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Initiatives, seen as perverse and wrong, produce close vote The ballot measures Oregon had in this year’s general election made us the laughing stock of the entire country. We passed a measure that limits the terms of elected officials, which limits our choices at the polling booth. We failed to pass a measure to shut down the Trojan Nuclear Plant. Worst of all, we had Measure 9. It was a measure that would have forced schools to teach students that homosexuality is abnormal, perverse and wrong. Only blind luck kept it from passing. Multicultural Center finds home Vice President for Finance and Administration Lindsay Ann Desrochers announced that the Wrapit Transit restaurant on the first floor of Smith Memorial Center will house the Multicultural Center. The location was chosen after a petition from 250 faculty members opposed housing it in the Portland Room, where a lot of teachers eat lunch. Darrell Millner stays Black Studies chair In the interest of preserving the stability of the Department of Black Studies, Professor Darrell Millner chose to be chair for another three years. Candice Goucher, associate professor in the department, was elected for the position but resigned amid controversy that she is not African-American. A proposal submitted in July 1992 by eight student to President Ramaley asserted “the head of any ethnic studies department should reflect the ethnic, gender and cultural background of the department that he/she is representing.” Ironically, students in the department that offers courses on racism and cultural understanding were guilty of discrimination based on skin color. I asked for the lASC The Information and Academic Support Center opens behind the Parking Office in the space formerly occupied by the Reserve Library. A “No on Measure 9” rally. f /i ■SK Photo by Lisa Gladstone