Environmental
lawyers unite
under E-LAW
By Nate Thompson
lot the O/WQcrt I>.i ty
For Iho past 11 years, the Univer
sity low sc hoot has sponsored the
I'tiblit Interest and Knvironmental
Ijjw Conferem e During this time it
has c onic to Ire known ns n top
international conference on envi
ronmental law. drawing environ
mental lawyers from all over the
world to lingerie,
I Infortunately, tins only hamietis
once cl year Any type of c olliiTioni
lion hetween these lawyers was
reserved for this annual event For
the rest of the year, they were on
their own
Today, thanks to an idea dis
cussed at the 1'IH‘i conference,
these lawyers stand united to pro
les t the- planet and its people cm nil
international lei el
Knvironmental haw Access
Worldwide (K LAW) is the ini orpo
ration of the c onferem e's idea
to link environmental lawyers
across the world
Using elec Ironic mail, these
law \crs i an now ac t ess the most
i urrent env irniimentnl data and leg
islnlion to use for their own respec
tile cases The results since tills
noti-govor n mental organization
became full) operational in tool
are full of sue cess
Carolyn Sykora is the develop
ment director fur the U S office
lot aled in Kiigene She i ites a i asc
ot groundwater pollution in Colom
bia and its resolution as one of the
many suti esses she iias seen while
working with I LAW
Aii underground gasoline ion
I,liner in llogotn. Colombia, devel
Oped a leak thill led to loi .11
groundw,iter i.ootemination I he
pollution levels rose high enough
lh.it Itearln residents i ould taste
and smell gasoline in their tap
water A Colombian lawyer eon
tar ted the United States brant h of
I LAW, and it responded rpiir klv
!■; LAW U S provided Colom
bian attorneys with si itmtifii meth
ods to prevent more gasoline from
spreading through the groundwater
and si ienlifir methods to measure
lead levels in the water," Sykora
said "We also gave them U S legal
pns erlents to apply to the situation,
giv ing responsibility to the gas sta
tion owner and the gasoline aim
pony."
Sn kora said tniil w niIt* tli«* case is
now lanng settled in < ourt the lex it I
residents can again drink their tap
water.
The success of Ivl.AW is based
upon several far tors The most
important is the almost instanta
neous transfer of information that
using electronii mail allows
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Speakers debate transportation plan
By Meg Dedolph
t [M’ty l ’WfiMW
A majority of ttn* speakers .it thi‘ Kugenn City Count il s Mon
din night publii hearing on the Central Area Transportation
Study update supported the proposed plan
The CATS plan update enc mirages alternative transportation,
including walking, tm yt.ling and publii transportation
The CATS plan update also propose* the creation of a down
town shuttle system, new policies for expanding and improving
bicyi le lane*, and i hanges in land use codes which would
encourage transit oriented development
Transit oriented development includes mixing residential
retail and offii e space in areas easily accessible by public trails
portation, bii vr lists and pedestrians
Other proposed > hanges im lude building sidewalks where
they do not i urrentK exist ami repairing existing sidewalks to
encourage pedestrians
The update also addresses parking problems. 0|>era!ion of the
street sy stem, and employer programs to redut e auto use
Proposed stns*t system improvements include changing sev
eral streets from one-way to two-way. installing new traffu sig
nals. and removing some on street parking to add vehicle and
Im y< le lanes
Hrian Chun loll, the vu e chairman of the CATS project. said
the plan involved a series of i arrots and stu ks. to en< ourage
people to use alternative transportation
Dave Sweet. a Kugene rwudent, said he liked the CA IS plan
because it umphnsized alternative modes of transportation
"If there's anything wrong with the plan." Sweet said, "it s
that we must remember no plan is an island I Ins plan has to be
integrated into all the other plans for Kugene'
Sweet said he would like to see more provisions within the
plan for the creation of parks and open spaces
Holi Cracf. of the Kugene Hit v< le (ximmittee. said although the
committee supports the CATS plan and encourages its passage,
he would like to stress the importance of an east-west bicycle
arterial as well as a north-south bicycle arterial
Graef suggested 12th and 15th avenues and Monroe Street as
possible arterial bicycle routes
"People need to start thinking of transportation problems as a
wav to move people, rather than a means of transportation so as
not to prejudice against those who do not drive. Graef said
Dave Mauser, of the Kugene Chamber of Commerce, said the
Chamber of Commerce supported alternative modes of trans
portation. but did not want the CATS plan to interfere with
other objectives for the city
Me suggested the polic ies in the CATS plan be put to three
tests, including whether or not the polic ies encouraged the use
of alternative transportation, and whether they were in the t>esi
public interest.
