Tuesday
October 19,1999
Volume 101, Issue 36
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
An independent newspaper
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Another good JC crop for UO
A season after bringing in Darius Wright and Alex Scales,
Ernie Kent has another promising group of junior-college
transfers this season for the men's basketball team. PAGE 7
Judaic Studies celebrates
Celebrating it’s first full year in existence, the Judaic Studies
program is offering a variety of events and lectures starting
tonight. PAGE 4
Greatful Bread
manager to be replaced
■ Peter Lohr, manager and
baker at the EMU’s Greatful
Bread, will not be offered a
contract renewal
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Management could soon change at
the EMU’s Greatful Bread, but the cen
tral spot for that much-needed caf
feine break will remain open, no mat
ter what happens.
Peter Lohr, baker and manager for
the Greatful Bread since its opening in
September 1998, is not being offered
another year of employment at the
bakery. But EMU Director Dusty
Miller said the Greatful Bread will re
main open despite Lohr’s contract cur
rently not being renewed.
In March, Miller sent Lohr a letter
explaining that his contract will not be
renewed and will expire on March 12,
2000. Miller’s decision was based on
a performance summary, included
with the letter, citing a variety of prob
lems with the bakery’s operation as a
whole.
The list of problems included items
being produced repeatedly but not
selling, devoting too much time to
bread and specialty items instead of
the better-selling coffee and snack
foods, poor customer service, schedul
ing too many hours for student work
ers and employee theft.
Miller said although the grievances
include problems with baking, em
ployees and sales, they are all ulti
mately Lohr’s responsibility as man
ager.
“These problems are not personal
but are embodied in the management.
A huge factor here is that Greatful
Bread simply spent more than it
made,” he said.
Lohr would not comment on
whether he thought Miller’s perfor
mance summary and decision was fair
or accurate, but he said he will start
looking for other work.
“I am going on the word that my job
will end in March,” Lohr said. He
added he is not completely sure what
Turn to Peter Lohr, Page 5
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Jeffrey Stockton Emerald
Current Greatful Bread manager and head-baker, Peter Lohr, did not have his contract renewed.
Students set
to celebrate
diversity
■ The Weaving New Beginnings
program is sponsored by several
campus organizations intent on
building diversity among students
By Edward Yuen
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students will have a chance to under
stand more about diversity on campus
tonight.
The ASUO and other campus organiza
tions are organizing Weaving New Begin
nings, an annual reception for students,
faculty and staff of color to get to know
each other, ASUO Multicultural Advocate
Hong Tran said.
Weaving New Beginnings was created in
spring 1996 by an ad hoc group with repre
sentatives from the ASUO, the Office of
Multicultural Affairs, the Counseling Cen
ter, the Office of Student Life, University
Housing and the Race Task Force.
The original plan was that the organiza
tions would work together on a reception
that targets students of color. The idea was
then combined with a similar reception or
ganized solely by the Office of Multicultur
al Affairs for nine years. The first Weaving
New Beginnings was held in fall 1996.
“It is a wonderful opportunity for stu
dents to network with staff and faculty who
are interested in creating a more inclusive
campus,” said Linda Liu, Office of Multi
cultural Affairs advising coordinator. “It is
also a chance for students to showcase their
talents.”
Students from different organizations
will perform in tonight’s event. The pro
gram includes singing performances, dance
and poetry reading by students.
“It is celebrating the different communi
ties that we are all living. And take it to the
local level,” Missy Rock, a University
alumnus, said.
The purpose of the event is “to strength
en the communication at the University be
tween students, faculty, staff and adminis
tration,” Tran said. She added that the
event is celebrating diversity on campus as
well as broadening students’ views in the
Turn to Weaving, Page 6
City of Eugene strives to prepare for the millenium problem
With the year 2000
quickly approach
ing, the Emerald
will run a weekly
series exploring
how the communi
ty is preparing for
the effects of the
Y2K-bug.
■ With the Y2K looming, Eugene
has implemented and tested several
safety precautions and urges
citizens to be prepared
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
City of Eugene officials have been making
their New Year’s Eve plans for months.
Through in-house emergency preparedness
training and community-outreach in the
event of Y2K-related chaos, their message is
clear: you should be planning too.
The year 2000 bug, or Y2K, presents a po
tential for many computer-run operations to
experience problems when the calendar
changes at midnight, Dec. 31. When the
new century is upon us, computer programs
and embedded chips that are sensitive to
time and date calculations may read 00 as
1900 instead of 2000.
Responsible for public and intergovern
mental relations for the city, Phil Weiler has
been coordinating Eugene’s preparation ef
forts since the early part of 1999, but he said
work has gone on behind the scenes for
years.
“The city started working on the comput
er issue in 1996,” he said. “But this Septem
ber was the culmination of nine months
worth of operational planning.”
The city held a functional exercise Sept.
30 with 150 employees to test its emergency
capabilities, should power outages or com
munication problems result from either
Y2K or natural disasters. Police, fire and ad
ditional emergency agencies staged a mock
crisis situation with local media outlets to
identify areas needing more attention and
improve response time and abilities.
During the exercise held at the new emer
gency operations center near Sheldon High
School, the city tested its extensive network
of power generators and the coordination of
police and fire responses with much suc
cess.
“Everybody has an opinion on what will
happen Jan. 1,” Weiler said. “Our concern
Turn to Millenium, Page 5
ii As people
gear up for
Y2K, we want
ed to get the
right informa
tion to them.) j
Ruth Obadal
Eugene Fire
Department
Planning Chief