Show £ The Eagle Page 10 National hotline provides answers Protect animal rights find educational options to dissection with ADLF e hotline has been launched to advise college A national students and professors who object to dissecting frogs rabbits cats fetal pigs and other animals in the classroom Sponsored by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) the Dissection Information Hotline (3764) provides callers with information on educational alternatives to dissection guidelines for negotiating with college officials and suggestions for overcoming obstacles students may face as they exercise their rights Also available is a free handbook which outlines an eight-ste- p plan to help students "say no" to dissection and includes a list of alternative teaching aids In addition ALDF will refer students to local attorneys when necessary Says Joyce Tischlcr executive director of ALDF "Biology physiology and anatomy should be life sciences not death sciences but dissection teaches students that animal life is expendable and unimportant All students have the right to study animal life without desecrating it" Two years ago teenager Jenifer Graham made national headlines when she refused to dissect a frog in her biology class Her case led to a law giving students in grades kindergarten-1- 2 the right to refuse to dissect Jenifer’s mother Pat Graham serves as director of the hotline "Standing up for your rights can be a scary and lonely experience says Ms Graham That's why giving support and encouragement to students is one of the hotline's primary goals" Actor and animal rights activist River Phoenix spokesperson for the campaign has also been urging students to stand up for their beliefs "I'm working with the Dissection Information Hotline because I believe that students have a special role to play in alleviating animal suffering Choosing alternatives to dissection is a direct way for students to show respect for animals" says Phoenix To date there has been no definitive court ruling on the rights of college students to refuse to dissect But lawyers at the Animal Legal Defense Fund are committed to arguing test cases based on the First Amendment of the US Constitution and civil rights laws Says ALDFs Tischlcr "Dissection is a widespread and institutionalized form of animal exploitation One way you can personally affect the way animals are mistreated in our society is to speak out against dissection in college classes" Students go 'dancing in the sheets' Learning to tie strong knots became a matter of extreme importance at last Friday's annual Toga Dance The students adorned anything from dirty sheets "aunaturel" to greeen striped wigs and plastic fern frocks in their hair toll-fre- - 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