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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
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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