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Oregon Daily FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18.1994 Nationally known alumnus dies Author: AIDS claims leader in gay activism By Jim Davis Randy Shills, one of the nation > first opetilv gay rejiorlers and a University .ihimnus. (find of t otnplicattons from AIDS early i hursday morning m his ( alifurnu home Shills, -twas tile best - sc 11 my author of And tin- Hand Piayrd ( hi. a hook highlightmg the All ).S epidemii and tin1 plight ol tin* >;a\ community: in the I hided States Kandy Stulls paved the way for AIDS a overage in the media Dean Arnold lsmai h of the St tiool of Journalism and ( ommunicatiun said in a press conference Thursday afternoon Shifts attended the l niversitv in the earlv 70s, and was open about Ins sexuality from the very beginning. He began his journalism career as a student reporter at tfie luiwmld. “He was in tfie first ( lass I ever taught at tfie University, and he was the most memorable student 1 ever had." said Mike Thoele. a former adjunct University prolessor He was so far ahead ol tfie ( urve that fie intimidated me as a first-term professor 1 le was the managing editor of tfie Emrrnld in U)7a when lie won more awards than any other student a Mined ist t fiat year In PCS, fie won set olid plac e 1 jo ■ SHUTS, Kid- t CouriMy Randy Shilts poses tor his 1993 best seller Conduct Unbecoming The former Emerald editor and natonally best selling author died Thursday trom complications trom AIDS UNIVERSITY IFC, MEChA battle over increase Budget: Member rails Cornwell "insensitive" for fighting increase' Amy Columbo l.motions Mured in tli•• IMI ’ Hoard Room Tuesday night when members Iroin lilt' lmidrnl.il Ires Commdlrr .inti Ml I hA vvrnl hr.id hi hr.nl ovrr Ihr ( In i .mo I atino stmint! union budget Ml < hA s requested budget lor the Pi'll |>)>) i m hoi11 vrur drew Itr.ilrd deflate bn nuse ul 11(0 mu rrtl tli.it tin* mi reuse i mild hr justified lt\ tin* mid of thr inert inH, Ml Oh A was granted 100 pert nit of their request The student union proposed a budget of $1-1 ' 1<), a Hi pen rut I in reuse from their current budget ll-'C memhers sought to tut the overall retpiesl. I in I MK( '.h.*\ mem hers were adamanl ahout the quality ol their programs and the net rssily ol then request At hi it tons to MI.( h A s proposed limlget tm luded funding for their rumpus radio program, a ronumimly oolir.it ii program and money for a youth < onforent r I hr li t deflated t lilting thr requests, loiting concerns that student funds i mildn't support the tilt reuses ll< mem tiers suggested fund raising as an option ()ne proposeri mt reuse im Imletl alio rating Sit1) for referent,e materials Ml ( ita t lied that tin* I 'diversity library I urn to IFC, Paqo -1 Groups take up China/Taiwan debate Associations: Two different campus societies both have titles using word Chinese' By Yin Leng Leong OttgcYi Qdfly i itwruki Mail addressed to the Associated ( hmi'M: Students and Si holars is frequently sent to the Chinese Stu dent Assoi lation hv mistake CItnnese l.ulturul Night, organized by ACSS, and China Night, orga m/ed by CSA. were thought In mam people to In- the same event I ven tile t.mcttiUi last month mis takenly stated in a photo < upturn that the ACSS Chinese Cultural Night was organized by CSA People don't know then- an- two (Chinese groups (<>t the University)," At SS President Tao Tung said "When we performed C .hmese ( til tural Night, everyliodv thought tliere was |ust one (.hmese group We are .ill Chinese students, hut ,u tuullv we are from Taiwan and China." The USA is made up of mostly luiwunese students, and the At SS comprises students from China, lung said Botfl associations use the word "Chinese" in their names because of historii al and politic al reasons, fie said In 1911 the kuomintang gained control of China and founded the Republic of China Between 1911 anil 1949, there vs as only one Chi nt-se go\ eminent The communists defeated tin kuonnutang in l‘i4‘i and renameo the country the People's Republli of China I he kuomintang fled to Taiwan The gov eminent ol Taiwan sidl claimed it was government of the whole of (ihina,” Tang said It still keeps the name Republic of (Ihina, which was founded in 1911 "We both insist on being the only China m the world.'' said Hm (ilieng Yao. president of CSA "That's the reason why we have the same name Yao suid it is common to have more than one Chinese so< iety in a college He said that at the Uni versity of Washington, there are more than four associations that rep Turn to CHINA, Page 4 GOOD MORNING ► Today is the last day to change grade options, to drop a class with a mark of W on transcripts and to change variable credits with a S10 charge per credit or grade option change p NEW YORK (AP) — There may not be a kiss-off for Roseanne after all ABC said Thursday it will air an episode of the popu ar comedy March 1 that features Roseanne Arnold ■•xchangmg a kiss with Manel Hemingway m a gay bar Exactly how that encounter will play remains to be seen, according to ABC spokesman Steve Battaglio. Aho said the segment had been shot but postproduc ticn was not complete ' There have been discussions concern ing how the kiss will be depicted," Battaglio said "Those talks are continuing " He said the episode will also carry a parental discre tion advisory In the episode, titled "Don't Ask Don't Tell," Arnold's character, Roseanne Conner, goes to a bar with bisex ual tnend Nancy, played by Sandra Bernhard. After dancing with Hemingway, Roseanne makes a wise crack that is misinterpreted The kiss results Up for grabs Karen Hetties, number 3, and another Oregon player try to pull the ball away from the University of Washing ton guard Tara Davis, number 34, Thursday night