Ducks to stop
playing nice
Women's basketball team
head coach Jody Runge wants
her squad to start playing with
a mean streak as it heads into
Pac- lOplay. PAGE 7 A
Suspected Seattle shipyard
shooter was once employee
SEATTLE (AP)—The man arrested on
suspicion of killing two people in a
shipyard shooting in November that
set Seattle on edge was an employee
who had been fired for faking a dis
abling injury, a newspaper reported
Wednesday.
Kevin William Cruz, 30, was arrested
late Tuesday after a passerby found a
weathered backpack containing a gun,
ammunition and camouflage clothing
in a blackberry thicket a few hundred
yards from the shipyard.
Cruz was being held for investigation
of homicide and attempted murder in
the slayings of Peter Giles, 27, the ship
yard bookkeeper, and marine engi
neer Russell James Brisendine, 43.
NBC announces diversity
agreement with NAACP
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC struck a deal
with the NAACP on Wednesday to sys
tematically find more minorities to
write, produce and direct its television
shows, removing the threat of a boy
cott against the network.
ABC said it had reached a similar
agreement, though the NAACP did not
Immediately confirm that. Kweisi
Mfume, president of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, predicted accords would
be reached soon with ABC, CBS and
Fox.
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University professor passes
away over break
Retired University professor William T.
“Bill” Holser, a prominent geochemist
who published more than 100 scientif
ic papers, died Christmas Day at his Eu
gene home of complications from
Parkinson’s disease. He was 79.
Holser taught geology at the Universi
ty, with his most well-known work in
volving the study of the earth’s prehis
toric atmospheric changes.
A public memorial service will be held
Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. in the Browsing Room
of the Knight Library.
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GTF contract negotiations
Graduate Teaching
Fellow Robyn
“Charlie” Carpenter
hopes childcare
subsidies will be
among the issues
discussed at this
month’s GTF con
tract negotiations.
GTFs hope for childcare subsidies
Upcoming
contract
negotiations
will address
childcare
subsidies
■:
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By Jessica Blanchard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Graduate teaching fellow Robyn
“Charlie” Carpenter likes to think
of herself as typical: She works 17
hours a week, leads an undergrad
uate discussion group on interna
tional relations theory and juggles
the demands of her own graduate
courses, all while caring for her 3
year-old daughter, Haley.
When GTF contract negotiations
resume Jan. 14, Carpenter hopes
one of the key issues discussed
will be directing University dollars
toward childcare subsidies specifi
cally for GTFs.
Like many other GTFs, Carpen
ter struggles with monthly expens
es and looming loan payments. A
tuition waiver and financial aid
from the ASUO childcare subsidy
program helps, but she still finds
herself paying roughly one-third of
her monthly income — $300 — for
her daughter’s day care.
While Carpenter receives finan
cial aid from the ASUO and the
federal government to help cover
Turn to GTFs, page 3A
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| UO Museum to get $12 million renovation
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Renovations at the UO Museum of Art
J To modernize and expand services, the facility will more
than double its size from 24,890 to 63,000 square feet.
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interior space
!§! interior
space to be
renovated
~j unchanged
exterior space
FI exterior
space to be
renovated
SOURCE: UOMA
■ The renovation will
add more space and
upgrade museum
systems
By Duncan McFarlane
for the Emerald
The faded brick and moss
exterior of the University
Museum of Art (UOMA)
might not demand attention
from passers-by, but the in
terior boasts a collection
that ranks it as the second
largest museum in the state,
said David Robertson, mu
seum director.
Yet after 70 years, the
museum’s wiring is in need
of repair, the climate con
trol system requires neces
sary improvements and the
museum’s size — 24,890
square feet — is inadequate,
he said. -
Within the next few
months, Robertson said the
museum will undergo a $12
million renovation that will
fix these problems and
more than double the muse
um’s size to 63,000 square
feet.
Donations from corpora
Turn to Museum, page 3A
Planned
renova
tions:
Improved ADA
acessibility
increased gallery
space size, collec
tion storage and
staff workspaces
A new wing co
structed and a new
education suite
added
Source: University Muse
um of Art Web site
CONSTRUCTION
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Ferry Street Bridge
will finish on time
■ Most people have quit
complaining since construction
has slowed to a near halt
By Brian Goodell
Oregon Daily Emerald
The end is near.
After three years of construction and
nearly 14 years of planning, city officials
hope to wrap up final touches to Eugene’s
now earthquake-proof Ferry Street Bridge
and the new Peter DeFazio Bike Bridge.
“For the most part the project is essen
tially finished,” Project Manager Tom
Turn to Bridge, page 6A
County stresses need
for family services
■ County board chairperson
Bobby Green voiced his goals for
the upcoming year in the annual
State of the County Address
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
In his final public address as Lane
County Board of Commissioners chair,
Bobby Green reflected on the board’s past
year and set goals for the coming one
Wednesday morning during the annual
Turn to County, page 6A
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