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Oregonian editor
will speak on campus
This year, the School of
Journalism and Commi nica
tion will feature Sandra
Rowe, editor o; The Oregon
ian, as the speaker for its an
nual Ruhl Symposium.
In her lecture, “Synergy
and the Journalist’s Soul,”
Rowe will discuss changes in
commercialization and jour
nalistic integrity. PAGE 4
‘Love Bug’ creator
not stung for sure
MANILA, Philippines (AP)
— Accompanied by FBI
agents, Philippine police
raided an apartment in
Manila on Monday and ar
rested a bank employee who,
along with his girlfriend, is
suspected of links to the
“ILOVEYOU” virus that has
overwhelmed computer net
works around the world.
But relatives of the man,
Reomel Ramones, said they
believe the real culprit may
be a third person who lived
in the apartment — the girl
friend’s unemployed sister,
who recently graduated from
a computer school that a U.S.
security firm has linked to
the “Love Bug” virus.
Man supplied guns
to Columbine kids
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A
man pleaded guilty Monday
to assisting in providing one
of the guns used in the
Columbine High School Mas
sacre.
Philip Joseph Duran, 23,
pleaded guilty to two of
three felony charges against
him and faces up to nine
years in prison at his sentenc
ing, scheduled for June 23.
Prosecutor Steve Jensen
said in reaching a plea agree
ment with Duran, he dis
missed a charge of contribut
ing to the delinquency of a
minor.
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports, University of Oregon Sexual Assault Awareness Education Program
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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Rape is one of the
few offenses where
the victim is nearly
always blamed for it
Consent is a volun
tary verbal agree
ment between
sober
partners
Photos courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures
‘Boys Don’t Cry’ tells the story of a transgendered individual who was raped and murdered when
people discovered he was born female. The LGBTA will sponsor a showing of the film Thursday.
STRENGTH
This
month’s
events
provide
support and
advice for
community
members
and
survivors of
sexual
assault
IN NUMBERS
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
This month, the victims of
sexual assault — which in
cludes one in four women dur
ing their college careers, ac
cording to the Sexual Assault
Awareness Education Program
— will have the opportunity
break their silence.
Sexual Assault Awareness
Month, which runs through
May, began in 1987 to encour
age awareness and prevention
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of sexual violence.
Sexual assault educator and
advocate Mira Levine, who
works in the Office of Student
Life, said the month will allow
sexual assault survivors to be
part of a supportive environ
ment where they do not feel
blamed for the crime.
In the cases she has seen
during the past three years at
Sexual Assault Support Ser
vices, the majority was no
Turn to Sexual assault, page 8
City of Eugene
to host USAS
labor meeting
■The United Students Against Sweatshops
chose to have its conference in Eugene prior
to the WRC issue receiving national attention
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Long before the University
joined the Worker Rights Con
sortium and Eugene came into
the spotlight after Nike CEO
Phil Knight announced he
would cut his ties with the Uni
versity, Eugene was picked as
the location for a conference by
the United Students Against
Sweatshops and 180/MDE.
All of this has pushed the
sweatshop issue, the University
and Eugene into the center of na
tional media attention. But while
some say our area has become a
national hotbed for sweatshop la
bor activism, others say we mere
ly have a well-connected and ac
tive community.
USAS, a Washington, D.C.
based organization, works to
end sweatshop labor practices
in foreign countries. The group
180/MDE, which stands for
Movement for Democracy and
Education, is based in Madison,
Wis., and aims to bring about
global change through teach-ins
and education on such issues as
corporate control in universities
and society.
The conference will take place
from Aug. 16 through Aug. 20
and will educate participants
about the issues both groups care
about. USAS organizer Eric
Brakken said he expects 400 to
500 participants to attend the
conference in August.
Human Rights Alliance mem
ber Sarah Jacobson said Eugene
was chosen as a location for the
conference in part because HRA
members at the University are
members of both groups. Jacob
son said organizers also consid
ered New Orleans, La., and a
campus in Kentucky but ulti
mately chose Eugene.
Jacobson said the conference
Turn to USAS meeting, page 10
d It's kind
of ironic, in
retrospect,
that we
chose Eu
gene. I think
now Eugene
would defi
nitely be
chosen.
Sarah
Jacobson
HRA member
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Students and
faculty meet
Monday to discuss
WRC concerns.
PAGE 6
Controversy surrounds new book s creation
A Eugene
author’s life
story is
receiving
national
attention, but
another local
resident claims
she co-wrote
the book
I
By Serena Markstrom
Oregon Daily Emerald
The New York Times and
Barnes & Noble are celebrating
the release of Chanrithy Him’s
book, “When Broken Glass
Floats,” but some Eugene resi
dents are slower to glow about
a book that is surrounded by
controversy and questions
about who wrote it.
Friday started as a book
reading at Barnes & Noble for
Him’s memoir of growing up in
Cambodia under the Khmer
Rouge, but it turned into a dia
logue about Him’s writing
process and whether Kimber
Williams, a Register-Guard fea
ture writer, co-wrote portions
of the book.
Turn to Controversy, page 5
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Kimber Williams (far right) and Chanrithy Him (left) are in disagreement over contract issues.