Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Thursday. November 15. I WO
Kugcnc. Oregon
Volume V2. Issue 57
Briefly
The University’s anti
discrimination policies
are behind the times. A
recent conflict over the
ROTC's anti-gay policies,
however, has renewed
the interest level of this
ongoing controversy
See story. Page 5
The University is in
the process of preparing
for a rush of professors
leaving over the next two
decades This rush is at
tributed to the hiring of
several professors in the
1950s and 19f>()s
See story. Page 6
Sacramento police are
holding a Eugene resi
dent because he- is refus
ing to cooperate with a
grand jury investigation
into < rimes related to the
animal rights movement
See story. Page 12
Regionally
PORTLAND (AI*)
About 200 ipli- ucrc
evacuated from four
buildings at Portland
Statu University when
natural gas was detected
following a fire in a near
by electrical transformer.
Portland fire officials said
Wednesday.
The fire in a transfor
mer vault next to a stu
dent dormitory caused
$7,000 in damage and left
about 4 blocks of the
duwntown Portland cam
pus blacked out Wednes
day morning. Fire Chief
George Jacobsen said in a
news release
Sports
The University Athlet
ic Department Ticket Ot
file has already sold al
most 4.000 tickets for the
Dec 29 Freedom Bowl
game.
The Ducks will square
off against Colorado State
in 72.(KKt seat Anaheim
Stadium. Local and Uni
versity travel packages
are in the process of lin
ing organized.
See story. Page 9
Oregon has been
ranked 17th in the Ama
teur Wrest I in# News pre
season Top 40 poll. The
poll is based on the num
ber of wrestlers in the top
eight of each weight cate
gory.
See story. Page 8
Students force CIA from campus
Police escort CIA employee Tom Culhane off campus after protesters interrupted student interviews
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Protesters halt campus CIA interviews
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Reporter
Employment interviews taring conducted
by *i Central Intelligence Agency recruiter
on campus were brought to a halt Wednes
day afternoon as the result of protesting
outside the interview site.
Wednesday was the second of a two-day
interviewing session by CIA representative
Torn Culbane The interviews scheduled
for Tuesday won* moved off-campus to an
undisclosed location University ('resident
Myles Brand then issued .1 statement say
ing the interviews could not he held in a
secretive location
When Culhane returned to campus
Wednesday, protesters wore ready and
waiting They gathered outside the inter
view site at about I p in. and began 1 haul
ing. among other things. "CIA, you can't
hide, we ( barge you with genocide.”
The protesters were prepared to block ac
cess to students who were sc hcdulcd to bn
interviewed Hut within <i half-hour. Col
hanc apparently thought the protest too
loud to continue with the interviews and
left c aiupus with a police escort
Deborah Cherec k of the Cat roe r Planning
and Placement Office said the remainder of
the afternoon interviews were c anceled by
Turn to CIA, Page 7
Newest councilors facing funding problems
By Brian Bloch
fcmeiaid Retxjdef
The Eugene City Council
added two new faces Wednes
day for the remainder of the
1‘t‘iO term, replacing resigning
councilors Hob Bennett and
Freeman Holtner
Ward 4 councilor Paul Nich
olson and Ward 5 councilor
Kaye Robinette were sworn in
by Administrative Services Di
rector Warren Wong and
pledged their commitment to
upcoming budget decisions
faced by the council.
Robinette stressed the need
of the council to find alterna
tive funding sources for schools
in leu of tax cuts mandated by
the passage of Ballot Measure
5.
Nicholson said he would
welcome the responsibilities of
the council seat and was look
ing forward "to serving on
council during such a challeng
ing time."
Veteran councilor Roger
Rutan was unanimously chosen
as the council's new vice presi
(lent Kill.m will fill Itii- posi
lion vacated In formur count il
vice president Bennett
In ollit-r business, lln- muni il
continued its Oil .11 discus
sion of the proposed public li
brnrv projei t The proposal
calls for the construction ot a
new Kugene putilu. library in
the former Sears building at the
i orner of Charnelton Street and
ltttli Avenue
The council's discussion t en
lured around funding options
to cover operation and main
tenance costs ol the new li
brary. should (tie project be
come finalized by voters
The council Inul previously
approved continued work on
possible structural designs of
the new library and is now at
tempting to prepare a proposal
asking Kugene voters to ap
prove the site and possibly a
funding source during the
Mart II 2t> primary election.
Council members expressed
concern over making any fund
ing decisions concerning oper
ating costs of the library lie
i .nisi' uf fin.int i.i 1 uncertainties
created fiv Measure 5.
The measure limits thu coun
cil's ability to ask voters for the
approval of a property tax levy
to cover operation and main
teuanre costs of the proposed
project by restru ting options
tor that funding
The council was split on
whether to go ahead with the
projei t and seek out funding
sources during the construction
period or to hold off on the pro
ject until a stable funding
source could be secured
"lad's not put ourselves in a
corner and approve a (funding)
package that may not pan out
in the long haul." said counci
lor Bobby Green.
"I don't think we're ready to
ask them (the voters) in
March.” said councilor Kmilv
Schue. "There are just too
many variables."
Although no motion on the
project was considered, the
council decided to include dis
cussion on library funding in
its Dec 17 supplemental budg
Paul Nicholson
cl forum and to continue seek
ing alternative funding sources
as more information becomes
available on (lie total impact of
Measure T>.
"We should continue on
with our financial analysis."
said Kutan. "It ought to bo a
part of our entire strategic
budget planning process."