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IN BRIEF
Senate allocates nearly
$2,000 in surplus funds
The ASUO Student Senate ap
proved $1,883 in surplus requests
for several groups Wednesday night,
including funds for the Black Amer
ican Law Student Association and
the Collegiate Music Educators
| National Conference.
The Senate unanimously granted
$950 to BALSA for group members to
attend a regional conference in Seat
tle from Feb. 17-20.
Senators voted 7-5-1 to approve
$833 for CMENC for the group’s six
member executive board to attend a
regional conference, despite ques
tions from some senators about
whether it was appropriate to send
only group officials elected last year.
The Student Association for
Women in Architecture, a new stu
dent group, received $100 for its first
major event.
The Senate currently has $36,456
in surplus funds.
Also at the meeting, the Senate
unanimously approved the ASUO Ex
ecutive’s appointment of political sci
ence major Barett Volkmann to Sen
ate Seat 14, which was formerly held
by Rodrigo Moreno-Villamar.
— Parker Howell
Human rights lawyer to
discuss Haitian democracy
A human rights lawyer and activist
will discuss democracy in Haiti at
5:15 p.m. today in room 110 of the
Knight Law Center.
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Brian Concannon Jr., director of
the Institute for Justice and Democra
cy in Haiti, will give a lecture titled
“Justice and Human Rights in Haiti
After the Coup.”
According to a press release, the
session will focus on the successes
and challenges of democracy in Haiti
and declining human rights condi
tions since the regime changed last
year. These topics will be discussed
within the context of the country’s
historical struggle for self-determina
tion as well as U.S. policy related to
the country.
The Caribbean nation has been in
turmoil since February 2004, when
former president Jean-Bertrand Aris
tide was ousted in a coup d’etat.
The event is sponsored by the Uni
versity’s Wayne Morse Center for
Law and Politics and the National
Lawyers Guild. It is free and open to
the public.
— Ayisha Yahya
Iraq delays announcement
of final election results
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi officials
said Wednesday they must recount
votes from about 300 ballot boxes
because of various discrepancies,
delaying final results from the land
mark national elections. Hundreds
— perhaps thousands — of other
ballots were declared invalid be
cause of alleged tampering.
Postelection violence mounted,
raising fears that the Jan. 30 ballot
ing had done little to ease the coun
try’s grave security crisis.
An American soldier was killed
Wednesday and another wounded in
an ambush north of the capital, the
U.S. military said. Two other Ameri
can soldiers died earlier in the week,
the command said Wednesday.
Gunmen ambushed a convoy of
Kurdish party officials in Baghdad,
killing one and wounding four. Offi
cials had promised final results from
the elections by Thursday, the end
of the Iraqi work week. On
Wednesday, however, election
commission spokesman Farid Ayar
said the deadline would not be met
because of the recount.
Saudis prepare for start of
first nationwide elections
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Forty
years ago, in municipal polls limit
ed to big cities, a candidate would
slaughter a few sheep, throw a din
ner party in a tent to announce his
candidacy and, on election day,
drive supporters — some even with
out identification — to write their
names on his list.
It will be a different story today,
when Saudis in the Riyadh region
vote in the country’s first nation
wide elections. They will have reg
istration cards, vote behind privacy
curtains, drop ballots in boxes de
signed according to international
standards and choose among candi
dates who ran Western-style cam
paigns, including posters, phone
text messages and newspaper ads.
The first of the three-stage elec
tions are for only half the country’s
municipal councils, and women
have been banned from
voting and running. But it will
be the first time Saudis will
take part in a vote that conforms
to international standards,
offering them an opportunity to par
ticipate in decision-making in this
absolute monarchy.
Routine AIDS testing
urged for all Americans
Urging a major shift in U.S.
policy, some health experts are rec
ommending that virtually all Ameri
cans be tested routinely for the
AIDS virus, much as they are for
cancer and other diseases.
Since the early years of the AIDS
epidemic in the 1980s, the govern
ment has recommended screening
only in big cities, where AIDS rates
are high, and among members of
high-risk groups, such as gay men
and drug addicts.
— The Associated Press
Enter the FREE Valentine’s Day
Raffle at the UO Bookstore.
Entries collected February 14
at 3 p.m.
One lucky winner will receive:
■ Dinner for two at Marche Restaurant
■ A one-hour rental for two at Onsen Hot Tubs & Spas
■ Two tickets to Bijou Art Cinemas
Winner announced on Monday, February 14 at 5 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
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We’ll be at UO on...
February 10, 2005
Broaden your horizons, learn a new
language, become an integral member
of a community, and challenge your
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Slide Show & Information Meeting
Thursday, February 10
6:00 - 7:30 pm
EMU - International Lounge
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. . . great events
UO Cultural Forum
Friday, Feb. 11
I V Huckabees
Friday Night Flicks
PLC 180, 8PM FREE
Monday, Feb. IV
The Derek Trucks Band
The Derek Trucks Band blends
jazz, rock, blues, Latin, and
other world music.
EMU Ballroom, 8PM, $8
(students) $16 (other)
Thursday, Fab. 17
Professor Aletta
Biersack on
Papua New Guinea
Ben Linder Room EMU
4:00 PM, FREE
Space Gnome
Records Showcase
• Resident Anti-Hero
underground hip-hop
• Etheric Double live jazz/funk
fusion with cosmic beats
• Jorah LaFluer spoken word
Agate Hall, 8 PM
$2 students ($3 other)
Friday, Fab, 18
Brother to Brother
Friday Night Flicks
Queer Film Festival Preview Drama
on the Harlem Renaissance from
the perspective of an elderly, black
writer who meets a gay teenager.
PLC 180, 8PM FREE
http://culturalforum.uoregon.edu