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University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Volume 98, Issue 101 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1997 INDEX Opinion 2 News 4 Rhythm & Reviews 5 Sports 9 Classifieds 10 Comics 11 TODAY Architect Jack Travis will deliver a lecture at 5 p.m. in Room 177 of Lawrence Hall. INSIDE The Oregon men’s basketball team beat No. 13 Arizona for the first time in 13 games The Oregon women’s basketball team moves into third place with an 85-81 win at Arizona WEATHER Scattered showers. High 50. Low 35. Suspect charged in shooting ■ DRUGS: Police believe the 18-year-old suspect implicated in a shooting and robbery last Saturday night was involved in a drug deal By Jennifer Schmitt Community Editor A man who turned himself in to the Dou glas County Sheriff Thursday is being charged with the shooting that occurred last Saturday night at 13th Avenue and Mill Street. According to a release from the Eugene police department, the 18-year-old man, Michael Brendan Shields, told sheriffs deputies he was in volved in a robbery and shooting. Shields was taken to the Lane County Jail and charged with First De gree Robbery and At tempted Murder. SHIELDS Police believe last Saturday night’s rob bery was related to a drug deal. The victim, a University student, was shot while trying to stop a suspect who was being chased by another person. According to the press re lease, when the student stepped into the path of the suspect, the suspect fired at him and ran away. The victim was not involved in the drug transaction. Shortly after the incident, Officer Steve Williams, who was one of the officers that responded, estimated the victim was shot from about 20-25 feet away by a handgun that shot .4 shotgun shells. He said the wound had pellet holes, which indicates it was a shotgun shell rather than a bullet. Earlier in the week, Sacred Heart Nurs ing supervisor Carol Hartley said the stu dent suffered from a flesh wound and but suffered no internal injuries. The victim has been released from the hospital. SARAH KEECH/Emerald Students from Oregon’s colleges and universities rally during Lobby Day outside the capitol building in Salem. Students visit capitol for Lobby Day rally SARAH KEECH/EmeraW ASUO President Matt Scotten and Western Oregon State College Student Body President Denyse Moore speak at the capitoi. By Sarah Keech Higher Education Reporter SALEM — About 200 college students from around the state swarmed the state capitol on Thursday to participate in the fourth Lobby Day. Students heard Gov. Kitzhaber speak at a noontime rally and then spent the afternoon lobbying state leg islators on issues affecting their daily lives. Students from University of Oregon, Ore gon State University, Portland State Uni versity, Eastern Oregon State College, West ern Oregon State College, Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon Institute of Technology, Southern Oregon State Col lege and 16 Oregon community colleges spent the day with the Oregon Student As sociation (OSA) learning about the issues that will affect college students during this legislative session. Meeting at 9:30 a.m., the students were trained about the issues on the OSA agenda Turn to SALEM, Page 3 ■ SALEM: Amid student cheers, Rep. Deckert said the Oregon legislature needs to ‘show me the money’for higher education New associate dean position added to help with multicultural issues ■ UNIVERSITY: The administration’s decision to add the position is the result of a recommendation made by the Race Task Force By Amy Palanuk Higher Education Reporter By next fall, students of color will have someone new to turn to for support and as sistance. A new associate dean of student life has been created by the University to assist stu dents of color and to promote a greater awareness of multicultral interests. The dean will help create a welcoming, safe environment for students of color, said Wes Morrill, dean of student life. The position is the result of recommen dations made by the Race Task Force com mittee to the University administration. The task force was formed after two racial instances last April and May left many students of color on campus discour aged on where to turn for support and ser vice in the administration, said Morrill. The committee of six students and six University staff members came to the con clusion that a full-time position was need ed to help aid in multicultural affairs on campus. After months of extensive meet ings, the committee's results were present ed to the University administration. “The administration accepted the recom mendation wholeheartedly,” Morrill said. The new full-time position is expected to be filled by as early as July 1,1997. Duties for the new associate dean will in clude facilitating communication on cam pus concerning race, assisting in diversity recruitment and retention on campus and serving as an information source for issues related to race and diversity in the Univer sity community. The position will also re spond to reports of racially motivated in timidation and incidents on campus. In addition, the new dean will co-chair the President’s Council on Race and work with student groups to develop and pro mote educational and social programs on campus. Other recommendations made by the task force include increasing the space for the Multicultural Center in the EMU and adding a permanent University staff mem ber in the Multicultural Center office. "The University administration ap proved the increasing of space for the cen ter, but the addition of a permanent posi tion for the center was placed on hold,” Morrill said. After meeting with the task force, Dan Williams, vice president for administra tion, responded to the recommendations made by the committee. “I am extremely pleased with the process and outcome of this committee,” Williams said. “This was a thoughtful and produc tive process which provided a valuable op portunity to develop solutions to problems and concerns raised by our students of col or.”
