Success story
Corvallis native Andrea
Gustafson, once a walk
on, leads the No. 18
Oregon softball team
into its final Civil War
contest of the season
this Saturday at Oregon
State. PAGE 9A
The Flash
Voters face tax for po
lice, fire departments
If passed by voters in the
May1 primary election, Mea
sure 20-3 i would provide
what supporters say is a
much-needed $36.6 to re
place the cramped police
and fire departments. Mem
bers of a task force assem
bled to assess the space say
the most cost-effective way to
deal with the lack of safe
space is to build new sta
tions. PAGE 5A
Native art on display
at UNH Museum
Native Plateau Indian art
work, featuring weaving,
beadwork and leatherware
from artists, is on display at
the University Natural Histo
ry Museum now through
Sept. 10. The exhibit show
cases works from traditional
artists who incorporate con
temporary themes into their
pieces. A feature of the dis
play is several informational
panels that rotate between
Northwest museums, incor
porating information about
tribes, but using artifacts
unique to each museum.
PAGE6A
Health Center urges
contraception
Emergency contraception,
a little-known preventative
pill that can prevent preg
nancy if taken up to 72 hours
following intercourse, is a
safe option for students who
fear they may be pregnant.
Not to be confused with the
RU 486 pill, the European
abortion pill not approved in
the U.S., the emergency con
traception pill is available to
students at the University
Health Center for a cost of $8
and free for some students at
Eugene Planned Parenthood.
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(i Compared with
the investment
booms of the’60s,
this has much more
potential to be
sustainable"
Edward Gramlich
member of the
Board of Governors
of the Federal
Reserve System
CatharineKendall Emerali
{iramfidi spoke at the University Thursday about economic trends and the national debt.
Student investors take
a hit in market crash
The
University
Investment
Group’s
portfolio is
slowly
recovering
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
When the stock market took!?
a dive last week, some of the
University Investment Group’s
stocks went underwater too,
but most have found their way
back to the surface by now.
“The market kind of took us
down with it,” said George
Kosovich, a senior finance
business major and director of
investments for the group.
“One of our stocks took a pret
ty good hit.”
Students in the group and
throughout campus say, how
ever, that the market has been
volatile before and they are not
panicking with the recent ups
Turn to Investors, page 4A
High-tech trend ups economy
■Technological advances along
with government savings will help
keep the future economy strong
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
Recent growth in the economy, which
has seen increased saving, investment
and productivity, may last beyond the
typical boom-and-bust cycle of stock
markets in the last century.
Edward Gramlich, a member of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Re
serve System, explained Thursday why
this could be the case during a visit to the
University.
Gramlich, who spoke to about 80
business people associated with the
University during a lunch sponsored by
the College of Arts and Sciences, said the
economy’s current strength was due to
the spread of information technologies
and globalization but also to more tradi
tional factors, such as savings and in
vestments.
Turn to Economy, page 8A
Nike rumors
lack a solid
confirmation
■There has been no substantiation that Nike
will withdraw financial support from the
University over the WRC issue
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
Rumors that Nike CEO Phil
Knight is withdrawing his large
pledge of financial support for
the renovation of Autzen Stadi
um were still rumors on Thurs
day.
According to a statement
from Nike regarding the Univer
sity, “The details of Phil’s pri
vate philanthropy have and will
continue to be personal. How
ever, from a business perspec
tive, both Nike and Phil were
surprised when the University
of Oregon aligned itself with the
Workers (sic) Rights Consor
tium.”
There has been no substanti
ation to the rumor, which seems
to have originated from a Port
land television newscast
Wednesday night.
The University administra
tion had not had any contact
with Nike or Knight late on
Thursday, said Duncan McDon
ald, vice president for public af
fairs and development.
Johnson Hall has been receiv
ing phone calls from people
asking if this rumor is an at
tempt to cast Knight in a nega
tive light. McDonald said such
allegations hold no weight at
this time, but speculation
abounds regarding the rumor’s
source.
“It’s getting into an Area 51
scenario,” McDonald said, in a
joking reference to the govern
ment’s alleged top secret Air
Force base in New Mexico.
“This is a mystery.”
Athletic Director Bill Moos
Turn to Nike, page 4A
FROHNMAYER
We’ve
made our
commit
ment to the
WRC. We’ve
also made
our concerns
about the
WRC
known.
Dave
Frohnmayer
University
president j j
Men Against Sexism incorporated on campus
The group
provides a
safe forum
for men to
gather and
discuss
concerns
and
thoughts
on life
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
When senior women studies
major Jonathan Gutstadt started
thinking about his thesis equiv
alency project for his bachelors
degree, he did not know it was
going to lead to a new student
group on campus.
But that’s exactly what hap
pened.
What Gutstadt and fellow
group members first wanted to
call the Men Against Rape
group, evolved into the Men
Against Sexism group. He de
scribes it as a pro-feminist men’s
group in which members are
committed to support and edu
cate each other about issues sur
rounding gender, sexuality and
feminism.
"It’s all about support,” Gut
stadt said. “We need a men’s
movement because people do
ask the question that if there’s a
women’s center, then why isn’t
there a men’s center?”
Gutstadt said Men Against
Sexism aims to create a safe en
vironment for men to share their
stories. Group members ask
questions and address the issues
they might not want to discuss
with their friends.
He said members are looking
for alternatives to the tradition
al masculinity that is often asso
ciated with and expected of
men. Gutstadt said rather than
promoting traditional masculin
ity, the group looks at men as
unique individuals who want to
talk about their concerns and
thoughts in a comfortable envi
ronment.
“We have a sexualized cul
ture, but we don’t talk about
sex,” Gutstadt said.
Gutstadt said group members
are also looking to break away
from stereotypical male expec
tations that do not allow for ex
pressing one’s weaknesses.
“One thing that I find is really
important is to be vulnerable.
That means admitting mistakes
and having that be OK — that
means developing deeper rela
tionships,” he said.
So far, the group has not
asked for ASUO recognition,
but Gutstadt said although Uni
versity funding is not the focus
of the group, he does not want to
exclude the possibility from fu
ture consideration.
Byron McCrae, assistant dean
of Student Life and an advisor to
the group, said members,
through their involvement in
Men Against Sexism and other
social justice groups on campus
and in the community, attempt
to break out of stereotypical
male behaviors that affect their
health, their careers and their
overall way of life.
“Society has these explicit
and implicit scripts that they ex
pect men and women to fol
low,” McCrae said. “It’s really
Turn to Men’s group, page 8A
44 It's really
productive
to have a
group that
looks at
sexism...
Byron McCrae
assistant
dean of
Student
Life