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Newspaper Page Text008348 Kaplan Classes starting soon February 14th February 15th April 2nd April 9th 1 -800-KAP-TEST www.kaplan.com Conscious Productions presents: Roots Rock Reggae The Gotigos Friday, January 28 8 pm Agate Hall (18th & Agate) $ 12 advance: Tickets available at EMU Ticket Office, Face the Music, House of Records, and all Fastixx. $ 15 at the door concert line: 434-9249 ODE Serving 10,000 Daily 1008379 University Town Hall Meeting: To Discuss the White Paper on Faculty Salaries Wednesday, January 26, 3:00-5:00 PM 177 Lawrence Hall Sponsored by the : U of O CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS U of O SENATE FACULTY ADVISORY COUNCIL Initiated small business development in rural Ghana. (If you think it looks attractive here, wait until vou see it on a resume.) PEACE CORPS How far are you willing to go to make a difference? Find out more at the following events: Information Table Tuesday, January 25 10 am-3 pm EMU -or Visit our information table at the U of O Career Fair Wednesday, January 26 11 am - 4 pm ■ mm Slide Show and Information Session Wed., January 26 6:30 - 8 pm EMU Rogue Room Contact (J of 0 campus recruiter, Fred Jarman, at (541) 346-6026 for more information or to schedule an interview. www.peacecorps.goy • I-8OO-424-858O Forum to discuss crime issues ■ t-orum topics win cover police misconduct, prison labor, health standards and sentences By Darren Freeman Oregon Daily Emerald Eugene activists and Eugene law enforcement officials don’t al ways see eye to eye. During the past three years, Eugene has seen a trend develop in which protests lead to riots, which are broken up by police barriers and tear gas. But a group of Eugene activists are working to break that trend. Two days after the June 18, 1999, downtown “Reclaim the Streets” protest ended with riot ing and tear gassing, about 60 of the nearly 300 protesters met to brainstorm ways to prevent future conflicts between activists and police, said activist Carol Berg. In the final phase of the major solution proposed at that June 1999 meeting, a diverse group of sixteen speakers, ranging from Eugene Police Chief Jim Hill to self-proclaimed anarchist Mar shall Kirkpatrick, will give pre sentations addressing the event’s theme, “Cops, Courts, Jails & The Prison Industrial Complex,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night at the Lane County Courthouse. The free event is the third in a series of people’s forums, which have previously tackled topics such as corporate power, trans portation, police and city issues, protest strategies and the World Trade Organization. “The forums are an opportunity for members of the community to get together and civilly hear each other out without having miscon ceptions coloring things,” said Berg, who helps organize the fo rums. “There is an amount of po larization on both sides, and this is a good step toward creating un aersianuing ueiweeii neignuuis. The fact is, we’re all in this com munity together.” Berg said the goal of the forums is two-fold — to educate the com munity and to promote under standing. Speakers will each have five minutes to discuss topics includ ing police procedure, legal theory, mandatory minimum sentences legislation, services for the fami lies of incarcerated people, prison labor and prison health standards. “We’ll be skimming over the surface of some issues, but we’ll still be educating citizens about the topical issues in government,” said Jim Rice, a Lane County pub lic defenders staff attorney. “Much of what people know about criminal justice comes from TV shows, and it’s almost always wrong.” Hill, scheduled to speak first, said he hopes to help the audi ence understand that police offi cers are also members of the com munity and are committed to protecting freedom of speech. “I think people really don’t un derstand that a lot of people get into police work as a form of ac tivism,” Hill said. “The only rea son we get pulled into demonstra tions is because we have an obligation to respond to criminal conduct. “I don’t know anybody in the department who feels friction with any group, but when people start breaking windows, terrifying citizens and jumping on cars, it changes the situation,” he said. Hill said he was somewhat ap prehensive about the event, at which some speakers will address alleged police misconduct. “I’m not naive about how this could turn out,” he said. Hill said he will advocate all complaints be directed to either the police department or the Hu People's Forum The event, which will address “Cops, Courts, Jails &The Prison Industrial Complex," will be held 6:30 p.m. tonight in Harris Hall