Oregon Daily
MONDAY. APRIL 18,1994
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 133
Brand says he’s well prepared for Indiana job
Presidency: Position -
will present challenges
for new administrator
By Heatherle Himes
Oregon Qmty £ rrmtak}
Wearing a grin above his In
diana University tie. Myles Brand
told reporters that his experiences
as head administrator at Oregon
have been ample training for his
new job leading Indiana's eight
campus system.
"I feel, frankly, that my whole
life has been in preparation for
coming to Indiana University,”
Brand told the crowd in Bloom
ington, Ind "It's a dream come
true.”
Brand, who will start his pres
idency Aug. 1. seemed optimistic
about the potential to "help Indi
ana University march strongly
into thiKtr 1st i enturv
But Brand's presidency will
not lie without challenges. In fact,
many of those challenges will l»i
similar to ones faced during his
time in Oregon
One hurdle will be convincing
the state legislature to make high
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Search for new provost may be delayed
Selection: Decision may not be
made until after a new president is
appointed
By H«atheiie Himes
0*.y f meowe
The seartii to repla<v muring provost Norm.in
Wossells may be delayed because of tin* Uni
versity president's resignation late last week.
In a meeting this morning, the seart h com
mittee will discuss the possibility of disi on
Unuing the si iin h until a su< < essor to les
Hrand is appointed sometime during tin* l
'Hi school year
l hc provost is the second most important
administrative position at the University He
or she works closely with the president on cur
riculum and academic issues
Several memU-rs of the provost selection uiiii
mitlee said it would he unusual to select a
provost without knowing who would lie the pres
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UNIVERSITY
NAACP, Sierra Club
join forces to aid
environment, rights
Racism: Educator shows connection
between location of waste sites minorities
By Stephanie Sisson
0>egon Daily Emerald
The National Assoc iation for the? Advancement of Col
ored People and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Kund
announced Saturday in Kugene that they will join forces
to combat environmental racism.
"We have been working together with the Sierra Club
to promote litigation for the Sierra Club and for the
NAACP." said John A. Rosenthal, national director of
environmental affairs for the NAACP
During a workshop titled "environmental Justice
Combining Civil Rights with Knvironmental Litigation"
at the NAACP s Northwest Regional Meeting. University
visiting Associate Professor Robert Collin presented a
paper that showed a connection between the location of
toxic waste sites and communities of people of color
"It is not possible to discuss environmental equity in
the United States without discussing racism,” he said
Collin gave four examples in his paper of minority
communities that fought toxic waste sites and lost.
In Virginia in ll)H7, the state passed stric ter regulations
for solid waste disposal, and, as a result, a rural Virginia
county proposed a new site in a minority community
The proposed site was controversial because the other
three sites hi the county are in minority communities,
and a fourth site, located in a white community, had just
been closed down due to public, health concerns.
Although 20 percent of the population in the commu
nity signed petitions, proposed alternative sites and
attended every meeting, members of the community had
to finally file a complaint in federal court against the site
location Although the court found there was a dispro
portionate impact by race, intent to harm was not proved,
and the site is there today.
"The toxicity is in communities of color," Collins said.
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Couple wins business award for diaper pouch
*11.5C)N CMANff mv wl
Suzanne and Stave Abbot, both M.B.A. students, present their new product. "Pack
a-roo," for the fudges In the New Venture Competition this past weekend.
University: Two
M B.A. students
invent bag for par
ents on the go
By James Sinks
for the (kvQQft Q&iy f mttt&d
McKenzie Baby Prtxlut ts
won tmrn in November
Its parents Universilv
M H A students Steve find
Suzanne Abbot, had
dreamed up the idea of a
diaper bag for the 1000s
Such a product, they
thought, would better
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match the lifestyles of
younger families "on the
go "
They also believed it
might be a good way to
make some money.
Ibis weekend, four
business experts agreed In
fai t. they liked the idea
enough to award it first
place and .$2,000 in the
University-sponsored New
Venture Competition.
" This was a real confi
dence-booster," said
Suzanne Abbot. 20 "We re
definitely going to research
the idea further."
I'iie couple's first prod
uct, a hybrid waist pouch
and diaper bag, was
designed much like small
day pat ks used by hikers,
she said
"We wanted to get away
from the notion that dia|>er
bags had to be so big and
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GOOD MORNING
► University student Enn Hiet
pas is one of the runner-up win
ners of the 1993-1994 U. Photo
Contest sponsored by U. The
National College Magazine.
The 1993-1994 U Photo Con
test was announced last August
when U. invited its readers to
enter by sending color photo
entries in four categories cam
pus life and lifestyles, sports,
entertainment and newa1 events
HIGH
68°
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48°
Thousands of entries were
received trom students from ‘
more than 250 campuses across
the country. One $1,000 grand
prize winner in each of the four
categories was chosen along
with 46 $50 runner-up winners
across all categories.
Hietpas won a $50 scholarship
in the all-around sports category
tor a photo of her friends spin
ning in the clothes dryers at
McAlister Hall Her winning entry
has been published in the May
1994 issue of U Magazine.
About 1.5 million copies of U are
being distributed on more than
325 campuses nationwide on
April 25.
»> LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four
Weddings and a Funeral was the
nation’s most popular movie over
the weekend, with newcomer
Cops & Robbersons giving
chase, according to industry esti
mates Sunday.
Four Weddings and a Funeral
starring Hugh Grant and Andie
MacDowell. was expected to end
the weekend with $4.3 million,
jumping to No 1 from its sixth
place finish a week earlier,
industry sources said
Cops & Robbersons. starring
Jack Palance as a detective who
uses homeowner Chevy Chase's
house for a stakeout, had pro
jected receipts of $3 8 million for
second place.