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
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GOOD MORNING
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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