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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
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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
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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
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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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