Ducks Win!
Oregon comes up with ]
two miracle three
pointers on two length
of-the-court passes for
the game’s deciding six
points. The 76-74 win
locks up at least third
place in the Pac-10.
Unbelievable! PAGE 7
The Flash
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Conference features
variety of speakers
The Public Interest Environ
mental Law Conference con
tinues tomorrow through
Sunday. Keynote speakers
include David Browner
founder of the Earth Island
Institute; Julia Butterfly Hill,
animal rights activist; Rod
Coronado; Carrie Dan and
Bill Meadows, president of
the Wilderness society. More
than 100 panels and work
shops are set for the confer- j
ence. For the schedules, lo- j
cations and costs, call
346-3828. PAGE 6
Study finds vitamin C
potentially harmful
SAN DIEGO(AP)—Anew
study raises the disturbing
possi bi I ity that ta ki ng vita
min C pills may speed up
hardening of the arteries.
Researchers called their dis
covery a surprise and cau
tioned that more experi
ments are needed to know
for sure whether megadoses
of the vitamin actually are
harmful.
S.C. strips King’s
name from holiday
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—A bill
that would create an official
Martin Luther King Jr. holi
day for state employees in
South Carolina was amend
ed in the state House on
Thursday to strip his name
from it and to include a
statement that Confederate
flags are not racist symbols.
Divided along racial and par
ty lines, legislators voted to
name the holiday Civil
Rights Day.
The Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. Center for Nonviolent So
cial Change in Atlanta said
South Carolina is the only
state that doesn’t recognize
a King holiday for all state
employees.
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Grievance suppresses exec results
Autumn
DePoe claims
ASUO
Executive
candidates
Gabbe and
Larson lied
before the
ASUO
Constitution
Court
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
For the second time this elec
tion season, results of the
ASUO Executive race are being
shielded from the public eye.
The culprit looks very simi
lar to the one that suspended
release of the primary results
last week: another grievance
targeted at executive candi
dates C.J. Gabbe and Peter Lar
son. Gabbe and Larson ran
against Jay Breslow and Holly
Magner this week in the gener
al election for ASUO Execu
tive.
This one, filed by former ex
ecutive candidate Autumn De
Poe, again accuses the pair of
breaking elections rules when
they sponsored the Feb. 4 Inter
national Student Association’s
coffee hour. However, DePoe
added another complaint. She
asserted that Gabbe and Larson
lied in front of the ASUO Con
stitution Court at a public hear
ing regarding the case last Fri
day when they claimed they
included the $40 spent for
those refreshments on their ex
penditure forms.
Wednesday evening, the
court decided to withhold the
results of the general election
as well until a final decision is
made. The results can be held
for up to 10 days unless an ex
tension is requested.
Gabbe and Larson’s expendi
ture forms do not include the
coffee hour money at all.
After last Friday’s public
Turn to Elections, page 5
Vote
ASUO
Election.
Rita Honka and
her African dance
students perform
at Washington Ele
mentary School.
The dance troop
has been touring
area schools since
1996.
African movement
■ Dance students tour
Eugene schools to teach children
about African culture through
native dance
By jack Clifford
Oregon Daily Emerald
The odds are nil of ever taking several
hundred elementary-aged students to
Africa as an educational lesson. That’s
why the University dance department is
bringing the continent to them.
Since 1996, adjunct instructor Rita
Kevin Calame Emerald
Honka and her African dance students
have toured Eugene-area schools, giving
hour-long presentations complete with
the three D’s: dancing, drumming and dis
covery.
“I’m used to performing for more ma
ture audiences, so just to be able to dance
in front of the kids is great,” said Dawn
Tuman, a senior dance major and one of
Honka’s teaching assistants. “It’s new and
exciting for them, and they’re like, ‘Wow,
I’ve never seen dance like this before. ’ It’s
raising their awareness to other cultures.”
Turn to Dance, page 6
Campaign finance
initiative disputed
The discussion
is one
highlight of
the Public
Interest
Environmental
Law
Conference at
the University
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
Bill Sizemore never showed up, but that did
n’t stop a panel of Oregon political activists from
debating the merits of an initiative to reform
campaign finance in the state.
Initiative 150 seeks to amend the Oregon Con
stitution with language that limits the maximum
amount an individual or corporation can con
tribute to a campaign. It would also require that
all campaign contributors disclose their dona
tions.
Thursday’s panel discussion, “Money and
Politics: Free Speech or Root of All Evil,” was
part of the Public Interest Environmental Law
Conference, which will end Sunday. Sizemore,
head of Oregon Taxpayers United, was sched
Tum to Initiative, page 5
Rape stats still bleak,
but education is key
■ Many contend that educating both
women and men about rape is crucial
toward prevention
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
While the statistics on sexual assault remain
discouraging, there do exist more resources
and advocacy groups available to women than
ever before, including many instituted and
new programs on campus.
Among the University’s offerings are the
ASUO Women’s Center information and refer
ral services, specialized survivor counseling at
the University Health Center, the longtime self
defense class in the Women’s Studies Depart
ment and recent collaborative efforts from the
Turn to Sex crimes, page 4