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I ——M— .. Back with a vengeance Senior Guillermo Carter returns from a term away, improved and set on leading the Ducks to theirfirst Pac-10 win. PAGE 7 The Flash Community members and Eugene police communicate Tuesday,the People’s Forum was held at the Lane County Courthouse and al lowed for communication between law enforcement and the community. Although most of the forum went as planned, a few incidents ocurred where people spoke out of turn, usual ly criticising police actions. Several comments were in response to the police department’s use of tear gas. Police Chief Jim Hill was the only po lice officer represented at the forum. Page 4 Hatch to call it quits after last-place finish in Iowa ' WASHINGTON (AP)—A last-place fin ish in the Iowa caucuses persuaded Or rin Hatch to drop out of the Republi can presidential race. The Utah senator had hoped to capital ize on his political experience, repeat edly stressing his record as a four-term senator and chairman of the commit tee overseeing judicial appointments. But few voters were interested. Hatch, who received just 1 percent of the Iowa votes, planned to announce his decision at a news conference Wednesday in the hearing room of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grandmothers allowed to meet with Cuban boy WASHINGTON (AP) —Under govern ment orders, the Florida relatives of Elian Gonzalez agreed Tuesday to make the boy available for a meeting with his Cuban grandmothers Wednes day at a neutral site, the Justice De partment said. The grandmothers pressed their insistence for the boy’s return and pleaded with Congress not to force U.S. citizenship upon him. “The meeting will take place at the time and site selected by the Immigra tion Service,” Justice spokeswoman Carole Florman said Tuesday evening. The agreement culminated a long day of negotiations marked by an order from the Immigration Service for the meeting, that had been thwarted on Monday by the relatives. Weather Today Thursday MOSTLY CLOUDY MOSTLYCLOUDY high 44, low 32 high 44, low 32 Wednesday January 26,2000 Volume 101, Issue 83 n n_t h—fi_w &.1)— www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Turning a new leaf i #fimm\ Catharine Kendall Emerald Members from ASUO-sponsored groups including the Black Student Union; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance; and Native American Student Union gather in the Multicultural Center to discuss next year’s new full-time director position. The MCC director will be in charge of all organizational duties. (VICC now able to hire a director Increased funding allows for the Multicultural Center to add the new position By Serena Markstrom Oregon Daily Emerald The basement of the EMU was buzzing with excitement Monday after the Programs Finance Commit tee approved a $38,743 budget in crease for the Multicultural Center. The additional funding makes it possible for the MCC staff to hire a director as early as July. MCC staff members are organizing efforts to conduct a national search to fill the position. Inside the MCC on Tuesday, con gratulations and high-fives were ex changed all day. The University Counseling Center’s office manager and MCC board member, Gwen Txs tadt, sent congratulatory muffins. “This is a historic thing,” said Jay Breslow, coordinating diversity in tern for the. University President’s office. “It’s going to change the en tire way [the MCC] is run.” The added director position means there will be someone in tire MCC from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, something the MCC has not had consistently since it first received ASUO fund ing in 1995. The goals for the director posi Turn to Director, page 4 Civil rights lawyers share experiences Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Jacob Tanzer speaks at the law school Tuesday evening. ■ Tuesday, a panel of Oregon lawyers discuss representing African-Americans during the 1960s civil rights movement By Serena Markstrom Oregon Daily Emerald In 1964, all that remained of Mount Zion Baptist Church was a brick chimney and a set of concrete stairs. The rest was ashes. Ashes that before then had been a building that had survived since the slave days. The church was burned to the ground by Ku Klux Klan members in response to civil rights activists’ attempts to raise African-American vot Turn to Civil rights, page 4 a We learned how the law can make changes in our society... Les Swanson civil rights lawyer ^ Beltline Highway to undergo construction Officials expect minor traffic delays to result from the Beltline Modernization and Safety Improvement Project By Brian Goodell Oregon Daily Emerald Just as construction dn the Ferry Street Bridge project is winding to a close, officials from the city of Eugene and the Oregon Department of Trans portation announced last week their plans to begin the Beltline Modernization and Safety Improvement Project. The $9.2 million project, expected to begin this week, will expand and renovate a section of Beltline Highway from just north of Royal Av enue to the railroad over crossing south of Roosevelt Boulevard. ODOT designed and will manage tire project and Wild ish Construction Co. will serve as the general contrac tor. Don McLane, ODOT assis tant project manager, said he expects there will be some de lays as a result of the project. “Whenever a highway is un der construction, there are go ing to be delays,” McLane said. “But we have a good detour set up and generally things should work quite well.” Michelle Cahill, project li aison for the city, said it is rea sonable during any construc tion time to expect delays. “It’s always a good idea to seek alternative routes to the University,” Cahill said. “We have a Web site and a relief hotline for all construction Improvements The following are included in the Beltline Moderniza tion and Safety Improvement Project from Royal Av enue to Roosevelt Boulevard: Expand Beltline from two lanes to four. Build a bridge to take Beltline over Royal Avenue. Extend Roosevelt Boulevard westward. Construct and illuminate new bicycle-pedestrian paths along Beltlineand Roosevelt. Install new traffic signals. Improve landscaping along the construction zone. SOURCE: city of Eugene problems in the Eugene area. ” City and ODOT officials deemed the project neces sary following an environ Tum to Beltline, page 4
