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Almost does not count The No. 22 Oregon softball team can't find a way to capitalize on offensive opportunities Tuesday, losing a close contest with Oregon State, 2-0. PAGE 7 The Flash Asian-American author speaks Journalist Helen Zia made a stop while on a national book tour at the University to discuss her book “Asian American Dreams: The Emer gence of and American Peo ple. ” Zia presented her mem oirs, which chronicle the sto ries of under-represented Asian-Americans in Ameri can history, at a reception at the Law School on Tuesday. Pace 6 Judge denies 'Dol phin-safe’ decision WASHINGTON (AP)—A fed era I judge struck down a gov ernment decision Tuesday to allow the use of the “dol phin-safe” label on canned tuna even when some of the tuna are captured by huge encircling nets that often harm dolphins. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson, in a ruling hand ed down in San Francisco, said the Commerce Depart ment improperly concluded that the change would not have any significant adverse impact on dolphin fatalities. DEQ cites Mitsubishi Silicon America SALEM (AP) — The Oregon Department of Environment Quality announced Tuesday it has cited Mitsubishi Silicon America for a spill of sulfuric acid last month into Pringle Creek that killed thousands offish. The department issued a notice of noncompliance to the company for violation of hazardous waste and water quality statutes. The violations are consid ered “Class One” violations because of their threat to hu man health and the environ Weather Today Thursday m ■ PARTLY CLOUDS high 70, low 49 mmm—m MOSTLY CLOUDY high 65, low 46 Wednesday April 12,2000 Volume 101, Issue 129 —Q—o-L. h e_w a h www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper University basketball coaches and the American Cancer Society team up in an effort to raise funds toward the fight against the disease I By Serena Markstrom 1 1 Oregon Daily Emerald s# 1 Basketball season may be o\ ei f but the fight against cancer is 1 year-round. For the past five years, 5 both University basketball teams have participated in Coaches vs. Can* cer, a national fund-raising effort founded in 1993. vvXxx . Since 1990, about five million Ameri cans have died of cancer, and the fight against cancer is expensive; the annual costs of cancer is estimated at $107 billion by the National Institutes of Health. To date, the American Cancer Society has spent $2 bil lion on research alone. The Coaches vs. Cancer program not only raises funds but also cancer awareness. The pro gram just finished its seventh season and before this year had raised more than $10.6 million for the ACS, according to ACS statistics. After four years of participation, the Ducks and ACS have raised about $123,000, finish ing in the top 25 for the past two years. Dol lar figures for the 1999-2000 are not yet avail able. The program began around the same time as the death of Jim Valvano, the North Carolina State Uni versity basketball coach who gained national prominence in 1983 when his Wolfpack team was the unlikely winner of the NCAA tournament. Turn to Coaches, page 4 Senate weighs WRC decision ■ Frohnmayer has indicated he’ll join the Worker Rights Consortium if the University Senate approves the recommendation By Jeremy Lang and Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald The tents and posters outside Johnson Hall may come down, and the protesters may finally get to go home today. At 3 p.m., the University Sen ate will meet in 177 Lawrence Hall and decide whether the University should join the Worker Rights Consortium, which monitors working condi tions in factories that manufac ture University products made by licensees such as Nike. In a meeting that packed the EMU Fir Room full of students on Monday, University Presi dent Dave Frohnmayer agreed he would sign on with the WRC if the senate recommends that he do so. The senate and the Licensing Code of Conduct Committee, which has already voiced sup port to sign, are advisory bodies only. Frohnmayer has the final decision whether to sign on. However, Monday’s meeting did not result in compliance with the protesters’ demands. Frohnmayer is considering join ing the WRC for only one year, not the five-year contract that protesters have demanded he I sign ' Another meeting between Frohnmayer and students is ten tatively scheduled after the sen ate meeting at 6 p.m. in 177 Lawrence Hall. Tuesday marked a full week of night-and-day student occu pation of the lawn surrounding the administrative building. In the past week the number of tents on the lawn has continued to grow, and police have arrest ed a total of 14 students on tres passing charges for refusing to Turn to Protest, page 3 ii I’d like the adminis tration to take more se riously our concerns about democracy and recog nize that some stu dents are not as compla cent as our media spokesper sons are. Devin Dinihanian member HRA V A month of events shows Queer Pride Organizers hope to forge ties within the LGBT community and raise awareness in the community at large By Simone Ripke Oregon Daily Emerald Students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered have a reason to celebrate throughout the month of April. Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Al liance are sponsoring the annual Queer Pride Celebration and have organized activities and events to celebrate their sexuality. “It’s an important time for students and staff and faculty and LGBT and their friends and fam ilies to come together and celebrate who they are,” said Brooke Lather, intern director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Edu cational and Support Services Program (LGBTESSP). Gabrielle Hendel, a senior psychology major and director of the LGBTA, said she hopes mem bers of the LGBT community and heterosexual students will participate in the celebration in an effort to educate themselves on LGBT issues. “It’s important to the cultural diversity on campus,” Hendel said. Turn to Queer Pride, page 3 Initiative seeks to ban school support of gays ■ Previous measures sponsored by the OCA were rejected by voters, but the group keeps gathering signatures By Darren Freeman Oregon Daily Emerald Oregon voters might see another bout be tween gay and lesbian rights activists and the Oregon Citizens Alliance and its supporters during the months leading up to the Nov. 7 gen eral election. The OCA, a citizen lobbyist group, is collect ing signatures to place an initiative on the No vember ballot that would prohibit public schools and community colleges from encouraging ac ceptance of homosexuality and bisexuality. If the initiative passes, schools would be barred from enforcing anti-discrimination poli cies regarding sexual orientation, offering sup port organizations geared for non-heterosexual students, and teaching tolerance for homosexu als and bisexuals. Schools that don’t comply Turn to OCA, page 5 7”“ ! Vmc BALLOT MEASURE
