Tuesday, November 24,1998
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Admissions changes
University administrators are trying to
make admission policies faster and
easier for new students/PAGE 4
Oregon men win
AD. Smith scored23points and
pulled down 17 rebounds in the
Ducks’105-77win /PAGE 5
An independent newspaper
Volume 100, Issue 6l
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Students help the hungry
Many Lane County residents
will not go hungry this
Thanksgiving because of
student volunteer efforts
By David Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
Nearly one-fifth of Lane County resi
dents are at or below the poverty line,
many are in need of food and some are
homeless. A coalition of student groups
is working with community agencies to
make sure the week of Thanksgiving
will be a stomach-stuffed one for these
hungry people.
The UO Survival Center, a student ac
tivist group working for environmental
and social justice, coordinated with the
Committee to Reestablish OSPIRG, the
UO Interfraternity Council and the
j ASUO Women’s Center to help the hun
gry this Thanksgiving holiday.
On Saturday, volunteers from the
coalition urged shoppers to buy food for
the hungry at five supermarkets in the
Eugene-Springfield area, including
Mike’s IGA on Franklin Boulevard and
the Willamette Street Price Chopper.
OSPIRG volunteer Merriah Fairchild
said it was the group’s first event of the
year to help the hungry.
The supermarket campaign, called
“Grocery Wish List’’ was the first of a
two-step plan to feed the needy this
Thanksgiving. The second step will be
volunteering at a Thanksgiving day din
ner for the homeless. Volunteers gave
shoppers a list of foods they could buy
for the hungry, including peanut butter
and canned vegetables. Shoppers could
then donate their food in barrels lent to
the coalition by Food For Lane County.
In addition to canned vegetables,
some shoppers bought Thanksgiving
staple foods.
One person bought yams, said Kyla
Schuller, a volunteer from the ASUO
Women’s Center.
Some shoppers donated food because
they support Food For Lane County.
“I just happen to know how good
Food For Lane County is,” said Tom
West, a 45-year-old resident of the
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George Rowe/Emeraid
Jon Wagner collects food donations from customers in front of Willamette Street Price Chopperon behalf ol the
Coalition to Re-Establish OSPIRG. All proceeds from the event went to Food for Lane County.
Students want
representation
on commission
Students feel that representation
will help ease tensions between the
community, the University and
the police department
By David Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
University students urged the City Coun
cil to include a student from the ASUO on
a proposed police commission during a
public forum at City Hall Monday night.
The proposed police commission would
be different from a failed city measure to
create a citizen review board in that it
would deal with a broad number of issues
and report to the city council, not just on
issues of police misconduct. The commis
sion would contain 12 members, which in
cludes two city councilors, a representative
from the city’s human right's commission,
eight residents and a member recommend
ed by the police chief. The City Council
will not act on the proposed police com
mission until December 7.
At the forum, the City Council listened
to residents who had something to say. A
group of 14 students showed up to support
the police commission and request the city
add a student representative.
Melissa Watson, a senior at the Universi
ty, said students were portrayed in the me
dia and conversations as drunken rioters
with no respect for police authority.
“We are here tonight to be proactive, to
be involved in the process, to inform you to
the student sentiment and ultimately to be
part of the solution to the growing animosi
ty between police and students,” she said.
Watson said the establishment of a po
lice commission and the addition of a stu
dent representative would foster a better re
lationship between the students and
police.
“Although the current ordinance encour
ages the recruitment of youth, we feel that
in light of all the current problems in the
community a student representative is im
perative,” she said. “ A student member
would be seen not only as a voice, but also
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International student panel to teach about world peace affairs
“Culture of
Peace”
speakers hope
to encourage
students to
become more
knowledgeable
about global
issues
By Erin Snelgrove
Oregon Daily Emerald
Five international students
will speak at a panel discussion
today about how their lives have
been affected by the level of vio
lence in their native countries.
The discussion, “Culture of
Peace," will happen at 4 p.m. in
the EMU Gumwood room. The
International Peer Assistants, a
division of the Office of Interna
tional Education and Exchange,
is sponsoring the program.
The “Culture of Peace” work
shop was created to educate the
public about world affairs and in
ternational issues. This program is
a continuation of last year’s discus
sion titled “A World in Crisis. ”
“This panel’s purpose is to ed
ucate the U.S. about trauma oc
curring halfway around the
world,” said Mima Muratovic, a
student panelist from Bosnia.
“Americans often take for grant
ed normal, everyday rights such
as peace and freedom, but in
other parts of the world, people
often die while fighting to re
ceive these same privileges. ’’
Yating Chang, an internation
al peer assistant and co-organiz
er of this event, is hoping the
“Culture of Peace” discussion
will encourage people to be
come more knowledgeable
about global issues.
“The goal of 'Culture of Peace’
is to increase people’s aware
ness of what is going on in the
world,” Chang said. “Being
aware of world issues and prob
lems is also a form of helping. ”
The panelists for this discus
sion include: Ivan Arredondo
Castro, a junior from Mexico;
Asha Mary John, a junior from In
dia; Muratovic, a sophomore from
Bosnia; Kimeli Ole-Naiyomah, a
sophomore from Kenya and
Mitch Wilkinson, a doctorate stu
dent from the Native American
Osage Nation. These panelists are
five out of the approximately
1,420 international students at
tending the University.
Each of these students will
present peace-related topics
concerning their native coun
tries. They will focus on issues
such as political instability, the
nuclear arms race and war.
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Peace Panel
WHAT: “Culture of
Peace," world peace
affairs panel discus
sion.
WHEN:Today4p.m.
WHERE: EMU Gum
wood room.
WHO: Panelists
from Mexico, India,
Bosnia, Kenya and
the Osage Nation.