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Calendar Thursday, April 12 Kid's Craft Club: Kids of all ages learn to make cool projects. This month's topic is “Bouquet of Spring,” with butterflies and blossoms. An adult must accompany children under 6.4:30 p.m. Children's Department, UO Bookstore, 895 E. 13th Ave. Free. For information, call Doreen Degenhardt, 346-4331 Ext. 236. Visiting Artist Lecture: Artist and jeweler Sondra Sherman, Rhode Island College of Art and Design, discusses “On & Off the Body. ” 7 p.m. Room 115, Lawrence Hall. Free. For information, call 346 3610. News brief Sorority members may be suf fering from Norwalk virus The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority is working with the Lane County Health Department to find out what has caused several house members to fall ill with similar symptoms in the past few days. An e-mail sent to many Greek house presidents Tuesday morning said a few women were con stantly vomiting, and that two women were taken to the hospital. Dr. Gerald Fleischli, director of the University Health Center, said the department suspects the Nor walk virus to be the culprit, but there was no proof as of press time. No reports have been made that the virus has appeared anywhere other than the sorority house, Fleis chli said. “It’s all under control,” said Katie W*fc .« ^ .4^ i«i; Prendergast, Kappa Kappa Gamma president. “There’s nothing that’s life threatening.” The most visible symptoms of the Norwalk virus are diarrhea and vomiting, and the sickness can last between two and four days, Fleis chli said. If the case is severe, the person may need to be treated with hydra tion, Fleischli said. But unless the person has other significant med ical complications, the situation does not usually escalate further. The Norwalk virus is transmitted by the “fecal-oral” route, Fleischli said. That means if people do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom and then they eat, prepare food, or shake hands with other peo ple, they could be spreading the virus. “So the big message for people is wash their hands before they eat, be fore they prepare food and after they go to the bathroom,” Fleischli said. Financial aid continued from page 1 Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., initiat ed the law with the hope of deter ring students from using drugs, identifying abusers who need treat ment and holding students respon sible for taxpayers’ money. But critics have said the rule un justly targets lower-income students — by penalizing them twice, first with the drug conviction and second * with the lossofaid—and minorities, who studies show are disproportion ately convicted of drug crimes. The law has been the motivation for universities joining Students for a Sensible Drug Policy. In the last few years, the group’s membership has jumped from two to about 80 chap ters across the nation. SSDP aims to fight civil injustices that it says arise from the country's war on drugs. Shawn Heller, national president for SSDP, said the law is unfair not only because it punishes students in addition to fines they incur, but also because only poor students — who need the aid for college — lose an op portunity at an education. “If wealthy people who don’t need aid get a drug conviction, they won’t lose money for their educa tion,” he said. Marisa Garcia, a student at Cali fornia State University in Fullerton, knows how damaging the loss of aid can be when someone is not in the wealthy class. After police found a pipe with traces of marijuana in her car, Gar - cia not only paid a $415 fine, but the amount of financial aid she re ceived dropped. As a child of a sin gle mother with more than one child in college, the drop proved devastating, she said. The sopho more sociology major had to work longer hours at a floral shop while taking classes at the same time to compensate for the loss. “It was really hard,” she said. “My mother thought I might have to drop out... I didn’t know what I was going to have to do.” David Borden, executive director for the Drug Reform Coordination Network, added that the provision only addresses drug crimes. “You can kill or rape someone and still receive financial aid,” he said. “That may be the most absurd part about this.” Angela Flood, chief of staff for Rep. Souder, said that if members of Congress want to add other crimes to the provision they can. But Souder is primarily concerned with drugs because he is the chair man of the Subcommittee on Crim inal Justice, Drug Policy and Hu man Resources. One of the largest complaints about the law is a concern for its potential for racial discrimination. While only 13 percent of the popu lation is black, almost 55 percent of drug convictions include blacks, according to the Office of National Drug Policy. Borden said this dis parity proves racial profiling is still a large problem. He added that the drug provision pushes this discrim ination onto the education system. Flood pointed out that the provi sion does not mean anyone con victed of a drug felony automatical ly loses all federal funding. Depending on the offense, funding can be partially decreased, and those who lose all their aid can re gain eligibility by getting drug abuse treatment. “If you’re committed to your ed ucation, you’ll get back on track as quickly as possible to regain eligi bility,” she said. But Borden said this part of the provision is not sensible because people who need money for aid probably cannot afford treatment and most likely do not have a drug problem anyway. “A lot of people with drug convic tions don’t have drug problems,” he said. “This just takes up treatment lots that are already scarce.” Flood mentioned that Souder has traveled to many countries, espe cially in South America, trying to help stop the flow of drugs to the United States. On his visits, he has been told many times that there would not be such a supply unless there was a high demand. Flood said that Souder intro duced the provision as a way to help stop drug use, especially among college students who exper iment with drugs and think it is OK. She added that students on aid are using taxpayers’ money and should be held accountable. “This directly challenges drug use as a common practice,” she said. “And if you know you’re go ing to lose aid, you hopefblly won’t do drugs.” But Heller argued that the drug provision is ultimately unfair and won’t stop students from using drugs. Rather, it will worsen the sit uation. “The heightening of the war on drugs has gotten the attention of students,” he said. “Now it’s serv ing as a roadblock to education, which we view as the solution to so many social problems.” Senate continued from page 1 He said the one point all mem bers of the committee agreed on was that the University should en courage the collaboration of re search and education on human rights in the global economy. “We envision the creation of a center for the study of global rights,” Frank said. Many senators supported the motion, which was tabled to be vot ed on at the next meeting, and also expressed their dismay and frustra tion at the state board’s policy. University President Dave Frohnmayer attended the senate meeting and said afterward that the administration wholeheartedly supports the intent of the ad hoc committee’s recommendation, but said it was far too early to guess at the plan’s specifics. “We will embrace the spirit of the recommendation,” he said. Frohnmayer also added that the board’s policy “doesn’t do anything to stifle” active debate on the issues surrounding labor and trademark licensing. Adopted during the board’s Feb. 16 meeting, the policy requires all schools in the Oregon University System to conduct business in “a straightforward and politically im partial manner,” making it illegal for Oregon’s universities to become full members of monitoring groups such as the WRC and FLA. Greg McLauchlan, an associate professor of sociology, said “it was a sad day in higher education” when a university is required to step back from organizations that he said offer some of the only truly accurate accounts of human rights abuses in international factories. He said it should be every university’s mission to rely on unbiased sources of information for intellectual dis cussion, and that the board’s policy prevents that flow of ideas. Other senators said the policy de feated the spirit of student activism that helped keep the issue of hu man rights abuse on the campus agenda. “The net effect of how the story unfolded is negative,” said Randall McGowen, a history professor who also called the board’s policy “a le gal smokescreen.” He said faculty members should implement the ad hoc committee’s recommendation to ensure that the student movement does not be come forgotten. Margaret Hallock, faculty direc tor for the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, said she remains optimistic about working on hu man rights issues despite the board’s decision. “There is still much we can do under the [Oregon University Sys tem] policy,” she said. By staying in touch with moni toring organizations and continu ing to look at the various issues around human rights, Hallock said the University will be able to main tain in active voice in the debate. Other senators echoed opinion that the University need not take a defeatist or victimized stance. Senators will vote on the com mittee’s report, which was intro duced as a motion, at their next meeting in May. 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