Oregon Daily
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13.1994
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 96. ISSUE 33
Iraqi crisis cools off; U.S. looks to future
Relations: Secretary of state
Warren Christopher proposes
buffer zone near Kuwaiti border
KUWAIT (AP) — As Iraqi troops
retreated from the Kuwait border, the
United States and its allies turned their
focus Wednesday to heading off future
crises that might tie provoked by Saddam
Hussein Thousands of U.S troops con
tinued to stream into the region as insur
anew.
Meanwhile. sis Persian Gulf countries
committed their own troop* to the allied
effort after a meeting in Kuwait with S*-*
rotary of Statu Warren Christopher
One option that Christopher pursued
with the Gulf ministers and with British
Foreign Secretary Douglas lluril involved
establishing through the U N Set urity
Council a /.one near the Kuwaiti border
that would tie off-limits to Iraqi tanks and
other heavy military equipment. Iraqi
The Hustler
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Matt Zanger, a senior In Architecture, lines up a behlnd-the-back shot while shooting pool Wednesday night In
the EMU Rec Center. The Center Is open Sunday-Thursday until 1 tp.m and Friday and Saturday until 12:30 p.m
■ GOOD MORNING
». WOLFEBORO. N H (AP) —
That bottle ol Mountain Dew that
cooled you oft in the summer may
keep you warm si* months later
Wickers Sportswear Inc is
working to lessen both winter's
cold and America's landlills by
making thermal underwear and
other products from recycled
plastic.
Wickers is among a growing
number ol U S. companies turn
ing recycled plastic into under
wear, T-shirts, backpacks and
other products.
Navy blue and Mountain Dew
green are the only colors avail
able lor its thermals — green
because ol the bottles' color and
blue because that is the only
environmentally sale dye the
company has lound, said quality
control manager Carol Metivier
In November, the mail-order
company Land's End will begin
selling 100 percent recycled
underwear made by Wickers.
The laboc Wickers uses lor its
thermals comes from the liber
Fortrel EcoSpun, made by Well
just a
Reminder
Streets around campus wiM
be dosed 5 a m. Fnday
through 3 a m Saturday to
accommodate guests at The
Oregon Campaign Streets
affected by the closure:
■ University Street, from
East 15th to 18th Avenues
■ Lot 30. behind McArthur
Court
■ Lot 29A, south of the EMU
I Ml RAID
man Inc., a plastic recycler and
polyester producer The gar
ments are as warm as thermal
underwear made from virgin
material, Mazzenga said
Wellman has been malting its
recycled product out of used
soda bottles since 1979, but it
wasn't until two years ago that it
produced a fiber soft enough for
clothing.
flights already ar»* banned in the area
Defense Secretary William Parry was
expected to continue lho*n discussions
when Im arrived in the region Thursday.
However, fat mg resistance front some
allies, the White House was not publit ly
pushing the idea on Wednesday
Although U N. Amhassador Madeleine
Albright said she had raised the idea at
the United Nations. White House press
secretary Dee Dee Myers told reporters.
"That is not a proposal that we have
ah op pod around.”
The Freni h. m particular, urged cau
tion Two French Cabinet ministers said
that Iraq had not violated any agreements
and that the West should not overreact
Whatever the details of the allied
response, Christopher said, "we are
resolved and committed that Saddam
should not he permitted to pro jin I the
world into t rists at his own whim."
Turn lo IRAQ, Patjo -t
Director wants
Women’s Center
full of students
Services: Organization seeks greater
student involvement with open environment
Amy Columbo
. *&gon 0~»>-y l rw'iikt
If Kdwilia Watch had her wish, the two i mu ho in the
AS!I() Women's ( enter would never he empty
Welch, the new dins tor of the Women s < enter, hopes
women on i ampus will come into . .—
the center, have .1 cup of coffee ■ An overview <>'
find out about the serve es it offers SafotidC HOfViCt'iS
and become involved with the Page 4
programs. -
Because more than half of the t adversity student body
is female, Welch has taken on quite a challenge
According to Welch, the Women's ( enter had 1 tl
drop-in visits and 40 phone calls from people interest
ed in finding out more about the center during the first
week of classes Welch lias been pleased with the stu
dent response.
The Women's ('enter, in EMU Suite t. has been on
1 ampus for seven years The 1 enter tiegan the 1004 05
year with major structural changes
1 jist year a restructuring committee met to redesign the
Women's ( enter They lobbied to rei eive an increase of
student fees, and the center is currently working with a
budget of $97,000 Tito committee surveyed women's
centers nationwide and set up a new structure, includ
ing a director, an office manager, support group faedita
Turn to CENTER, Pago 4
False alarms create safety problems
Prevention:
Sophisticated fire safety
equipment is not always
an accurate detector
Tiffany Smith
Opgon Dotty l
From discarded < igaretles
tossed carelessly in the fire
wood to abandoned candles
left in dorm rooms, fire safety
and response has always been a
big concern for campus safety
officials.
According to Keith Richard,
University archivist, the first
fire on campus was starter! in
the basement of Deady Mall
when someone was sneaking
cigarettes next to the woodpile
in the 1870s.
Back then, water was stored
in copper-lined towers in Vfi 1 -
lard and Deady Malls so that
the gravitational force would
pump water for efficient fire
fighting, ho said.
Today's fire prevention and
safety has become very sophis
tii ati'd according to Kay Cools
of iho University Office of Pub
lic Safety.
Hut with the increased
sophistication, there also has
been an increase in false
alarms Willamette Hall has
experienced a lot of false
alarms in the past four years
said Sandy Ryan, office manag
er.
The problem with the false
alarms. Ryan said, is that most
of the faculty and staff have
learned to ignore them.
“The whole building feels
this way." she said, “the facul
ty and everybody. They don't
know to leave the building
Kvery time it's happened in the
last four years, it's been a false
alarm.”
However Ryan said that, in
the last six months, the situa
tion has improved.
When an alarm is triggered,
the dispatcher* at OPS locate
the source and pick up the red
phone.
Turn to ALARMS. Page 4
I.ast in a three-part writ's
TUESDAY: Eugene City
Council discusses budget
cuts to provide more money
lor lire protection
WEDNESDAY: A profile ol
the Agate Street (ire station
and the budget problems that
keep it understaffed
TODAY: An explanation of
administrative policy about
lire safety on campus