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Oregon Daily APRIL 1.1994 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 95. ISSUE 122 ‘Star Trek’ pack goes where no student group has gone Issues: Discussions of the show offer some student officials a common ground By Daniel West Spm e. the final frontier Those are the voyages of the Star Trek information (jmter Its i ontinuing mission to explore strange new episodes, to seek out new mem hers and Incidental Fee funding To boldly go where no student group has gone before "We had to figure out a wav to get people involved in student government." said Thomas Huckaba. Urn vorsily Affairs (Coordinator and one of the founding members We needed something that a lot of students knew about and something that thu> wouldn't feel uni omfortahlu with So we de< ided that SMr In k was good Ium ause of it's wide appeal to students Then, we could get (students) involved in oilier student organi zations." Along with Hut kaba. the founders (Caitltn I’vvam. Incidental bee (Committee member and ICd ( arson ■ «<it tor of the ( 'omwrntntor meet with other members out.e it month Thm disi nss prvv tons episodes of .ill thit Star Trri. series including the original series, ! hr S'rxt (irn cmlimi niiii />»»■/> Sprit r .Vino 1 his group doesn ! only rw ount th«* highlights of \ arious s< ones but their dis missions range from politii s and e< imoiim s to rai ism Kfi ently, morn Star I rrk episodes are dealing with homophobia and gender ndatml issues hei ause of thnir prevalent t’ 111 onr sot lull today lor ox ampin, the yen man in the old series was a >.e< retail It was always a woman earn mg something tor (laptain Kirk or she was Turn to MISSON P.irjo b UNIVERSITY Hate, bias crimes must be classified Amendment: Hate crimes at the University must be officially recorded By Daniel West The tIniversity i'' now required to < l.issi I \ ill I i rimes com mi tie. I mi the basis of rate, religion or sexual on eiit.itn>i; is bias trunes This new < lassifii ration was a part of the I ligher I ,dm ation amendment in !<W.: Phis amendment stated that a ret nrd ol <|11 tmis < rimes will he kept Oil all university (..imposes throughout the nation Before tin- at! passed, there was no language that i lussilied hate i rimes They were reported as arsons and assaults, hut the reports disregarded the rai tal bias But. sine e lOfla the t iiiversitv has added several categories whitlli tnssilv hate i rimes as motivated hv prejudii e based on perceived rac e religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, non or lalxir organi/ation. age or economic status.” said the, ns ords Turn to CRIMES Page f> Hair care MM MAI t I HI Dan Pulju touches up the shaved sides of his mohawk In an EMU restroom Thursday It just got to be too long, he said Students from Singapore decline in number Costs: Rising tuition one of the reasons cited for decrease By Michael J. Wllczek ft 'f f'w Ortnjtv» IJ. i i't / n'vijid if slit) hud to do it out again, Sink l.oon Leong. .1 sophomore from Singapore, wouldn’t < 01110 to the I Ini ver sify "Taking into account what the University is charging and what they’re giving,’’ Leong said. I think I can get more of my money's worth in Turn to STUDENTS. Page 4 GOOD MORNING ^ SALEM (BS) — University ol Oregon graduates are high ly thought ot and more likely to get a good paying job, according to the results ol a survey that will be released today The Oregon State Board ol Surveys questioned employers in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, asking them to judge the employable ty ol graduates ol the state's system ol higher education "University ol Oregon grad uates are by far the most liter ate, intelligent and clear-thinking ol all graduates that we've seen in recent years," said Jackson Bridges president ol Bigco, Inc. "Since we stopped accept mg Oregon residents in favor of higher-tuition paying Cali fornians, we believe the quali ty of our student body has increased," said Sherbert Cherub, University registrar Willie Daniels, vice presi dent for administration, attrite utes the University's growing reputation to the creation of more training opportunities for students "The addition of TacoTime to the University community has increased our ability to provide real world training for students, giving them a sense of what their degree can do for them," Daniels said Eugene police reach out to Hispanic community Relations: Department implements programs to serve population By Yin Long Leong P r y f When Kugene poli<-«* offii er Manuel "Hurt" Suaru/ walked up to the vehicle he had stopped, the llispanu driver smiled nervously, took out his wallet and gave Suaru/ S10. "1 had to explain to him that it was against the law for me to t.ike the money," Snare/ said "It's nonnul to pay a tr.it fji (.op in I .at in American count ries." Suarez. whixso family moved from Colombia to the United States when lie was <i bov. said .1 huge peri entage of the Ills panii immigrants who have recently come to Kugene expel t the police here to he like tfie polo e hoi k home "In general, there is a mis trust of the police because of corruption." Suarez said "I'rom my experiem e as a t iolomhian, the last [>eople you Turn to POLICE, Page 6
