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Volume 102, Issue 64
Weather
TODAY
high 50, low 45
AIDS event to promote awareness, prevention
World AIDS Day
aims to combat
the worldwide
epidemic with
a dose of
education
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This is the first
of a three-part
series highlight
ing World AIDS
Day, which is
Dec. 1.
Today: Universi
ty raises money
for the cause
Thursday: Lack
of local concern
worries HIV Al
liance
Friday: Student
copes with loss
of family mem
ber
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
The common misconception
that AIDS is no longer life-threat
ening is
killing thou
sands of peo
ple every
year. Univer
sity health
officials
hope to in
crease stu
dents’ aware
ness of the
disease during World AIDS Day,
Dec. 1, by spreading the message
of safe sex and selling student art
to support the HIV Alliance.
World AIDS Day is meant to
promote AIDS awareness and re
mind people to practice safe
habits because everyone can con
tract HIV, the virus believed to
cause AIDS.
Dr. Gerald Fleischli, director of
the Student Health Center, said
there are many misconceptions
about the disease and more peo
ple need AIDS education.
He said several people think
contracting HIV is not as serious
anymore because of new medica
tions that stop the progression of
the virus. These medications,
called “drug cocktails,” can have
many negative side effects, Fleis
chli said.
“The idea with drug cocktails
is that you’re taking a whole
bunch of medications, so it’s not
like gin with an olive,” he said.
Usually, three different med
ications must be taken in precise
regimens, Fleischli said. Some
people have to take medicine
every four hours, and it can make
a person feel worse, he said.
He added that skipping one
dose can make the virus become
more resistant.
“Students need to protect
themselves more carefully,”
Fleischli said, adding that con
doms should be worn until peo
ple reach a permanent, lifetime
relationship.
Turn to AIDS, page 6
Laura Smit Emerald
Liz Clifton (right), an exercise and movement science major, sells student-created cards to Shenaya Goebel. The
money will fund HIV Alliance projects to raise AIDS awareness among students.
Laura Smit Emerald
Law school Dean Rennard Strickland speaks at the opening of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics.
Law school’s new ‘crown
jewel’ promises to shine
The Wayne
Morse Center
for Law and
Politics will
benefit the
University and
the community
with speakers
and activities
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Faculty, students and communi
ty members came together Tuesday
afternoon at the Knight Law School
to formally open the Wayne Morse
Center for Law and Politics.
The center is an extension of the
Wayne Morse Chair of Law and
Politics, created in 1978 to honor
the memory of one of Oregon’s
most influential U.S. senators,
Wayne L. Morse. Every vear, a dis
tinguished member of the com
munity serves as a chairholder to
stimulate discussion in his or her
area of law.
More than 30 people attended
the ceremony and listened to
speeches by University President
Dave Frohnmayer, law school
Dean Rennard Strickland and law
professor Margaret Hallock, who
will serve as director of the center.
Strickland opened the cere
monies, which were held in the
Morse Commons at the law
school, and said one of the great
est honors of working with the
chair was serving in the memory
Turn to Morse center, page 4
Party lawyers quibble over
further ballot calculations
■ Democrats and
Republicans disagree about
whether all votes have been
counted
By Linda Deutsch
The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Al
Gore’s legal filings reverberated
with the sense of a race with the
clock. Repeatedly his lawyers
used the words “emergency” and
“urgent.”
George W. Bush’s attorneys
said there was no need for any
more re-counts. They opposed
Gore’s proposals while telling a
Florida judge they were moving
as fast as they could to meet hur
ry-up deadlines for court filings.
With time growing ever short
er, Gore’s lawyers pleaded with a
court Tuesday for speedy hear
ings and new ballot re-counts to
be done by judges or court clerks.
But they lost that bid. The
judge who was assigned to decide
the contest refused to begin the
re-count until all legal voices are
heard. He scheduled an “om
nibus hearing” for Saturday,
which he said would “go on as
long as somebody is still stand
ing.”
Then, he said he would decide
whether there should be a re
count.
Gore attorney David Boies said
he might go to an appeals court to
try to get counting started imme
diately on the grounds that other
wise it could not be finished in
time to meet the Dec. 12 deadline.
Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls
ordered officials from Miami
Dade and Palm Beach counties to
deliver 13,000 disputed ballots to
him by Friday, along with sample
voting booths and voting ma
chines that were used for the
election.
A Miami-Dade lawyer, Murray
Greenberg, said the Miami-Dade
Police Department would bring
the material to Tallahassee under
tight security. Palm Beach author
ities said they would make simi
lar arrangements.
Outside court, Bush attorney
Barry Richard told reporters: "I
don’t believe there’s any basis for
counting any ballots at any time
under any circumstances.”
Boies said, “Obviously the
court is moving faster than they
would like. It’s moving slower
than we would like.”
Saunders said he wanted legal
briefs by Thursday but would not
do anything Friday because he
didn’t want to interfere with the
U.S. Supreme Court, which has
arguments scheduled.
In another development, the
Florida Supreme Court extended
briefing time until Wednesdav
afternoon on the issue of
whether it should consider the
Turn to Elections, page 5
NATIONAL
ELECTIONS
ii Obvi
ously the
court is
moving
faster than
they would
like. It’s
moving
slower than
we would
like.
David Boies
Gore
attorney