IN BRIEF
EMU conference addresses
gender, race, militarization
An all-day conference about gen
der, race and militarization will take
place in the EMU today.
A panel discussion, “Contesting
Militarization: Global Perspectives,”
begins at 10 a.m. in the Fir Room and
features Lakshmi Chaudhry, Lamia
Karim and Gwyn Kirk. Chaudhry is a
magazine contributor and co-editor of
“Start Making Sense: Timing the Les
son of Election 2004 into Winning
Progressive Politics.” Karim is an as
sistant professor of anthropology at
the University. Kirk is co-author of
“Greenham Women Everywhere:
Dreams, Ideas and Actions from the
Women’s Peace Movement.”
A series of roundtable discussions
begins at 12:30 p.m. “Military Recruit
ment and Counter-Recruitment” takes
places the Oak Room, “Militarization
in the Classroom” is in the Walnut
Room, “Echoes from Latin America” is
in the Maple Room and “Moral Vacu
ums: The Soldier-Citizen and the
State” takes place in the Fir Room.
At 2 p.m. a panel discussion titled
“Homefronts and Homefires” takes
place in the Fir Room and features
Brown University professor Catherine
Lutz, author Karen Houppert and
University assistant professor of phi
losophy Bonnie Mann.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., was
scheduled to deliver the keynote ad
dress but canceled Thursday because
of congressional obligations.
The conference is sponsored by the
University’s Center for the Study of
Women in Society.
—Meghann M. Cuniff
The Science Factory holds
Halloween Extravaganza
Science lovers can indulge in
Halloween festivities tonight
at The Science Factory’s Halloween
Extravaganza.
The Science Factory, which is lo
cated south of Autzen Stadium, will
hold its third-annual Halloween Ex
travaganza from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m..
The event will feature a costume
contest, planetarium show, spooky
storytelling, haunted corridor and a
pumpkin catapult.
A “Mad Scientist’s Lab” will invite
participants to experiment with
lasers, light and chemical concoc
tions, according to a press release.
“Kids will be able to get their
hands on science,” said Tfacey Ed
mundson, director of education for
The Science Factory.
Bouncing balls and glow-in-the
dark stickers will be given to
those who arrive in costume,
Edmundson said.
Admission to the event is $10 for a
family of four Science Factory mem
bers and $12 for a family of non
members. The cost is $4 per person.
No candy will be at event, Ed
mundson said.
“Being a science museum,
we wanted to be tooth-friendly,”
she said.
— Katy Gagnon
Student Senate seeks to
decrease textbook prices
The Student Senate unanimously
voted Wednesday to support the na
tional Affordable Textbooks Campaign
that starts Thursday on campus.
Oregon Student Public Interest Re
search Group intern Jenny Manning
asked the Senate to pass a resolution
in support of the campaign.
Senators questioned the validity of
the statistics cited in the resolution, but
were swayed in favor after Brett
Rowlett, a campus organizer for the
Oregon Student Association and the
ASUO, and several other students
praised the campaign.
According to a Government Ac
counting Office report, textbook prices
are increasing 6 percent per year and
have tripled from December 1986 to
December 2004, more than twice the
rate of inflation.
The Affordable Textbook? Cam
paign resolution will be sent to
publishers, media and possibly even
University President Dave Frohn
mayer asking to improve the indus
try by dropping textbooks prices,
thus making college more afford
able, Manning said.
Student Senate also distributed
more than $1,500 to pay for MEChA’s
Dia de los Muertos event, two new
computers for the Student Insurgent, a
new stipend position in the Athletic
Department Finance Committee and
an International Student Association
Halloween carnival scheduled for Sat
urday in the Earl Complex.
Senate also approved the ASUO Ex
ecutive’s appointee to the elections co
ordinator position, Ryan Coussens.
The Executive announced its intent to
fill the seat of former Senator Rob
Craig, who resigned Sept. 28.
Student Senate is still looking for ap
plicants to fill three empty seats. Inter
ested students can pick up applications
in the ASUO office, EMU Suite 4.
— Nicholas Wilbur
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