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Track teams head to Corvallis See Page 10 Oregon Daily Emerald Friday. May 8. 1987 Eugene, Oregon Volume 88. Number 119 Advisory board reviews Research Park options By Kathy Tryhorn Of the Kmerald An advisory committee composed primarily of faculty members reviewed preliminary site drawings for the proposed Riverfront Research Park Thursday. The committee, called the Riverfront Research Park Advisory Design Committee, was appointed by Univer sity President Paul Olum to advise and assist in the planning process. The members considered four tentative options for placement of research park buildings on the 71-acre site between the Willamette River and Franklin Boulevard. Only one of the tentative options includes building on the soccer field. The committee members, who have an advisory capacity only, generally agreed that the soccer field location would not be their choice. The options wen? designed by the architectural firm FI.S/KIbasani and logan. Before architects can continue work on the master plan, the city and the University have to make some decisions about the exact location of the park and any possible access problems, committee members said. The developer of the property, the Carley Capital Group, would like the park to Ik? visible from Franklin Boulevard. The committee also recommended that increased University staff time should be devoted to the question of project funding and costs, which include the cost of replacing existing University buildings on the site. Committee members expressed concern that these and other questions should be resolved quickly, so that students and faculty can contribute to the public input process before the school year ends in |unc. The committee will recommend to President Olum that another public forum be scheduled for |une. Hitting the highway for MADD Tight "Fijis" from Phi Gamma Dolta are cycling to Sun lose. Calif, to raise money for MAUI) (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). Carl Pasmussen (far left) started the first leg of the trip Thursday morning as he headed for Peed sport The cyclists will cover approximately tiSO miles in relay stretches of 20 miles over about three days. The set.ond-annuul project is coor dinated by Umesh kulkarni (far right). Photo by Derrel Hewitt Police arrest more teachers; negotiations continue By Scott Mahon Of Ihf Kmerald Seven more striking teachers were arrested Thursday while district-union negotiations ap pear close to being settled. Meanwhile. 4-J students are slipping on yellow arm bauds in a quiet protest against the Kugene teachers' strike, now in day 23. Paul L. Hyines and Patriciu Ann Mahoney, whose addresses were unavailable, were arrested outside the Holiday Inn on Coburg Koad Thursday morning for trying to block the path of a bus carrying replacement teachers, according to Kugene police. According to p o ! i c a spokesman Tim Birr, both were charged with disorderly con duct and released on their own recognizance. In the afternoon, five picketers ulso were arrested for impending a bus full of replacements at Gal Young Mid dle School on Gilham Road, ac cording to a police report. Arrested were Donald (lone Adkins. 4-11)5 Franklin Blvd.. Kugene; Linda l.ee Ague, 2t>:i7 Forester Way. Eugene; Lee Susan Bear. 745 Sunnyside Drive. Eugene; Daniel Gordon O'Neil, 1500 Norkenzia Road, Eugene; and Kenneth Lee Shingledeckor. 5105 I) St.. Springfield. They were arrested at about 3:45 p.m. on charges of disorderly conduct, police said They also were released Thursday night The seven arrests are preced ed by one on Wednesday and four on Monday. About :<ott striking teachers and their s u p p o r t e r a demonstrated Thursday morn ing at the l.ane County Fairgrounds, where the district buses pick up und drop off replacement teachers. Police force remained heavy there alter classes let out, but no incidents of protest occurred. At the same time, a marathon Bill banning classified research passes House, moves to Senate By B.|. Thomsen Of I hr Kmerald SALEM — Jf the Senate gives Hep. Wayne Fawbush. D-Hood Kiver, his way. institutions of higher education in the state of Oregon will he forbidden by law to conduct classified research. The bill. HB 3224, sponsored by Fawbush, passed unanimously through the House on Thursday and now goes to the Senate for considera tion. F'awbush said he is confi dent the bill will be approved by the Senate and will be signed into law by the Governor. "There is no formal ban on classified research" currently in the state, he said. The University and Oregon State University, however, cur rently have policies banning the conduct of classified research on those campuses. Even so. Fawbush noted the purpose of the legislation was to eliminate the temptation of ad ministrations at Oregons public colleges and universities to take on secret research in the future. "We will not let the univer sities sell their souls for military research." Fawbush said. Aaron Novick. noted Univer sity biology professor and direc tor of the University's institute of molecular biology, is a valuable proponent of the bill, according to Pawbush. Novick, a well respected molecular biologist in the scientific com munity, said the value of research conducted in a closed envinmment is marginal at best Classified research as defined in the bill is research the results of which cannot be published. Before a public hearing and Turn to Research, Page 9 negotiations session in Cottage Grove continued into the even ing following Wednesday night's new contract offer from the district. District community relations officer Kelly Fenley said Thurs day negotiations may he near ing an end. although the topic of discussion heading into Thursday night didn't concern economic issues. "It looks like, at this point, they’re working on language issues" such as teacher work loads and assignments and tranfers, Fenley said. Prior to the latest session, chief school district negotiator Steve Goldschmidt said his side would consider a settlement, provided tin- union significant ly allrr its position on salary. Meanwhile, a business stu dent at 141 nit Community Col lege is organizing a protust of thit strike in favor of neither teachers nor the district, but the students. Andrea I limits, 21. said she came up with the idea Wednes day night "The goal is to have all of the students in the 4-| District wear ing yellow arm bands, from kindergarten to 12th grade, for the duration of the strike." said Mirons, a freshman at South Turn to Strike, Page 5 Federal Building receives threat, "suspicious' suitcase found empty A IkjiiiI) throat Thursday afternoon led to the evacua tion of thi; Federal Uu i it ling, 211 K. 7th Ave., hut police found no bomb. A police search of the building revealed a suspicious briefcase in an opening of the wall in an area normally used to store fire hoses, police spokesman Tim liirr said. The bomb threat was telephoned in shortly before 1:30 p.m. to the U.S. District Court office in the building, which houses courtrooms and federal agencies. Police explosive disposal experts blew up the briefcase at 3:50 p.m. ami determined that nothing was inside it. police spokesman Aaron Douglas said. The briefcase was found near the Internal Revenue Service offices on the first floor of the building. The Federal Building was closed for the rest of the day, and pedestrian traffic around the building was blocked for two hours. The FBI has taken over the investigation. Douglas said.
