_Inside_
■ Sonia Johnson speaks, Page 5
■ Gangs in Eugene? Pages 8,14
■ Class teaches job skills, Page 13
■ Ducks beat High-Five, Page 16
_ -Oregon Daily_ _
Emerald
I'llcsil.u \ I >\ cmbt'l ‘ I . 11 IH‘1
Ini’mc l )rt‘gou
Volume ‘11. Number )M
Chemical waste to be
investigated by firm
B\ < hris Hounelt
f meruld Assoc iule I ditor
file 1 'niversitv luis a< quired
the servic es of a Port land-area
engineering firm to conduct .in
environnienl.d impact sfud\ of
,ire.is within the Riverfront Re
se.in li dark possibly i ontaini
lulled willi hazardous m.ilen
ills
I),m Williams I niversilv
\ ii e president tor adrninistr.i
lion .innnimieil ,il .1 Mondav
afternoon news t onlereni e dial
the I Iniv ersitv dei idetl to m
vestigate rumors ihiit certain
ureas of the park were exposed
to hazardous materials during
the PlhOs
Moreener. Williams said tile
irsiMii h park would not hi’ .i!
fee ti“d it iiuy hazardous malm
a Is .ire found
' If fhrir arr i oiil.imin.ilions
there thim the f'liiverstlv will
have .1 n's[ioiisihilil\ to remove
llii'in Williams s.ud I donl
think whatever we learn there
is likely lo have any diri’i I un
part on our plans lor develop
ing llial site
Somti ol lhi‘ i humic uls dial
worn m tisi' during the (ills in
i ludcil nitric and sulfuric: ,ii
ids, pun bloric at id
haloi arlions and trai l' heavy
metals. Williams said
As the development began
to he more ol a reality it
seemed to me that we needed
at that time, to find out more
about what was going on
Williams said "It's just a mat
ter ot priority and timing
"\\ r pit ki*<i tip nn snmt* ru
mors that load us to believe
with some certainty that about
1.1 to lit) years .1140 residual
chemicals Iroin instructional
labs m chemistry were dumped
in holes over here Williams
said
U illiams said lie does not he
lieve the sites are hazardous to
human or environmental
health hut the t'niversitc was
invest igat inn what could have
been deposited to ensure future
saleU
\o doc umentation ot w hat
types ot substanc es were depos
lied exists bee ause tederal regll
lations did not come into exis
telle e until l'l7ti Williams
said
Opponents <»t the Kiv»*rrront
Kesearr h Park said the\ were
outraged that the t diversity tic
laved announc ing the possible
hazards within the proposed
park site
"It is my understanding that
this is more than unsubstantial
etl rumors saitl Dan Stotlei a
luiiversiH law student with the
( iti/ens tor Responsible l and
Use
" The 1 dm ersitv a I read \ has
a mess on its hands lie said
\o amount ol investigation is
him to Waste, Page I 1
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University student Phillip Zerbo is dragged oil dur
ing a protest against U.S. support ol hi Salvador,
outside the Federal Huilding.
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Bowl bid ends post-season blues
Hx Ashley ( onlxlin
I merald Sports Reporter
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he in a hoxx I name
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the f reedom. (Upper and
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pills ill till! lift 111 liulrpt'li
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d.i\ .uul s\ ill inert tin- l nivn
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Oregon w.is In .1 him I, il dr
(e, lied Sniilhern Melhodisl
I 'niversils -'1 H in the Sun
lorn lu Himl, Page I
Twenty-nine arrested in protest of
U.S. military support of El Salvador
Bv Kelvin Wee
Fmerald Assot idle Editor
Twents nine people were arrested and charged
i\ 11h disorderly i ondui t Mondav w lien the\ harrii ailed
the entrain es nl the Kugene I ederal Building
The protest, which effectively shut down the l ed
eral Building lor more than four hours, was a i ontinua
lion of Sunday's rails denouncing the United States'
ei onomii and military support for the Id Salvadoran
government
"Were here tor as long .IS il I,ikes It s nut business
.is usual luil,iv ' s.iul University student Phillip Xerbu
when he was asked how long the him k.idr would last
Xerbu said the protesters were demanding an end
lo all I' S aid to HI Salvador; a < oinplete withdrawal ol
all l' S militarv personnel from 111 Salvador; that the HI
Salvadoran government enter into negotiations toward
a polit ii a I solution tor all m HI Salvador: and that the
people guiltv ol < oiumitting human rights v iolations in
HI Salvador he brought to nistii e
I ailing short ol that. Xerbo. an active member ol
the University ol Oregon 1'iliversitv ol HI Salvador Sis
ter University Project, said the protesters would not
budge
Protesters began their him kade ot the building at
0:40 a III
Hv II a m . more than hall the federal employees
were informed they would not be allowed to pass
through the picket line At M 05 a m one ol the etn
plov ees who already was in the building held up a sign
telling other employees lo leave and i ome hai k after 10
a. m
left Slier, an aide to Congressman Peter DeHa/io
was one ol main who w ere blot ked from entering the
building Slier said DeHa/io s support lor the issue did
not 1111|11 \ .in iinnitMli.it>' fiulorsi'mi'iit nl thr him k.iduin
ol thr building
lit' 11 )i • |- ,i/ii i| iloi'sut s ti | i|m >rt mil.mini ,n him .mil
.is .1 mi'inhi'i ol lus si.ill I <■< ho lh.it opinion Slinr
s.iicl
Anothi't i'in|)lovi'i' walkt-d .ironml tlm I'ntiri' hnilil
mu onh to 11 m I mini' ol I hit t'litrnni is open
"I fir*?I lh.it it s ms unlit to no to work." said l.i'n-d
Sri ri't.ns Harh Yothers "I don't mind tin? tai l that
lhi'\ 'ii' dfiinonstralinn. hut I just think thus re linitmn
tlirir oss n i ansi1
Many of the other employees went not .is u 111 ■ iiy> to
talk Most i itoil not knowing enough about tin* situ.i
lion m l l Salvador as thr main reason I m however
\vi*ri' able to In' i oasi'd out of their slit'll
"I'm i ompletek against our involvement in I I Sal
vador loo. Init 1 don't see bow llus is going to t hange
aintlimg said (amnic Scolla. a (ilS (ioordinator for
tin' federal govcrnini'nt
l lif lirst .uri'st took jilai e at H 1 . a in in Iron! ol
tin' building's High Street entrain e when Hniversily
student Rob Margral was hauled oil by I HI agents
Margral an n< live member of the 11)1 TiS Sister I in
versity Project yy.is released at about 1 1 10 a m after
being i ited tor disorderly i undue I
"Our intention eyas to get arrester) Margral said
after he was released "We really wanted to force the
I to I k e to have to take that step
Many of the other protesters ei hoed Margrat's sen
11 nil* II t s
"I'm hrrt' today to slop military ‘>><1 to <t govern
mrnl m 11 Salvador that is killing its i iti/mir\ with
American money and arms." said Shannon Oliver, tin
codirector of the I'niversitv's Student (dmpaign for
Disarmament "1 believe strongly enough to be arrest
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