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University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon THURSDAY. JULY 20. 1995 INDEX Editorial 2 News 4 Rhythm & Reviews Classifieds Crossword Sports if) if) tD CO TODAY Today and Friday arc thr last da\s to change the ;radon; option for a four week class that began this h eek INSIDE The Eugene l me raids look to strike out tin Rockies m Portlanil this weekend Re/’ Peter DePario joins in an effort to ease restrictions on natural, alternative rttedii tries WEATHER f'tirily cloudy Unlay » nh scattered showers, a chant e of thunder stonn.s ami highs in the low SOs Senate talks of funding faith groups ■ MEETING - rt e-’-i Supmr •• Court ruling may prompt requests from religious organizations By Samantha Martin Thu possible University impact of a recent Supreme Court ruling on public funding for religiously-oriented campus publications was discussed at Wednesday's Student Senate meeting. On lui'V in Mu' i ot Kosenberget vs University of Virginia, the court ruled that the University of Virginia had violat ed the First Amendment by refusing to fund to a campus publication because it was primarily religious in nature. "People are going to see this (ruling) and think it's permissible to fund these types of student organizations." said Martin Fisher, Senate president pro-tem pore. "As a general principle in Oregon, it's permissible to fund a religious program for purposes other than evangelizing,” Fisher said. "The problem is, what exact ly constitutes evangelizing?” Fisher said the Senate needed to come up with guidelines for such requests, and the Senate agreed that its rules committee would have to take up this issue in the rail In other business, the Senate. • Unanimously approved > spatial request from the Hawaii Club for a trans fer of S:iO(> from surplus funds to finance three student orientation picnics in Hawaii, as well as a shuttle servile to pick up new Hawaiian students from the airport. • l nummouslv approved i special request from ASUO legal Servic es for a transfer of $2R8 to pay for a fax phone line legal Services had purchased and installed a fax machine last spring, but at that time the Senate funded the dedicated phone line only through the fiscal year, which ended June it) BHlAN mi N$«<w p SC W*t <*4*410 Shin Yasui, program director tor the former Yugoslavia division of the Committee for World Peace, sized up the situation In Bosnia at a Wednesday public forum in Room 180 PLC. U.S. must aid Bosnia, group told ■ FORUM ■*, • ...iVs Americans must take a stand against Bosnian Serb aggression By Sherry Rainey rhe United Si,lies has ,i morn I responsibility to help end the unr in Bosnia, a Uni verxitv student said al a poh In forum on Bosnia Wednesday night ' I here is no way to t ike a neutral stance ~ the war was started In Serb nationalists." said Shin Vasili, a program director for the (lommitteo lor World |*eai *i. who focuses on the former Yugoslavia "The West should take a stand against aggressors and deal with the t ore of the prob lem " The committee sponsored the forum, titled Why Bosnia Still Matters, in Room ihopi.c It was irnntc diately followed by the him Hosno "Politically and economi cally. the United States lias a responsibility, in the moral sense, to care for and protet t Bosnians," Yasui said. In l‘)‘lt, (Iroatia and Slove nia sts oiled from Yugoslavia, and Bosnia followed in March MPJii The Bosnian Serbs took up arms to resist tins move, anti a hitter strug gle ensued, in which (tie Serbs systematically expelled Muslims and Croatian?. a policy known as ethnic cleansing By the spring of 1993, Ser hian fort es held about two thirds of the republic s ' fORUM Visit to University intended to inspire at-risk kids to aim high ■ PROGRAM: Police Activity League brings about 15 kids to meet Frohnmayer, tour campus By Samantha Marlin White some of the children present prot> ably weren't thinking further in the future than lunchtime. University officials and F.ugene Public Safety officers hoped a is it to the University on Wednesday morn ing would inspire more long-term plans AIkjuI 15 children gathered in the John son Hall conference room to meet Uni versity President Dave Frohnmayer Although most ol the children weren't old er than 10, Frohnmayer used this oppor tutiity to pitch the University to these pos sible future alumni, "I hope you're thinking of coming here to college,” Frohnmayer said to his wide eyed and fidgety and lent e The visit was sponsored by the Police Activity League, a youth mentor program for so-called at-risk" children in grades s<« ond through fifth The program offers positive u< tivities such as softball, babysit ting classes and weekly Monday night activities as alternatives to getting into trouble on the streets "It's really important that people get early aspirations to shoot high," Frohnmayer said. "Sometimes events like this have very subtle but important effects I rohnnutywr also said he hoped !he vis it to the University would "capture the fan cy and imagination” of the c hildren, inspiring them to continue onto higher education. One pig tailed girl timidly handed Frohnmayer a Junior Police Activity lawgue badge sticker, which the president immediately donned "We hoj»< tin' children will see the Uni versity as a positive and interesting place which is in their reach if they stay on tr.u k said True v I .iinpinan. assistant director of the l Jniversity Office of Admis sions After the meeting with Frohnmayei, the agenda called for lunch and then a tour of the Knight Library The nationwide Pali, e Activity Teague has been in existence for about >n years A nonprofit nationwide organization run by volunteers, the Eugene league is run out of the Bethel urea year-round and involves more than itOO children The Eugene league was started last April when officer Rachel Katnsmir heard about the Portland league branch and decided to start a lor al lame County t hapler To enter tin* program, c hildren must have their parents fill out a registration form. The children must then sign a con tract stating they will not consume alco hol, do drugs or participate in gang ac tivities Till* c hildren then receive mem bership cards which they must present in order to bo admitted to activities.
