Card men,
women are
eying titles
Both Stanford's men
and women sit atop the
Pacific-10 standings,
which aren’t done shift
ing yet PAGE 7
The Flash
Today, ASUO general
elections begin
The ASUO general elections
begin today at 9 a.m. and
will continue through 5 p.m.
Thursday.
This year’s elections will be
conducted entirely on Duck
Web. Students can submit
their votes through any com
puter with Internet access.
Several voting booths with
computers will be stationed
on campus for added con
venience.
Voting can be done between
the hours of 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. each day.
Study illustrates
working conditions
A student research project
headed by Professor Lynn
Stephen of the anthropology
department will help Orego
nians develop a better un
derstanding of the human
cost of producing fruits and
vegetables.
A group of two dozen stu
dents have worked on the
project, which examines the
harsh conditions that are
faced by many farm work
ers. The project is available
at the Knight Library. PAGE 5
First-grader kills
classmate at school
MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP,
Mich. (AP) — A 6-year-o!d
boy shot a little girl to death
in their first-grade classroom
Tuesday, a day after they
may have scuffled on the
playground.
In a school shooting made
especially shocking by the
age of the youngsters, the
boy fired a bullet from a .32
caliber gun inside Buell Ele
mentary near Flint, 60 miles
from Detroit, striking his 6
year-old classmate in the
neck. She died a half-hour
later.
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Keynote presentation
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
Frances Fox Piven delivers her campus keynote for the conference ‘Work, Welfare and Politics’ to
an audience of more than 660 people Tuesday in the EMU Ballroom.
Piven examines concept
of ‘U.S. success’ in speech
■ The keynote speaker
at ‘Work, Welfare and
Politics’ discusses need
for change
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
Frances Fox Piven coyly
approached the podium after
a glowing introduction from
sociology professor Joan Ack
er. She spent no time with fur
ther introduction, told no sto
ry and made no joke. She got
straight to business.
She told the audience of
more than 660, who packed
the EMU Ballroom Tuesday to
hear her keynote, that the in
tention of her speech was to
Turn to Frances Piven, page 6
Candidates
to face new
grievance
■ Autumn DePoe files a complaint Tuesday
against C.J. Gabbe and Peter Larson
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Only one day after the ASUO
Constitution Court restored C.J.
Gabbe and Peter Larson to the
executive ballot and the pair ad
vanced to the general election,
the grievance process against
them has started all over again.
On Tuesday, Autumn DePoe,
who lost a presidential bid to
the Gabbe/Larson and Jay Bres
low/Holly Magner tickets, filed
a grievance calling for their re
moval — the second time in this
election Gabbe and Larson have
faced disqualification.
DePoe’s grievance is similar
to the original filed by Student
Sen. Jennifer Greenough two
weeks ago. Both allege that
Gabbe and Larson violated elecr
tions rules when they pur
chased refreshments and of
fered campaign buttons and
posters at the Feb. 4 Internation
al Student coffee hour. The
ASUO Elections Board said the
coffee and snacks were a “thing
of value” and the posters and
buttons were an attempt to in
fluence the outcome of the elec
tion, which is illegal by ASUO
elections laws.
Gabbe and Larson appealed
the decision to the court, which
held a public hearing Friday
and decided Monday that they
did break the rules but could
not be removed from the ballot
because of technicalities.
But DePoe’s grievance adds a
new allegation. At the hearing,
Gabbe and Larson testified they
documented the approximately
Turn to C.J. & Peter, page 5
M,
LARSON
LG BTA celebrates
new spring term
interim director
■ As the director of LGBTESSP, Brooke
Lather will be responsible for
homophobia campaigning, peer
education and support programs work
LATHER
By Eric Pfeiffer
Oregon Daily Emerald
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender empower
ment on the University
campus returned to full ca
pacity this week.
University graduate stu
dent Brooke Lather has
been named interim direc
tor of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi
sexual and Transgender Ed
ucational and Support
Services Program for spring
Turn to New director, page 5
Additional security measures
sought to assist campus safety
■ Education may prove
key in eliminating sexual
assault on campus
By Brian Goodeli
Oregon Daily Emerald
There are lights around cam
pus. Every once in a while one
might encounter an emergency
call box. The University offers
self defense classes. Counselors
are standing by 24 hours a day.
Yet, for some reason, sexual as
sault still happens on campus.
Though the above efforts are
appreciated, some University
and community members are
asking whether they are really
solving the problem.
“I would feel safer if there
were as many men in groups like
Greeks Against Rape as there
were light poles on campus,”
senior psychology major Molly
McClure said. “Putting more
lights on campus is treating the
symptom, not the cause. ”
McClure said the University
needs to spend more time edu
cating men and women about
consent.
“It’s important for women to
feel safe when they’re walking
around cam
Inside
S.A.F.E., a group
that promotes a
sexual assault
free environ
ment, holds its
annual ‘Speak
Out.’ PAGE4
pus at night,
and that’s not
necessarily
achieved
through light
ing,” Mc
Clure said.
“It’s achieved
through the education of both
men and women.”
Although the Office of Public
Safety received no official re
ports of rape or sexual assault
last year, unofficial reports from
Turn to Sexual assault, page 6
This is the first in
stallment of a
three-part series
about sexual as
sault.
Today: Reported
crimes on cam
pus and the issues
of safety
Thursday: Advo
cacy efforts for
victims and pros
ecution of offend
ers
Friday: Women
empowering
themselves
through preven
tion and counsel
ing