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Pow Wow celebrates tribal culture
■ EVENT: Traditional dances,
songs and storytelling honored
elders and veterans
By Jennifer Carter
Susan AcSY'Se* * <**y
Chair* line the walls, leaving a circle in
the middle of the room (or the dancers
The floor's vibrations echo the dancers'
movements as they move to the beet of the
drum Feathers frame their heads, accent
their multicolored outfits and wave soft
lv in their hands as they dance.
The Pow Wow, a traditional celebration
that began about SOO year* ago, was
brought lo Gerlinger Hall this Saturday
and Sunday for the 28th Annual Native
American Student Union Pow Wow The
event was organized to celebrate and
honor the Native American traditions of
University students, community members
snd visitors from states as near as Wash
ington and as far away as North Dakota.
Through a combination of traditional
dances, songs and atoryteliing, the Pow
Wow honors tribal culture, elder* and vet
erans Graduate* were also honored at the
Pow Wow in an honor dance.
Kristen Parr. ASUO recruitment and
retention coordinator, said the Pow Wow
is important for preserving Native Ameri
can cultures
"It s really important fur us to always
have this." she said "ft’s necessary for our
cultural survival.’*
David Lewis, a NASU co-director, said
the Pow Wow is about community
involvement
“It help* bring the Eugene community
together." he said. "A lot of it is lommu
oily involvement, celebrating tradition* ~
Michelle Joye. NASU’t treasurer, said
the community that tomes together dur
ing the Pow Wow u very diverse.
"We have a lot a* different tribes here."
she said "I couldn't even give you a itotalj
number because there are so many."
Joye fell the turnout at this year’s Pow
Wow was good, despite the fact that the
student group usually holds the annual
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BB shots
result
in arrests
■ mAPOM: Two UO
students were jailed for
firing a BB gun
By Brian Womack
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Two University students wm>
arrested lor shooting at a bulk!
ing with a Ull gun around mid
night on Thursday. which
resulted in no injuries. said a
spokesman for the Eugene
Department of Public Safety
William Shields. a 21-year old
anthropology major. and
Christopher Mattina. a 22 veer
uld biology major. »hot ih* air
powered gun from the *«x mid
floor of a building at tMt» Alder
St toward the building at 1414
Alder Si. raid Brian Terrell.
Eugene public calefy
tpibniiun
Tha two students were armsi
mi for reckless endangerment
and unlawful uw of a weapon
The polit e report said the pair
were perplexed a* to what was
wrong with shooting the
weapon because it was "only a
HH gun "
Hut Terrett said guns should
not be used flippantly
"People need to be conation
thru* about weapons," he said.
Unlawful use of a weapon i* a
Class C felony with « maximum
sentence of five year* in prison
ami f 100.000 In fines, Terrell
said He. kb -.a endangrrmrnl is a
Class A misdemeanor with a
maximum sentence of one year
In prison and S5.0U0 tn fines
They were released from the
Lane County (ail on iheir own
recognisance Friday and should
he arraigned later this week, said
a clerk at the jail
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Former fraternity leader suspected of rape
■ CRIME: Kyle© Brooks was found hiding m
the cemetery soon after the reported assault
By Sherry Rainey
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kytee lualin Brook*, former president of Sigma Alpha
Kotilon. U being held a! the Lane County Jail on charge*
of rape, sodomy. sexual abuse and kidnap
The i l year old sociology undergraduate. who la alto
known a* Tyron. w«* arrested Sunday morning after a
police dog found him in the Pioneer Cemetery
According to police report*, a IS-veer-old University
•ludeni wa* attacked and sexually aaaaulted at i 42 a m
a* the wa* walking on a sidewalk near the cemetery on
the comer of 18th Avenue and Potter Street
The ft-foot. 163-pound tuspect. whom the victim aaid
•he wu not acquainted with, approached her from
behind and dragged her into the cemetery where be sex
ually assaulted her. police report* *aid.
Police reports also aaid witnesses observed the tuspect
BROOKS
run into the i emntery
Multipin pulim unit* responded
and surrounded the turn.
A police K 9 unit wu called In
search for the suspect A Orman
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por t through the graveyard and Itxal *
®d him hiding in bushes near *
gravestone
The suspect, was taken into cus
tody and lodged m the |j»ne County
jail where' he will rwu.mi until
arraignment on Monday at 1:30 p m
uuiy iw* own un hi jnu.imo (inly IU pertenl nnmlt
to b*> paid (of Brook* to bn rttleawd
Brian T«rr«t, Kugnne public aafcrty spokntman. and
Sgl Rick Gilliam. hn<*d of Irmntlgahon*. vmr* unavail
able for s moment Sunday.
AUo. a mombef of Sigma Alpha Epuilon declined
comment Sunday.