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Human rights seminar to be held
Human rights workers
and activists will speak at
the three-day event
By James Scripps
Oregon Daily Emerald
Human rights’ workers from
around the nation will be filling the
law school this weekend to partici
pate in a conference titled “A Gen
eration of Justice: International Hu
man Rights in the 21st Century.”
The free three-day conference
starts today in Grayson Hall at 11a.m.
The first panel will convene at 1 p.m.
The conference, sponsored by
the International Law Students As
sociation, will bring together hu
man rights workers and activists to
present panels and workshops on
issues ranging from farm worker
rights to the impact of multination
al corporations on human rights.
“Human rights are everyone’s
rights, so everyone should be con
cerned about human rights abus
es,” said law student Cristina
Gabrielidis, an event organizer. “It
is important for us to realize that
people are being persecuted just
because of their ethnic origin. ’’
Organizers hope to accommo
date as many as a thousand atten
dees over the duration of the con
ference. Gabrielidis said they have
received about 200 e-mails from
people planning to attend. They
are especially hopeful about the
number of undergraduates that
have expressed interest.
“This is a good opportunity for
students to learn how they can par
ticipate,” Gabrielidis said. “There
are things that can be done locally. ”
Among the many speakers fea
tured at the conference, two keynote
speakers stand out as leaders in inter
national activism for human rights.
Michael Posner, member of the
White House task force on sweat
shop practices in the garment indus
try, and Paul Hoffman, chairman of
the board of directors for Amnesty
International, will be speaking Fri
day and Saturday, respectively.
One of the education panels,
“Cultural Relativism in the Strug
gle for Human Rights,” will feature
Nancy Shurtz, a professor from the
University School of Law. She will
discuss her work with the human
rights problems in Pakistan.
“What I will talk about is how Is
lamic law is oppressive to
women,” she said. “We realize that
we cannot change Islamic religion,
but Pakistani women need relief.”
Shurtz also is involved with an
organization called Pakistan
Women and Children Centers,
which is planning to open up facil
ities in Pakistan where women can
go to receive education and escape
from some of the persecution that
is part of their daily lives.
When a woman in Pakistan is
raped, there is little recourse for her
if she cannot absolutely identify
the rapist, Shurtz said.
“If the defendant is found inno
cent, the woman can be stoned to
death for alleging rape,” she said.
Another speaker on the panel,
Laila Macharia, is a program offi
cer for the Global Fund for Women.
Schedule of events
A Generation of Justice: International Hu
man Rights in the 21 st Century
Friday
11 a.m.—Registration starts in Grayson
1 p.m.—Panel: Asylum in the 21 st Century:
The New Immigration Laws in the U.S.
2:45 p.m.—Workshop: Taking Pro Bono
Asylum Cases: Tools You Need
4:30 p.m.—Farm worker rights
6 p.m. — Keynote speaker: Michael Posner,
Executive Director of the Lawyers Commit
tee for Human Rights
Saturday
8 a.m. —Registration begins in Grayson
9 a.m. — Panel: Workers Rights as Human
Rights: The Impact of Multi-National Corps.
10:45 a.m.—Panel: Cultural Relativism and
the Struggle for Human Rights: Issues
Women Face in the Context of Human
Rights Protection
1 p.m.—Panel: The International Criminal
Court and Individual Accountability for Inter
national Crimes
2:45 p.m.—Panel and workshop: Amnesty
International on International Human Rights
Violations in the United States & Using the
Alien Tort Claim Act.
4:30 p.m. — Workshop: Amnesty Interna
tional's Legal Support Network & Doing Hu
man Rights Work Online
6 p.m. —Keynote speaker: Paul Hoffman,
Amnesty International
Sunday
1 p.m.—Workshop: International Human
Rights 101: High School Students in Action,
129 Grayson Hall
She will speak about female genital
mutilation, an abuse that affects as
many as half of African women.
“The conference is not just limit
ed to law students,” Gabrielidis
said. “We would really like to see a
lot of undergrads and profession
als get involved.”
Mascot
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mascot suit had to be ordered for
him. But no matter how big he is,
Craig said he is constantly lifting
weights and running because the
suit weighs about 40 pounds.
“I didn’t realize how in-shape
you needed to be,” he said. “You
need to be able to walk up and
down stairs and pump up the
crowd.”
A mascot’s first responsibility
is to show spirit and get fans in
volved, Craig said. The second re
sponsibility is to entertain the
children.
“You have a major responsibili
ty with the kids. You have to be
really gentle, especially when
they’re nervous,” he said.
Craig said his favorite thing
about being a mascot is working
with kids.
“Children are incredible,” he
said. “It’s great to be able to inter
act with them.”
But to be able to deal with both
children and University students, a
mascot must have the ability to ad
just to the variety of fans, Craig said.
“My biggest responsibility is to
keep the spirit going.”
Even though being the mascot
is a busy lifestyle, Craig said,
Raish is good about working with
the Duck mascots’ schedules. The
mascots are treated just like the
teams or cheerleaders and can be
excused from classes if they need
to cover an event during school.
As far as his favorite sport, Craig
said it is hard to single one out.
“We do everything from foot
ball to wrestling to track,” he said.
“Football is awesome, but basket
ball has more energy.”
He has worked at a number of
men’s basketball games but said
the energy for women’s basketball
is greater.
“I think it has more to do with
whether or not the team is win
ning,” he said.
During the games, Craig said,
the mascots are permitted to take
as many breaks as needed because
the Duck suit is stifling.
In fact, one of his most embar
rassing moments was getting heat
stroke during the 1998 Aloha
Bowl in Hawaii and throwing up
inside the suit.
Craig said he usually wears
shorts and a T-shirt under the suit
— but reports one of the Duck
mascots wears even less!
As the only Duck mascot who
does stunts, Craig attends the
cheerleading practices to prepare.
“It’s not a mandatory practice,
but if you want to be good, you
have to go,” he said.
On a violent note, Craig said
that when he goes to away games,
there is an unwritten rule that nei
ther mascot will deface the other.
But this rule was broken at the
last Civil War football game.
“I had my back turned to the
Beaver, and he came running after
me and he tackled me from be
hind,” he said. “Of course, then
you have to get up and retaliate
for the fans.”
Craig said that perhaps his least
favorite aspect of playing the
Duck is when the opposing team’s
fans are unsportsmanlike. At this
season’s football game vs. UCLA,
Craig had to be escorted into the
locker rooms before halftime be
cause the fans were throwing
things at him.
“It’s amazing how heartless
people can be, but that’s part of
it,” he said.
But no matter how much he is
attacked, Craig said, it is impor
tant not to talk. That’s part of the
audition, he said. Ducks have to
be animated without talking.
Craig said he has never felt the
urge to talk, except when ab
solutely necessary to speak to a
security guard or a coach.
Outside the athletics scene, the
Duck is often booked for appear
ances in the community. Craig
said going to schools and other
children’s activities is a bonus be
cause it gives him a chance to in
teract with children.
Above all, Raish said, the chil
dren love the Duck more than any
other fans. She tries to make the
mascots available to the children,
especially at basketball games
when the Duck can go out and in
teract with the kids in the hall
ways.
Although she also coaches the
cheerleaders, Raish said, the mas
cot and cheerleading team are
separate but together.
The two groups don’t usually
practice together unless they want
to do stunts, but they always trav
el together.
“When the cheerleaders travel,
the Duck travels,” she said.
“There are numerous on- and
off-campus events. The Ducks
must be very committed. ”
Some call him Puddles. To oth
ers, he’s just Ducky.
But no matter what you call
him, he is — and always will be —
the Oregon Duck.
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