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WTO protest continued from page 1A charged civil disobedience and protest as well as a call to action for continued work on behalf of the environment, labor, trade and human rights. Charles Gray of the Eugene Al liance for Democracy said his or ganization recently was awarded a grant from McKenzie River Gath ering to be used for on-going edu cational WTO work in Eugene. “I think that Seattle really opened people up to this, opened their eyes,” he said. “Most Ameri cans hadn’t even heard of the WTO before then, and now it’s a chance to raise consciousness even more.” The program began with cos tumed skits illustrating corporate greed, economic incentives for third world countries and the pit falls of such, interspersed with raucous political commentary. A provocative slide show of black-and-white photographs showed protesters and police in a battle of wills from the front lines of the conflict. Accompanied by audio slicing of actual voices from the streets that day, music and nar ration, the 20-minute presentation incited loud cheers and applause all throughout. “I thought it was really mov ing,” senior environmental stud ies major Alison Purcell said. “It brought up the feelings of being in Seattle, and in a better way than some of the media. You saw peo ple from the beginning, organiz ing, going up there, not just ‘these crazy hippies protesting.’” Next, a five-member dance troupe recreated an interpretive piece originally performed in a Seattle intersection Nov. 30 by a group of women from Oakland, Calif. Joined by a small band of musicians, the dancers and audi ence chanted, “The people united will never be divided,” over and over to the rhythmic lead drum beat. Emily Dietzman, who had also seen the dance as a protester in Seattle, said Tuesday’s rendition reminded her of the real message of the people involved. “There was so much peaceful protest on the streets that day — not just the violence you saw in the media,” she said. “It was very C.J. and Peter continued from page 1A Unger, Gabbe and Larson also were under the impression they would not be the only candidates speaking that evening. They said they thought their fellow execu tive ticket of Jay Breslow and Hol ly Magner would speak after the coffee hour was done. “We sponsored and spoke from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. We expected Jay and Holly just to speak like we did after us at 5. We took down our posters and put away all our campaign materials,” Unger said. Breslow said he would not comment on the issue and his campaign manager, Jennie Bres low, could not be reached for comment. international students Associa tion spokeswoman Monica Malpezzi Price said she let Jay Breslow know Gabbe and Larson were sponsoring the event, and Breslow then decided to come back and speak at this Friday’s meeting. The ISA holds a coffee hour Berg's Ski Hus (o Willamette Pass, 111. Bachelor X Hoodoo! Sign up at Berg's! Call For Details. Reservations & Information. 13th & Lawrence • Eugene • 683-1300 every Friday, and any student or group can sponsor the meetings. Price said usually other interna tional groups sponsor the events to get information out to the ISA about their programs. “We only recently became aware that what [Larson and Gabbe] did might be against the rules,” she said. Unger said she is preparing a statement to turn over to the ASUO Elections Board in re sponse to the grievance. Elections Coordinator Ken Best said the entire elections board will meet either today or Thurs day and decide whether Gabbe and Larson will remain on the ballot. Until then, Gabbe asserts that he and Larson didn’t do anything wrong. “I don’t feel like we’re violating the rule. We never said ‘vote for us,”’ Gabbe said. “We just wanted to tell people who we are, to check out the other candidates, get people out to vote, and we saw this as a really good forum to do that.” CkAH C6NT6R longlypot SMC fGBRIM n «oriT Of TH-G CMfl GOTO 346-4361 0Z)1? Serving 10,000 Daily 707 Willamette 683-5160 Wed: College Night No Cover All Your Favorite Music Show Your ID and Large Pizzas $5.00 Off { C I think that Seattle re ally opened people up to this, opened their eyes. Charles Gray Eugene Alliance for Democracy powerful for me to have that mo ment recaptured.” Concluding the evening’s var ied presentation were the personal photographs of Robert Bolzman, which, shown in couplets on a large screen, often juxtaposed the faces of children from Nicaragua, Mexico and Cuba with scenes of opulent wealth in the United States or mass environmental degradation. “These are the faces of the ene my, folks,” he said sardonically. Eugene resident Carol McBrian, whose two sons were among the WTO protesters, said she thought the program effectively drove home the message that people united can make a difference. “The message, I think, was loud and clear that a bunch of little peo ple can stop a big monster. ” r Call for Nominations for Faculty Awards for Distinguished Teaching Deadline for Nominations: MARCH 1, 2000 Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit nominations for any faculty members, tenure or non-tenure related, who have taught at the University of Oregon for a minimum of two (2) years. The Ersted Award and Thomas F. Herman Award are presented annually at Spring Commencement to University of Oregon faculty members for distinguished teaching. Each award will be accompanied by a recurring monetary award. [Please note that Graduate Teaching Fellows have their own competition and are ineligible for these awards.] Eligibility for Awards r i r Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching The late Mr. A. J. Ersted established the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching so the University of Oregon could annually honor faculty members “who have taught comparatively short periods and have demonstrated exceptional abilities to induce students to reason and not merely memorize.” The Ersted Award is presented only to faculty who are early in their teaching careers. This teaching may occur at the undergraduate or graduate level. Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching This award honors senior faculty members who have achieved outstanding records as teachers. The Thomas F. Herman Award is presented only to faculty members who have academic rank at the University of Oregon for at least seven years, and who have demonstrated long-standing excellence in teaching and have contributed significantly to student learning at the undergraduate or graduate level. L J L Nominations will be accepted either through submissions of the following form or by e-mail. If your nomination is by e-mail, please make sure that you include all the information contained on this form. Send your nomination form to: Lorraine G. Davis Vice Provost for Academic Affairs 207 Johnson Hall, University of Oregon E-mail your nomination to: Gwen Steigelman Asst. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs gwens@oregon.uoregon.edu I nominate (print clearly) (Please check one) □ Ersted Award □ Thomas F. Herman Award My reason(s) for nomination are: (You may attach a separate sheet, if necessary.) for the Signature of nominator Address_ Telephone_ E-mail Please check your status □ Faculty □ Student □ Alumni □ Staff
