Monday, November 23,1998
Weather forecast
Today Tuesday
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Experts differ on herbs
As herbal remedies gain popularity,
medical professionals debate their
usefulness3
Oregon State upends Ducks
The Beavers hung on to come away
with their fifth win of the season
after a tough matchup /PAGE 11
An independent newspaper
Volume 100, Issue 60
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Hurricane Mitch
Relief
efforts
DONATION
SITES
■ On campus:
EMU Main
Lobby.
Donations
accepted at ail
times.
Hi At Centro
Latino
Americano:
Between Adam
and Blair streets
on 5th Avenue
Monday
Wednesday:
8:30a.m.-6:30
p.m. Food,
medical sup
plies and other
equipment can
be donated until
November 25.
CASH
DONATIONS
Donations can
be deposited in
the Hurricane
Mitch relief fund
at the main
branch of
Centennial
Bank.
FUND-RAISERS
Cafe Navarro
will host a
benefit dinner
Dec. 6 from 5 to
9 p.m.
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Volunteers load boxes of donations to be sent to victims of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras.
In the aftermath of
Hurricane Mitch, the
Eugene community has
pulled togther to aid the
ravaged country
By Nicole Garton
Oregon Daily Emerald
The donation drive is winding to a
close, but the work is far from over.
In the wake of destruction left by
Hurricane Mitch, the worst documented
natural disaster in 200 years, the work may
not end for years.
The hurricane, which left more than
6,000 dead and 11,000 missing in Honduras
alone, has also demolished most of the
country’s roads, crops and infrastructure.
But Carmen Bauer and the members of
the Comit6, a Eugene group dedicated to
providing aid to Central American coun
tries ravaged by the hurricane, are up to the
challenge. For 19 days, they have worked
long hours to collect food, clothing, med
ical supplies and survival gear for victims
in Honduras, and they’re ready to go on
helping for the rest of the year if need be
— albeit in a different way.
The fruits of their labor so far have
amounted to 90,000 pounds of food and sup
plies and $35,000 in cash donations. The
first shipment of54,000 pounds was already
sent to the Consulate of Honduras in Los An
geles, the rest will go Dec. 4, and the Comite
is still deciding how to spend the money.
“There has been an overwhelming re
sponse from the community in Eugene
and Lane County,” says Bauer, executive
director of the social service agency Centro
Latino Americano. “In only 15 days, I can’t
believe how much that is.”
Donations are still rolling in, but the
Comith will have to stop accepting them
when the Centro Latino Americano office
Turn to HONDURAS, Page 7
The toll
Honduras has faced
the following losses:
6,546 dead
11,762 disappeared
1,932482 homeless
70 percent of
infrastructure gone
70 percent of crops
gone
90 percent of roads
damaged
75 bridges damaged
33 bridges destroyed
SOURCE: Cstmwn Bauer
Justice system fails
to receive funding
The voters defeated two
measures aimed at funding
facility improvements
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
Now that all the results are in, both
Lane County measures 20-05 and 20-06,
aimed at improving the justice system in
the county, have failed, and the group
that put the measures on the ballot has
to go back to the drawing board,
"It is unfortunate we didn't get the re
sources to get to a level playing field,”
said Myra Wall of the Lane Council of
Governments.
The Public Safety Coordinating Coun
cil, which is made up of members of the
community and local government, came
together with the intent of changing all
aspects of the Lane County justice sys
tem for the better.
The measures included funds to mod
ify the system, including the juvenile
justice facility being built on Centennial
Boulevard. These funds would have
come in the form of a levy providing
funds for operation of the facility and a
bond bringing in the necessary funds for
physical improvements.
Now that both the measures have
failed, the facility will not be able to run
at its expected capacity.
“We just won’t be able to pay for oper
ating the entire facility,” Wall said.
Chuck Ryer, assistant director of Lane
Turn to PUBLIC SAFETY, Page 8
Filial tally
Lane County Ballot
Measures:
20-05: lfpassed.it
would have
provided operating
levy money to
justice system in
the county.
Yes—52.412
(49.2%)
No—54,092
(50.7%)
20-06: If passed, it
would have provid
ed bond funds for a
jail intake
assessment center.
Yes —52,613
(49.9%)
No —52,620
(50.1%)
Building names reflect
campus history, donors
Several buildings are
named after past
University Presidents
By Sarah Skidmore
Oregon Daily Emerald
The key to having a Univer
sity building named after you
is a well-timed death, former
University archivist Keith
Richard said.
While some buildings are
named after individuals who
have made important contri
butions to the University such
as Susan Campbell or Irene
Gerlinger, other buildings
such as the Knight Library are
the result of generous funding
from an individual or family.
The criteria for naming a
building on campus have
changed since the beginning of
the University. Early presi
dents’ contributions were for
tunate to be recognized at a
time of growth of the Universi
ty. However, because of cur
rent restrictions there are no
buildings named after presi
dents past 1969.
According to the Oregon
University System administra
tive rules, a building or struc
ture should not be named after
a living person. The only ex
ceptions to this rule are if the
donor contributes a significant
amount of money toward the
building or if “unusually meri
torious reasons exist.” Presi
dents are authorized to name
buildings or structures.
“I think our current policy
works well," said John Mose
ley, University provost and
vice-president of academic af
fairs.
Currently, five of the 67
buildings on campus are
named after former University
presidents.
Johnson Hall is dedicated to
the University’s first president,
John Wesley Johnson, who
served from 1876 to 1893.
“He’s like George Washing
ton, but George Washington is
more important,” Richard
said.
When the administration
Turn to BUILDINGS, Page 6