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Everything under the sun ■This year, 91 vendors will participate in the ASUO’s spring street fair By Kara Cogswell Oregon Daily Emerald It’s spring. The sun is out, the school year is almost over, and many students may be more eager to lie in the grass than to sit in the classroom. And beginning today, they will have one more welcome distrac tion. Kicking off today and running through Friday, this year’s ASUO spring street fair will be just that, with temptations ranging from professional massages to tasty cui sine. A tradition at the University for more than 20 years, the street fair is put on by the ASUO every fall and spring term, ASUO Marketing Director Thu Van Hoang said. As in the past, the line-up for this spring’s fair is nearly full, ASUO Programs Director Tambi Boyle said. With 91 vendors signed up, she said, there is only spot left. Boyle said this year’s fair fea tures an eclectic group of vendors. Some of the more unusual services being offered include massages by three businesses — Rejuvenation Mind and Spa, Pacific Body Works, and Castle Essential Oils — as well as tarot card readings at In tuitive Readings with Irene. In addition, Huang said, there will be many crafts, clothing and jewelry booths. Many of these are run by local businesses, such as the student-run clothing business Syntax. • „ The food booths, perennially popular among students, will also offer a variety to choose from, Huang said. This year’s fair will feature traditional booths, such as the Bangkok Grill, as well as several new vendors, such as Ben & Jerry’s. Ben & jerry’s employee Jason Caputo said because the company has never been involved with the street fair before, he’s not sure what to expect. But, he said, he hopes to sell between 200 and 300 ice cream bars each day. As part of the street fair celebra tion, the ASUO will also be spon soring several musical acts in the EMU Amphitheater. The acts will take the stage alongside ongoing presentations held as part of Inter national Week. Over the years, the street fair has become an event that every one on campus looks forward to, Huang said. ASUO president Jay Breslow agreed. “I love the street fair,” he said. New bill aims to protect identity ■ Senate Bill 647 would make businesses use specific measures when doling out personal information By Aaron K. Breniman Oregon Daily Emerald In response to the rising number of cases of identity theft — in which a criminal steals a person’s personal in formation and uses it to commit fraud or theft — the Oregon legislature is working on a bill aimed at curbing the number of such incidents around the state. Senate Bill 647 would require specific measures to be taken when disposing of personal information. The bill passed the Oregon State Senate on a 29-1 vote, and has yet to be assigned to a House committee. The bill is sponsored by Senate De mocratic Leader Kate Brown, D Portland. “The intent of the bill is to reduce the problem of identification theft by requiring businesses to delete or shred all personal information,” she said. Brown said she became aware of the issue after a media outlet showed her footage of a reporter scavenging through trash bins and finding personal information. EPD spokeswoman Jan Power said the department has seen an increase in identity theft in the Eugene area. Due to the popularity of the Internet and the increased availability of com puter technology and programs to forge documents, Power said identity theft and fraud are becoming more of a problem. Power recommended many things individuals can do to reduce their susceptibility to having their identity stolen, such as placing out going mail in locked mail bins, having personal checks deliv ered directly to the bank and making sure to cut up or shred credit card offers be fore disposing of them. The department’s Financial Crimes Unit, a full-time force at tacking the financial crimes in the Eugene area, employs one sergeant and four full-time detectives. “This is a simple, no-nonsense bill that ensures that people’s personal in formation is being discarded in a man ner that is safe, secure and unrecover able,” Brown said, adding that the problem continues to grow, and a state mandate is necessary to control it. “People’s lives are being thrown into turmoil,” Brown said. “Their identities are essentially being taken away from them and their otherwise good names are being tarnished.” Educational institutions, howev er, do not fall under the parameters set by this bill. Brown said that she believed there were laws already in place to require schools to protect this type of information. At the University, measures are taken to ensure the confidentiality of student’s personal information. In Oregon Hall, both the Office of the Registrar and the Admissions Office treat confidential material carefully. “Anything that has any student identifiable information is put through a confidential recycling pro gram,” Admissions'Director Martha Pitts said. “We work diligently to pro tect students’ right to privacy. ” Pitts said that the University uses Social Security numbers mainly to speed up the matching and process ing of information, such as applica tions, transcripts, SAT scores and fi nancial aid documents, among others. But there are no measures in place to protect the information a student places on his or her home work, such as their identification number, or ensure the confidentiali ty of a professor’s class information. To change their student number from their Social Security number to a University-generated number, stu dents can go to the Office of the Regis trar, provide proper identification, and request the number be changed. Bush rejects environmental trends By John Heilprin The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Bush said Tuesday he’s committed to clean air and clean water but will “make decisions based upon sound science, not some environ mental fad or what may sound good.” Bush used an awards ceremony for youths taking part in environ mental activities to defend his ef forts to strike what he calls a balance on environmental issues against ac cusations that his administration is more interested in promoting the in terests of landowners and energy developers. “Ours is a policy that truly be lieves that technologies have ad vanced to the poiijit where we can have economic growth and sound environmental policy go hand-in-hand,” he said. In recent weeks, Bush has en dorsed a treaty seeking a world wide phase-out of a dozen highly toxic chemicals and upheld Clin ton administration regulations re quiring cleaner diesel fuels and en gines and requirements that thou sands of businesses report releases of toxic lead. But he also has reversed a cam paign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide from power plants as a pollutant, withdrawn from a global warming treaty, rescinded new arsenic standards for drink ing water and eased environmen tal requirements on mineral mines in the West. Bush said Tuesday that his biggest mistake since taking of fice was “allowing people to de fine me as somebody who’s not friendly toward the environ ment.” An ABC-Washington Post poll Monday showed that only 47 per cent of the public approve of Bush’s handling of the environment while 52 percent said they favor protecting the environment over economic growth. The poll also said 55 per cent of those questioned opposed Bush’s proposal to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “We need to be good stewards of the land,” Bush said at the White House. “But we’ve also got to un derstand that if we don’t bring more natural gas to the market, we’re going to have blackouts. ... We’re going to make decisions based upon sound science, not some environmental fad or what may sound good.” Carl Pope, the Sierra Club’s ex ecutive director, said Bush has ig nored the views of climatologists, biologists and the National Acad emy of Sciences supporting regu lating C02 emissions, tightening arsenic standards and protecting more endangered species. “This administration has shown an almost unprecedented disregard for the opinions of the mainstream scientific communi ty,” Pope said. “I invite the presi dent to allow scientists to shape his environmental policy. 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Susan will explain the secrets of setting up an effective still life, the importance of composition and color, and how to reform pastel dust into usable sticks. Participants will receive individual instruction as students work from classroom setups. Registration Fee: $40. Preregistration and prepayment are required.Please call 346-4331 ext.240. Required materials may be purchased at a 15% discount at the UO Bookstore with your registration coupon. UNIVERSITY*/’ OREGON BOOKSTORE Run your for sale item in the ODE classifiedsfor five days (items under $1,000) .... if you don't sell it, we'll run it more days for free!
