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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1996)
University of Oregon Eugen* Ot*gon An independent newspaper Voiwm 07. IMU* 93 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13 1996 INDEX EcMorltf 2 NwBnH^ 4 PoMo»8*a* 8 Soon « OftMMtoOt 10 C'o**w<xa 11 TODAY The Cavani Quantt will perform tel*? turns from Debussy, Mozart and Shostakovich at 8pm in Beall Hall INSIDE The Flood of /W6 bnwght rood closings, evaluations and personal losses for many Ore gt mums, who are non left to puk up the mmldv preen »M MIN CnMMnWI PuWng up loop lUwtt o» yam, trt» Ann* SuWvan. a tmh-yaar fin* art* ma*<*. waavaa P«a wool onto a itratchinp tool tn pmparatton *w dyainp Sullivan dyad Pm coatumaa uaad In Pm 1M4 Um*#r*«y danca dapartmant partormanca Live and Let Dye A heal artist tries to maintain the old art of natural dyeing m a world where ehemuals rule By Doug irvtr>g $04*0* WnacoMir For Irl* Ann* Sullivan, dv«on# it not to bad . In a »rnail room oft ih* Millrtc* Sullivan putter* about, boiling tiny purple bug* and union tkint Lung atrandt ot yam hang horn table*, ana the *ir is filled with (ho smell of wet wool "Th* bugs make this very beautiful purple.' she says, hold inn up « small »•* of the frees* dried insects Th* onion skins have already turned the steaming water a bright orange Today, when almost every com mercial fabric has been chemically dyed. Sullivan prefers to maintain the ancient art of natural dyeing The yarn has already been treated with a chemical — a mordant — that *llow» the fabric lo ace*pt * color if ye In Latin, mordant moan* "to bite." Sullivan explain* She poll* up tong strand* of yarn and plunge* them into th« colorad lw»lh They will *<wk there for a few hour* absorbing the dye# Then they wilt be dried and ready for weaving The proce*s being performed in this *matt room ha* been repeated fur centuries Since the beginning of history, human* have looked lo Turn to CRAFT Page a ASUO, KWVA given modest funding boost ■ PfC: Student government and campus radio both had bigger increases m mind By Doug Irving 9u*ev A****iw The Program* Finance CmnmiMm' allocated nearly S i*’H,i7» to two campus program* Mum lav night. in ilMitlmn bud(«i< for the ASUO Ehmu live branch mil KWVA radio. The ASt It) fell short of receiving Ha full roqueal. bul was still allocated $272,000 ll had requested « to fwors ent increase, which would've raised its budget to $2*U 9l t However this int reuse was mainly the result of additional line items, lot Iml log stipends and computer resource* “We're not looking her ire reuse amount* in any of our stipends." raid Ruben Carichoff, ASUO finance coordinator "They're all new position* " The Executive had added the Student Media Resource Center and Computer Support Serv o es to its budget Both are mainly for the use of campus publications, such as the (Oregon Con e and Stuikml Insurgent The Oregon Student Orfiby. whicji ts included in the Executive budget, asked for an increase of more than $ pen ent this is mainly because alien dance at the University has increased, while alien dance at tuber state universities has dn>p|>ed. raid Kd Dennis, OSL executive director The OSL determines Its budget ha each school according to attendance "Every student in the state of Oregon paid I he same, so every student will he represented.** Den ms .said. The Executive s budget was also raised because ASUO representatives believed the coming veer would be more politically active “Our expense* will be higher next year |usl haeeuse it will tie a legislative season, raid Sarah Ke*>« h, assistant finance coordinator for the ASUO Although Its allocation was far less than requested, the ASUO seemed pleased with most of the results. Turn to PEC Page 4 Campaign finance reform is priority for Lonsdale in ’96 election ■ SENATE: Lonsdale also emphasizes gun control laws and protecting oid growth forests By Sherry Rainey Canmjn** it#M Harry Lonidil* u trying for the third time in aix year* to win a reel in the U S Senate. in 1992. he ran fur a seat tn the Senate, but lo«t in the pri mary election by 0.1 percent (about 300 vote*) to Congrew man Lea A u Co in Lonadate loat again in 1990 to Sen Marti Hat field by 8 percent. “1 wa* out • (M’ni in tha 1990 »tec non by 3 to I and by 2 to l in mi: Lomdili uid in a pot tonal intof viawr Mon »pOO»e to hi* (MUrt Mperivnt:t» he vow* not to ■nept any out-of-state or Point cal Action Committee money during or after the IfWie cam* P^«« "At the lop of my list is cam paign finance reform.' he Mid "fl u at the top because I feet that the corruption of money in poll lit:* ia the principal reason we n lost confidence in our own gov eminent "We all know that money buys elections, and until we change that we won t restore our trust in our leaders.' he Mid in a news release Lonsdale's other top priorities include gun control end protect ing old growth forests "We shouldn't have any deer cut or old growth logging on fed eral or Bureau of Land Management land." he Mid. But lamsdale has many other issues he wants to c hange "We have a lot to gel angry about in our country right now." he said. "We need health care (or everyone; we need more aid (or college students; we need a (fordable day care; we need to balance the budget; we need a higher minimum wage; and we need to protect the environ ment.* he said. Although Lonsdale has expe rience cm the boards of the Ore gon Business Council and the Oregon Peace Institute, ha has never held a public office Bui he Mid h« believe* that I ho inexperience wwi'i hurt him huaitwlw has been • negotiator for most of hit odull lifo Ho foundod Bond Research Inc,. a high loch company. morn than 20 year* ago in Control Ore gon Bond Keenan h and its thru# spinoff companies now omploy more than 200 poo pie and pool •nnuol sale* in excess of $40 million. Also. Lonsdale hot been a US. Air Force lieutenant, a research scientist and the found ing editor of the foumaJ of Mem bran* Sckmcm
