Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1993
Protesters target Pioneer statue
□ Columbus Day
opponents vent ire
Opponents of Columbus Day
draped the University’s Pioneer
Father statue in a white sheet
Tuesday morning and planted
several anti-Columbus signs in
the grass nearby.
"Columbus is the original wet
back," read one of the signs. The
nearby Pioneer Mother statue
had a white surgical mask
around its fnco, but there were
no other signs indicating it was
part of the protest.
Tuesday marked Columbus's
actual birthday. Monday was the
observed holiday.
“The Pioneer Father is a sym
bol of the white man. He is not
a symbol of greatness," said Eric
Bowen. ASUO president. Bowen
said students from several stu
dent groups protested the statue
because history doesn't repre
sent the plight of native groups,
one caused by colonization and
the pioneers.
There was talk of class walk
outs, he said, but the statue was
chosen as a target instead.
Members of the ASUO Execu
tive committee did not partici
pate in the protest, Bowen said,
but be saiii lie personally agreed
with the statement.
Columbus Day has traditional
ly been the target of student
groups, Bowen said One of the
signs near the statue bad a
"MEChA" sign stamped on it.
MEChA is the Ifispanii and Chi
oiiio student union
Students at the MEChA office
said they were unaware of the
protest at the statue Officers for
the organization were not avail
able for comment.
I
Students read protest signs planted near the Pioneer statue.
Student says
reasoning for
parking ticket
preposterous
j New rule for head-in parking
at University lots angers doc
toral student
By Markus Mazurktewicz
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Daniel Talley believed he did an excellent
job parking in the University staff lot on Kin
caid Street — until he found the ticket
The fourth-vear economics doctoral student's
anger was nn!\ im reused w hen be found out
why he re< eived the ticket He hadn't parked
head-in.
Talley found out the hard way that the Ore
gon Administrative Rules have undergone a
small revision this vear. now stating i learly
that head-in parking is required
The rule used to read "Vehii les must be
parked in such a manner that the permits are
clearly visible."
It has been revised to now read with the
addition "Drivers must park their vehicles
head-in in i ainpus parking lots I lead-ill park
ing means the vehii le is driven into a park
ing space m a forward gear in such a way that
the rear of the vehicle is closest to the drive
way" (( amend Parking Regulations TV71 -10-045
Sci lion to).
The rule was revised in a public, open
pro* ess Indore it was finally signed and added
to the OAR
"I see no advantage in im practical life hav
ing to park one wav or the other," Tallin said.
Tallin said the rule was not In the old park
ing handbook
"There was nothing posted when I got there,"
he said
Uarev Drayton, ilirei tor of the University
Office of Public Safety, does not believe in
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Bridge solutions get thumbs down
j Eugene residents speak out
against options to renovate Ferry
Street Bridge
By Rebecca Merritt
Oihqoti Odity l. memM
DECISION:
Ferry St. Bridge
I'he message was clear. Not
nil Eugene residents are satis
fied with the city's attempt to
solve traffic problems on the
Ferry Street Bridge.
About 100 concerned resi
dents attended a public hearing
Tuesday to air their views
before the city planning com
mission and citizen’s advisory
committee. The hearing was organized so the two
groups could hear public input on four alternative
solutions to the Ferry Street Bridge problem before
making recommendations to City Council.
“I think we were burking up the wrong tree
when we started this project.” said Peter Keyes, an
associate architecture professor at the University,
"...we have to look at the issues more comprehen
sively.”
Keyes said the city has treated the project strict
ly as an engineering problem, but should instead
handle it as an urban design issue. Planners need
to look at how bridge designs will effect the entire
city, he said.
The city's proposed solutions range from a no
build. no-cost option to an $89 million alternative
that includes building .I four-lam* bridge .it Stoss
Street and expanding Ferry Street Bridge to six
lanes. Other options include an eight-lane bridge
and a six-lane Ferry Street Bridge with an alterna
tive transportation bridge through Alton Baker
Park
Most citizens speaking at Tuesday's hearing
opposed the two building alternatives that would
cut through portions ot Alton Baker Park Wayne
Hill, chairman of the Fast Alton Baker Park Citi
zen's Planning Committee, said Kugene voters
decided last November that the park should he
used only for passive recreation.
"We want to capitalize on the spirit of that vote"
Hill said.
Sharon Teague, direi tor of Nearby Nature, said
two of the alternatives would cut important nature
programs in Alton Baker Park, as well as damaging
Pro's running trail
"Is this the kind of future we want for our chil
dren? And if so. will they ever forgive us."7 Teague
asked.
Lane County Commissioner Jerry Rust agreed
the two alternatives that would have negative
effects on Alton Baker Park should be dropped
Rust said the no-build solution — leaving the
bridge the way it is and promoting alternative
transportation modes — is the only acceptable
solution.
However. Lane Transit District supports the
option of building an alternative transportation
bridge through the park. The new bridge could
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PROPOSED FERRY ST. BRIDGE OPTIONS
®No new construction.
Increased congestion;
Existing facilities mam
lamed Cost N/A
B
Expand Ferry Street Bridge
to six lanes; Build an
Alternative Modes Corridor
conecting Aut/en Stadium with
Riverfront Research Park; Build a
new brcyde/pedestnan bodge
east ol the Ferry Street Bodge
Cost: $67 million
Expand Ferry Street Bridge
to eight lanes; Extensive
bicycle/ pedestrian
hVUwDM
improvement within corridor: Two
options: Improve Broadway Street
or conned 6th/7th Avenue with
Franklin Boulevard
Cost SS9 million - Broadway
Cost S69 million - Franklin
r=-1 Expand Ferry Street Bridge
! ||| to six lanes. Build a new
\H~J four-lane bridge from
Autzen Stadium to Moss Street:
Build a new Oakmont Connector,
Improve bicycle/ pedestrian
routes Cost S84 million
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