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October 26,1999
Volume 101, Issue 41
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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
An independent newspaper
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Eugene woman vanishes
With no clues for the Eugene Police to go on, the family of
Linda Bovee turn to the community for help in locating the
Just Imagine bookstore owner. PAGE 3A
Heroes abound in wild win
Backup quarterback Joey Harrington was among a handful
of Duck heroes in Oregon’s dramatic 44-41 victory
at Arizona on Saturday night. PAGE 5A
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
Junior Brady Umeda and Sopohmore Emily Ross practice their routine. Brady is majoring in fine arts and is
the only male member of the colorguard.
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■ The 18 person Colorguard adds
style and flair to the Marching Band
at home and at away games
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon Marching Band brings
spirit to Autzen Stadium with trumpets,
flutes, drums and flags — that’s right,
flags. The colorguard is the section of the
Oregon Marching Band that adds color
and movement to the sound of the music.
Brady Umeda, a junior majoring in fine
arts, is the only male member of the 18
person ensemble, which is also a one
credit class offered through the School of
Music. The colorguard performs before
football games and during half-times at
Autzen Stadium, at one road game per
season and at the Civil War game.
Umeda does not mind being the only
male member of the team and said he
feels that his gender does not interfere
with the companionship and team spirit
of the close-knit group.
Katherine Nauman, a senior majoring
in business and captain of the colorguard
ensemble, said Umeda fits in well and is
a great asset to the team.
“I think he is definitely one of our best
members,” she said.
Nauman said she expects more men to
join the group as early as next year be
cause numerous male students have
shown interest.
Both members said working and per
forming as a team is a rewarding experi
ence and makes the time invested into
practice well spent.
“It’s a lot of fun to put something to
gether as an ensemble and make it look
good,” Umeda said.
In an average week, he said practice
takes up about nine hours of his time. On
game days the ensemble meets four hours
prior to kick-off for another rehearsal.
For Umeda, the team spirit is more im
portant than the credit.
“Even if we weren’t offered a credit, I
would still do it,” he said.
Umeda played the clarinet in high
school until he reached his senior year.
The Salem native said he enjoyed playing
the instrument but eventually wanted a
change.
“I switched over from playing the clar
inet in the marching band, and I wanted
to try something different,” Umeda said.
“Joining the colorguard was as different
as it could get.”
After high school, Umeda attended a
Turn to Colorguard, Page 3A
Anarchist group to sponsor meetings
■ The People’s Forum will meet
today and again in January, giving
residents a chance to discuss
local and world issues
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene residents with something to say
on the issues of globalization, multi-na
tional corporations and the World Bank
can make their voices heard at a People’s
Forum scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at
Lane County Courthouse’s Harris Hall.
The forum is the second in a series of
programs, organized by the People’s Fo
rum Committee, which stemmed from the
peaceful July 16 anarchist gathering in
Monroe Park.
Participants were looking to set-up a
series of formal meetings at which
speakers and the public could come to
gether to work on many of the issues
raised from protests that punctuated the
summer.
The first People’s Forum on Aug. 24 pro
duced a standing-room-only crowd as it ad
dressed the issues of racism, the account
ability of police and the media and a
myriad other peace and social justice top
ics.
The People’s Forum II will feature 12
speakers on a range of topics with special
attention focused on the World Trade Or
ganization and the World Bank. An “open
mic” session will follow, allowing commu
nity members to offer their own responses
and concerns.
Among the guest lecturers is University
student Agatha Schmaedick, who will re
port on her recent tour of an Nike produc
tion plant in Indonesia.
Another speaker, Laurie McClain, owner
of Socially Responsive Investing, said cor
porate activism is alive and well in invest
ing circles and that her talk will serve to
spread the word on these activities.
“Shareholder activists don’t work
alone,” McClain said. “But in conjunction
with labor activists and protesters, we can
all make a difference and hold corporations
accountable.”
The best example of such activism at
play, she said, can be found in sharehold
ers that recently “kicked Nike in the fanny”
over their overseas labor practices, which
garnered considerable media attention and
reporting from the company.
At the other end of the business spec
trum, Saturday Market manager Bill
Goldsmith will discuss micro-enterprises
such as the more than 300 vendors that
dot the market he runs each week in Eu
gene.
“They’re an important piece of our eco
nomic landscape,” he said. “And it’s a
unique situation where the producer actu
ally meets the purchaser.”
Tim Lewis, of the group CopWatch,
said connections can be made between
People’s Forum II
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Today
WHERE: Harris Hall. 125 E.8thAve.
WHY: Community discussion of globaliza
tion, corporate dominance and the World
Trade Organization
For more information, call 343-5128
the issues brought to light at the forum
and local incidents, specifically the antic
ipated riot activity on campus next week
end.
He said the conflicts between students
and police are what “people do when
they’re forced into a corner.”
“The WTO is about world dominance,
but you can bring it down to a micro level
because they’re both about controlling free
doms,” Lewis said. “People are going to re
sist and react to control placed on them
and they should.”
The event will also showcase a puppet
show by Cascadia Rising Anarchist Puppet
Theatre (CRAPT), musical social commen
tary by Rhaamikin with free dessert and
coffee provided by a number of local eater
ies.
People’s Forum III is already scheduled
for Jan. 25, with a slated discussion topic
titled, Cops, Courts, Jails and the Prison In
dustrial Complex.
For further information on these events,
call 343-5128.
President Frohnmayer’s
condition worsens
University Presi
dent Dave Frohn
mayer’s condition
worsened Monday
as he was downgrad
ed from serious to
critical at the Subur
ban Health Care Sys
tem in Bethesda,
Md., after suffering a
sudden heart ar
rhythmia on Friday.
“The doctors are
cautious and returned him to critical condi
tion due to an infection that has developed,”
family spokeswoman Marla Rae said.
Tests scheduled for Monday to deter
mine the cause of his sudden collapse on
Friday will be postponed until his condi
tion improves, she said.
Initial reports from the University Of
fice of Communications indicated that
Frohnmayer had suffered cardiac arrest.
Doctors have since diagnosed the attack
as a sudden heart arrhythmia, an inter
ruption of the heart’s normal rhythm, ac
cording to a release from the family.
Frohnmayer had no previous history of
arrhythmias or any other heart problems,
Rae said. He has remained in the Inten
sive Care Unit at Suburban Health Care
System since his arrival on Friday.
The president collapsed while attend
ing a National Institutes of Health confer
ence in Bethesda on Friday.
Check for updates on Frohnmayer’s
condition at www.dailyemerald.com