TROJAN
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Environmental concerns aren't the only rea
son to close Trojan. Stump said. Financially,
the power plant has been a drain on Portland
General Electric (which owns two-thirds of
Trojan), and operating costs continue to esca
late.
"You have to weigh the cost of closing Tro
jan against the cost of operating it." he said.
PGE only spends $14 million annually on
energy efficiency programs. Stump said, while
Trojan has a $120 million operating budget.
That number has risen an average 27 percent a
year over the last three years
Another problem is Bonneville Power Ad
ministration. which operates the plant. The
sheer size of the company. Slump said, creates
problems.
"It's a big bureaucracy,'' he said. "Getting it
to move in the right direction is difficult.
“Bonneville thinks traditionally When they
need more power, they build power plants.
Energy efficiency is against their philosophy."
The Greenpeace report recognizes the ex
pensive price tag of upgrading the national
electrical system Stump said power compa
nies. as an incentive, should la; allowed to
pass on the cost fo consumers.
"It has to be performance-based," Stump
said of a rate hike "Assuming that, (power
companies) should lx; allowed to recover their
costs. We need to do that to avoid fossil
fuels."
HOUSING
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Douglas spoke at a recent
press conference where propos
als to create greater acceptance
of diversity were presented by
the president's Task Force on
Clay and lesbian Concerns.
Administrators considered
comments from the gay and les
bian task force, as well as a re
quest from student housing or
ganization leaders to broaden
the definition of a couple's eli
gibility. before making a deci
sion. Williams said.
Sue Dockstader of Gay and
lesbian Alliance said she was
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not completely satisfied with
the new eligibility policy.
“1 think the University took a
big step in including gay and
lesbian couples with children."
Dockstader said, but addtjd. "I
feel it was begrudgingly grant
ed. I think there is a grave in
justice to unmarried heterosex
ual or gay or lesbian couples
who do not have children."
Dockstader said she and her
partner do not have children
and do not qualify for student
housing, while married hetero
sexual couples who do not
have children can live there.
Asked if University adminis
trators would drop the children
requirement soon. Williams
said that because state law does
not recognize gay and lesbian
marriages, administrators feel
constrained.
"To date, we're not so will
ing to recognize a lesbian or
gay couple without children."
he said "But that doesn't mean
that we wouldn't at some point
in the future."
Holding a baby one chilly
dark evening at Westmoreland
student housing, while walking
toward the laundry room, long
Wu said he was not sure how
he felt about lesbian or gay cou
ples living next door.
Wu said his family is new to
America. "It's a different kind
of custom,” he said. "I might
feel kind of strange about it."
Jenny Wu. snuggling the
baby Jong handed to her. and
shivering from the cold, said,
"I don't like it."
David Collette, another resi
dent at Westmoreland, was
more open to the idea. “Live
and let live is an adequate de
scription of my feelings about
gay and lesbian couples living
here," Collette said.
"It’s just harder to find a
place to live if you have chil
dren." he added, explaining
his only concern with the
change in requirements was
that couples with children be
given preference.
CHILD
Continued from Page 4
Young children are insecure
when their parent leaves them.
McGraw says, and it is even
more difficult for them when
they are in a strange place with
people who speak a strange
language.
Being in their own neighbor
hood gives them more security
than being taken across town.
They can play with their new
friends in a setting that nur
tures their ability to assimilate
with groups, while learning
language and other skills.
C!aza. a boy from Eastern Eu
rope is next door at the pre
school. His native language is
Hungarian, but he smiles,
points to a picture in a book
and says. "Baby elephant,"
and kisses the picture.
He does not respond when
asked by teacher Tracy Van
Vlack to join other children in a
circle. But he happily joins his
friends when he sees them
moving to the table, where Van
Vlack led the children in a song
about an elephant that used
funny rhymes and all the chil
dren's names.
Madeline Harley, a retired
kindergarten teacher, says she
was called in to teach because
another teucher was sick. She
says she loves the schools and
the children. Her ideal retire
ment is not working so much,
rather than not working at all.
she says. a6 children vied for a
chance to hold her hand.