The City Council w ill vote on whether or not to accept the
plan at their April 2H noon meeting
Two win award for child abuse campaign
By Shanti Sosienski
loiv Oxtffcn P.t y (rtmaki
Two Universits journalism students
ss ill lie going l*> New (trleans litis June in
ret wive a nntionaraw art) (nr their adver
tising i ampaign on < hild abuse
Seniors Nit tile Marquis and Us Ian
Cion Iter entered the national i onlesl Iasi
Dei endier alter vompeling in a Wimersi
IS advertising design < lass
The assignment that i rented the award
s\ inning eampnign was given to Marquis
* last fall
Ms assignment ssas to design a < hild
abuse i ampaign that would appeal to
kids at a hurls soiing age. Marquis said
Ms first ideas weren't sets good. then I
went to a t hild abuse panel sshere |«rople
went on stage and spoke atmut their e\pe
riwtu.es
Marquis belies ed an emotional appeal
RECOUNT
Continued from Page i A
ruin,” Downs said Ix-lorv tho ns mini "Hut
1 still tielieve (Warren amt Johnson) wore
too loti’
Soi lion 5 7 of the oloi lion rules allow s
a campaign to demand a roc mint if the
margin of victorv is less than -10 votes
l-'.rii Bowen and Diana Collins Puente lieat
Warren and Johnson, tt.tii-HHS. a SI-vote
margin However, the peri entage margin
of v ii ton was about six. votes. Ih*nnis said
Representatives from the Warren/John
son campaign earlier said the\ were not
given enough notit e to tie present during
the first recount Thursday.
The elections hoard dei ideti to ns ount
the votes last Wednesday night and noti
fied representatives from both campaigns
that the recount would lie Thursday after
noon about 2 p in., said lames McCatfer
tv ol the elections board McCaffertv said
counting actuallv began about it to p in
Thursday
Hut Mi< belle Kuwasaki. observer lor the
Worren/lohnson (ampaign. said she wasn't
would work best because ibis is such n
( harmed issue. She used a c hild's voice
fur the copy of the advertisement to (re
nte the trust needed to address the issue
toward children. The advertisement fea
tures a large black and white pit Hire of n
i hild's fare
Marquis and ( milter said the must dif
ficult part of the props t was finding par
ents that would allow their children to lx*
featured in a i hild abuse ad. so journal
ism Professor Bill Ryan allowed them to
photograph Ins c hildren
Ihe two attributed ihtiir successful
design to their professor and the com pet •
itiveliess of the class.
"Most universities don’t have a com
petitive structure like the University
does Professor Kvaii really pushed us to
do out lx*sl. and tt worked, (..milter said
I he advertisement won first place in a
University competition 1 hen it placed
"nolifind about anything," Dennis said
Ixith cam|>aigns were notified alxiut 4 p.m.
A representative from the Huwen/Collins
Puente i ampmgii armed shortly thereafter,
hut kuvy asaki said she did not get the lues
sage until about 4:30 p m and was unable
to attend
I lls turns rules onlv require i ampaigns
l«* pernuttud to have an observer present
during t minting, but counting i an 00 or
without such representatives
"Almost half-jokinglv. are we supposed
to send out a written invitation?" Mi(aif
fertv said.
The initial re< ount was caller! because
of the large number of write-in candidates
and because no votes from Oregon Insti
tute of Marine biology students had been
rei eived as of Wednesday night.
Slteree Watson, a graduate biology stu
dent at the t enter, said the Iwllots arrived
at the institute Tuesday afternoon or
evening \ ia Federal Express, hut she did
not get the package until Wednesday
“We got it the day before they needed
the liellots Iuk k." she said, and students
did not have enough tune to make an
first in a regional competition that took
Marquis and Coulter to a Montreal con
vention in March, which also qualified
thorn for the national competition. More
than 12.000 people entered on the nation
al level
(xRilter said it was interesting to com
pare other programs to the University
journalism school He said a lot of the
other schools did not combine their lav
out design and their copyright ( lasses as
the University's journalism school did.
This is what he believes tear lies students
realistic design concepts
Both are looking fovvard to attending
the Iune conference in New Orleans
where they will receive their national
award
"This advertisement took a lot of work
so it's nice to see people appreciate our
work,' Coulter said
informed dec ision Watson said she was
( ailed by !hc elec turns board Thursday, a
day after the elec tions, and was told that
if the institute's students voted and if she
could fax the ballots to the Ixiard by 5 pm ,
their votes would t>« counted
However, on Thursdav s OIMB students
are released from sc hoot to pursue their
individual researi h projects and were not
available to c ast ballots. Watson said.
Elections rules provide provisions for
absentee voting, allowing students to vote
ahead of tune, but election board members
said they were not aware of the option until
after the elec tion
Elec tion rules require the election board
to announc e absentee voting proc edtires
"far enough in advance of the elec tions to
give notice U> students who may wish to
use the* absentee voting proc ess . . in the
Oregon Pollv kmrmlil " No such notice
ever appeared
Botfi Dennis and McCaffertv said the
omission was .111 oversight on the part of
the hoard.
I don't think it was done last year
either," McCaffertv said
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