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Wrestler goes to Summer Olympics Former PSU Wrestler Travis West goes to Barcelona, Spain to compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics. “It feels great,” West said. “But I will be doing lots of training; about five hours a day and a good deal of fund raising to get ready for Barcelona. My family is pretty excited and they are all happy and will do what they can to help me out.” wo PSU students argue over gay rights Gay rights conflict The campus war over the rights of homosexuals heated up. An investigation by the Office of Affirmative Action found that the Portland State Conservative Alliance, a student group modeled after Lon Mabon’s Oregon Citizens Alliance, has discriminated against student Nancy Parr. Parr, a lesbian, attempted to join the group when it came out in support of Ballot Measure 9, which would have declared homosexuality “abnormal, perverse and wrong.” Ed Casavant, the group’s coordinator, tells her “the group members have determined that your political views and orientation are diametrically opposed to the fundamental goals and philosophy of the Alliance.” Many people want the Alliance gone from campus, but others felt that to disband the groups views would just be another form of discrimination. The Office of Affirmative Action, caught between prejudice on one side and hatred on the other, recommends that the Alliance develop membership criteria and a selection process. The educational Prez George Bush, “the Education President,” signs the Higher Education Reauthorization Bill into law. It increases the dollar amounts allowed on grants and loans, and lifts some restrictions on who could get them. However, no extra money is allocated to support these increases, so no real relief for students is expected. Professional athletes were allowed to play in the Summer Olympics in Wet Dream Team Barcellona, Spain. The “Wet” Dream Team displayed their superior expertise that made for the dullest basketball in recent history. Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press