Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 73
Free parking to end
in Fairmount area
jStarting Feb 15.
two hour parking
signs will pop up in
the neighborhood
By Colleen Poring
People whir park in tilt lair
mount neighborhood east o'. I the
{ rvuersitv... anti who am tired
of the current parking htiui ton
struttion situations arc about
lo sot• some changes in tin area
{beginning leb 15. the tree
rule lor t rmersitv empln\ees
and others act ustomed to park
mg all da\ in the area will roll
to a stop
I wo hour parking signs will
he posted in the neighlrOrhootl.
who h is hounded h\ Agate
Street between L 22nd Avenue
and I ranklin boulevard on the
west, and by h on the
south, Fairmount boulevard on
the east ami I rank '; n to the
north
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I 5j:h.' .irul Muss a■>'o a! i■ ■.! i;■
..Hi sir* t I ill! jill'S lot . Will hr II .!>(
plrtt'il
U !:r!. . , .tistrIII ! 11 'll startl'd i::
tlvr hi'giirmn^ ol Si-ptriubi-r
planners i;.rVr the finish datr at
1 )«•< ’7 Drl.ivs art lUrihuti'il to
wi'l wiwtlli r. said lanut l.abur,
I ruvt'fsitv I'hvsii al Plant cm
II lovri a I a j iiirrt Inr ! the park
mg lot i unsimr lion
Although a third of thr lot is
i otnplrlcd and its um\ thr corn
p!i lion ol tin parking lot u
frrr up a total ol 7r>0 spai i s
1 Ml morr spin i s than tin- orig:
rial lot
AW all' rrlii'V rd thr I- ' ■■
Sill
resident and rurmbrr ol tin'
has! < a III pil s Si ighh ': i; ■ I
! i.' ' PARKING P i ■
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Jho / airmont Boulevard area oast of campus as of f ob 1t> will no longer feature tree, unlimited parking
The changing face of environmental activism
j Radical activism loses popularity as
students look for different ways to
help the environment
By Koaiarn Roberts
In I'lHM .md nearly IS I dnversity students
»rti! ,.I lively 111vc>Iv«;ci with a 1 ani[>n-» . hapter at 1 .,u ill
1 ■ irs 1 * .i radical, direct-action environmental group
Shiny nl those weie hauling ihemst Ives lo tre>-s and
hioi king logging roods m prtilesis
\.,H, die l 'Diversity lias nil formal l.arlh first't hap
ter and no more than SIX students are at divots 111
i oh t il al Ihe t omnium! v lev id
1 l.impus and community i elubf.illnns nl l.arlh Day in
April I'l'io were organized in pari by 1(X) to .tut) sin
dents working with die Surv ival Center, a numlnT that
has dropper! to Id students in fall 1'eil
Is environmental at 11v ism al die t nt\ erstlv living at
ler .i peak at the etui td the t‘Mitts'
Some sav retent increases in student environmental
activism tor sale issues such as recycling art over
shadowetl hv tier reases in more radii al env ironmenlal
ism
Others sat, corn ern only appears to tie dei lining I n
vironmentai ai 11s ism is not as noth cable as in the past
ln-causc ol changing attitudes alxnit activism and be
cause today s action often takes forms other than pro
tests
Idle University may not be as green" as student en
vironmentalists would like, but there is evidence stu
dent awareness in in< Teasing
'Hie l of O is one of the strongest environmental
campuses in the country, said student senator Brian
Hoop, a former diret tor ol tin- Solar l.nergy ( enter and
the Survival t enter
Cnvironmentiil Studies Professor |ohn Baldwin who
has taught at schools in Wisconsin, lex.e. California
tirui Orvgon. s<im1 ttnvirunmrnl.il con* »rn hrrr is much
higher
l.nroliment in Baldwin's Intruder tIon to l-.nviruii
Stud it's i lass int reasi d -.igmlu .'unity about
three yi'.irs ago i. IdO anil has slaved high ami
shady. hr si)id
