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The Latin hip-hop group Ozomatli will be one of three hip- hop, jazz and funk bands at Wednesday’s SnoCore Icicle Bal1’ Montana State and Eastern Washington take top awards * Pa£e ^ in Big Sky Conference’s all-conference teams. Page 7 -------- ► www njpp r g mmmA r€» ka i min Kaimin W e s day Group urges UM to join anti-sweatshop league Former drug czar to help prevent the abuses. to lecture on Overseer of UM's Ted Morrison, a UM stu apparel business dent who leads the SAS morality and war says safeguards group on campus, said he can’t say for sure if UM is Katherine Sather are already in place getting their gear from Montana Kaimin sweatshops, because the uni Bryan O’Connor versity is not disclosing William J. Bennet, former U.S. secretary of education, Montana Kaimin where they buy their gear. “We can’t specifically former drug czar and an out The Griz sweatshirt point to a factory and say spoken critic of what he con you’re wearing could have this factory is a sweatshop,” siders a decline in public been made in a foreign facto Morrison said. “We don’t morality, will lecture at the ry — and a campus group have that information, and UM law school Wednesday. wants to make sure that fac that’s a problem.” Bennet, currently a fellow tory isn’t a sweatshop.. Frazier told the Kaimin at the conservative Heritage Students Against Tuesday that the major com Foundation and co-director of Sweatshops is asking the panies he deals with, the public policy group university to join a national through the Collegiate Empower America, will league called the Worker Licensing Company, are address students at 3:30 p.m. Rights Consortium, which Russell, Champion, Gear at the Montana Theatre in the monitors working conditions and several smaller PAR/TV Center. in factories that make uni Montana-based companies. His lecture, titled “Why we Fight: War and Morality in versity apparel. He said he has the final say the 21st Century,” is the fifth But Bob Frazier, the uni in which companies will be installment of the William B. versity executive vice presi used. Jones and Judge Edward A. dent who oversees the Griz “There’s a lot of control Tamm Judicial Lecture apparel business, said safe with those companies,” Series. guards are already in place. Frazier said. “We have The series, established to Frazier said he helped stayed ahead of this.” honor the memory of two suc draft a code of conduct with Frazier said he meets cessful Montana judges, the Collegiate Licensing with the companies yearly to brings a renowned speaker to Company, a firm that serves make sure they are still buy the law school each year. Both the apparel business of ing gear from the same man Judge Jones and Judge Tamm many universities, and he ufacturers and keeps tabs on were especially concerned does not see a reason to hire the quality of the gear with legal ethics, said Fritz the WRC. because lower-quality gear Snyder, associate dean of the “We have just as much tends to come from poor law school. The program finds control as any outside organ labor conditions, he said. speakers to honor that inter ization,” Frazier said. “I’m at Frazier also said that UM Damon Ristau/Montana Kaimin est. the point where I don’t want Ted Morrison, head of the student group Students Against has been buying a lot of gear Sweatshops, discusses sweatshop issues Tuesday with the manager “Bennett’s reputation is to turn over that responsibil from Canada due to the of The Bookstore at UM. built on dealing with morality ity to another company.” favorable exchange rate. A and ethics,” Snyder said. discontinued buying clothing The CLC is employed by Activists on campuses deal with the Roots company Bennett served as chair from a manufacturer in 180 universities nationwide, around the country have, in was pending, Frazier said, man of the National Tijuana, Mexico, because including Colorado State, recent years, pressured uni but after all the exposure Endowment for the they would not let him into Gonzaga and Washington versities to make sure their the company was given at Humanities and then as secre the factory when he visited. State, and its primary func apparel is not being pro the Winter Olympics, he said tary of education under The WRC was founded in tion is to monitor licensing duced by people working in they may grow too large to President Ronald Reagan. He 1998 and takes one percent and trademark issues, dangerous conditions or deal with a small account also was the director of the of a university’s profits from Frazier said. The company earning substandard wages. like UM. Office of National Drug licensing agreements in also has a labor code stan Ninety-two universities in Frazier said he travels to Control Policy under former trade for keeping an eye on dard, written in part by the United States, including some of the actual factories President George Bush. the working conditions in Frazier, which ensures Notre Dame, Duke and where the apparel is made to Bennett remains an often- the factories, said Morrison. UCLA, have joined the WRC check them out. He said he See SWEATSHOPS. Page 8 controversial voice in the political arena. He has writ ten 14 books, including “The Book of Virtues” and “The Students push for creation of recycling committee Death of Outrage: Bill Liam Gallagher ASUM, have been trying to deserves a say in how the ronmental studies profes Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals.” His latest Montana Kaimin establish a campus recy recycling program operates sor at UM, said the idea book, “Why we Fight: Moral cling oversight committee. and said he hopes the com for a recycling oversight According to MontPIRG Clarity and the War on The committee, made up of mittee will provide all stu committee originated a few and Waste Not!, a group of Terrorism,” is scheduled for students, faculty, staff and dents “with an outlet to years ago, but never got off environmental studies release in April. administrators, would make suggestions and talk the ground due to a lack of graduate students, UM’s This month Bennett joined address a number of issues about what needs improve cooperation by administra student body deserves CNN as a commentator on related to the campus’ recy ment.” tors. more say when it comes to social and cultural issues. cling program, such as bin Burnim mentioned the “We tried to set it up the campus recycling pro “Students will get to hear a placement and recycling lack of recycling bins in three years ago, but the well-known public figure and gram. education campaigns. both the Adams Center and powers that be have been author, and his thoughts on “It’s im portant th a t the “We’d want to create a a number of the dorms as dragging their feet,” Watson morality,” Snyder said. “I students have a voice,” more sustainable organiza being one of the biggest said. think it would further any said Josh Burnim, of tion,” said Chris Zeeck, shortcomings of the pro Now with Bob Duringer, body’s education.” Waste Not! campus organizer for gram. He also added that a vice president of adminis The hour-long lecture is So, in an effort to MontPIRG. “A guaranteed lot of education needs to be tration and finance, sup free and open to the public. increase student input, the voice.” done to bolster recycling porting the committee’s cre- Bennett will answer questions two groups, along with Burnim agreed that habits on campus. from the audience after his talk. Facility Services and everyone on campus Vicki Watson, an envi See RECYCLING, Page S [email protected] 2 Montana Kaimin, Wednesday, March 6, 2002 O p in io n Editorial Guest Column Paradox o f femininity hounds Women’s History Month Radar detectors won't solve Between the ages of eight and 14, I high-speed problems Column by remember wearing a dress approximately two times, both times for a relative’s wed Crystal ding. Last Christmas, my sister received In recent weeks, everyone with a radio has heard com Weinberger mercials similar to this: a cordless drill. 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