Wednesday
November 10,1999
Volume 101, Issue 52
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
An independent newspaper
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Original Ducks bow out
Eleven seniors from the first recruiting class in Oregon
women’s soccer history are finished, but they leave behind a
solid foundation and steadily improving program. PAGE 7
Sweatshop demonstration
The Human Rights Alliance sets up a mock sweatshop in its
attempt to implement a code of conduct to expose working
conditions of University-affiliated corporations. PAGE 4
Junior psychology major Matthew Inglizian takes a smoke break Tuesday afternoon. Recently, he has been trying to kick the habit.
■Those looking to quit smoking
for the new millennium have many
support services to help them
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Oregonians will likely make a
record number of New Year’s reso
lutions for the first year of the next
millennium, and the Oregon
Health Department hopes smokers will
be resolving to kick the habit.
“If people are trying to quit, there’s no
better time to flip over a new leaf than
now, with the new millennium turn
ing,” OHD Health System Coordinator
Nancy Clarke said.
The OHD’s Tobacco Prevention and
Education Program, the largest anti
smoking organization in the state, is ac
celerating its efforts to educate Oregoni
ans about the injurious effects of smok
ing.
“There’s no public health problem
quite like [smoking],” said Stephanie
Young-Peterson, a representative from
Tobacco-Free Lane County.
Despite public knowledge of the dan
gers of smoking, tobacco use remains
the most common preventable cause of
death in Oregon, according to an Amer
ican Cancer Society study conducted in
April 1999. The study found that almost
7,000 Oregonians die from smoking-re
lated illnesses every year.
Nonetheless, the study found 22 per
cent of Oregonians continue to use to
bacco.
An even higher percentage of Univer
sity students smoke. A 1998 Student
Health Center survey found that 31.7
percent of students smoke regularly.
That figure was up 4.4 percent from
1997.
State surveys, however, indicate an
11-percent decrease in smoking since
1996, OHD Chronic Disease Director
Jane Moore said. Moore attributes half
Turn to Y2Quit, Page 3
Kip Kinkel
prosecution
rests case
■ Survivors of the Thurston High
School shooting spree face the
murderer Tuesday, and his
sentencing is to be decided today
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
After hearing from one more defense wit
ness and many shooting victims, the prose
cution rested its case Tuesday, the fifth day
of Kip Kinkel’s sentencing hearing.
On Sept. 24, Kinkel pleaded guilty to four
counts of murder and 26 counts of attempt
ed murder. Lane County Circuit Judge Jack
Mattison is expected to
decide today if Kinkel
should serve a sentence
of 25 years or 220 years.
Prosecutor Kent Mor
timore pointed out evi
dence against Kinkel in
his closing statement
and sentencing sugges
tion.
“The defendant is ut
terly unreliable and is
flat lying in numerous
instances,” Mortimore said. “There are no
safeguards if Kip Kinkel is released early.
“If he is sentenced to 25 years, there’ll be
nothing to keep him from becoming the
next Unabomber. Our position has been that
the defendant should die in prison.”
The prosecution asked for a sentence of
220 years. Today, Kmkel’s defense lawyers
will have an opportunity to rebut the prose
cution’s statement and make a closing argu
ment of their own.
Kinkel’s defense attorneys called their
last witness Tuesday, Kinkel’s cousin,
Joseph Weigand.
Weigand, who had been diagnosed as a
manic depressive and hospitalized many
times since 1977, said Kinkel suffered from
a generation with “so much violence and
hate ... so much stuff society is putting out
for our kids.” ^
“I’m sorry, until we understand mental
illness and change our society, there will be
a lot of tragedies like this going on,”
Weigand said.
Once the defense finished with its final
Turn to Kip Kinkel, Page 6
Victims, supporters to speak out against sexual violence
■ An open forum will offer a
supportive environment for anyone
who wishes to speak on the matter
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Tonight, survivors of sexual violence,
their friends, supporters and anyone who
is. interested will have the opportunity to
speak out against sexual violence in a safe
environment under the motto “Your Voice
is Power.”
The speakout is sponsored by S.A.F.E.,
or Sexual Assault Free Environment, and
will take place at 7 p.m. at Espresso Roma
on 13th Avenue. S.A.F.E is a student group
dedicated to ending sexual violence and
empowering survivors to speak out and
help end sexual assault.
Suzanna Ward, a senior majoring in ro
mance languages, is the co-chairwoman of
the group and hopes the open forum will
offer a supportive environment for sur
vivors of sexual violence and everyone
who wants to speak at the forum. Ward
helped found S.A.F.E. in January of 1997
in response to a study that showed that sta
tistically one-in-four women becomes a
victim of sexual violence before graduating
from college.
Ward said counselors will come to the
event to act as a resource for students and
help promote a comfortable environment.
“Basically we came together as a group
•of students who felt a lack of education
about sexual violence,” she said.
Ward said the idea of having an annual
speakout was born when members of
S.A.F.E. were meeting at the Buzz one
night and decided to use the microphone
to share their feelings and opinions on the
subject. S.A.F.E. members were surprised
when random students walked up to share
their experiences with sexual violence,
I i Basically we came together as a
group of students who felt a lack of
education about sexual violence.
Suzanna Ward
co-chairwoman of S.A.F.E.
feelings and comments about the matter.
Byron McCrae, assistant dean of student
life, said last year’s “Take Back the Night”
event, a night dedicated to victims of and
the prevention of rape and sexual assault,
Turn to S.A.F.E., Page4