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Boycott over
burgers ends
The campus-wide boycott of
NORPAC and Flav-R-Pak will
continue, a spokesman said
By Sarah Skidmore
Oregon Daily Emerald
The campus and national boycott of Gar
denburger products is over. Gardenburger
Inc. cut ties with its distributor, NORPAC,
on Friday. NORPAC has been the focus of
the boycott because of its alleged mistreat
ment of its farmworkers.
“It was in a large part because of student
pressure, not just at the U of O, but national
ly,” said Missy Rock, head of The Coalition
to Boycott Gardenburgers and Flav-R-Pak,
the campus group working on the boycott.
The state farmworker’s union, PCUN,
called for a boycott of all NORPAC products
in 1992. Gardenburger was added to the list
of the boycott because of its refusal to sever
ties to NORPAC.
CBGF celebrates this victory only days af
ter its success in the University’s general
elections. The group’s measure requesting
the administration ban Gardenburger prod
ucts was supported by 1,339 students. The
boycott against Gardenburger products is
now off, said CBGF member Spencer Ham
lin, but the boycott against Flav-R-Pak and
other NORPAC products will continue.
CBGF met with housing officials Monday
to discuss the ensuing boycotts. Currently,
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Pipe sales banned
Drug
pa raphernalia
can no longer
be sold at
student
organized
events like the
ASUO Street
Fair
By Erin Snelgrove
Oregon Daily Emerald
Due to complaints from the Eugene com
munity, pipes and other drug parapherna
lia are not allowed to be sold at the ASUO
Street Fair this term.
Starting this term, the selling of drug
paraphernalia on University grounds is pro
hibited. Students who organize the events
are responsible for deciding what falls into
this category, but administrators will assist
them by serving as counselors.
This prohibition came as a result of Vice
President for Administration Dan
Williams, administrators and student orga
nizers who met and decided in March that
they did not want to continue selling drug
related items at University-sponsored
events.
Williams said he called the meeting be
cause he has seen vendors sell pipes at past
street fairs, and although the glass products
may have artistic merit, they also promote
an illegal act.
“I was of the opinion that selling pipes
under the guise of art was not appropriate,”
Williams said. “The pipes are indicative of
a substance abuse problem, and it is not
wise for us to sponsor an act where these
kinds of products are sold. I don’t want to
encourage or sanction drug abuse.”
ASUO President Geneva Wortman at
tended the March meeting and she said she
is happy with its outcome.
“It’s our standpoint that students should
have the discretion to decide what is and is
n’t considered drug paraphernalia,” Wort
man said. “Students are mature and respon
sible individuals capable of deciding what
is in their own best interest.”
Tiffany Fine, ASUO Street Fair fundrais
er, was ultimately responsible for prohibit
ing pipes from being sold at the market. Be
cause she is the organizer of the event, she
was given the power to interpret the drug
paraphernalia rule.
“One of the major problems with selling
pipes at the street fair is that we can’t regu
late what people do with them,” Fine said.
Fine said the Office of Public Safety has
confiscated pipes from residence halls in
the past because possessing the items is
against housing policy. As a result, students
lose what can be a $40 to $50 investment.
“Rather than have the students and the
University put in a compromising position,
I decided it would be better to stop selling
pipes at the street fair,” Fine said.
Tony Kullen, heritage music director for
the Multicultural Center, also attended the
meeting. Unlike Williams and Fine, though,
he does not see a point in having the Uni
versity enforce a drug paraphernalia rule.
He said the United States already has laws
tfiat outlaw marijuana use, so the prohibi
tion against selling pipes on campus is
without merit.
“If people used the pipes for an illegal
purpose, there are laws that would punish
them,” Kullen said. “The University rule
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Junior Kate Fields chalks in spaces for ASUO Street Fair vendors on 13th Avenue
outside Friendly Hall Monday afternoon.