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Friday \pril 23, 1W Weather forecast Today Saturday Sunny, windy Sunny High 69, Low 38 High 69, Low 44 Space Jam The members of Man... Astro-Man? come in peace to bring you rock from another world/PAGE 4B Softball ends losing streak The Ducks managed to shut out Portland State in Game 1 but couldn’tfend off the Vikings in Game2/PbGE 7 A An independent newspaper Volume 100, Issue 138 University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com Students vote to reinstate OSPIRG All of the measures on the spring ballot passed by generous margins By Sarah Skidmore Oregon Daily Emerald Students showed their ap proval in the regular elections by passing all six ballot measures. Almost 15 percent of the student body turned out for this year’s spring elections with 2,483 stu dents casting their votes. Students in support of using in cidental fees to fund OSPIRG out number the naysayers by 471 votes. “The students of the University have spoken,” said OSPIRG repre sentative Merriah Fairchild. “They are concerned about the state of the world, and I am proud to be a student at the University of Oregon.” The OSPIRG ballot measure grants $128,000 per year for two years to the Public Interest Re search Group. “I’m thrilled,” said OSPIRG supporter and ASUO President Geneva Wortman. “Tonight is a victory for students in the entire state of Oregon.” The Designated Driver Shuttle Turn to ELECTION, Page 6A Junior journalism major Taylor Sturges, the Elections Coordinator, takes ballots out of the ballot box and feeds thembrto fterouST^ GENERAL ELECTIONS RESULTS REPRESENTATIVE SEATS *PFC at Large-2 year Emily Sedgwick 560 Robin Miller 368 M Senate #15, Social Science Andrew Schneider 470 Scott Reed 389 BALLOT MEASURES M#1-DDS yes- 1665 no- 407 M#2~Gardenburger yes- 1339 no- 885 ■#3-0SP!RG yes- 1437 no- 885 ■#5-Elections Dates yes- 925 no- 561 M#5-DDS Funding yes- 1441 no- 597 ■16-LTD yes- 1719 no- 396 * Budget model begins journey to Senate Some committee members would still like to see more money given to the budget to fund higher education By Teri Meeuwsen Oregon Daily Emerald SALEM — Students can keep their tu ition freeze and the Oregon University System can keep its new budget model — for now. The higher education budget passed through the Education Subcommittee in Salem on'Thursday and is headed to the Ways and Means Committee with $99 mil lion tacked onto it. That means as soon as Tuesday the bud get can head to the House of Representa tives for another look over and then off to the Senate. From there, the budget can be passed or vetoed by Gov. John Kitzhaber. “I came to Oregon in 1987 because I thought this is where the future is,” Chan cellor Joseph Cox said. “Today’s action showed me that I made the right deci sion.” The proposed budget is about $13.8 mil lion more than Kitzhaber’s original pro posal, about $17 million less than OUS’s original pitch and $1 million less than the Senate’s proposed budget. The money would fund the new budget model that would promote quality, acces sibility and accountability at universities and in the higher education system. The money would also continue to fund the tu ition freeze. Ed Dennis, Oregon Student Association spokesman, said the passage of the budget reminded him of last year’s fight for the tu Turn to BUDGET, Page 6A Convention to discuss anti-gay bias Northwest Regional Queer Conference* ■ Today,2to5p.m. Kate Bomstein and Barbara Canei las: “Adventures in Gender and Sex: Beyond Mars and Venus,” Alsea, Co quille, Metolius and Owyhee Roonjs of the EMU Lani Ka’ahumanu: "Is Y/Our Para digm Shift Showing,” Ben Linder Forum Keith Boykin: “One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America,” Rogue Room of the EMU 1 Saturday Continental Breakfast and Keynote Address with Donna Red Wing, the National Reid Director of the Hu man Rights Campaign: 8:30 to 10 a.m. Room 180 PLC mSunday Luncheon and Keynote Address with Kevin Jennings, executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network: 10 a.m to Noon, Agate Auditorium, Agate Hall For a complete listing of the con ference activities, contact the Les bian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance at http://giadstone.uore gon.edu/ ~igba/ or call Peter Larson at 346-3360. Speakers kick off the Northwest Regional Queer Conference today By Erin Snelgrove Oregon Daily Emerald To pave the way for a coalition of gay and lesbian groups, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Al liance will be hosting the third an nual Northwest Regional Queer Conference at the University this weekend. The convention, titled “We are Family: A Celebration of Our Queer Community,” will begin today with a series of workshops and will con tinue with a dance, speakers and a luncheon. The purpose of the con ference is to help educate people about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. “I hope the conference will make people aware of heterosexism and homophobia,” said Peter Larson, LGBTA member and a co-director of the convention. “These are very pervasive issues and they need to be addressed.” Larson had attended a similar conference in San Francisco last year, which gave him ideas for cre ating this convention. A conference of this magnitude is a task that had yet to be achieved in Oregon. “I learned so many things about activism, organizing and educa tion,” Larson said. “We thought it would be really cool if something like that existed here in Oregon or the Northwest.” Stephanie Carnahan, the director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Education and Sup port Services for the Office of Stu dent Life, worked closely with the planning of the convention. “I’m excited about the increase in visibility for LGBT issues on this campus,” Carnahan said. “I’m also excited about providing a forum where lesbian and gay students can have an interactive opportunity to learn from each other.” Pre-conference workshops will begin today in the EMU. They will feature the presentations of Keith Boykin, an African American ho mosexual and author; Kate Bom stein, a transgender activist; and Lani Ka’ahumanu, a bisexual rights advocate and safe sex educator. All speakers will discuss how their sex ual identities have impacted their lives. “These presenters are some of the most active and dynamic leaders in the gay rights movement,” Larson said. “We chose speakers who would address racism in the gay rights movement and bi and trans phobia. These issues are apart of the movement but they are either ig nored or not paid attention to.” Saturday, the conference will continue with more than 25 work shops addressing the areas of poli Turnto CONVENTION, Page 6A
