Thursday
October 21,1999
Volume 101, Issue 38
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
An independent newspaper
www.dailyemerald.com
Shoplifting increases
Increases in shoplifting incidents at campus bookstores
result in students footing the bill, as they haveto pay higher
prices for their books. PAGE 3A
UO may catch unlikely return
CornerbackRashad Bauman, thought to be out for the
season after tearing his A CL last spring, has made a hasty
recovery and may still play this season. PAGE 7A
University Construction
Recently completed
1 EMU and Amphitheater opened
1998-1999 academic year ($4.5
million)
2 William W. Knight law Center
openedthis year ($26 milllion)
3 Student Recreation Center
opened this year ($17 million)
4 Ed Moshofsky Center opened
1998 ($13.8 million)
In progress
5 Elevator at EMU ($700,000)
Biennis Center ($2 million)
7 Allen Hall entrance ($1 million)
In planning
8 Grayson Hall remodel ($4.25
million)
9 Gilbert Hall addition and remod
el, budget not available
Key
open space frame work
| roads
* Millrace
Katie Nesse Emerald
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
The clanging, scraping sounds
of a backhoe digging away at the
earth surrounding Allen Hall can
be heard on the peaceful, green
lawn that sits between Friendly
and Fenton halls. Dump trucks
belching diesel smoke rumble
down University Street past a
classic, sunny afternoon gather
ing at the EMU Amphitheater.
There’s no mistaking it. The
campus is in the midst of the
CONSTRUCTION
Blues
Students and faculty are
feeling the effects of
campus expansion
biggest building boom since the
construction of the science com
plex a decade ago.
“We’re on a new kind of
growth spurt — clearly a new
wave,” said Robert Melnick ,
dean of the School of Architec
ture and Allied Arts.
The EMU, the William W.
Knight Law Center, the Ed
Moshofsky Sports Center and the
Student Recreation Center were
all either built, added to or remod
eled within the last two years.
More projects such as a reno
vation of Grayson Hall, an addi
tion to Gilbert Hall, a new en
Tum to Construction, Page 4A
City police, UO
prepare for riots
■ Police will be employing
non-lethal tactics to curb
riotous behavior and
arresting more people
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the days before Hal
loween dwindling, the Eugene
Police Department, the Universi
ty and various student and com
munity organizations have near
ly finalized plans for preventing a
repeat of the past two years’ riots.
‘At a Wednesday meeting in
the EMU Walnut Room, about
40 people, including police offi
cers, University administrators
and ASUO representatives an
nounced plans to provide alco
hol-free events, increase under
standing and communication
between police and students,
prevent situations that could
lead to riots and, should riots oc
cur, use new crowd disperse
ment techniques.
Also, the greek system vowed
to not host social functions dur
ing the Halloween weekend.
“I’m hoping that the [Hal
loween] weekend will be safe,
fun, positive and that people
have a really full and busy week
end,” said Anne Leavitt, associ
ate vice president for Student
Affairs and dean of students.
The University will sponsor a
handful of weekend evening ac
tivities aimed at enticing stu
dents from parties serving alco
hol. Events include a
Homecoming dance on Oct. 29,
a stand-up comedy routine by
David Spade on Oct. 30, a “Mid
night Breakfast” on Oct. 31 and a
Turn to Halloween, Page 3A
Residents of Eugene and surrounding areas who are opposed to the city’s Transplan
traffic decongestion program walk to the Eugene Fairgrounds for a protest.
TransPlan opposed
■ Opposition to the pian
rests on concerns about
how money will be given to
different modes of travel
By Brian Goodell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Citizens of Eugene and
Springfield staged a protest rally
at 5:30 p.m. yesterday at the
Lane County Courthouse to
voice opposition to a 15-year,
$1.6 billion transportation solu
tion known as TransPlan.
Protesters were on hand at the
Courthouse as a group known as
Friends of Eugene unveiled a 10
point revision to TransPlan called
the Congestion and Pollution Re
duction (CPR) Alternative.
After the rally, approximately
250 walkers, bicyclers and
roller-bladers marched to Perfor
mance Hall at the Lane County
Fairgrounds to participate in a
public hearing on TransPlan.
“Our version represents some
of the best ideas put forth by
members of the community,”
Friends of Eugene Spokesperson
Greg McLauchlan said. “Friends
of Eugene released this alterna
tive to tell our elected officials we
have a better TransPlan. ”
According to McLaughlin, the
CPR Alternative allocates more
money to bike, pedestrian and
transit traffic and less money to
automobile traffic.
As it stands now, TransPlan
will allocate $966 million to
roadway maintenance and con
struction, $579 million to Lane
Transit District (LTD) and $16
Turn to Transplan, Page 3A