Gay rights march to imitate D.C.’s
By Daralyn Trappe
i >eg*yi D&*ty i m&ftid
Washington. D C . may attract more than a mil
lion activists this weekend for a gay and lesbian
rights march, but those who can't make the jour
ney c an attend a smaller, local version of the same
event
The People's March in Springfield is just one of
several events set for Saturday and Sunday. In
addition to the march, a networking day. dunce,
rally and party have ln*en organized by a coalition
of about 20 local human rights groups
Carol Berg, volunteer project manager for the
coalition, said while the Washington march is
focusing on gay and lesbian rights, local efforts
will include human rights in general
“We want this t» lie an overall celebration of the
whole spectrum of human rights." she said "I
think this will do n lot to show people around this
county that a lot of positive things c an come out of
networking and educating others."
Berg said Springfield-based groups make up a
majority of those represented in the coalition, and
the events have received the hacking of the Spring
field Human Rights Commission. Berg said the
focus on Springfield was a consc ious decision in
the wake of last year's dec ision by the city s voters
to approve an anti-gay rights initiative
"Springfield has been smarting under a stigma
since that passed." Berg said. "We vvnnt to remind
onlookers in this state and in the country that then
are a lot of people here who value human rights
Berg said the response has been overwhelming
from both group participants and those who want
to attend Among the groups that will take part arv
Citizens United Against Dim rirninntion. Clergy
and l-aity Corn erned, Republicans for All Ameri
cans and IIIV R«*sources These groups, as well as
many others, will be represented at the Network
ing Day event
Speakers at the rally will include State Rep Inn
Edmundson. D-Eugene. Creg Evans of the Nation
al Association of the Advant ement of Colored Peo
ple. Rico Pen*/, of the Eugene Human Rights Com
mission and former senatorial candidate Harry
Lonsdale
Herg said the coalition expects between 5.000
and 20.000 people to attend, some from as far
away as Washington and Idaho
"We re getting a lot of calls from people who
wanted to go to the D C man h but couldn't afford
it." she said, adding that the Springfield events an*
the only others in the country planned to < one ide
with the Washington march
The weekend kir ks off with the "Networking
Day." which will take pirn e at the Whiteaker Ele
mentary School at 21 N. Crand St. in Eugene from
1 to 5 p in Information tables, panel discussions,
workshops and speakers will all he featured A
dance in the University's EMU (tallroom follows
from 9 p in. to 1 a m. The cost is
The march begins at tt am Sunday at the
Springfield City Hall. 225 5th St Marchers will
follow a two-mile route and return to the < itv hall
The rally will begin about 12 10 p m at the same
location A party with live inusii and a hurbei tie
will begin aliout l «> p m at Island Park in Spring
field. four blur ks west of tlily Hall
LGBA members
to make D.C. trip
By Tammy Batay
£V#pon D+r\ Ffrmitki
Morn than seven University
students traveled tn Washing*
ton. D C . this week to partici
pate in the annual March on
Washington for C'»oy. Lesbian
and Bisexual Equal Rights and
Liberation Sunday.
Sarah Ross, Lesbian, Gay
and Bisexual Alliance co
director. said more than one
million people are expected to
be in the march. The march
begins at the Washington Mon
ument and will wind around
the White House Indore end
ing up on the Mall
The month will give LGHA
members a chance to network
with members of other orga
nizations But most impor
tantly. student* will lie "exhil
arated" because they can ho
visible about their sexual ori
eutation. Boss said.
"It's going to feel like hav
ing two million people who
are your frumds around you."
she said
LX',BA had several hind-rats
ers and raised about $75 each
for seven students to attend the
inarch. The students picked up
the n*st of the tab. Ross said the
t.GHA delegation will return
Monday.
Ross said she believe* tho
students will receive some spe
cial attention because they're
from Oregon.
"It'll be really neat to be
from Oregon, having defeat
ed Measure 9," she said “I
think we'll get a few slaps on
the back and that'll find good ”
A weekend presentation in
the nation's capital will exam
ine whether gays, lesbians and
bisexuals really won when
Ballot Measure U was defeat
ed. Ross said. Tho passage of
Measure 9 would have
i hanged the Oregon Constitu
tion to blind homosexuality
"immoral" and "wrong." The
presentation is titled "Vi< lo
ry ' * m Oregon,”
POLICE BEAT
The following incidents were
reported to the University Office
of Public Safety and the Eugene
police department April I~-lt).
• A 37-yenr-oId man reported
an assault on the 1300 block ol
Agate Street April 14 The man
was hit ill the head with a water
balloon while jogging on Agate
Street. The man told police he
had just turned off Fast 13th
Avenue and was heading south
on Agate Street when he was hit
in the left eye w ith an objtx t The
man said he fell to the ground
and blocked out for a moment
Two University students helped
the man up and gave him a ride
home. The man was treated and
released for his eye injury An
OPS offii er went to the scene of
the assault and found small
pieces of broken balloons in the
area.
• The Campus Copy Center
reported a theft April 15. Some
one took 5150 in quarters, dimes
and nickles from a copy mac him*
in front of the i :opy i April
14. There wore no signs of forced
ontry and police do not know
how the suspect got to the
machine's cash Ikix
• Police responded to an
attempted suicide at the Motel
fir.. 755 !-: Broadway, April lt>
An KPD officer was originally dis
pute hod to the motel because aiT
employee reported that a cus
tomer would not i lux k out of her
room I he officer forced his way
into the room and found a Uni
versity student hav ing a seizure
on the floor. The student hud
mixed some prescription pills
with vodka ill an attempt to com
mit suicide, according to police
reports Police found a photo
copied page detailing how to
commit suicide with alcohol and
pills in the motel room
• A University student report
ed a theft of a cur stereo on the
nut) block of Columbia Street
April Hi The suspei I look n
wiper blade off of the victim s i ar
nnd somehow lists 1 it to open the
car door, according to police
reports. The stereo was valued at
S too
•The I’hi Gamma Delta frater
nity. 791 K 15th Av« . reported
tht! theft of numerous items April
17. The fraternity reported a
stereo. VCR. compact (list play
er. telephone. movies, five
speakers, television and a tool
hoc stolen The missing items
were valued at $3,510 Police said
there were no signs of forced
entry, and no one at the frater
nity reported seeing anyone sus
picious in the house
• A University student report
ed a theft of a car stereo on the
1900 block of Onyx Street April
1M The suspect broke the front
wing window of the car to gain
entry According to police
re [Mills, the stereo was valued at
$250, and S 175 in damage was
done to the car in the tin'll
• A University student report
ed .i I In'ft of it • ar stereo and
speakers on tin* 7(M) block of Hast
15th Avenue April tH Hie items,
worth a total of $550, with taki'ii
from tin' unliM ki*d vehii !e
• A Ift-ynar-old man was arrest
ml for menacing at tin* hast 19th
St rout Cafe. I4H5 K 19th Am ,
April 1M The man was in the utfe
panhandling fnim customers and
allegedly attempted to sli*al sonu*
tip money off of a tubln. accord
ing to police reports. When an
employee told llm man to leave,
the man lunged at the employee
with Ins fist and said, "I'm going
to knock your lights out " The
man finally left the cafe when the
employee called the police.
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