The Flash
After playing brilliantly
in their 17-point victory
against No. 22 UCLA on
Thursday; the Oregon
women switch gears
and stumble on Satur
day night against an
athletic, pressing USC
team, 69-63. PAGE 7
CSWS conference
begins today
What: Center for the Study
of Women in Society’s annu
al conference, “Work, Wel
fare and Politics,” will bring
together researchers, wel
fare advocates, policy mak
ers and community mem
bers to discuss reform and
labor issues.
When: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
Who: Keynote speaker
Francis Fox Piven will give
the address at 1 p.m. Tues
day in the EMU ballroom.
Cost: The conference is
free but registration is re
quested. Call 346-5015 for
more information.
CIP to get boost
from local eatery
In collaboration with the
University’s Community In
ternship Program, East 19th
Street Cafe will donate half
of all food and drink profits
from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. to
CIP’s middle school pro
gram, Building Blocks.
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Appeals for change
after Diallo trial
NEW YORK (AP) — New de
mands for social justice, law
enforcement reforms and a
federal inquiry echoed from
pulpits and city streets on
Sunday in the aftermath of
the acquittal of four police
officers in the shooting
death of Amadou Diallo.
More than 1,000 people
joined a peaceful prayer vig
il outside the United Na
tions, where activist Rev. Al
Sharpton hoped to bring the
Diallo case to international
attention.
Weather
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Court to rule on grievance by today
Kevin Calame Emerald
C.J. Gabbe and Peter Larson argue that they should remain on the elections ballot.
■ The Constitution Court will decide
today whether Gabbe and Larson will be
allowed to remain on the ballot
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
Facing off in front of the
ASUO Constitution Court on
Friday, executive candidates
C.J. Gabbe and Peter Larson ar
gued that they should be al
lowed to remain on the election
ballot.
The hearing was held as an
appeal of the ASUO Elections
Board’s deci
Inside
The Constitution
Court to rule on
summer senate
grievance.
PAGE 4
sion to re
move Gabbe
and Larson
from the bal
lot in re
sponse to a
grievance
filed by
ASUO Sen. Jennifer Greenough.
The grievance alleges that the
two broke ASUO election rules
by providing refreshments at an
International Students Associa
tion coffee hour on Feb. 4.
The court will provide a deci
sion no later than 5 p.m. today.
At that point, the results of the
executive primary election will
be released.
If the decision is in favor of
Gabbe and Larson, and they
have placed first or second in
the votes, then they will be able
to continue on to the general
elections. It is unclear what will
Turn to C.J. & Peter, page 4
ii The
Elections
Board and
Ms. Gree
nough did
not show
any elec
tor voted
for us be
cause they
ate choco
late chip
cookies at
coffee
hour.
Peter Larson
ASUO
Executive
candidate
Conference addresses human rights issues
The second
annual
multicultural
event
highlights
issues
affecting
minorities,
women and
peace-seekers
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
The International Human
Rights Conference 2000 com
menced Friday at the William
H. Knight Law School to edu
cate participants about interna
tional human rights issues and
provide practical methods for
students and professionals to
contribute to change at the Uni
versity.
This year’s theme, “To the
People in Darkness,” incorpo
rated sessions on peacekeep
ing, hate crimes, the move
ments against sweatshops,
women’s rights and the death
penalty, among others.
University of Colorado eth
nic studies professor Ward
Churchill, one ol three keynote
speakers, opened the event,
which was sponsored by the In
ternational Law Students Asso
ciation. Churchill is both an ac
tivist in the American Indian
Movement and a well-known
author.
“I feel conferences like this
are important because it gives
voice to minority groups who
are not already heard,” said
sophomore Carla Martinez.
The second annual, student
run conference drew nearly
800 participants with interests
in human rights.
“As a law professor, it’s terrif
ic to watch smart, energized
students teaching themselves
and others,” University Profes
sor Keith Aoki said.
Aoki said Professor Peter
Irons’ keynote speech on Satur
day evening was significant. He
said that Irons, a professor of
political science at University
of California at San Diego, was
instrumental in helping the ul
timately successful redress
movement that sought repara
tions for the internment of
Japanese Americans during
World War II.
In addition to the keynotes,
one of the more popular de
bates was on the recent string of
Internet companies such as
ebay.com, yahoo.com and
CNN.com whose sites have
been sabotaged by hackers.
Turn to Human rights, page 6
Asa law
professor, it's
terrific to
watch smart,
energized stu
dents teach
ing them
selves and
others.
Keith Aoki
professor
of law jj
Piven visits classes to discuss welfare, poverty
The Wayne
Morse Chair in
Law and
Politics makes
a stop to the
University,
sparking
classroom
debate
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
Five University instructors
tacked on additional readings
and shifted their schedules to
accommodate a visit by
Frances Fox Piven.
Piven, this year’s Wayne
Morse Chair in Law and Poli
tics, visited some of University
classes last week and will con
clude her class visits this week.
Last year, three of the five
classes were developed in part
by grants from the Wayne
Morse Chair. Piven has visited,
or will visit, two classes in po
litical sci
ence and
one each in
anthropolo
gy, journal
ism and so
ciolcgy.
Piven is a
prolific au
thor and ex
and the politics
of poverty.
Kim O’Brien, Morse Chair
administrative projects special
ist, said this is the first year the
classes funded by the grant
were available and each re
ceived an average of $5,000.
Piven visited Lynn Stephen’s
sociology class, U.S. Immigra
tion and Farm workers,
Wednesday. Stephen said her
class read some of Piven’s writ
ings to prepare for a discussion
on democracy and “poor peo
ple’s movements.”
Turn to Poverty, page 3
PIVEN