Candidate advocates student political involvement
■ CAMPAIGN Lane
ComrrHSsiooer hopeful
says he understands the
distrct s, students needs
By MeiiftM tefcahn
Cawmwae **mxx**
A candidate for Un« County
Commissioner said he warn* to
give student* the chance to work
with the community and to get
involved in the political
process.
Eugene Water and Btectffc
Hoard (jornmuitotw Jeff Own*
ka is one of six candidates run
ning for tan* County
Commissioner in th* district
now headed by Commissioner
Jerry Rust, which includes
South Kugene and the Universi
ty*
Commissioner Rust has Mid
he will not run for office again
until he completes his current
term
As the county commissioner.
Rust deals with issues such as
the remaining old- growth trees,
juvenile crime, public health,
the environment and recycling
programs within the county
Otan.ka Mid iMw it elected
Lane County Commissioner. he
would continue to get out. talk
to and listen to alt of the local
group*
"I will be the most visible
county i nmmimnw w***e ever
had." he maid
Being Involved and ahowing
vou cue are important responsi
wlities to Otania
"If «« h of ih do** something,
w* can make a difference." he
taid
( Hank* Mid that too often slu
dent* aamume they must have
politically relevant major* to get
involved in the political process
That isn't true, he Mid Oun
ka hired an intern who we* a
biology major to work with
KWEB commissioners to put a
project toMther That *ludent
researched biological issue* for
EWE#, *uch a* the chemical and
biological mean* of (pitting water
out of the Mt.Kentie River and
tearing water inn sumption
( Hanks Mid he looks for ways
to get anyone with any degree to
help put a project together with
KWKB He also Mid be ta looking
for interns to help with his cam
P*htn
Ht uid he wini* to ctmtinw
to work with the tfudent* not
only to give I twin importance, but
•Ho because ovoryotto t* quali
fied and can « oopotato to put
•Ofnethltlg together
(tanka t* «t«o » member of the
Uta Council of «
board of representative* from
oo» h brooch of government in
fan* County
Ho u also th* pnwidoni of PWr>
nant Neighbor* and co-chairman
of tha Neighborhood loader*'
Couotll If* *atd ho ha* worked
with each of th* neighborhoods
m Eugene and ha* learned about
thotr problem*. to ho know* what
th* concern* or* and can thor
mighty represent all of Eugene
“I have the credential*. tha
knowledge and the lias* to make
a different*." ho aatd
In hi* *paro time. Otanka
t«mcho* speech and Internet
< our*** at lane Community Col
lego and run* an tntan uitural
communication* consulting firm
He earned hi* bachelor of art*
degree in geography from the
University of Chicago He moved
to Fugwne 13 year* ago to attend
the Untvwruty OutlM received
a matter * decree in planning,
public: policy and management
and then nates ved a doctorate in
tpeec h. with an amphati* in
rhetoric and comntuntcalsuo
Am a rec ent gradual* from the
Univerttly. he Mtd he know*
what the Univenity need*
(Hanka aaid he love* the Uni
verutv and that l* one of the ma
«n* he *tirk* around
*1 want to nerve my cwnnmm
ty, continue to *»rve on EWKB
and keep working cm* water and
energy comervation tMuea," he
*atd
Oty Count 11 woman flarhara
Keller, NAAIT I’rwwdent Henry
l.uverl. huge tie polite officer
Marvin Re'Voaf. Friend* of
Fugene I’nwukwtt Own F'odur and
downtown bu«ine**man Ihrter
Martel have announced their Can
dida* »**
Hie primary elec tion will he
May 21 There will b« a run off
in November between the pri
mary'* top two vote-getter*,
unte** one of the candidate* in
the primary ran earn SO percent
of the vote*
Snoop Doggy Dogg acquitted
LOS ANGELES {API — Gan*
ster rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg
and his funner bodyguard were
acquitted of murder Tuesday in
the shooting death of a gang
member.
Dogg. whose real name l*
Calvin Hroadus. and McKinley
lew. 25. also were acquitted of
conspiracy to commit assault in
the Aug 25. 1M3 shooting
death of Philip Woldemariam.
an Ethiopian immigrant
The 24-year-old nipper stared
straight ahead as the court clerk
read the verdicts.
The panel deadlocked on a
lesser charge of voluntary
manslaughter against both men
and an accessor y a f ter -1 he fact
charge against Hroadus The fury
r
foramen Mid the jurors, raven
men end five women, failed to
reach agreement on the volun
tary manslaughter charges after
IS ballots
Superior Court judge fotm
Flynn ordered the panel to
resume deliberation* on those
counts About an hour later,
jurors went home for the
evening and were to resume
deliberations on Wednesday
Prosecutors claimed the two
tracked Woldemartam down
and shot him in Mild blood at a
city park after Woidemanam
flashed a gang sign and shouted
an obscenity in an earlier con
frontation outside Broadus*
apartment
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