Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, APRIL 13,1995
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 96 ISSUE 111
Workers rally to call attention to plight
OPEU: Union members hope
to avoid strike, but are prepared
tor the worst nonetheless
Samantha Marlin
Qr+gon Oily fmgrMf
Hot) limit's wakes tip a vary wntkdat
morning at ft 10 a.m and rides his bike
to an 8:00 a m Chinese class (tint he is
auditing After ( lass, ho begins work at
Carson Dining Hall, where as a food ser
vice worker, he manages the salad bar
Jam os take* a half-hour lunch brook,
unpaid, than works until 9 p m.
Wednesday, in his brook Imtweon the
end of his class and work, fames, on
Oregon Public Employe’s Union mem
ber for nine months, attended the OPEU
rally in front of fohnsnn Hall.
Approximately 200 other protesters
joined him to voice dissent about the
effects of Measure H on slate workers
and other unresolved contract issues
James has been working at Carson for
two years, whic h qualifies him as a level
one food service worker This means he
is ill the bottom of the pay st ale, ami a
state wide strike would result $70
decrease in monthly wages
Hart Lewis, who is the treasurer of
local 85 of the Ol’l tf at the University,
said there was no strike fund to cover
lost wages for striking union members,
be* ause the fund was depleted due to
the rising cost of health Insurance for
state workers
James and his live-in girlfriend and
her son would have to live off of money
they hove been saving for ihti last two
years to buy a house if he is fort ml to
strike
"1 like my job and don"! want to do
anything that would damage tha
University. but at this time workers am
not boittg treated right,” fa mas said "I
do iny part and should f»> treated fairly
lamas said tha (aval of anxiety for
employees at ( arson is rising eat h day
"This [situation! pits one worker
against the other." fames said "There
Turn to STRIKE, Page -I
City Council votes to fund car camp through May
Homeless: i he unanimous
decision delays closure of
car camp until May 31
Ben Moebius
Osgof! Daify £metatd
The (U'nteimial Car (jimp will avoid
early closure thanks to $5,000 in emer
gency funding granted by the Eugene
City Council in n work session
Wednesday.
The car camp exponent ed a budget
shortfall of $10,000. half of which will
be covered by a prior donation from
the Sacred Heart Health Care System,
because of unexpected needs discov
ered by the managers of the camp,
Lane ShelterC-are The shortfall would
have forced the camp to close at the
end of April.
The council decided, in a unani
mous vote, to approve funding the car
camp until Ma\ :t t, when it was
scheduled to close. However, the
council also unanimously approved a
motion to end the city’s primary
responsibility for the camp, which is
located in a parking lot near Autzen
Stadium, after this year
The motion will shift responsibili
ty to the Intergovernmental Human
Servic es Committee, which already
allocates funds for housing services
Turn to CAMP, Page 4
Residents at tha Cantannlal Car Camp, focatod near Autian Stadium, racaivad a raprtve from tha Eugena City Council Wadnasday Counciloni
votad unanimously to fund tt>a car camp through May 31; a budgat shortfall would ha vs for cad tha camp to class at tha and of tha April.
Candidates seek aid increases
Platform: Nat Farnam,
Eli Elder say students
should protest cuts to
federal financial aid
Amy Columbo
Nat Famam and Kti Elder. can
didates for the ASUO Executive,
said they are two "regular guvs"
wtio want to api**al to the major
its of tin* student body who fail
to vote durum campus elections.
Neither
of the i <in
dictates
have been
involved in
the ASUO
in the past.
It is a fea*
ture trial makes the tuam unique
"We're outsiders and we're not
stuck in all the politics of the
ASUO," Famam said
“Hopefully, we address this
apathy by appealing to the gen
eral student body who feel that
they don't have candidates that
express their interests," he said.
M> r t OMrOtM mu
Mat Famam and Ell Eldar are running for the ASUO President and Vice
President positions.
Faniatn and Eldar are running
on a platform with the issues of
stopping police harassment, rent
increases and cuts in financial
aid. They propose meeting with
the police department, the city
council ami the mayor to lobby
for students' rights
The two would like to increase
communication between students
Turn to ASUO, Page 7
OSPIRG’s
statement
OK’d by
senate
PFC: Committee
will hear OSPIRG s
budget tonight
Natasha Shepard
The ASUO Student Sen
ate voted to approve the
controversial goal state
ment of the Oregon Student
Public Interest Research
Group with only one dis
senting vote Wednesday
night.
The revised goal state
ment was passed after less
than half an hour of Senate
discussion. approving
QSPIRG's eligibility to he
funded by student inci
Turn to SENATE. Page 8
■ GOOD MORNING
► SACRAMf NTO (AP) — Ono
of two now Interstate 5 bodges
quickly built to replace spans
washed away in recent Hoods
opened lo traffic Wednesday
T he northbound bridge ow
Arroyo Pasajoro, near Coalirvga.
opened about ? pm. 33 days
after the washouts, the state
Department ot Transportation
announced.
1 he southbound span was
expected to open Wednesday
night, said Caltrans spokesman
Jim Drago
Seven people died when their
cars tell into the raging creek as
they drove along the interstate
on the night ot March 10. Ono
motorist survived by clinging to
branches ot bushes along the
creek until he was rescued an
hour later.
Contractor C C Meyers of
Rancho Cordova had estimated
costs ot $3.6 million to rebuild
the bridges In 50 days. Working
around the dock. Meyers com
pieted the project 17 days ahead
ot schedule