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NEWS FROM THE NORTHWEST Racism at Gonzaga fought with diversity awareness tacticts M’OhANK (AP) .Stung bv a spate of hostile, anonymous let Uts sent to hlac k students, Gon /aga University administrators have formed a task forte to increase < ultural understanding on campus The Roman Catholic univer sity was rot ked last spring when several black students at its law si hool rei eived the letters No arrests resulted from police and MU investigations, but officials suspect the person who sent the letters was a first-year law school student. (11st before final examinations, four black law students ret eived two anonymous letters, one using a racial epithet, criticizing spe t.»nl program* and < nnsideration* for minority students. "Kite ini bigotry Is contrary to the university s ideals, ami moral Iv and ethically unacceptable, moreover. malic ions harassment is illegal." the; Rev Bernard Cough tin. Gonraga's president and chant el lor-elect, said in a rt*< ent memorandum establish ing the 2i'> rnember task forte The task forte is to submit re< ommendations by February to Coughlin and the s< bool's board of trustees on how to make minoritv students fee! more vvel come Planned forums and spets hes on cultural diversity are to address a troubling undercur rent of bigotry , a school official Haiti I think Spokane is a great community, but I think thorn's a rat ml issue of some sigmfit ante that needs addressing," John ('lute, ttiMn of the low si hoot. Haiti The m hoot has SB7 students, fi t of whom are members of minority groups Just five art? blat k Two hlui k law students have loft school since the inci dents One of them. Andrew ft Smith Jr . says ht« left hot a use of poor grutlt's fie attributed to stress (torn the totters and other racist insults lie sought readnitssion, t iling the harassment, tint was not allowed to return to class Smith said his departure means the letter writers who threatened that him ks would not graduate got what they want ltd Ihe proiilem of bigotry on uim pus remains unsolved, he said "It’s been going on longer than the school wants to admit pub licly Smith smd Hie lays st bool s only blot k tear her, assistant professor William Hanson plans to leave a! the end of the si bool year Hanson, who is serving on the t.isk forte, said fie is leaving because there are not enough teaching opportunities for his wife, not bet ause of rai ism Hut be sail! he is troubled by th»> i ommunity \ In* k of *)iv er sity Administrators mid faculty said the school * tin do more to make minority students fwl wel i nmti The s* hoot has sponsored two reieptums for minority students to help them yet ai quainted with etM h other law s< hool professors are offering additional academic help Inliana Kopp, an American Indian student and a member of the task force, said she’s pleased the university is taking action "Students are still t oil* erned. obviously, bei atise the Issue of who wrote the letters is still unre solved." she said Lobbyists rally for support to fund new Mariners’ ballpark through luxury taxes OLYMPIA. VVA (API So.. the i apital's mosi skilled lobbyists signed on Monday to help persuade lawmakers to finance .1 new Mariners stadium and they 're doing it for free former top Boeing lobby ist Bud tad fey counted himself and the likes of insur ance heavyweight Basil Badlev, former Mouse Speaker Wayne I filers and < ontrm t lobby 1st Becks Bogard among the 1 t mem her lobbying team Coffey released the list as C.ov Mike Ixnvry and legislative leaders looked over a draft proposal to lie presented to the four legislative cauc uses oil or before Wednes day Lowry lias said be will 1 all a spet ml session for Thursday to act on a plan if he thinks there is a chant e for passage. Though still under wraps, the plan could involve more than .$120 million in state spending and an equal amount from King County. Mariners management would con tribute $4$ million. The state’s share could tie Imam ed with bonds, a portion of a $700 million bud get surplus or a combination of the two. with an understanding that the delit would be retired using revenue that would be lost if tin* Mariners left Seattle King County s sham likely would come from a I percent tax on bar ami restaurant tabs, a 2 pert tint rental car tax and a 5 j*er i ent tax on admissions to events m the Kingdom*) and the proposed n*>xv baseball park tkvffey coni eded the volunteer lobbying team has a difftt ult row to hoe "it 's a tough sell," he said "If | were a legislator from Eastern Washington, and not a baseball fan and a fairly < onservative guy. I'd have a tough time " Hut he said he believes his crow will swing enough votes to get a Ian lout pack age approved. "We will sav "What s the sense of los ing them [the Mariners) if you can keep them?” Coffey said, referring to the plan to recover any state bailout funds with Mariners-generuted tax revenue The lob bying group will begin contacting mdi vidua! legislators Tuesday, he said. Also Monday. Home Town I ans an organization of stadium liai kers, released a poll that shout'd a narrow majority of citizens support government financing for tlu> stadium if they're first told that th»> Mariners have .1 positive impai t 00 bust ness. The survey of not) registered voters statewide 200 of them in King County found that "the voter population is equally divided as to whether the state should be involved " Hut when told that the Mariners have a positive economic impact in Washing ton 'll pert ent would favor the profei t. with Ifi pen ent opposed and the rest undecided I'he poll, conducted Oct 1 1. has a 4 t> percentage-point margin of error A Seattle l imes survey of 400 voters, published Sunday, found f*:i percent opposed using state money. while st> per cent supported it and I 1 percent were undecided Support was strongest in King County (44 percent) and weakest in l ast em Washington (22 percent), the copyright poll found That survey <lnl not address the issue of ecummui benefit Hath survey s ssere con tlui ifil by Klway h of It* king (anility voter* narrowly defeated n •uili'% hi\ increase to nose money for n new stadium and Kingdonw rapain lost month lost .is the Mariners hog.in the steam roller perform him e that Sunday night pro du*;*»d the first ,Ament ail l eague ills i sionti I -pin yof f series vii tors in (lie team's 10 year history i he \t irinere had Mid it that proposal failed tliev would put the team up for sale to out-of-town interests, hut they extend ed the deadline to (k t it) when state lead ers moved to try for a solution I he Mariners exjiei t to lose $ HI million this year, bringing losses to $fw million situ e ness owners bought the t luh 3 t Z years ago Owners blame the red ink on the urn figuration and lac k of amenities in the mul tipurpose kingdom*' I hey want an outdoor ballpark ss ilh a retractable roof, a grass playing hold, luxury boxes and club seats “32 years of Quality Service” Mercedes • BMW Volkswagen • Audi 342-2912 2025 Franklin Blvd. -GERMAN - AUTO SERVICE, INC. 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