University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Emerald
An independent newspaper
Volume 98, Issue 141
THURSDAY. MAY 1.1997
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TODAY
Neo-Nazi movement infil
trator Yaron Svoray will
speak about his experience
at 7:00 p.m. in room 177
Lawrence Hall
INSIDE
The greatest toy ever invented? Find out all you ever
wanted to know about LEGO blocks and bricks
Daisuke Shizuya ran from Eugene to Seattle to raise
money for World Wheelchair Sports
1 —I II III
WEATHER
Mostly cloudy.
High 65. Low 45.
THE RESULTS
■ CLUB
SPORTS: Passed
■ FOOTNOTES:
Rejected
■ LANE TRANSIT
DISTRICT: Passed
■ POCKET
PLAYHOUSE:
Passed
■ SAFERIOE:
Passed
■ SETA: Rejected
Footnotes, SETA denied funding in General Election
■ VOTE:
Five Student
Senate run-offs
were also
determined
in the election
By Thom Schoenbom
Managing Editor
The 8 percent of the student body
who voted in the General Election
Tuesday and Wednesday passed all
ballot measures except for those to
fund Footnotes and Students for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals. The
five Student Senate run-offs were
also decided.
The count is unofficial, said Elec
tions Board Voter Education Coor
dinator Maggie Veatch, but 99 per
cent of the votes were counted at
press time. Veatch estimated 1174
votes were cast.
Chelsea Lincoln, who sponsored
the ballot measure which would
have given SETA $5,675, said she
felt disappointed.
“SETA asked for a budget to edu
cate students, to bring speakers to
the University,” Lincoln said.
“SETA has a lot of educational op
portunities, and it was too bad the
students didn’t realize that.
“I thought it was interesting how
people in the Neuropsychology De
partment campaigned against us.
With a smaller budget, we’ll have to
do more visible actions,” she said.
Footnotes Board member Devon
London said he felt betrayed by the
decision.
“We’ve been there for students in
the past,” London said. “Unfortu
nately, they weren’t there for us this
Turn to VOTE, Page 7
C{We’ve received
no support from
this University.
We’re considering
folding up the
tent.,f
Devon London
Footnotes Board
member
Protesters: We will not be ignored
H RALLY: Students gathered on the
steps of Johnson Hall and presented a
list of demands to the administration
By Laura Baker
Student Activities Reporter
“What do we want?”
— “Justicia!”
“When do we want it?”
— “Ahora!”
This was the call from the steps of Johnson
Hall Wednesday when MEChA staged a rally
requesting that University President Dave
Frohnmayer address a list of demands the
Students Taking Action Now Demand made.
The demands covered the GardenBurger
boycott MEChA has been leading on cam
pus since the beginning of the 1996-97
school year; corporate sponsorship of the
a We need to
address issues like
corporations such
as Nike that exploit
their workers
[in third world
countries].”
Angelica Romero
University; imple
mentation of a Con
temporary Labor
Studies course ad
dressing migrant
farm worker issues;
and programs to in
crease retention
rates on campus.
Speakers at the
rally spoke on sever
al issues, including
the need for the ad
ministration to ad
dress student con
cems and be behind students; the dangers
of corporation sponsorship in light of Nike’s
recent contribution to the University presi
dent’s salary; student activism; and boy
cotting companies such as NORPAC and
Flav-R-Pac, which opponents say underpay
farm workers and deny them adequate
working conditions.
Micah Citrin, director of the Jewish Stu
dent Union, spoke of the solidarity of stu
dents and the need for students of all colors
to come together and create a community in
order to make their voices heard.
“These are our issues. We come to the
University as random students thrown to
gether, but is that what we want to be for the
next four years? The point is to create a com
munity here. We can’t create a community
unless we stand together,” Citrin said. “I
want you to care about my issues because I
care about your issues. We need to create a
community where we can all live and our
liberty is respected.”
Students Labor Action Coalition repre
sentative Teresa Tobin discussed the need
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MICHAEL CRISP/Emerald
Outside Johnson Hall, senior Jody Walsh demonstrates with members of MEChA and other student groups about
the University’s use of Gardenburgers in their food service department.
Frohnmayer responds to demands
By Dana Williams
Multicultural Issues Reporter
The University president’s office buzzed Wednesday
with administrators stepping over protesters sitting on
the office floor. After the initial introductions, students
broke out their text books while they waited to speak to
the president.
Students and faculty gathered in Johnson Hall after a
rally to protest lack of response to student concerns
from the administration. Protesters came in random
shifts, filling the reception area of the president’s office
for more than four hours.
President Dave Frohnmayer canceled his out-of-town
appointments in Salem Wednesday to address the de
mands of the protesters. Students and faculty presented
Frohnmayer with a list of 10 demands from the group
Students Taking Action Now Demand.
“It’s more than GardenBuiger, it’s more than ethnic
studies — it’s that students on this campus have been
working for so many things and the administration has
been able to just close their eyes,” Student Senator
Kalpana Krishnamurthy said.
Frohnmayer met with the protesters and said he
agreed with the demand for an Ethnic Studies director
by Spring 1998. He said he would consider the other
demands. The most debate was over the issue of the
GardenBurger boycott.
“There are enormous difficulties with item number
Turn to FROHNMAYER, Page 7
THE DEMANDS
■The University
support the Gar
denburger boycott.
■ The implement- j
ation of a Contem
porary Labor
Studies course.
■ The University
President make a
public apology for I
misleading MEChA j
with false promises j
about the boycott.
■ University
Housing make a
public apology for
misleading MEChA j
with false promises
about the boycott.
■ The University
discuss in a public
forum its relation
ship with Nike
Corporation.
■ The University
commit a signifi
cant number of
resources for
service programs
created by stu
dents of color.
■ The University
commit itself to
hire a director for I
Ethnic Studies that j
reflects the needs
of students of
color.
■ The University
fund a position to
act as a liaison
between students
and administration.
■ The University
make a commit
ment to recruit and
retain students and
faculty of color.
■ The president
address the above
mentioned de
mands in a public j
forum before the |
end of the 1996-97
school year.