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
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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.
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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
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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
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