Students to describe war zone
rsegina Drown
A group of seven University
student* experienced what life in
Uke in > war nine when they trov
eled to Guatemala over spring
break to meet w ith human right',
organizations.
The group will he speaking
about the trip on Saturday from
11 tK) a m to -I cmj p m at the Sat
urdav Market
The delegation met with rep
resentatives from Network in Sol
idaritv with the People of
Guatemala (NISAC.t 'A), a nation
al human rights organization. The
group from Eugene was organized
by the Committee in Solidarity
with the Central American Peo
ple (C.1SCAP).
While in Guatemala. the dele
gation met with 12 Guatemalan
human rights organizations and
iahor unions.
The memtiers of the group w ill
base their speech on what they
learned about the current politi
cal situation, said Trim Hissell, .i
CISCAP volunteer and regional
coordinator for NISACUA They
plan to focus attention on how
U S. policy toward Guatemala
has affected Guatemalan politics.
ht* satd
The U.S government ha*
played an active role In
Guatemalan politics since t‘t*>4.
Biased! Haiti the rec ent media
report* of covert CIA operalionic
in Guatemala are nothing new to
him
While the revelations about
CIA involvement are new for the
press here, they're not new for
the people of Guatemala." he
said
t he c urrent political c limate
in Guatemala is railed with vio
lent e despite jieac e negotiations
between the government and the
rebels, delegation member Alysui
Ogden said
The delegation's mcs-tmgs w ith
human rights groups allowed
them to si>o firsthand the degree
of II S presenc e in Guatemala.
Hisseil said The delegation plans
to share with ;ts audience what
it believes to lie viable solutions,
he said.
CISCAP members will be at
the Saturday Market from 10 00
to 4 00 p.m with post card* for
people to sign detailing the
demands. They will be sent to
President Clinton. Sen Mark
Hatfield, and Hep Peter Defa/.io
to en< mirage them to make
changes in U S polit y OSTAP
will also provide information for
peopl# who want to write letters
to their representatives
Hie delegation will also ^iu> a
talk iihout its meeting with rep
resentativei of Pugene'x
Guatemala Sister City, San liar
los Phi* project represents one
of the first times a tl.S. i (immu
nity has formed a sister cits
relationship w ith a Guatemalan
community. Hissell said
Hie umniK turn i mates a stu
dent to student base for com
bined work for Guatemalan
human rights issues. Hissell
said
Hissell explained that the trip
allowed the delegates to ex|>eri
i’iicii the fear Guatemalans live
under every das of their lives
The delegation met with family
members of people who disap
[>eared. were killed or were tor
lured, Hissell said They also
met with union members who
re< nived death threats tan aus©
of their efforts to improve their
working conditions
A Guatemalan was kid
napped, tortured, killed and
dumped on the road side while
the delegation was in
Guatemala, Hissell said
■ VACCINATION WORKSHOP
Students who were poten
tially exposed to Hepatitis B at
a local restaurant last week
have an opportunity to re< five
a globulin shot in two shot
clinics today at the Student
Health Center. The clinics run
front 9:30 a m. to tl 00 a m
ami 1 tO p.ro. to 3:00 p m
The health i enter recently
received a new shipment of
globulin, tfie immunization.
which has been in sever*
shortage in lame County.
Students may have central t
ed the disease from a worker at
Rod Rohin Restaurant last
week
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