Oregon Daily TUESDAY, JANUARY 28,1992 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 93, ISSUE 87 Spine align R\.. ■ G.'i't s On Vcrit ■: r tresnn:;m Lim S : ;l < i , • ; af '\*s *y ; w'-, ,} inv fit"'?)(‘.,7}/; •• ;■ L MU La: Film to give voice to students of color j Professor video tapes interviews with students to provide insight that a panel discussion can't give By Dan yr. I rappe U i . f, nn. :-!(■, ;!<’ na.■ .Mil i (iiiiik |jitf! •hr ASInn ,U, \t , k oH( «-d the .-s of sUi clils o! oiim were, in her ()f!i ■ :r jn’fi tl III' i: null St orils .,a Di.m.i k.ih . s|h> o|i-i is toorifiii.iliir .it I hi r,| Siiulun! !).•.• Input. m -a .J anti vl(irt)l.i|if : ‘ .g, .ill ... I ■ ii : ,r I'Vjie Helices ,it the t diivet'.ttv He i .itise id tile relatively sill.ill liUtnlier id minorities mi I a 111 nits, many told !.i'sii|>e they are onsoO i'll ! is expel fed to t.l Its .d'out I heir ;.ii e and ethliii her i ;• ’ . 11, o a: on pale - is Mi el lit he r w i s • e d U i a I e students against the grain ni the i nine rilutlt. I.esage said In inters n vs I - used nut ulilv un the e\penetK es at the I'niveisttv. such as a Ivitro-con Ire curriculum, em minters vs i; h i a . -.in and Ihe ex pru la 1 . ' FILM f' i.;. 1 Local group collecting signatures to defeat golf course j Initiative would ban Lane County commissioners from going ahead with a propos al to build a golf course in Alton Baker Park By Hope Nealsof A l.ugene group opposed to u pro pose.) golf course in Alton linker Park Inis been collecting sigiuiluri's around rumpus to g«-l an initiative on th« ballot that would prohibit construction of the course in the park's eastern section Sharon Teague a member at Alton Baker for Alt of l s, said a number of reasons exist for opposing a golf course in the park It is ,i park, she said It was set aside as a p.irk and should remain as a park league said her primary reason lor not wanting the course is that she favors keeping the natural habitat intact league uses the heavily wooded area to educate children participating in the non-profit group, Nearby Nature, which offers ( lasses that teach wildlife mfor mution lirst hand Teague suiii iht-1 urea has also been used b\ elementary school classes to go on nature walks The 237-acre set lion currenlh in titules meadows, woodlands, old filbert ort hards, riparian forests, a pond, a i .1 noe canal, hike trails, a fiMX truck and liie Pro's Trail About 70 ac res overlies the old Dav Island Landfill, a residential landfill that vvas closed in 1M7-1 League said putting a golf course on top of an old landfill could pose an en vironmental threat if hazardous materi als rise to the surfac e We're trying to do something that would make it an attractive entrance to the park, and I don't think it’s going to be left in its undeveloped state — There will be some kind of development.’ Eiise Durrn.ii l Ci . •, ( ■ t" Dumping ill the water on the gull i.oursc lo irrigate it .mil maintaining a Mill siirf.u i■ wlii'ii there is .ill the garbage rutting undtsrneath coulti be danger mis." she siiid lint S^iiic (.oiiniv (luiiiMiissionor Hllic Dumdi s.iid both the bn vironmental I'm tin lion Agiim y .iml tlio Di'jj.irtmciil of bn\ironmental Quality have slated lh.il the landfill would pose no lhro.it with an lidded throe tool of now soil over the lop Dumdi said .1 goll course would nul onlv produce needed revenue lor this i it\. hill would help maintain tin1 pork s nalural beaulv as well. Il Would beautd. till' area, Dumdi '.aid "U s conducive to the existing habitat bn ansi' u| thi- vegetation Although there .ire several grill courses ill the area, she said riot ail of them are regulation size or open I the public Dumdi said she is aware ol the anti golf course group and has no problem letting the people? decide what should lx? done through a \ ote I know I vi! talked to a lot id people who are very supportive id tin- golf Lugeno voters may decide the late f*' o«o trj i'avay ol a proposed gott course at Alton Maker Park (ourse .mil haven't been as vch al as peo ple who aren't.'' she said Teague said [In- initiative would no! only proluhit construction of a golf i oursi'. hul would si-1 up a i iti/ens plan nun; «:t>mn;iIto decide how the -17 ac ri■ iinu sh. . Id lit- used As a group we haven't c orne up w ith a p: .pi - a; she said \V<- have a direr tion in terms of preserving natural val ues V\. n luit saying it should remain the wav it is hut there are a lot of natu ral v alues of the area that should he en hanced Durndi said there ;s a way to build a goll i .arse aid --'A : i iv •• ;! .. it MX H.u k I're's Ire. and hike trails arc. aid the perimeter perhaps bv building a smaller lai ility I ill [lid i .el 11 -e ki , IS to v'.i I ill tile lions out there and figure out the first solution tof llir |j.trk VVr'rr trvmg lo ilu something tli.it would ni.iV.t- it ,in ittr,i< tivi- eninimi- to the park, mid I don't think it's going to hi' left in its undevtdoped stole." she ■..iid There will Im- siiiiii' kind of drvel opmnnt IJunidi said d .1 golf course doesn't in.iton,ili/o, (n-rhops pi.ivmg fields with lights ,md friu i s won Id Diitndi s.nd thr L.mr Countv Comints sum is still in an Information gathering !r 'll '■ I oilltli, 1: III voted 1 1 to move forward ill thr process and screen potent ini bidders A golf selection i ommitirr has ap proved two (oiiip.tnies m Its initial , . ildii atiiiiis and . thr ’! rx.is fiasrd (e.if Servn es is draw mg up a proposal for an lit hole golf t ours.