Oregon Daily
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21. 1995
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 96. ISSUE 103
Hide-and-seek
Spencer Meeker, 11, peeks from behind the backboard to see It his brother,
Ross, 9, left, and Alex Bender, 7, are done counting to 100 In a game of hide-and
seek The boys were playing next to the University Student Health Center
Senate approves group’s
revised goal statement
Meeting: Group's original
statment may have infringed on
First Amendment rights
Tasha Etcbenseher
£>«0or) D&y I mtvitM
After an hour of legal debate, the Stu
dent Senate voted Monday night in favor
of appros mg a rev iv.-d g(,.d statement writ
ten by the t Iniversdy'a Students for Choice
organization
The group's previous goal statement was
refected at its Jan t'th budget hearing bv
the ASUO i’rograms Fiiuim e Committee
on the grounds that the objectives of the
group may infringe on some student's First
Amendment rights A group cannot receive
funding unless its goal statement has been
approved
'It is important to keep m mind that this
is not about abortion or the right to i home
or the merits of Roe vs Wade, " wrote Mar
tin Fisher, Senate President Pro-loin, in a
memo to the Senate. “Rather, this is about
< ompeiling students to financially support
art ideology they disagree with, whit It is a
direct violation of those students' first
Amendment rights
fishers memo idled several U.S
Supreme ( iiurt t ases. whit h ruled that the
state i an not t ompel a person to hold or
support a part it ulur belief or ideology
fisher and Senators Instill Bond. James
Ho yd anti Jessie Tatarsky were the four out
of 1 ' senators to re Jet t the goal statement
Many who voiced that the statement
should he approved referred to the I'M*)
Attorney (iene rat's opinion regarding the
use of student incidental fees.
"Martin's memo is well thought out, but
not ,i statement oft urrent law in Oregon. “
said Marlene Brest her. tliret tor for the
Office of Student Advocacy "We are
iHiuntf by the Attorney (mineral's opinion
Turn to SENATE. Page 4
Survey: Americans uninformed
about sexual disease transfer
Lifestyles: Many University
students' attitudes put them at
risk of contracting AIDS, STDs
Ben Moobius
Oregon i W> I motuki
A national survey released last week
found that Amerii an* ari> naive ahout sex
ually transmitted diseases Ai i or ding to n
peer health educator at the University Stu
dent Health Center,college students are no
exception.
“The majority of people here at the Uni
versity don’t see the negative effects of
STD’s, and especially HIV, because it takes
a Ion# lime in many < uses (or symptoms to
appear," said Jess Knox. .1 University stu
dent who specializes in HIV education
There is always a problem with people
knowing tin- fads .diout .S ID's, hut still not
following 11 safe lifestyle
Che study was tondut ted by burroughs
Wellcome Co., (vest known ns the develop
er and distributor of A/.T. the drug most
commonly proscribed to Tight AIDS
J he survey found that American’s atti
tudes about sex were complicated and
often contradictory I or example. 7f> per
cent insisted they are in monogamous rela
Turn |o HEALTH, Patjn 5
■ GOOD MORNING
► CHICAGO (AP) — A 50
year-old stockbroker attempting
the first solo balloon flight
across the Pacific is bracing
against freezing temperatures
and a looming storm front
halfway through the journey
Balloonist Steve Fossett
crossed the international date
line Sunday night, marking the
halfway point of his South
Korea to California trip, said
flight manager Timothy Kem
per. who was communicating
with Fossett by computer
“He's in good spirits, and
we're still on track." Kemper
said
Although the temperatures at
16.000-leel froze his drinking
water and the propane heaters
broke. Kemper said Fossett
remains confident.
“He's done extensive moun
tain climbing, he's done the ld*
tarcxj He can last." Kemper
said
The 150-foot-high white bal
loon, encased by another bal
loon with heated air, lifted off
from South Korea early Satur
day He planned to travel 6.090
mites to San Francisco.
If successful, it would be the
first solo balloon flight across
the Pacific and set a world dis
tance record.
Sunday night. Fossett sent
Kemper an e-mail message
that he was nearing the Mid
way Islands, traveling 7 b miles
an hour at 16,OCX) leet where
the outside temperature was
22 below zero
He also was approaching his
first serious weather challenge,
a front that meteorologists said
could develop storm clouds to
18.000 leet, said Kemper, a
longtime Inend ol Fossett's and
an assistant vice president at
Loyola University Chicago
The balloon can rise to
30.000 feet Kemper said Fos
setl would need to don an oxy
gen mask at that altitude,
where the temperature is about
42 below zero outside and
about 20 below inside the gon
dola .
The joint U S.-South Korean
effort is being made to mark
the 50th anniversaries of the
U S victory over Japan in
World War II and South
Korea's independence from
Japanese colonial rule
Some campers find housing
Living: The camp's
social service advocate
has found stable homes
for many residents
Suzanne Marta
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Centennial Car Camp resident
Hu k Aquizap will have to leave
his temporary home because his
90-day slay limit is coining to an
end this Friday.
He is one of the lucky ones
With the help of Sieve Amund
son. the camp's new social ser
vii es advocate, he has found a
place to live
"Steve is doing everything
possible to get people into hous
es or trailer parks,” Aqui/ap
said.
Amundson has managed to
find stable and permanent hous
ing for 14 of the 19 residents
whose stay limit ends Friday.
Tensions were running high
at the camp last week before the
city granted a five-day extension
due to the snow. Aquizap said.
“People are like, where the
hell are we supposed to go7''
Aquizap said
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For some al the Centennial Car Camp near Autxen Stadium, their 90
day limit on camping Is coming to an end this Friday
The 90-day stay limit is
designed to encourage residents
to look for alternative housing
and to allow other homeless
people an opportunity to stay at
the camp.
Aquizap said he was grateful
to bo able lo slay in ihit camp
even for only 90 days.
“In this (amp you don't have
lo sleep with one ear open," he
said.
Amundson, who has lawn the
T urn to HOMELESS P.i :