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Arrest continued from page 1 ers are demanding Frohnmayer join the Worker Rights Consor tium, which monitors working conditions in factories, like Nike’s, that make University li censed products. However, by 4:30 p.m. the presi dent had not commented on their request via University administra tors. Frohnmayer left Eugene for an Institute of Health conference in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning and is ex pected to return sometime Friday evening. In an e-mail statement to the faculty and staff on Wednesday, Frohnmayer stressed his willing ness to join the WRC and his un wavering demand that the deci sion go through the proper channels of University gover nance. A 75 percent majority vot ed to support the WRC in this year’s student election. When there was no word from the president, demonstrators de cided to move their protest off the steps and into the lobby it self. About 50 protesters gathered in the short corridor leading to Frohnmayer’s office, chanting and banging drums, while Brew er and fellow students Shannon Hoke and Emily Walter sat inside the office on the floor, quietly chanting. At 5 p.m., those in the lobby agreed to leave and police arrest ed the three inside Frohnmayer’s office, making a total of 14 peo ple arrested for trespassing in the past three days.However, the tone of the arrests changed when Brewer refused to give police his personal information and leave the building with his trespassing citation. After Hoke and Walter were released out the back of the building, two lines of police car ried Brewer to a waiting van, which took him to jail. When Brewer returned to Johnson Hall with bruises on his shoulder and wrists, he said he did the right thing. “I had a duty to sit there until the meeting [with Frohnmayer] was set,” he said. “I stated that I was not going to willfully leave the building.” The police and administrators also drastically changed the drill for the media inside Johnson Hall on Thursday. At 5 p.m., OPS officers, who kept the press out of the president’s office, an nounced reporters and photogra phers would have to leave with the protesters. On Tuesday and Wednesday reporters and photographers were allowed to remain in the lobby to watch police handcuff and arrest those inside after 5 p.m. On Thursday, the arrests happened without the press watching. “I’ve let you in and I’ve made you go out, too,” OPS officer Marte Martinez said when re porters asked why they couldn’t stay. After the melee with protesters and police ended, Martinez ex plained that one reporter began demanding entrance to Frohn mayer’s office right before arrests were about to be made. OPS de cided, for safety, to remove re porters as well. ASUO Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani, who, along with ASUO President Wylie Chen, has worked to improve relations be tween EPD and students this year, said Thursday’s incident made her frustrated at more than just the police. “Having the administration stand by and watch as police treat students that way was dis gusting. I have never seen some thing so repulsing and invigorat ing in my life,” she said. The incident revitalized the pledge to remain at Johnson Hall for many others as well. “We weren’t asking for a mira cle, not even to talk to Dave,” Walter told the demonstrators af ter being released. “We just want to set up a meeting.” Jacobson said protesters will remain camped outside Johnson Hall through the weekend if Frohnmayer does not meet their demands and join the WRC. — poppiV -> Lunch Monday through Saturday Dinner 7 Nights a Week 992 Willamette Eugene, Or 97401 343-9661 All Ways Travel • Buy Early & SAVE • Paris - $498.00* Mexico City -$400.00* Jakarta -$659.00* Auckland -$825.00* *tax not included, restrictions may apply. Subject to change without notice. Don’t forget a Eurail Pass!!! ~ E-mail: awt@luv2travel.coin Oregon daily emerald WORLDWIDE www.daityemerald.cofn r COLORADO University of Colorado at Boulder SUMMER SESSION Call Now! 1-800-331-2801 or www.colorado.edu/ sacs/summer for information and catalog 1 006885J Two Courses - One Low Price Nine Holes Eighteen Holes 91 Village Drive, QOCRsF Cottage Grove 942-8730 • Rentals Available • Restaurant • Mon-Fri •With Student ID • Quick play (18 min. South of Eugene on 1-5) 36 challenging holes of golf 2000 Cal Young Rd. • 484-1927 (5 min from campus-off Coburg Rd.) Scandals Dance Club th Ladies get in iree until It’s Friday! starts at 8:30 pm with Top-40 hits and Hip Hop. door prize giveaways. 008869 The best dance party in Eugene is always at Scandals. 2222 Centennial Blvd. (Next to Aulzen Stadium) 343-4735 , 1
