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California professor discusses globalization R. Ashley Smith Emerald Dana Frank fields questions after her Wayne Morse lecture Tuesday night at the Hilton. ■Over 100 people attended Tuesday night's lecture “Working People and the Challenge of Globalization” By Brooke Ross Oregon Daily Emerald In sharing her views on globaliza tion problems that affect the American working class, Dana Frank, University of California Santa Cruz professor, re lated the issue to the movie "The Blob.” She said powerful corporations moving overseas is but one problem that’s threatening the country, just like a huge jelly mass that can only be stopped with the right formula. "Our job is to figure out what that formula is going to be,” she said. Frank’s Tuesday night lecture, “Working People and the Challenge of Globalization,” drew more than 100 audience members to the Eugene Hilton Conference Center. Venezue lan singer and University alumnus Irene Farrera set the tone for the evening by playing several songs in spired by the struggles of farmers and human rights activists. The lecture was one of several events planned during spring term by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. Although Frank said she does not have all the answers for improving working conditions, she stressed the idea that individuals should not be in timidated by the complexity of global ization. “There's a notion that only experts can understand the global economy,” she said, “but it’s not going to be two experts in lab coats saving the world." Frank said one prevalent problem for American workers is that corpo rations are changing their locations frequently, so it’s harder to maintain steady employment. “They’re not being loyal to people of any particularplace,” she said. Margaret Hallock, labor education professor and Morse Chair director, said Frank has fresh views on labor issues and passionately believes in them. "Dana is more than an academic scholar, she’s also a dedicated ac tivist,” she said. Chad Sullivan, senior jazz studies and history major, said he can relate to the misconception that only experts understand globalization issues be cause he has faced such opinions first hand as a member of the Human Rights Alliance. “People always say you don’t know what you’re tailing about.” Reservations surge with new money, populations By Carson Walker The Associated Press KYLE, S.D. — The yearning to be on family land was so strong for Leatrice Wilson that she left thriv ing metropolitan Denver to live in the nation’s poorest county on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Wilson, a 41-year-old Oglala Sioux trained as a medical assistant, land ed a job last year helping people with funeral expenses, heating bills and medical costs. She’s happy — and proud—-to be back. “There’s a whole new generation of people who are on the reservation that have lived out there and have an * education, and they’re determined to be a part of what’s going on to help the tribe,” she said. According to 2000 census figures, American Indian reservations across the country are burgeoning — even in the West, where vast rural stretches are losing people. Experts and tribal officials say many areas are getting a boost from Indians returning to jobs and wealth provided by ubiquitous tribal casi nos, and others seeking to rekindle their heritage. Still others return to family and familiar surroundings af ter struggling financially and cultur ally off the reservation. Overall, the number of people who identified themselves solely as Indian and Alaska Native grew by 26 percent during the 1990s to News brief Sorority members catch virus Several girls from the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house have fallen ill with similar symptoms in the past few days, and two girls were taken to the hospital. According to an e-mail sent out by the sorority to many fraternity and sorority presidents Tuesday morning, several girls are sick with what the sorority suspects as being a "serious virus." One girl was put on an IV for three hours and another member was sick for three days, ac cording to the e-mail. The house has been closed to non-members as a safety precau tion, the e-mail also said. Matthew Geer, a junior member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, confirmed the e-mail account, say ing he heard from some Kappa members that about six or seven girls in the house had contracted the illness. At press time, no Kappa house members had said they could dis cuss the details. The e-mail, which was sent by the Kappa president over the Universi ty’s gladstone server, warned other houses of the “virus” and encour aged other chapter presidents to keep their houses clean and sanitized to help prevent spreading the illness. Calendar Wednesday, Aprit11 Graduation Fair: Graduates can get in formation about Commencement on June 16, order academic regalia and supplies, and learn about the Univer sity Alumni Association, the Career Centerand theGraduateSchool. From 10a.rn.-4 p.m. Through Friday. Uni versity Bookstore. For information, call 346-4331, Ext. 265. CSWS Wednesdays at Noon: Jennifer Rowan, Art History graduate student, discusses ''Images of Hariti, Mother of Demons: Pakistan On-Site Study, Iconographic Analysis and Photo Doc umentation.” Noon-1 p.m. Room 330, Hendricks Hall. Free. For information, call 346-5015. University Senate meeting: 3-5 p. m. Room 123, Pacific Hall. For informa tion, call 346-3028. Feminist Humanities Project Teaching andTea:JudithMusick,Centerforthe Study of Women in Society, discusses “The Gendered Garden.” From 4-5:30 p.m. Room 330, Hendricks Hall. Free. For information, call 346*2263. Re* fresh ments served. Museum of Natural History Volunteer Forum: Prospective museum volun teers and interested members of the pu bl i c go beh i nd the scenes at the new “Sight and Insight” exhibit. 4-5:30 p.m. Museum of Natural History. Free. For information, call 346*3024. Creative Writing Reading: Novelist Frederick Busch, author of “The Night Inspector” and other books, reads f rom and signs copies of his work. 8 p.m. Browsing Room, Knight Library. Free. For information, call 346*0544. Workshop:" Resume Rocket Science” presented by the University of Oregon CareerCenter. 11 a.m. Room 12, Hen dricks Hall. For information, call 346 6020. Jim Whitaker, world-renowned moun taineer and the f irst American to reach thesummit of Mount Everest, shares his adventures. Presented by theUni ve rsity of Oregon Outdoor Progra m. 7 p.m. Room 150, Columbia Hall. Free. about 2.5 million last year. Add multiracial categories and the num ber of people claiming some Indian ancestry is even larger. The population surge was seen from coast to coast: — In Arizona, the Indian popula tion jumped 25.7 percent during the last decade. At the Fort McDowell and Tohono O’odham reservations, offi cials say casinos lined back tribal members and helped pay for improve ments such as fire departments, health clinics and education. The Navajo, the largest tribe in the United States, saw the number of Indians on its sprawl ing reservation reach 173,631 last year —a 21 percent jump. —California passed Oklahoma to 0114701 OREGON TRIATHLON The 2nd Annual Duck Bin Chin Sprint Triathlon April 15, 2001 He* Course'. 7:30 am University of Oregon 500m swim 20k (12.4 miles) bike 5k (3.1 miles) run Registration Club Sports Triathlon Club University of Oregon Suite 6 EMU become home to more Indian and Alaska Natives than any other state — more than 333,000, up from 242,000 in 1990, according to a Tulsa World analysis. Some 300,000 additional Californians included Indian or Alaska Native in a multiracial response. —In Connecticut, a 50 percent in crease in the Indian population dur ing the 1990s has been linked to tribal casinos, which distribute wealth to members and give hiring preferences to Indians. Census officials say they did abet ter job counting everyone last year than in 1990. Even so, they estimate they missed 4.7 percent of Indians and Alaska Natives on reservations, more than three times the national average. Some tribes say the under count is far higher. JoAnn Chase, executive director oi the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, said she doubted that many people were de claring Indian ancestry without good reason. More likely, she said, multiracial Indians are more likely the adult chil dren of parents of two races who are reconnecting with their Indian cul ture and traditions. “It is very welcome,” she said. “1 think that constitutes the largest pari of the population, people who legiti mately have a nexus to their tribal affil iation.” 11509 Need a Job? Internship? Gain valuable experience in advertising, sales and public relations selling yellow page advertising for the UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS DIRECTORY. 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