Butof course. The
Ducks’Green team of
first-and second
stringers predictably
overpower the White
team, 31-0, in front of
8,573 at Autzen during
; the annual spring
: scrimmage. PAGE 11
The Flash
Politicians solicit
student voters
Oregon representatives
made a worthwhile contribu
tion to the future of Oregon
politics last week with their
participation in the ASUO
voter registration campaign.
250 University students regis
tered to vote, and Oregon
Student Association repre
sentatives hope to register
27,500 college students state
wide by the November elec- ♦
tion. Peter DeFazio, D-Eu
gene, Vicki Walker, D-Eugene
and State Sen. Tony Corcoran
were among the politicians
involved in the effort to boost
voter turn-out. PAGE 5
Media critic presenta
tion focuses on image
Jean Kilboume, a national
ly renowned media critic,
brought her message of poi
sonous media images of
women to the University Fri
day. Nearly 300 people
showed up to hear her pres
entation, “Deadly persua
sion.” Kilbourne talked
about how advertisers, espe
cially tobacco companies,
target women with flashy
promises that feed on fragile
self-esteems of girls and
young women. PAGE 8
Gun-control backers
organize events
Two events to encourage
gun-safety awareness are in
the works, thanks to Eugene
gun-control advocates.
Prompted by a rash of gun vi
olence among youths nation
wide, members of The Com
munity Action Forum are
scheduling gun-control
awareness events in May, in
cluding the Million Mom
March, an “echo” march co
inciding with a national
event in Washington, D.C.
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Some of the 13 undergraduate members of the new University chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority sing during a reception following their charter ceremony.
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
While walking down cam
pus streets, members of Al
pha Kappa Alpha sorority
can ciy out with a shared call
and know that soon after, a
succession of returned yells
\#ill be heard.
After Sunday afternoon,
the women of AKA are call
ing out to a brand new beat.
Installing themselves as
Sigma Delta, the newest
chapter of AKA, 13 under
graduates joined women
Turn to Sorority, page 4
UO addresses
WRC worries
at conference
■ University administrators nationwide met
to get an understanding of the WRC and what
needs to be done, including who will make up
its board
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Duncan McDonald, the Uni
versity’s vice president for pub
lic affairs and development, re
turned from a Worker Rights
Consortium conference in
Chicago Friday with new in
sights on the WRC’s current sta
tus and what kind of hurdles the
group, which is still in its found
ing stages, has to overcome be
fore becoming a functioning la
bor monitoring organization.
McDonald, who was one of
about 40 administrators repre
senting their
universities
at the confer
ence, said the
meeting gave
WRC mem
bers a chance
to meet in
person and to discuss some
shared concerns about the
WRC’s structure.
“It was nice, I think, for the
group to get to know one anoth
er and to talk about clearly how
we will move [the WRC] from a
concept to an organization,” he
said. “The thing that I think has
never been made very clear is
that the WRC is still a concept,
not an organization. ”
University President Dave
Frohnmayer signed on with the
WRC for a one-year term on
April 12 after the University
Senate voted and recommended
the University to join.
McDonald said he estimates
the WRC is still at least two years
away from any factory monitor
ing because it has no governing
body. It lacks sufficient financial
Turn to Workers’ rights, page 7
Inside
Nike is not the
only apparel
company of
interest to the
WRC PAGE 6
iirhe
thing I think
has never
been made
very clear
is that the
WRC is still
a concept,
not an or
ganization.
Duncan
McDonald
University
vice president
for public
affairs and
development
Professors reflect on Vietnam experiences
Three
University
professors
recall their
place in the
conflict that
ended 25 years
ago and talk
about present
day efforts to
help the
hurting nation
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
As the 25th anniversary of the end of the Viet
nam War passed Sunday, University professors
reminisced about their experiences as student pro
testers in the 1960s and discussed how they’re
helping to improve the ties between the United
States and the Communist state.
With a strong focus on education, Vietnam is try
ing to pull out of poverty with a little help from
two University faculty members.
Ken Ramsing, a business professor, and Gerry
Fry, director of the University’s Center for Asian
and Pacific Studies, have participated in educa
tional exchange programs with Vietnam and said
that improvements are being made in the South
east Asian country.
“Education is extremely important to the people
of Vietnam,” said Ramsing, an international stud
ies professor who has traveled to Vietnam four
times since 1996. “But their universities are large,
crowded and underfunded.”
Turn to Vietnam, page 5