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The Flash
F-22 production delayed by
Boeing strike
SEATTLE (AP)—The Air Force said
Monday that a nearly week-old strike
by Boeing Co. engineering and techni
cal workers has delayed some testing
and production of the F-22 fighter.
Nine of the radar-evading jets are built
or nearing completion, and the strike
has delayed a scheduled test for struc
tural strength. Two others at earlier
stages of assembly may also be affect
ed, Air Force Secretary F. Whitten Pe
ters said.
“If the strike were going on for months
... obviously we might have difficulty,”
Peters said.
The Society of Professional Engineer
ing Employees in Aerospace went on
strike Feb. 9 after federally mediated
negotiations over a new contract
broke down.
1000 Friends neutral
on gasoline tax
SALEM (AP)—A statewide land use
watchdog group has decided to re
main neutral—for now—on a pro
posed 5-cent per gallon state gasoline
tax increase on the May 16 ballot.
The organization, 1000 Friends of Ore
gon, opposed the tax measure when
the 1999 Legislature approved it. Foes
of the increase mounted a successful
petition drive to send the proposal to
the voters.
Report of man missing on
railroad bridge said to be hoax
PORTLAND (AP)—The report of a Ma
rine Corps corporal missing after al
legedly falling from a railroad bridge
over the Columbia River is a hoax,
Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies
said Monday.
They said they are looking for Steven
Chaut, 23, in the Kent, Wash., area.
Chautwason leave from a Marine
Corps base in San Diego, Calif.
Capt. Brian Martinek of the Multnom
ah County sheriff’s office said Chaut
faces a variety of military charges plus
civilian charges that include obstruc
tion of justice and filing a false police
report.
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February 15,2000
Volume 101, Issue 97
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Educators
take
advantage of
the
opportunity
to spread the
word about
safe sex by
distributing
condoms and
answering
students’
questions
By Jessica Blanchard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Many University students
might have wondered what
was going on when they saw
a person in a giant condom
costume riding around cam
pus Monday, handing out
free condoms to passersby.
The stunt was part of the
University’s celebration of
National Condom Day,
which was designed to raise
awareness of prevention of
pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections, said
Annie Weinsoft, a peer
health educator and event
co-organizer. The day was
planned to coincide with
Valentine’s Day, when many
people are already thinking
of romance.
University peer health ed
ucators and members of the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender Alliance
manned information tables
in the EMU, handed out free
Turn to Condom, page 3
Matthew Landan Emerald
Condom Man and King Condom, a.k.a. business major Ian Clifton, hand out condoms while
riding in the back of the tandem taxi being peddled by University bike coordinator David Niles.
Asian-American issues to be aired
Visiting
Professor Kip
Fulbeck will
lecture on
how
American
society views
Asian
Americans
today
Angela Leidig
for the Emerald
University of California at
Santa Barbara Professor Kip
Fulbeck will address issues
surrounding the media’s
imagery of Asian-American
men today during a presen
tation hosted by the Asian
Pacific American Student
Union.
Fulbeck will use stand
up comedy during the pres
entation and touch on top
ics such as interracial dating
and icons of race and sex
within the United States.
The presentation will be
gin at 7 p.m. in Gerlinger
Lounge.
Fulbeck, who teaches art
studio and Asian-American
studies, will address Ameri
can stereotypes of Asian
American men and “Ha
pas,” a term used to
describe a person “of mixed
racial heritage with partial
roots in Asian and/or Pacif
ic Islander ancestry,” ac
cording to Fulbeck’s Web
site.
“He evaluates how Amer
ican society sees Asians and
Hapas,” APASU co-director
Dawn Liu said. “His main
goal is to make people think
about the existing stereo
types of Asians and Hapas,
and why they should not
exist.”
Fulbeck uses his Can
tonese, English, Irish and
Welsh background To dis
cuss “where Hapas ‘fit in’ in
a country which ignores
multiraciality,” according to
his Web site.
Fulbeck will also use par
odies, poetry and short
films during his presenta
tion that demonstrate the
Turn to Fulbeck, page 4
Presenting...
Who: University of
California at Santa
Barbara Professor
Kip Fulbeck
What: Presenta
tion on American
stereotypes of
Asian-Americans
When: 7 p.m. to
day
Where: Gerfinger
Lounge
DePoe and Upshaw: open up to students
UPSHAW
■Autumn DePoeand
Caitlin Upshaw voice
their concern about
access to education
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Autumn DePoe is a senior
majoring in political sci
ence. She is running for
ASUO president with
Caitlin Upshaw, a junior
theater major, as vice presi
dent.
Q^What is your plat
♦ form?
A ^|AD) Well actually, I
♦guess, we don’t have a
platform. We have a set of
ideas. Once we get the of
fice, I think we’d rather have
town-hall meetings and lis
ten to what ‘he students ac
tually want rather than hav
ing to tell them what they
want.... The first would be
the programs guide ... it’s
^supposed to be this huge
guide so students can find
out what programs actually
are available to them. The
other one is ... cutting the
Athletic Department Fi
nance Committee’s budget
allocation for sports, I guess.
0# What experience and
♦ qualifications do you
have that make you a wor
thy candidate for ASUO
president/vice president?
A4(CU) I’m admittedly the
♦ beginner here in this
race_I’m coming into this
Turn to Candidates, pare 4
DEPOE