to keep (profit) mar gins os low as possible on books and educationally related items, he said. Standish said good service is important to students. In addi tion to his department's four full-time and two part-time employ ees. the bookstore trains and hires 40 to 50 students to be cashiers during a "rush" (the weeks Indore and after classes begin) to process students quickly. The bookstore also buys Irooks on campus during buy-back, he said. As a for-profit corporation. Smith's pays taxes on income and property. )im Williams, manager of Iho University Bookstore, said the University store pays property tax and income tax on its sales to non-members. Williams said comparing the University Bookstore to Smith's is difficult and in some ways unfair — they are both so differ ent. “A lietter comparison would lie between the UO Bookstore and another university bookstore,” said Williams, adding that in that comparison, the University Bookstore does very well. Holly Bullock did not find that comparison consoling. She still has her SfiO book. 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Although women's (onditions have improved, there is still a great deal of inequality Is-tween the sexes throughout the world. Illiteracy rates for women an- still much higher for young women than for men. and job segregation and wage dis< rimination persist almost everywhere, at cording to a report issued by the United Nations These are pist some of the issues that will be addressed in the workshop, w hich is offered free of charge. "This is one of many work shops that are taking place on campuses across the nation to prepare lor the fourth World Con ference for Women in Beijing. China, in 1905," Anita Weiss said. Weiss, nn associate professor with the international studies department, is in charge of the workshop. "We re really ext itod uIkhiI tins workshop." Weiss said More than 100 persons have already preregistered We've made sure that the participants will repre sent a wide specter of back grounds Many of them come from universities across the state, but we'll also host people from community groups that have been working with specific issues." In addition to advertising in the Oregonian and the Hegtstei Guard, the committee has put up posters in bookstores, women's health clinics and other commu nity buildings Weiss also emphasized that men have been invited to regis ter for the workshop. "It's important for men to be aware that women's empower ment means everybody's empow erment," she said. After a plenary session with three guest speakers, the partic ipants will divide themselves into six groups that will discuss sjxtcifit: issues related to women's conditions around the world. In the afternoon the plenary session will reassemble, and each group will present its suggestions. 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