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and set on leading the Ducks to
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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.
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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.
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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
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learned how
the law can
make
changes in
our society...
Les Swanson
civil rights
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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
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