Friday, November 20,1998
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Rhythm & Reviews
Big Head Todd and the Monsters'
new release “Live Monsters ” treads
into mediocrity/PAGE 6A
Civil War 1998
Oregon and Oregon State meet
for the 105th time this Saturday
at Parker Stadium/SECTION B
An independent newspaper
Volume 100, Issue 59
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Cuisine Limousines
Scott Ramett/Emerald
Mart Stem,owner of Carte Blanche, finishes up a hard day of serving soup in front of PLC. Stem is one of several vendors whose carts now dot the campus.
Vendors provide warm vittles
Vendors weather the cold to
sene university students an
assortment of food choices
By Tricia Schwennesen
Oregon Daily Emerald
From beneath a blue and white
striped vinyl umbrella, steam billows
out around the ruddy-faced man’s head
as students line up to purchase his
tongue-tantalizing treats.
Always with a smile and silver tongs
in hand, Tim Nally has served kosher
hot dogs from his portable cart, One Bad
Dawg, for the past two years.
At 30 to 75 people a day, most of them
repeat customers, that’s more than
12,600 hot dogs in two years.
“You gotta like people,” he said. “This
is like a little United Nations down here,
and I’ve made some good friends.”
Nally said the cart, located at 13th Av
enue and Kincaid Street, was a natural
spin-off from his wife’s restaurant, Sam’s
To Go Sandwiches, located around the
corner, on 11th Avenue.
“I just looked into it and found out
that no one was selling good hot dogs,”
he said. “I’ll never end up driving a Mer
cedes, but I get rich from the friends I
make here.”
The favorite combination for hot dog
lovers is a polish dog with ketchup,
mustard, onions and relish.
Susann Suprenant, a graduate student
in theater arts, said she prefers her plain
hot dog with mustard only.
“I just want to go with the pure hot
dog experience,” she said. “I was stand
ing here thinking that I don’t want to
walk too far, and they’re yummy.”
The simple operation is made up of
two propane-heated pots, one for cook
ing and one to keep the hot dogs warm,
and counter space to hold the condi
ments.
“I offer 10 things that they can have
any or all of,” he said.
There’s ketchup, two types of mus
tard, mayonnaise, naeho cheese, onions,
two relishes, tomatoes or sauerkraut.
Nally knows most of his repeat cus
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Mexico’s
conditions
discussed
Edgar Cortez will speak at an
on-campns conference this
weekend, addressing human
rights and problems in Mexico
By Erin Snelgrove
Oregon Daily Emerald
At tilt; first annual Northwest Mexico Sol
idarity conference, concerned students and
faculty will discuss human rights violations
in Mexico, hoping to find answers toward
solving Mexico’s growing economic and so
cial problems.
This conference is at the University Law
school this weekend
and will feature
keynote speaker Edgar
Cortez, the director of
the Mexico City-based
Miguel Agustin Pro
fuarez Human Rights
Center. Cortez will
speak on his experi
ences fighting for jus
tice and democracy in
Mexico.
“Edgar Cortez can
help us answer how
to best solve these hu
man rights violations
in Mexico,” said Dan
Goldrich, a political
science professor and
active member of the
Committee in Soli
Conference
m WHO: Edgar
Cortez, director of
the Miguel Agustin
Pro Juarez Human
Rights Center
■ WHEN: Saturday
at 11 a.m., Cortez
will speak on human
rights in Mexico; 1
p.m.; Cortez will
speak on the role of
international
solidarity
m WHERE: Univer
sity Law School
clarity with the Central American People.
“Cortez has had experience being a director
of a Mexican human rights organization.
He’ll be describing to us how Mexican hu
man rights organizations are organizing and
strategizing to deal with these problems. So
on the basis of that, we’ll have a better idea of
how to work with solidarity.”
The first speech will be from 11 a.m. to
noon and is titled, “The National Picture of
Human Rights in Mexico.” The second
speech is from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and is titled,
“Mexican Civil Society and the Role of In
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Media representatives debate role in political process
A forum gave the audience
members the chance to express
their frustrations about coverage
By Michael Hines
Oregon Daily Emerald
The news media are in a constant strug
gle to find balance, local news representa
tives said at Thursday’s Democratic Party
of Lane County forum. They try to balance
fairness between opposing sides, oppos
ing candidates and even minor vs. major
parties.
The forum, which was held in Harris
Hall, was moderated by School of Journal
ism and Communication Dean Tim Gleason
- and State Senator Susan Castillo.
In general, the local radio, television and
newspaper outlets to a good job of covering
politics, Register-Guard political reporter
Harry Esteve told the audience of about 90.
“You’re going to get a good deal of infor
mation on a candidate’s stand on issues,” he
said.
KEZI-TV political reporter Jeanne Powell
agreed but pointed out that many media do
not have the time or space to cover every de
tail in political debates.
“Our stories average about 45 seconds,”
she said in the forum, which was co-hosted
by the Wayne Morse Free Speech Forum.
"So you’re not going to get a lot of informa
tion about a particular candidate.”
Esteve described the position local me
dia are put in as a "catch-22.” News out
lets want to disseminate information that
is most pertinent to the people, and this
often means ignoring ideas that are in the
minority.
“We do tend to focus too much on major
party candidates,” conceded Springfield
News reporter Pete Malloris.
He added that the media often cover
news that may not make the public happy,
such as budget cuts or political bickering.
“We pay attention to [politics] when
something interesting is going on,” Mal
loris said. This often makes the stories’
subjects and the public cynical about poli
tics, he said.
Debate also surrounded the idea of the
i
massive amounts of money floating in polit
ical campaigns.
“Political advertising should not be al
lowed in this country,” freelance journalist
George Beres said. This was an idea echoed
by several representatives on the eight-per
son panel, including KLCC radio political
commentator Alan Siporin.
Many in the audience voiced their frus
tration with media coverage of politics, and
the panelists said the public often does not
understand the responsiveness of news me
dia to feedback.
“Letters to the editors are a very strong
way to get change,” said Alice Talmadge,
political reporter for the Eugene Weekly.
“It’s a good place for dialogue.”