Sweet sweep
After going win less in
their four-game Pac-10
homestand last week,
the No. 23 Ducks
bounce back big time
in their three-game trip
to the Bay Area, sweep
ing California and
Stanford. PAGE 11a
Taking taxes
to the wire
Still haven’t finished filing
your 1999 tax returns? Last
minute filers can still make
the IRS deadline, if their re
turns are postmarked no lat
er than midnight tonight. Af
ter the deadline, fines and
penalties may be assessed.
The traditional April 15 dead
line was extended this year as
it fell on a Saturday.
Marchers fail to keep
leaders from meeting
WASHINGTON (AP)—Thou
sands of marchers failed to
stop world finance leaders
from meeting Sunday, but
paraded through the capital
in a show of celebration and
anger that provoked one ugly
episode — a surging crowd
met by a stinging cloud of ir
ritants fired by police.
Festive street theater with
giant puppets coexisted with
pushy confrontations be
tween police and protesters
agitating about the plight of
the poor and “decadence” of
the rich.
At one point, police in riot
gear and on motorcycles
charged into a crowd that
had surged toward the police
line. Police used pepper
spray and what they said
were smoke bombs to drive
back the protesters, who
were convinced they’d been
tear-gassed.
But unlike the protests that
overwhelmed police and
smashed windows in rainy
Seattle at trade meetings late
last year, the weekend
demonstrations were largely
nonviolent — and the sun
beamed on them Sunday.
Weather
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Measuring relationships
Psychology graduate student Amy Adamson has electrodes attached to her face. Electrodes used in
a University marriage study measure muscle activity under the skin.
A current University study looks at issues
in wedlock with a goal of helping
spouses better support each other
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
Electrodes don’t lie and
neither do facial muscles. If
you are happy, the electrodes
will know it.
University doctoral student
Keith Harris is conducting an
innovative research project
that aims to find out how mar
ried couples support each
other in times of emotional
Turn to Marriage, page 4A
Protesters
accomplish
some goals
■ With the University’s signing of a one
year contract with the WRC, students will
focus on seeking a more active voice
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Gone.
All of the tents, posters and
protesters — gone.
Late Thursday night, the stu
dents who demonstrated in
support of the Worker Rights
Consortium and improved stu
dent voice on campus packed
up and left Johnson Hall, where
they had kept an around-the
clock vigil since April 4.
While some of the protesters’
demands were not met, the
main goal of membership in the
WRC was enough to end the oc
cupation on the steps of the ad
ministration building.
After the University Senate
approved a recommendation to
join the labor monitoring group,
University President Dave
Frohnmayer agreed to a one
year term with the WRC, which
monitors working conditions in
factories where University
products are made. In March,
the Licensing Code of Conduct
Committee unanimously agreed
to a similar recommendation.
Protesters unsuccessfully de
manded that Frohnmayer agree
to a five year contract with the
WRC and improve University
governance by granting deci
sion making power to Universi
Protest
demands:
What they got:
University Presi
dent Dave Frohn
mayer signed
onto the WRC for
one year.
In a meeting last
Monday, the
president prom
ised not to join
the Fair Labor As
sociation.
What they
didn’t get:
Frohnmayer
won’t grant deci
sion making con
trol to commit
tees accountable
to him.
Frohnmayer will
not write a letter
to all Assembly
members asking
them to vote in
favor of increas
ing student rep
resentation on
the University
Senate.
Turn to Aftermath, page 8A
Mother Earth revered in female pagan group
me group,
WICCA, claims
it moves away
from pagan
stereotypes
and celebrates
its spirituality
through such
practices as
meditation
and song
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Standing at her desk 17 years
ago, Norma Joyce found herself
repeatedly scribing a line on
her notepad, over and over un
til its significance could not be
ignored.
The words, “Women In Con
scious Creative Action” stared
back at her as she mused, “I
wonder where this is going to
go?”
WICCA, a pagan spiritual
group for women in Oregon fo
cusing on goddess energy and
Turn to WICCA, page 10A
Eugene resident Kim
Reed placed this
WICCA altar in her
home. WICCA is a
group of women who
practice pagan ritu
als focusing on god
dess energy.
A word from Wise: speaker promotes anti-racism
Schedule for Tim Wise’s visit:
Tuesday:
University of Oregon
12:30 p.m.-2p.m. Multi
cultural Center: “Lunch
with Tim Wise”
7 p.m. EMU Ballroom:
Keynote Address
Wednesday:
Lane Community College
9a.m.-1 p.m.
University of Oregon
7 p.m.-9 p.m. Ben Linder
Room: Community Town
Hall Meeting
All events are free and
open to the public.
SOURCE: ASUO Executive
■ Caucasian social critic
Tim Wise gives an ‘in
your-face’ discussion on
the value of diversity
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
Get ready to sit back, relax
and learn about why you should
care about diversity.
Get ready, because Tim Wise,
a prominent social critic who
has fought to educate the nation
al community on topics ranging
from affirmative action to capi
tal punishment, is coming to
town.
Beginning today and continu
ing through Thursday, Wise will
bring his views about diversity
to the University, Lane Commu
nity College and Oregon State
University communities.
Wise’s messages focus on “the
Turn to Tim Wise, page 9A
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