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The Oregon Humanities Center presents:
The Twelfth Annual
Colin Ruagh Thomas O'Fallon Memorial Lecture
in Art and American Culture
Painter
James Lavadour
in a slide lecture entitled
Painting as a Transfiguration
of Nature
‘Thursday, March 4, 1999
8:00 p.m. 177Lawrence OdaCC
James Lavadour, a self-taught painter, is an enrolled member
ot the Confederated tribes of the Umatilla Reservation. In
1992 he founded the Crow's Shadow Institute in order to
provide Native American artists with a place to work and the
equipment and training necessary todeveloptheirart. Lavadour
describes his images as "emotional and visceral landscapes
based on the geography of [his] homeland." In recent years
Mr. Lavadour, an avid hiker, has become interested in land
scape painting. He has won many fellowships and awards for
his work. Most recently he was the recipient of the 1998
Award for Painting issued by the Joan Mitchell Foundation of
New York.
Lecture is free and open to the public. Reception will
follow. For more information or disability accommoda
tions, call (541)346-3934.
Salmon, pesticide report released
The report advocates
tracking pesticide use to
understand risks
by Jennifer Rollings
lor Ihe Emerald
Pesticides in Oregon rivers and
streams are a major factor over
looked in the decline of Northwest
salmon populations, according to
a report released last week from
the Oregon Pesticide Education
Network.
The report, “Diminishing Re
turns: Salmon Decline and Pesti
cides,” compiles 150 scientific
studies on the impact of water pol
lutants on salmon.
"The pesticide question has
been largely ignored in the debate
over salmon restoration,” said Lev
Anderson, an environmental asso
ciate in OSPIRG’s Portland office
who contributed to the report.
"The report takes a lot of informa
tion that was previously scattered
around and pulls it all together. ”
The concerns discussed in the re
port include the effects of pesticides
on salmon migration patterns. The
effects can prevent the fish from
reaching their spawning beds.
In addition, pesticides can
cause abnormal sexual develop
ment in salmon, making the fish
unable to reproduce. Pesticides
can also damage their food sup
ply, the report said.
The report recommends imple
menting a system to track pesti
cide use and sales to better under
stand the potential risk to salmon.
A bill introduced in the state
Legislature two weeks ago, Senate
Bill 617, would create a pesticide
use and reporting law. California
is the only state with such a law.
“SB 617 will require those who
use pesticides for a business or
government purposes to disclose
exactly what they’re using, where
and in what amounts," said Neva
Hassanein of the Northwest Coali
tion for Alternatives to Pesticides.
“It would also require those who
sell pesticides to make their sales
records available.”
Anderson said researchers need
this kind of information so they
can organize focused field studies
on the 12 species of Northwest
salmon classified as threatened by
the Environmental Protection
Agency.
“Virtually all of the data on the
effects of pesticides comes from
laboratories,” Anderson said.
“Without data from the field, we
don’t know where to aim our re
sources if we want to begin restor
ing the salmon population.”
Saferide to purchase two new vans
The ASUO Senate granted funds to replace
the group's two broken-down vehicles
By Jason George
Oregon Daily Emerald
The ASUO Senate was quiet after last week’s storm.
The Senate approved a measure from Project
Saferide that provides $42,000 from the Senate’s sur
plus budget for two new vans. Saferide reported two
of its current vehicles are not working properly, forc
ing it to turn away 900 riders this term. Saferide pro
vides approximately 4,000 rides a term.
“It is my fear that they would be defunct if they did
n’t get these vehicles,” said Jennifer Creighton, head
controller of Saferide’s budget.
Another meeting between the Athletic Depart
ment and the Athletic Department Finance Com
mittee occurred this week. Student Senator
Spencer Hamlin reported the figures from the Ath
letic Department showed low attendance for men’s
basketball, with peak attendance in the 1989-90
school year at 75 percent of tickets used. Hamlin
admitted it is difficult to argue with such meek fig
ures on attendance.
i
One compromise Hamlin suggested was relin
quishing student seating on the third tier of McArthur
Court.
Senator Jamila Singleton stressed that the ADFC
was not considering raising the incidental fee for ath
letics. “We are not going to pay more," Singleton said.
“We are just paying for some
thing we are using,”
Hamlin opened the floor to
suggestions, and several senators
voiced their opinions.
“I don’t buy it from them, they
make so much money,” said Sen
ator Teresa Tobin. The Athletic
Department has claimed it does
not make a profit.
“It is a luxury, not a necessity.
To me it is waste,” said Senator
Autumn De Poe in regards to the Athletic Department
in general.
Student
Senate
Additionally, the Grievance Committee report
ed it has surveys available to poll the student body
on various ASUO issues. The surveys will be in
the EMU Breezeway at a booth for the rest of the
week.
Programs Financing
The ASUO Programs Finance Committee has committed $2,022,
increase over last year’s funding, which is nearly 7 percent more
ORGANIZATION
Animal Justice
1999-00
,093 so far this term. That represents a 4.778 percent
than the PFC’s -2 percent benchmark.
% CHANGE {CHANGE
1998-99 FROM LAST YEAR FROM LAST YEAR
300
425
-29.41
-125
ASUO Executive
217,821
227,004
3.80
Chinese Students and Scholars Association 1,997
9,012
2,208
-9.50
-211
Co-Op Family Center
192,332
112,936
75.00
79,396
International Law Students Association
1,490
1,230
21.00
Jewish Student Union
260
11,088
10,949
1.27
139
KWVA88.1
55,458
55,428
Oregon Marine Students Association'
5,158
5,271
Oregon Voice
6,618
6,302
0
-2.11
5.00
30
-113
330
Total
492,262
421,753
16.71
70,509
Co-op Family Center
The PFC increased theCo-op Family
Center’s funding to create more sta
bility in the children’s lives whom
they serve. Instead of having work
study students who are limited in
their hours, the center will hire stu
dents to work longer hours. The cen
ter pays only 25 percent of the wages
for work-study employees. Family
Center director Susan Blanchard said
the presence of a smaller group of
employees for longer periods of time
will help the children establish need
ed bonds.
ASUO Executive
The ASUO Executive chose to elimi
nate one full-time position and create
a new part-time position that altered
its budget. The executive coordinator
position was eliminated because it
did not fit within the ASUO objec
tives, said ASUO President Geneva
Wortman, A position to aid with the
training and support of group bud
gets was added. Many groups are
not experienced enough to budget
well,Wortman said. The new position
would help the groups use their
funds more efficiently.
Animal Justice
Much of last year’s funds for the Ani
mal Justice group were passed on
to support Land Air Water, said PFC
chairman, Dan Reid. For this rea
son, the Animal Justice’s budget for
next year was decreased by $125.
The PFC instructed the group to
have Land Air Water attain their own
funds. The funds given to a group
are intended for the projects and in
terests of the individual group. This
budget cut represented a 29.41 per
cent decrease to the group's fund
ing.
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