Atmut 10(1 students each year enroll 1(1 one ol lo.it
.litlodnltorv t(H iroltmerdul (hisses Baldwin said til'
grow lllg Vet limited. MlimlxT ol lithel i l.iss.'s oil etIV I
ronmetlta! Issues is not enough to meet the itu rease in
interest
7 don’t think people realize how
much effort it takes to turn
concern about the world into
action
Bruin Hoop
An environmental studies mmot began in MiHIt with
■ lie graduate As id the beginning o! lie. elldier. ’it) stu
dents bad del hired intentions In pursue the minor, a
number lii.it may t» low 1mm ause studenis aren't re
ij11;red to lit-c hire a minor until graduation
In addition to ini reused interest in environmental
i lasses several environmental r ommiltees arid pro
grams have gained momentum rei ently
1 he I a ,v i rot) merit a I AI lairs (him mil tee a student far
u!I v committee that addresses env ironmental issues on
i .mi11<is was lorrie d in the lull alter students pushed
lor it lor two years
l or the hrst time a member >1 Students lor the lvthi
i a 1 1 reulment ol Animals was appointed to the Institu
tional Animal (hire and l!so ( ornmittee. a group re
ip.ired .c every university lo insure compliance with
lederal annual researt b guidelines
In addition, the t'niversitv has tie most compre
Ill : mvi* i utting > nr v< ling prugi.iiu ol any i iiliijm*.
: r; ill** I S said Alexandra Ton!. dina tor u! the Slu
,i<-111 Ki'i yi ling Program. .1 studunl senalui .nut .1 mem
her ..I llir luivirolimenl.il Adairs ( nmmittee
Despite this apparent 1 in ri Msi! in student i mu ern lur
.mil involvement in environmentalism the 1 unsrnsus
is tinit it i.nuld hi' lietter
Tim I inversitv ul Oregon has ,1 lug reputation
throughout the lonci ms lining 1 verv environmentally
hi|j pltii r to lie s.ml Derek Top. projet t le.nlei il
OSl'IHt. s .lltef 11.1tI ve energy group
I think It'-, exaggeltiled. lie sold It's lien lull It ■
no! nei ess.irtH m heaven lur ern irunmentallsls
In the two years I've been here. I've noticed the
i ampin, community lieioming increasingly more i:uii
serv.itive said Howard Ilrotme. Survival ( enter i.u
director Students are less radii, ll. less willing lu
make sai rllu es
Hrulme said he sees mure (.ummunltv support than
University suppurt lur environmentalism and won
derod d the I 'niversilv (inly (eels liberal her ause it is
111 I'.ugelie
I don't think people realize how mm ti effort it
takes to turn i uni ern about the world into action."
Hoop said
In large part, he said, people have tailed to see the
er uiiiimii s of student .11 tivism
Hoop said because school was relatively inexpen
sive in the I'M.Os. students didn't haw lo rush through
and be so lur used on .u ademii s However tuition 11.1
tionvvide has mi reused Ml to ‘>o peri tut in the last levs
years
Students might i are, but they don't huvt the time.
Hoop said Today's students may Imd themselves
working two jobs to pay for school and taking up lo _'()
r rialits a term in order to they graduate on time
I'm sure (students) care, hut are not ready to make a
lommilment to activism Imi.iusi it s a lot of work.
Tom to ACTIVISM Parje -
HIGH-WAGE STRATEGY
Ray Marshall, one of the leaders in the
national movement for broader work force
development policies, will discuss U S.
economic development strategies tonight
See STORY, page 4
OVERSEAS SUCCESS
Japan was readying trade concessions to
make Bush's trip a success in his bid to
find jobs for Americans by tearing down
Japanese trade barriers.
Se« STORY, pnge 9
HOOPS
Portland visits
Mac Court to
wrap up Duck's
non-conference
season tonight
See SPORTS, page 12