IRHA approves proposal making condoms available

The Inter-Residence Hall Association voted 20-0 to pass a proposal to make condoms available in C-Stores on campus. The proposal may face some opposition as it is read by administrators who feel condoms are already widely available in vending machines and at the Thielen Student Health Center.

A bill was also passed by unanimous consent to ratify the 2002 IRHA election ballot.

The two other orders up for discussion were postponed until the next meeting. They both involved the fate of the conferences committee.

The next meeting will be March 28 in the Gallery Room of the Memorial Union.

– Jyni Ekins

Leader of Sudan People’s Liberation Army to speak

John Garang de Mabior, founding member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and Sudan People’s Liberation Army, will speak March 23 at noon in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. He will discuss the violation of human rights in Sudan.

He has served as the chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and commander in chief of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army since its inception in 1983.

A reception will follow at 3 p.m.

The event, originally scheduled for March 12, is free and open to the public.

– Cavan Reagan

Ethiopian food, dance, crafts at banquet Friday

An Ethiopian Banquet supporting Generosity International, an Ames outreach organization benefiting Ethiopians, will be Friday, March 22, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bethesda Lutheran Church Commons, 1517 Northwestern Ave.

Tickets for the event are $25. Of that, $20 will go to the nonprofit organization.

The banquet will feature an authentic Ethiopian meal, as well as traditional song and dance. There will also be an auction for Ethiopian crafts, matted photographs and baskets.

The Ethiopian Banquet is sponsored by the Ames Board of Directors and ISU Ethiopian graduate students Awoke Dollisso and Tesfashwork Abamo.

– Erin Randolph