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Campus brief Law school houses gun control debate Gun rights activist Don Kates and state Sen. Ginny Burdick debated gun control Tuesday at the Knight Law Center. The de bate was sponsored by the Federalist Soci Hunger continued from page 1 nia, who are in the ninth day of a similar protest at that university’s administrative office. The students at Penn were the first in the nation to demand their university withdraw from the industry-backed Fair Labor Associa tion and join the Workers Rights Consortium. More than 50 universities are involved in the hunger strike across the country, HRA member Laura Gurley said, as well as prominent public leaders such as the Rev. Jessie Jackson and John Sweeney, president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization. “By these significant leaders endorsing the fast, they are acknowledging its impor tance,” Gurley said. The Fair Labor Association is a monitor ing system that sends out representatives from financial auditing companies to ap prove businesses. ety of the law school. Each presenter was given 15 minutes to present his and her respective cases. After each presented a side of the de bate, they were allotted time for rebut tal and audience members asked ques tions. Kates emphasized that gun control legis The more comprehensive Workers Rights Consortium was developed by the United Students Against Sweatshops in consulta tion with workers and human rights groups. The WRC is a monitoring system that veri fies and inspects the working conditions in factories that produce apparel for colleges and universities. Senior geology major Sarah Jacobson, an HRA member, explained the WRC has de veloped plans for employees to improve their own working conditions. “They do this on two levels. On the first level, there are periodic unannounced in spection visits in companies. On the second level, there are labor and human rights groups where workers can report com plaints if they feel there has been a violation of the code of conduct, ” Jacobson said.. The WRC requires a code of conduct that sets up standards for women’s rights, the right to organize, no forced overtime and a living wage. The intent of the hunger strike at the Uni versity is to raise awareness of these issues lation has not resulted in lower crime be cause the people committing crimes are not law abiding citizens. “If someone is crazy and determined enough to kill a bunch of people and then kill himself, he is not going to be stopped by gun control laws,’’ Kates said. on campus. Students will also be able to request that the University adopt the code of, and join with, the Worker Rights Consortium in this year’s student election. Gurley, a senior international studies ma jor, said the University serves as a mechanism that can be used to create social change. “The students have a voice. They can change the structure currently in place by using their power and voting,” Gurley said. Sophomore history major and HRA mem ber Halle Williams also supports the WRC because she feels it empowers workers .whereas she believes the FLA serves only as a cover-up for corporations. “Student democracy is important. Stu dents should have rights because they pay to be here,” Williams said. HRA members ended the hunger strike with a candlelight vigil Tuesday night at the EMU Amphitheater. Jacobson said alliance members broke bread to end the fast because they collectively wanted to remember the purposes of their actions. CRIME WATCH (Reported from Feb. 3 to Feb. 13) Feb. 3: Criminal Mischief II, 2000 block of Alder Street, vehicle door and fender dam aged Feb. 3: Assault Ill/Robbery III, 400 block of East 19th Avenue, individual attacked by 3 subjects Feb. 7: Burglary 1,1400 block of Alder Street, personal items stolen Feb. 13: Assault/Criminal Trespass II, 2000 block of Centennial Boulevard, bouncer as saulted Feb. 13: Criminal Mischief II, 600 block of East 19th Avenue, sign torn from building, thrown at police officer Crime prevention tips Be aware. Don’t be so absorbed in your •h iig^fi»Mi‘l0'.‘).ia*'e ,-t . notice someone following you. Walk with your head up andwith confidence. The villain will be looking for someonewith drawn and helpless to victimize. SOURCE: Eagme Police Department 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 awards1 Eligibility for Awards Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching 0 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. i I 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: E-mail your nomination to: Lorraine G. Davis Gwen Steigelman Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Asst. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs 207 Johnson Hall, University of Oregon gwens@oregon.uoregon.edu 005632 I nominate (print clearly) for the (Please check one) □ Ersted Award □ Thomas F. Herman Award My reason(s) for nomination are: (You may attach a separate sheet, if necessary.) Signature of nominator__ Address________ Telephone____ E-mail ___ Please check your status □ Faculty □ Student □ Alumni □ Staff Apocalypse continued from page 1 slow motion with a swinging American flag, and a young cou ple play the animal cracker game, but in the end, there is just a big boom. Instead of Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck this film stars Josh Sidis and Dan Johnson, two un declared freshman at the Univer sity. And although “Apocalypse” is not running in mainstream the aters around the country and is not nominated for an Academy Award, it did win first prize at the Northwest Youth Film Festi val and will be shown on prime time HBO for a year, starting in May. Sidis said “Apocalypse” was selected among approxi mately 1,000 films. When Sidis, Johnson and their high school friends made the film during their senior year, they did not expect it to win an award and run on TV. The group had a budg et of $200, which Bill Schaumberg and Jamie Kirkland, the produc ers, had saved from the revenues of “Bond,” a previous film, and were able borrow equipment from Michael McNamara, a profession al Hollywood Director. Sidis said when Schaumberg was notified that the film was se lected for an award in the festi val, the group did not know it had won first place but were ex cited. “Bill gets a call one day and someone says, ‘You guys won,’" Sidis said. “I think everybody was blown away,” Schaumberg said he and the group went to the festival not 1 1 Burton • Santa Cruz Morrow • Rossignol •Salomon »K2 YOUR SNOWBOARDING HEADQUARTERS 13th &lawrence • Eugene • 683-1300 knowing “Apocalypse” had won first place and was surprised when people approached him with congratulations. Schaum berg said when making the film, he had not even thought about the festival, but his only goal was to finish it in time to show it at Portland’s Hollywood theater a year after a previous film had been a success. “Just to see it finished and take life, there’s no words to that,” Schaumberg said. He said the group was pressed for time when making the film and the only goal was to fill up the movie theater one more time. The energy and response from the audience had been positive the previous year, and Schaum berg wanted the group to have that experience again. The victo ry at the Northwest Film Youth Festival was just an additional perk. “Everything we had dreamed of had come true,” Schaumberg said. Sidis said “Apocalypse” played for two nights and al though the Rose Festival took place at the same time, “Apoca lypse” was completely sold out the first night and only a few seats were left the second night. Together with his high school friends, Sidis has acted in a num ber of films and is part of the pro duction company II Comedio, which was established by four former theater students at Grant High School. Johnson and Sidis said they will take on another project next summer and are looking forward to reuniting with their friends. Bern's Ski Bus (o Willamcllc Pass. HI. Bachelor \ Hoodoo? Sign up at Berg's! Call For Details, Reservations & Information. 13th & Lawrence • Eugene • 683-13001
