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I Ducks in first! i | Oregon moves in to a four-way tie for first after avenging last | season's last-second loss to CISC, stopping the Trojans | down the stretch in a nail-biter | at the Pit, 68-67. PAGE 7 The Flash OSPIRG meeting kicks off winter term A group of about 45 students attend ed a meeting Thursday that marked the beginning of the Oregon Students Public Interest Group’s campaign for this term. OSPIRG will focus their energy on campaigns concerning renter’s rights, hunger and homelessness, clean wa ter, earth day and eliminating ATM surcharges. Page 3 Clinton delivers his last State of the Union WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clin ton proposed a $350 billion tax cut, big spending increases for schools and health care and photo ID licenses for handgun purchases Thursday night as he offered the final agenda of his presidency. “The state of our union is the strongest it has ever been,” he boasted. At the start of an election-year, Clin ton rebuked Congress in his last State of the Union address and called for action. “For too long this Congress has been standing still on some of our most pressing national priorities,” he chided. The president noted that next month the United States will achieve the longest period of economic growth in the nation's history, and called on Americans to “set great goals.” Another step taken in attack on AIDS WASHINGTON (AP)—Scientists at drug giant Merck & Co. have opened a long awaited target in the hunt for new ways to attack the AIDS virus. It will take years of additional work to create a usable medication from the finding, experts cautioned. But Merck’s research with an enzyme called integrase gives scientists a long awaited new place to aim against HIV, at a time when many researchers are frustrated in the hunt for novel AIDS drugs. Weather Today Saturday mi PARTLY SUNNY high 40, low 31 u -- - ' *" V PARTLY SUNNY high 40 low 33 Friday January 28,2000 Volume 10T, Issue 85 n nt h ,e_w .,£ b— wwwdailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Prevention pays off i Catharine Kendall Emerald Lane County’s John Serbu Youth Campus, located at 2727 Centennial Blvd., is the future sight for a new juvenile offenders processing center. Lane County juvenile crime declines Intervention services are partly responsible for the overall drop in juvenile crime since 1999 i [ I By Sara Lieberth Oregon Daily Emerald Tiie juvenile, crime rate for Lane County appears to be on a steady, though slight, decline, according to preliminary figures released this week by the Depart ment of Youth Services. Some agency officials be lieve the decrease can be substantially attributed to identifying at-risk youth be fore their behavior turns criminal. Both violent juvenile crime and overall crime committed by juveniles in cluding those against prop erty decreased in 1999. To tal juvenile crime dropped 7.6 percent last year, contin uing a downward trend be gun in 1996. Violent crimes, which in clude assaults, homicides and sex offenses, decreased only slightly from 480 to 477 reported in 1999. Prop erty crimes, involving ar son, burglary, robbery, shoplifting, auto theft and trespassing, are the most prevalent among young of fenders. These infractions experienced the greatest overall decline, dropping 11.7 percent from 1,955 to 1,726 in 1999. Other crimes such as dis orderly conduct, weapons possession and drug and al cohol offenses dropped as well by a margin of 4.1 per cent. As the director of Youth Services for Lane County, Steve Carmichael stressed that although these recent statistics show a definite improvement, when viewed over a longer period they also indicate a need for con tinued work. “If you look at the num bers year to year, it’s encour aging,” he said. “But over the last 15 years, for in stance, we’ve seen some higher levels.” Carmichael also cited the specific attention being placed oh at-risk youth by county agencies in the last few years. He said the com Tum to Crime, page 6 ii if you look at the numbers year to year, it's encourag ing. Steve Carmichael Lane County Youth Services director Executive, child care budgets approved ■ Programs Finance Committee members also approve three other budgets Thursday night By Edward Yuen Oregon Daily Emerald Tears and shouts of frustra tion characterized the second to last of almost a month of emotion-wrenching Programs Finance Committee meetings Thursday night. After more than three hours of argument, with an hour in terruption to hear the tabled budget of the ASUO Childcare Subsidy Program, PFC mem bers approved a budget of $222,197 for the ASUO Execu tive, only 2.01 percent of the executive’s requested 16.01 percent increase. “The PFC has done the students a disservice today, by not supporting the executive budget... The exec utive budget was created to support the entire student body,” ASUO Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani said. More than 40 students, includ ing representatives from other Oregon Student Association schools, attended the PFC meeting and supported the ASUO Executive. The ASUO Executive pro posed a budget of $252,684, which includes the funding for a part-time executive coordina tor position. However, PFC members did not support funding for this staff addition. “It is just a tough decision that PFC had to make,” PFC chairwoman Shantell Rice said. “And we did the best we could. Basically we were asked to fund a brand new position for something that would ap Turn to PFC, page 3 Gay Day to place issues on table for discussion ■ Organizers hope talking about homosexual issues and concerns will strengthen gay communities By Cathlene McGraw Oregon Daily Emerald The Bridges program held Thursday at the YWCA aimed to promote awareness of issues within the homosexual com munity, a theme that will be further examined during the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance’s Gay Day on Saturday. The Bridges workshop pro vides a way for people to be come more visible and a way for allies of the homosexual community to show their support. “It’s hard to build a commu nity when its members are in visible,” LGBTA volunteer Nina Thompson said. “There is no way for me to tell just by looking at you if you are queer or straight.” Bridges participants share their coming out stories with audience members interested in coming to terms with their sexual ity or dealing with their homopho bia. L G B T A members and supporters participated in a coming out panel discussion during the workshop. Billy So lis, a Bridges workshop partici pant and biochemistry major, said he feels heterosexuality is more accepted in society and that straight people have more freedom to discuss their sexu Turn to Gay Day, page 4