in the lane County Courthouse. The event is free. Some featured speakers include: Eugene Police Chief Jim Hill Charles Dalton, Police Commission Tim Lewis, CopWatch David Force, attorney Lauren Regan, attorney Jim Rice, Lane County Public De fenders Office staff attorney Tricia Hedin, Lane County Public Defenders Office legal assistant Cindy Noblitt, Cascadia Alive! Ruth Duemler, jail improvement advocate Ron Chase, SPONSORS Wayne Miller, campaigner to re peal Measure 11 Annie Glade, arrested duringjune 18 protest Chris Smith, arrested duringjune 18 protest Marshall Kirkpatrick, anarchist SOURCE: The Committee for the People’s Forums man Rights Commission. Berg predicts 200-250 people will attend this evening’s event, which has 80 minutes slated for audience questions and input. “There will probably be wall to-wall, standing-room only,” Berg said. “The previous meet ings were packed.” The forum will conclude with desserts, served by Food Not Bombs and Cafe Anarchista, and a presentation of locally produced videos of activists and police. Gore, Bush lead parties in Iowa by Kon t-ourmer The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Republi can George W. Bush scored a clos er-than-expected victory Monday night in the Iowa presidential cau cuses, besting Steve Forbes to set the stage for a high-stakes three way race in the New Hampshire primary. Democrats gave Vice President A1 Gore a big win over Bill Bradley who said he had “a lit tle more humility” and vowed to push his challenge. “I can’t wait to get to New nampsmre, was uore s Dame cry, and he said he’d be campaigning Tuesday at dawn. The results set the stage for a dra matic week in New Hampshire, first in a furious flurry of primary elections that could determine the presidential nominations by March 7. Bush described the caucus re sults as validation of his compas sionate-conservative agenda. “It’s a solid victory and I’m humbled,’’ he told the Associated Press as the presidential campaigns put the Desi-possiDie spins on tneir nmsn es. The Texas governor roused supporters with the vow, “Tonight is the beginning of the end of the Clinton era.” Forbes said “we vastly over-per formed the polls and have emerged as the conservative candidate” go -ing into New Hampshire. Gore was out-polling Bradley 63 percent to 35 percent, and the for mer New Jersey senator said, “Tonight I have a little more hu mility but no less confidence that I can win and do the job. ” Calendar Tuesday, Jan. 25th Avalanche Awareness Clinic, Outdoor Program: Skiers and climbers literally can trigger their own destiny by venturing onto stable slopes. A slideshow presentation by Jim Frankenfield includes a discussion of avalanche types, hazard esti mation, route selection, rescue techniquesand equipment.7:30 p.m. 100 Willamette Hall. Free. Programs Finance Committee hearing will be held from 5 to 9 p.m tonight. For more information call 346-0623. The American Marketing Association will be holdinga Casino and Career Networking Night tonightfrom 5:30to8:3G p.m. at the Casanova Center. For information e-mail ama@icd.uoregon.edu or check the Web site at amauo.org. PO. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Mon day through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates inde pendently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. NEWSROOM — (541)346-5511 Editor in chief: Laura Cadiz Managing Editor: Felicity Ayles Community: Sara Lieberth, editor. Darren Freeman, Brian Goodell, reporters. Freelance: Eric Pfeiffer, editor. Higher Education: Ben Romano, editor. Jessica Blanchard, Serena Markstrom, reporters. Perspectives: Bret Jacobson, Laura Lucas, editors. Fred M. Collier, Jonathan Gruber, Beata Mostafavi, Mason West .columnists. Pulse: Jack Clifford, editor. Sara Jarrett, Yael Menahem, reporters. Student Activities: Jeremy Lang, editor. Cathlene E. McGraw, Simone Ripke, Edward Yuen,reporters. Sports: Mirjam Swanson, editor. Scott Pesznecker, assistant editor. Matt O’Neil, Jeff Smith, Brett Williams, reporters. News Aide: Lorraine-Michelle Faust. Copy. Monica Hande, Laura Lucas, copy chiefs. Molly Egan, tom Pat terson, Eric Qualheim, Ann Simmons, Jamie Thomas, Ellen Weisz, copyeditors. Photo: Catharine Kendall, editor. Mike Crisp, Azle Malinao-Alvarez, photographers. Matthew Landan, Tom Patterson, Lindsey Walker, photo technicians. Design: Katie Nesse, editor. Kelly Berggren, Leigh-Ann Cyboron, Katie Miller, designers. Bryan Dixon, Giovanni Salimena, illustrators. On-line: Jake Ortman, editor. Timur Insepov, webmaster. ADVERTISING — (541) 346-3712 Becky Merchant,director. Melissa O’Connell, Van Nguyen, advertis ing assistants. 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