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Wednesday Ma\ 12, 1999 Weather forecast Today Thursday Showers/sun Showers/sun High 57, Low 42 High 57, Low 37 Jailed for.good Presidents of several greek houses are in Jail’ at the EMUAmpitheater today until each has raised $1000for muscular dystrophy/? AGE 4 Down to the wire Hurdler Tish Henes seeks a fourth-straight berth in theNCAAs/PPA& 11 An independent newspaper Volume 100, Issue 151 University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com Students rally in protest of Balkan bombing fpamMBBHi"""""""""---«™“‘"........ Demonstrators requested that the University he declared a “violence-free zone” By Sarah Skidmore Oregon Daily Emerald Students sat down to stand up for peace at a rally in front of Johnson Hall Tuesday. Students from the Solar Information Center and the Human Rights Alliance along with other University students sat in front of the administration building to protest NATO’s bombing in the Balkans. There were approximately 10 stu dents seated on the steps at all times during the wet afternoon. The street in front of the group was covered with sig natures in chalk of students showing their support of the anti-vielence protest. We’re here to present some demands and get some interest raised in creating peace in the Balkans,” said senior archi tecture major Jason Wilkinson. Wilkinson stated three demands for the administration: declaration of the University as a violence-free zone, cre ation of a study group to look into peaceful resolution options for the Kosovo crisis and urging President Clin ton to stop the bombing. As of Tuesday, the administration had not received any formally registered requests. By creating peace on campus and fos tering an anti-violence environment, Wilkinson said he hopes to spread Turn to RALLY, Page 10 Students may help restore house The 111-year old historic mansion near Skinner Butte is a national historic landmark By G. Jaros Oregon Daily Emerald Despite the yellow ooze dripping through the ceiling and the creaks and groans coming from within the structure, the house is not haunted. One of Eugene’s oldest architectural trea sures, the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson house, built in 1888, is in need of repairs — not an exorcism. An active honey bee colony oozes yellow honey from the house’s rafters and the groans are just the building’s way of protesting its increasing dry rot. University graduate students in the ar chitecture and allied arts historic preserva tion program may get a chance to help re store the house, which is at the base of Skinner Butte’s south side. And one stu dent may live in the house as an on-site caretaker, but first the city needs to make some improvements. Dry rot, lead paint and asbestos, com bined with intricate Victorian woodwork, are all factors that will drive up the cost of repairs. The house needs work done before any labor partnership begins with the Universi ty. Occupation Safety Health Administra tion regulations prohibit students from working around lead paint and asbestos. City officials looked to the University for funding assistance, but were told the mon ey isn’t available, City Manager Jim John son said. “We talked about a partnership with the U of O, but they want the house fixed up and then graduate teaching fellows will work, so labor is available but not fund ing,” Johnson said. The City Council has committed $228,000 from the city’s capital funds to get repairs started on the most vulnerable parts of the house, but city officials say a perma nent funding solution will need to be de cided by voters in the fall. The money pro vided by the city will be used for the most pressing problems, namely dry rot in the structure on the south side of the house and sealing the exterior against the ele ments. Capital funds are a bricks-and-mortar type fund set aside for a rainy day, city spokesman Philip Weiler said. The total cost of repairs is estimated somewhere be tween $700,000 and $1 million. “All of this is still in the formative stage,” said Donald Peting, historic preservation program director. “Before anything could afficially happen, it would need to pass through the administration’s chain of com Turn to HOUSE, Page 5 '..wrjur uu_- I\t'r UUUL' r.nliTCiki House Director Sherry Names shows off the 18S8 Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House, which the architecture school has been ottered by me city to help renovate.