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008781 Birth Control Supplies & Sexual Health Services Call or Stop to see if you qualify Planned Parenthood 1670 High St. Eugene • 344-9411 Nike continued from page 1A to let people know that Nike is rec tifyingthe problems.” According to the students’ re port — available at www. nikebiz.com/labor/index.shtml — the Mexico factories are “up to par with health and safety standards both locally and as written by Nike. In the past, Nike has been ac cused of placing workers in envi ronments that were toxic in air quality and exposed them to dan gerous chemicals. Overall, the as sessment of safety standards was of a positive nature.” There were some conditions that should be improved upon im mediately, Capobianco said. For example, in one factory that he visited, workers put in a 10-hour day with only a half-hour lunch break, which is legal under Mexi can law. But such rigorous work days are not in Nike’s best interest, Capobianco said. At most of the factories, stu dents reported that workers’ com pensation was not a problem. Some overtime grievances were filed, though, and need to be looked at by Nike management, according to the report. “Factories are a fact of the global economy whether we like it or not,” Capobianco said. “We have to accept that and try to make them better.” The students recommended that the factories provide workers with a better education and better information regarding grievance procedures and the Nike Code of Conduct. The students “have taught us a great deal,” Kidd said. “We take their observations and recommen dations very seriously and commit to report back in three months what we and the factories have ac complished.” Capobianco and the other stu dents went through three days of training to prepare for their visits. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Nike factory auditing team, trained the students for 10 hours a day. “The students challenged Nike and themselves and were wonder ful,” said St. John’s University Fa ther James Maher, who coordinat ed the student selection and training. “We hope this process of independent monitoring will move the issue forward ... beyond inflammatory rhetoric, toward the global realization of human digni ty in the workplace.” SSSSS Get Ready for Summer! Plan Your Classes Now The UO Summer Session Catalog with Schedule of Classes is now available on campus. The Catalog contains important information about courses and special programs offered this summer, registration, housing, and fees. Telephone and DuckWeb registration starts May 1. ere Now! Pick Up Your Free Copy Today. Pick up your copy today in the Summer Session office, 333 Oregon Hall, or at the UO Bookstore Telephone (541) 346-3475 http: / / uosummer.uoregon.edu/ Calendar Thursday, April 27 Ecological Conversations Seminar: Saskia van Oosterhout, an agricul tural biologist from Zimbabwe specializing in the conservation of crop plant genetic resources and the effects of gender dynamics on traditional crop agriculture, dis cusses “Moyo muti unomera paunoda (A Tree Grows Only Where It Wants To).” 3 - 4:50 p.m., Room 201, Viliard Hall. Free. For information, call Lynne Fessenden at 346-5399. InterSEXions Conference: Brown bag presentation by Molly Mc Clure, Women’s Studies student, on “Feminism and Transgendere dism: A Thesis in Progress.” Noon. Suite 34, EMU. Free. For informa tion, browse darkwing.u Oregon. edu/~program or call 346-1134. 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