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However, in a December inter view with the Emerald, Eugene Scan/Design manager Brian Ped ersen said the company uses teakwood from Burmese planta tions but that it does not use teak wood mined from the endan gered rain forests of Burma. He said the company only pur chases wood from sustainable Burmese and Javan teak forests, and he referred to a 1990 state ment from the Danish Timber Trade Federation that said the harvest of Burmese teak is limit ed to trees meeting national mini mum girth limits. “Hopefully, this store will stop selling teak, one way or another,” said protester Troy Hammond. “At least people today won’t go in there.” Another protester held a sign stating, "People died for your end table.” According to Jeff Shaw, coordi nator of Eugene Free Burma, the protest was in response to Scan/Design Furniture’s corpo rate headquarters’ reluctance to continue negotiations that would limit or stop their business with Burma. “There are two things we hope to accomplish,” Shaw said. “We hope to get information out, and we hope to put pressure on Scan/Design.” He also hopes companies that do business with Burma will re ceive more pressure once more people understand the problems in Burma. “I think these people [at Scan/Design] should realize that selling teak is causing problems,” said Ken Wood, a Lane Commu nity College student who stopped to learn more about Bur ma. Pedersen said the store’s cur rent merchandise is about 50 per cent teak, but that in the future more of the furniture would be made from cherry trees in North America. “The trend is changing, and the price is going up,” he said. Not only is Eugene Free Burma worried about the environmental effects the deforestation of Burma will have, but it is also concerned with the rights of the Burmese people because of the dictator ship that is now in power. According to a fact sheet passed out at the protest, the Na tional League for Democracy and the Burmese Democratic Party won more than 80 percent of the seats in Burma’s parliament dur ing the 1990 elections. However, the Burmese military has contin ued to remain in power. The cur rent government is controlled by the State Peace and Democracy Council. As a solution, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has asked all foreign companies to stop business with Burma un til democracy is restored. She also recommended communities and cities adopt a selective pur chasing agreement, under which cities would pledge not to do business with companies that defy the boycott. Eugene Free Burma has pre sented a Selective Purchasing Agreement to the Eugene City Council. However, a council date has not yet been set. At the protest, people had the option of filling out postcards that showed their support for adopting a selective purchasing agreement. The postcards will be sent to Councilman Bobby Lee. Dron: Recruitment efforts increased ■ Continued from Page 1 comfortable in, and when they come to visit the school, they don’t see any black students,” he said. Banfield said a lack of empha sis on minority academic issues, such as ethnic curriculum and recruitment of minority profes sors, also hurts enrollment. “If they spent as much money recruiting black students as they do recruiting black athletes, I guarantee you’d see a jump in the numbers,” he said. A large majority African-Amer ican students at the University are athletes. Buch said the Office of Admis sions plans to try and shore up minority enrollment numbers. “Recruitment efforts are be ing stepped up, with more per sonal contacts with recruits and repeat visits to schools. Hope fully, the new diversity-build ing scholarship program will prove to be an effective tool for increasing enrollments,” he said, referring to the campus’ only scholarship aimed at mi norities. Minority enrollment, 1988-1997 After gaining ground for 8 years, Asian, Pacific islander, Native American and Hispanic enrollment has begun to drop. The enrollment of African-American students has been falling steadily since 1993. While the Office of Admis sions has no ethnically specific recruiting programs, it does have a multicultural recruit ment team. The team, made up of staff members from Admis sions, Financial Aid and Multi cultural Affairs, develops re CARA STRAZZO/Emerald cruiting policies that increase enrollment of students of color. It also works with on-campus groups such as Gateway, which recruits high school minority students. The report did not include the new multi-ethnic category. Panel: Traveling abroad is now cheaper ■ Continued from Page 1 Fry said. Barros said Wong will share what it will take "to get your foot in the door in the corporate world — Nike in particular.” Each speaker will talk for about 15 minutes at the discus sion, but the most important part of the panel is when students ask questions, Barros said. “There are a wide range of op portunities in international busi ness — education is rapidly growing, non-government orga nizations like Asia Watch and Amnesty International,” Fry said. Fry said this is an excellent time for students to travel and study abroad. "Given the discus sion about economic problems overseas, the bright side for stu dents in the States is that it’s less expensive to go abroad," he said. "The dollar is very strong in both Europe and Asia,” he added. “The students have a real advantage because it’s not as ex pensive as it used to be.” Students who don’t speak foreign languages should not shy away from attending, Fry said. “Speaking a foreign lan guage is not a prerequisite, but multiple language skills can make you more competitive,” he said. The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon. Eugene. Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald op erates independently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private prop erty. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable bylaw. 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