Political satirist visits campus
to discuss political climate
Ira Shorr of Physicians for Social Responsibility plans
to focus his speech on nuclear weapons policy
BY EMILY SMITH
NEWS REPORTER
Political satirist Ira Shorr will visit
the University for the first time Sun
day evening to discuss nuclear
weapons and national security in
light of the hurricane disasters that
struck the United States this year.
Shorr, the national field director of
Physicians for Social Responsibility,
will come from Washington, D.C., to
speak and conduct workshops in
varied Oregon locations this week.
His talk, at 7 p.m. in Columbia 150,
will be “entertaining, informative, en
gaging and exciting,” he said.
University Health Center doctor
Paul Kaplan said three physicians in
the health center are active members
of PSR, along with more than 100
members in Lane County and the sur
rounding areas. He’s seen Shorr
speak in the past and he’s “really fun
ny,” he said.
Shorr said in a telephone interview
that he plans to explore lessons that
can be learned from the two major
hurricanes the United States experi
enced in the last year and what the
ensuing tragedies mean to national
security.
He will focus on three security ar
eas: the danger of terrorists acquiring
nuclear weapons and potentially us
ing them against the United States or
another country; U.S. nuclear
weapons policy and how it might be
contributing to the proliferation of nu
clear weapons; and, finally, the
SHORR, page 7A
Graduate Teaching
Fellows Federation
negotiates contract
The University and GTFF have submitted formal
contracts announcing their intentions to negotiate
BY KELLY BROWN
NEWS REPORTER
The Graduate Teaching Fellows Fed
eration will soon start the bargaining
process on their pay and benefits con
tract for 2006-08. The current contract
expires in March 2006.
While the GTFF and the University
have both submitted formal written
contacts announcing their intent to ne
gotiate, a negotiations board for the
University has yet to be selected. The
bargaining is expected to begin later
this month or early November and
may last through spring term.
A strike was narrowly averted in Au
gust 2004 after the University and
GITF, page 7A
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Credit unions offer specific
services students can bank on
Many area bank and
credit unions cater to
college students' needs
BY EVA SYLWESTER
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Cash can bum a hole in a student’s
pocket or get lost in the laundry. One
solution is to open an account at a
bank or credit union.
Many banks and credit unions have
automatic teller machine services on
campus. The EMU has ATMs for First
Tech Credit Union, US Bank, Washing
ton Mutual, Oregon Community Cred
it Union and Wells Fargo. Other ATMs
are located on East 13th Avenue near
the University Bookstore.
US Bank at the corner of East
13th Avenue and Alder Street is the
campus’s closest full-service bank
branch. Manager Jeff Kister said the
bank also gets a lot of customers
from Sacred Heart Medical Center,
nearby businesses and the sur
rounding residential area.
US Bank offers free student
checking and special savings ac
counts for students, according to
the US Bank Web site.
Other banks also have special
service packages designed for
college students.
Wells Fargo offers College Checking,
which includes a free check card and
free online account access, and the
College Visa Card, which has low in
troductory rates and no annual fees,
according to the Wells Fargo Web site.
Bank of America’s CampusEdge
Checking is free for five years for stu
dents whose parents have Bank of
America accounts. This also includes
a free check card and free online ac
count access. The Stuff Happens card
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