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Ten Tips For Women Who Want To Change The World
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Caregiver Support Group: Confidential
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Bake sale: Project SafeRide
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Interns press for food labeling
■Signature gatherers hope
to put an initiative on the 2002
ballot requiring the labeling
of genetically modified foods
By Diane Huber
Oregon Daily Emerald
When certain soy fields are
sprayed with the weed killer
Roundup, the soy plants are left
standing while the weeds are
killed, according to Oregon Con
cerned Citizens for Safe Food.
These soy plants have had a gene
added that has a natural pesti
cide, making them resistant to
Roundup. Currently the Food and
Drug Administration is not re
quired to label the genetic addi
tion. This has motivated a coali
tion of health, environmental and
consumer protection groups to
gather the 80,000 signatures re
quired to put an initiative on Ore
gon’s November 2002 ballot that
would require producers to label
genetically modified foods.
And for the concerned Oregon
group, today marks “Give Oregon a
Choice: 10,000 Signatures Day,”
and members will be gathering sig
natures on campus.
Genetically modified foods
have had genes for a specific trait
transferred from one species to
another. According to informa
tion provided by campaign coor
dinator Natalie White, gene trans
fers have been used in more than
60 crops and animals, including
strawberries that have “anti
freeze” genes, cows with extra
genes that increase milk produc
tion, and corn, cotton and soy
beans that boast a genetically
transferred natural insecticide.
Biotechnology research compa
ny Monsanto said on its Web site
that biotechnology is “one impor
tant piece of the puzzle of sus
tainable development,” enabling
farmers to grow more crops on
the same plot of land. But White
and other OCCSF members point
to studies showing that genetical
ly modified foods may lead to
cancer, increased allergens and
the evolution of pesticide-resist
ant insects.
White added that more research
needs to be done to know the ef
fects of genetic alteration, but in
the meantime, Americans have a
“right to know” that certain foods
have been modified.
White has five interns from the
University working with her on
the campaign. Today, they are col
lecting signatures at various loca
tions around Eugene, including
the corner of 13th Avenue and
University Street, Lane Communi
ty College, Oasis stores and PC
Market of Choice stores.
White pointed out that many
other countries outside the Unit
ed States already have labeling
requirements, including Japan,
Australia and New Zealand. In
Europe, labeling isn’t required,
but European farmers don’t grow
genetically altered foods because
consumers refuse to buy them,
she said.
“The big question is, ‘Why are
Americans not concerned?”’ she
said.
Sophomore political science and
environmental studies major Jor
danna Black is one of White’s in
terns. She worked at a booth at the
fall Street Faire and said she was
shocked by how little people knew
about genetically engineered
foods. She said that both people
for and against the issue benefit
from having genetically altered
foods labeled.
“If people are for the issue or
against the issue, it is still impor
tant that they have a choice,” she
said. “People just need to know.”
Black suspects that the reason
Americans know little about the
issue is because the FDA is sup
ported by various interest groups
that promote genetically modi
fied foods.
“(The FDA) is watching out for
its own economic interests rather
than protecting consumers,
which is supposed to be its job,”
she said.But Lisa Pry, spokes
woman for Bio — a research com
pany supporting biotechnology
— said the FDA already has a
strong labeling process in place.
The FDA doesn’t label genetical
ly modified foods because they
aren’t any different from conven
tionally grown foods, she said.
“Were there possible allergens or
more nutrients, the FDA would be
required to label that,” she said.
“But the FDA sees no reason to la
bel the process used to develop the
end product.”
So far, OCCSF has collected
more than 20,000 signatures.
White said she hopes to collect
enough signatures to make Oregon
the first state to label genetically
modified foods.
“This is a unique opportunity
because all eyes are on Oregon to
see how people respond,” she said.
Diane Huber is a student activities reporter
for the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be
reached at dianehuber@dailyemerald.com.
News brief
University enrollment report
released for 2001-02
The Office of Admissions last
week released its preliminary
fourth week enrollment report for
the 2001-02 academic year, and the
word “Oregon” seems to have be
come more prominent in the name
University of Oregon.
Along with numbers in almost
every other category, the number of
Oregon residents enrolled at the
University has increased for 2001
02. In 2000-01, 12,375 students
were Oregon residents. This year,
13,470 students are residents.
Enrollment has reached a record
number this year, with 19,091 stu
dents filling University classrooms,
parking lots and libraries.
The most pronounced increase is
in the number of freshmen out of
high school, according to Martha
Pitts, director of admissions. She
said there are 2,998 freshmen this
year — up 259 from last year. The
mean high school GPA of the fresh
man class rose from 3.4 to 3.43 per
cent and the average combined SAT
score was 1,104.
This year, 2,423 students identified
themselves as “students of color” —
African American, Asian Ameri
can/Pacific Islander, Latino, Native
American and multi-ethnic — an in
crease of 139 students. But the growth
of the students of color population did
not keep pace with the overall growth
of the University, Pitts said.
Complicating efforts to track the
ethnic diversity on campus was an
increase in the number of students
declining to respond to the question
of ethnic background. In 2000-01,
1,111 students declined to respond,
while this year 1,260 students de
cided that they did not want to be
classified by the University.
The number of transfer students
decreased slightly, from 1,488 in
2000-01 to 1,441 this year.
Pitts also said women make up
the majority of students, at 53 per
cent of the total population, and stu
dents are carrying a larger credit
load than they were last year. The
mean credit load is 14.08 for under
graduates and 12.04 for grad stu
dents.
Leon Tovey