REPORTERS NOTEBOOK
A unique perspective
Oregon football player Michael Fletcher
gives his thoughts after taking a class and
an internship in sports journalism
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SPORTS
Taking summer inventory
The Oregon men's basketball team enters the unnter
season with a strong mix of experienced veterans
joining a heralded group of freshman and transfers
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I—I
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1998
TODAY
The Southeast
Asian Lecture
series continues at
7p.m. in 115
Laurence tonight
WEATHER
Today
Partly cloudy
High 86. Low 54.
Wednesday
Sunny
High 86. Low 54.
On Cue
LAURA GOSS/Emerald
Peg Rees, a physical education instructor, and Jon Bellino, a future billiards instructor, take aim on opening day.
EMU basement, Fishbowl reopen
Everything
from coffee
to tofu to
billiards
can be
found in the
long
awaited,
newly
renovated
areas
By Amy Goldhammer
Oregon Daily Emerald
Holy Cow! The EMU renovations are almost done!
After more than a year of construction, noise and
planning, some of the newly renovated areas of the
EMU opened for business Monday.
The Buzz coffeehouse, in the EMU basement, and
The Grateful Bread bakery, which is in the Fishbowl,
are in full swing, producing java and pastries. Holy
Cow and Subway are also now serving in the Fish
bowl.
“We anticipate being very creative with the cui
sine,” said Kathleen Ehli, Holy Cow manager.
The Marketplace, snuggled between Holy Cow and
Subway, will open next Monday and will feature a
different local vendor each day of the week. The Mar
ketplace will include Bento Brothers, Samurai Duck,
Noodles etc., India House and Ritta’s Burritos.
Project manager and EMU Director Dusty Miller
said the project stayed on budget and on time. The
projected opening date was Aug. 3.
“The customer reaction — not only to the food and
coffee, but to the environment — has been great,” said
Theresa Coleman-Kaiser, food service manager of the
EMU. “It’s been fantastic to listen to the customers ooh
and ahh.”
The old Fishbowl has been transformed into a com
fortable eating area and lounge for customers.
“It’s a far cry from the food fight scene in ‘Animal
House,’” said Zak Johnson, a Holy Cow employee. “It
was kind of snarly before. Now it is an attractive place
to work and eat.”
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Factory worker
from Mexico
visits Eugene
Fernando Flores, a striking
worker of a Hyundai plant,
spoke about labor conditions
By Peter Breaden
Oregon Daily Emerald
A Mexican factory worker asked a group
of 60 people Monday for monetary support
in a strike at the Han Young maquiladora, an
assembly plant owned by Hyundai in Tijua
na, Mexico.
The title sums up the subject matter: "The
Union Struggle at Han Young: A presenta
tion by workers from the Hyundai truck
chassis’plant in Tijuana, Mexico, who are
lighting for their own union, independent of
government or corporate control.” The event
was sponsored by the Tijuana-Hyundai-Eu
gene-Coalition.
Fernando Flores, the factory worker,
spoke through an interpreter in EWEB’s
Training Room, listing the grievances of his
fellow workers. The workers at Han Young
have been pressing for higher wages, safer
and cleaner working conditions, proper
maintenance for machinery and several
bonus programs that had previously been
denied.
"Everything inside is disorganized and
dirty,” Flores said.
Flores worked in a factory that welds
chassis for a nearby tractor trailer assembly
plant. Worker wages, Flores said, were
equivalent to $3 to $4.50 for 10-hour days.
Workers at Han Young have been striking
for more than two months, beginning when
their negotiations were refused by factory
management. The latest effort by Han Young
workers comes after several bargaining tries
through state and company organizations.
“These types of unions are the type that
cover up all the injustices and are working
with the companies,” Flores said.
He also said that company representatives
made several death threats to the workers.
Promoters for the presentation urged in
ternational solidarity.
“People understand that the answer to this
is not to go into a mental block and say, 'Buy
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Relay for Life raises money for cancer research
Proceeds from a new stamp
unveiled at the relay will also be
used to combat the disease
Stefanie Knowlton
Freelance Reporter
Relay For Life participants set up camp at
Hayward Field early Friday morning for a
24-hour event that rallied both survivors
and supporters in the fight against cancer.
It had the appearance of a festival with
live music, food and booths for face paint
ing and massages, to name just a few. There
were also informational booths about can
cer awareness to remind the participants of
why they were there.
The first lap of the relay, which started at
noon, was for cancer survivors and served
as inspiration for all those who would fol
low.
1,250 participants and volunteers re
ceived pledges for each mile that they ran,
walked or strolled around the track during
the event. The relay originated in Eugene
seven years ago and has now spread to 20
cities throughout Oregon.
Charelene Murray, a volunteer for the
American Cancer Society and the commit
tee chair of the Relay For Life explained that
the relay “is about a community taking up
the fight against cancer.”
During the ceremony, Eugene Postmaster
John Hardin unveiled the new breast cancer
research stamp. Hardin gave an enlarged
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LAURA GOSS/Emerald
Eugene Postmaster
John Hardin pre
sents the new fund
raising postage
stamp