Springing
into fall
The Ducks improve this
spring, but with an
influx of talented
transfers and high
school prospects,
Oregon expects to be
even better. PAGE 11
The Flash
Register-Guard staff
stages rally
Management at The Regis
ter-Guard have hired L.
Michael Zinser to assist in
contract negotiations with
their employees. This addi
tion has added to an already
charged atmosphere be
tween the parties. After hash
ing over the contract for 18
months and working for a
year with no contract, Regis
ter-Guard employees staged
a rally Monday to protest the
drawn-out negotiations.
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Study links beer and
gonorrhea
A recently released study
presented by the Centers for
Disease Control and Preven
tion links increased state tax
es on beer to rates of gonor
rhea. The study asserts that
in states where the tax on
beer has increased since
1981, cases of gonorrhea, es
pecially among young peo
ple, have decreased.
University health educators
believe the study is lacking in
scientific integrity and does
not accurately compare two
unrelated subjects. Page 6
High school student
hires publicist
High school student Leslie
Schrob, who was banned
from her senior prom, trip to
Mexico and from speaking at
her graduation after being
caught in the men’s shower
at her school, has hired an
agent.
Her family contends that
with offers for Schrob to ap
pear on “The Tonight Show”
and Montel Williams” talk
. show, a publicist was needed
to deal with the media. David
Hans Schmidt, who formerly
worked for Tonya Harding, is
representing the girl. Page 9
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‘All the world’s a stage’
Catharine Kendall Emerald
Jocelyn Fultz plays Ophelia in a monologue from ‘Hamlet.’ Members of the Students Theater Arts
Renovations performed in the EMU Amphitheater Monday in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday.
Celebration marks
the Bard’s birthday
Theater
students
perform a
variety of
works to
promote
theater on
campus
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
William Shakespeare’s
Birthday Celebration was
more than just words. The
University’s theater arts de
partment brought the EMU
Amphitheater to life Monday
afternoon, presenting a variety
of the Bard’s works.
The sixth annual perform
ance included monologues,
improvisation, stage fighting,
songs, Elizabethan dance and
general merrymaking in the
spirit of the time in which the
writer lived.
Approximately 20 volun
teers from the theater depart
ment paraded into the am
phitheater dressed in black
costumes accented with fes
tive caps, scarves and colorful
hats. The performers wel
comed the audience with or
Turn to Shakespeare, page 5
Students split
on WRC results
■ Concerns are being raised about whether
the student body had enough information
about the WRC to make an informed vote
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students voted on it, and stu
dents protested for it.
But ever since the University
signed on to the Worker Rights
Consortium and a $30 million
donation from Nike CEO Phil
Knight subsequently disap
peared, students have been
strongly divided on whether
signing on to the WRC really
was the will of the students.
The elections on March 1,
during which students voted for
the recommendation of the fac
tory monitoring body to Univer
sity President Dave Frohnmay
er, had a turnout of only about
10 to 15 percent of the student
population. Many who opposed
the protests in support of the la
bor monitoring body said 10
percent of the campus giving 75
percent approval to an issue
does not properly reflect stu
dent opinion.
Nonetheless, many students,
including several members of
student government, claim the
vote still stands as an accurate
authority of student voice.
Aside from the number of stu
dents who shared their voices
in the elections, the bigger issue
may be whether there was
enough information provided
about the WRC for them to
make a smart decision.
“I think that there was a lot of
misinformation and a lot of
emotion involved and not a lot
of understanding of what was
being decided,” junior psychol
ogy major Jesse Lichtenstein
said.
But some said that students
did know what they were get
ting into when they voted to
sign on to the WRC. Even with
more knowledge about the
WRC, they said, the vote would
have turned out relatively the
same.
“The students really are a
voice of what goes on,” fresh
Turn to Nike, page 7
((I think
that there
was a lot of
misinforma
tion and a
lot of emo
tion in
volved and
not a lot of
understand
ing of what
was being
decided.
Jesse
Lichtenstein
junior,
psychology
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University student crowned Mrs. Oregon
Graduate
student Taryn
Tarver
Thompson
prevailed over
17 other
women at the
Mrs. Oregon
pageant, which
celebrates
family values
and the
institution of
marriage
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Taryn Ta.rver-Thompson al
ready had a long resume before
Saturday night.
Now, in addition to being a
first year graduate student get
ting ready to wrap up her mas
ter’s degree in journalism, a
wife, a mother of three, a grad
uate teaching fellow and the as
sistant to the chief operating of
ficer at a local communications
company, she became Mrs. Ore
gon International.
Tarver-Thompson, who won
the Mrs. Eugene International
pageant last November, com
peted for the Mrs. Oregon title
at South Eugene High School
against 17 other women.
Contestants were judged in a
private interview with the six
p a ^ u d 11 l
judges and
in proving
their stage
presence in
aerobic and
evening
gown wear.
The Mrs.
Oregon pag
eant is dif
ierent rrom
Miss Ore
gon pag
TARVER
THOMPSON
eants in that it celebrates fami
ly values and the institution of
marriage.
Tarver-Thompson, who is the
first black woman to ever com
pete in the Mrs. Oregon pag
eant, said the event is not the
stereotypical beauty contest
that comes to mind when most
people think of pageant compe
titions.
“It really breaks a lot of the
traditional pageant stereo
types,” she said. “This isn’t
about who’s the skinniest or
who’s the prettiest. [Judges] are
looking for someone who repre
sents the whole package.”
Besides representing the state
in public appearances, the new
Mrs. Oregon will represent Ore
gon in an international pageant
contest in Tennessee in August.
“I’m going to be competing
Turn to Mrs. Oregon, page 6
When
they finally
called me, I
just raised
my hands
... and I
just kept say
ing ‘Thank
you, Jesus. ’
Taryn Tarver
Thompson
Mrs. Oregon
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