Oregon daily emerald., April 13, 2000, Image 1

Can you dig
it, hep cat?
Poetry, the language of
18th century Romance
writers, 70s beatniks
and myriad other
groups, is making a re
vival with the Pepsi
generation. PUISE
Community discusses
Hyundai wetland plan
During a city council meet
ing Wednesday, members of
the community and Hyundai
representatives addressed is
sues related to the Hyundai
manufacturing plant’s wish
es to develop eight acres of
wetlands south of the plant’s
current location.
Concerns raised at the joint
meeting of the Eugene City
Council and the Lane County
Board of Commissioners in
cluded maintaining habitat
for wetland-species animals,
urban growth and the pro
tection of jobs created by
Hyundai. Page 4A
Shoot-out benefits
Special Olympics
For one dollar, participants
in the “Shoot for Charity
Challenge” can enter into the
chance to win a $500 gift cer
tificate to Valley River Center,
a T-shirt, a DVD player or one
of several Nike watches. Even
better, all proceeds will go to
help the Special Olympics.
Shooting today, the final
day of the challenge, begins
at Esslinger Recreation Cen
ter from noon to 1 p.m. and
again from 3 to 6 p.m. The
event is open to everyone.
PageSA
Student Senate
approves money,
court justice
At its Wednesday night
meeting, the Student Senate
approved a total of $6,288 to
three student programs and
approved law student Sarah
Pirk to the ASUO Constitution
Court, which has been miss
ing a member since former
chief justice Jeremy Gibons
left last month. Page 6A
Weather
Today Thursday
high 62, low 45 high 59, low 45
‘We are a member of the WRC
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
(above) Students applaud the University Senate’s decision to approve the Affirmation of Community
Values resolution, (below) President Frohnmayer signs the documents to join the Worker Rights Con
sortium.
■ The University Senate unanimously
supports the Licensee Code and
overwhelmingly votes for the president to
join the labor-monitoring group
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
The debate over joining the
Worker Rights Consortium
made its way Wednesday from
the occupied zone in front of
Johnson Hall to the floor of the
University Senate. Narrowly
avoiding a loss of quorum, the
48-member Senate approved a
resolution that recommends the
University join the WRC by a
vote of 21-1, with two absten
tions.
Before discussing the WRC,
the Senate unanimously ap
proved a motion to endorse the
report of the Licensing Code of
Conduct Committee, a 12-mem
ber group of students, faculty
and staff that, at the request of
University President Dave
Frohnmayer, developed a com
prehensive set of employment
Turn to Senate, page 8A
...many
of these
rights were
won by
U.S. work
ers in the
1930s.
Greg
McLauchlan
Senator
■ Immediately after the University Senate approves the recommend
ation, Frohnmayer signs the documents officially making the
University a member of the Worker Rights Consortium
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
Energy vibrated off the walls of 177
Lawrence Hall Wednesday night as rough
ly 200 students, faculty and administra
tion members watched University Presi
dent Dave Frohnmayer sign on to the
Worker Rights Consortium.
The action came following a University
Senate meeting, during which the senate
voted their approval of joining the WRC.
In a gathering with students Monday,
Frohnmayer said that he would agree to
sign on if the senate recommended him to
do so.
After a brief introduction from the stu
dents resulting in a round of clapping,
cheering and finger-snapping, Frohnmay
er added his signature to two documents
and effectively joined the University to
the WRC.
“Ladies and gentleman,” ASUO Presi
dent Wylie Chen said, holding up the two
sheets of paper for the audience to see.
“We are a member of the WRC.”
The documents signed by Frohnmayer
make the University a member of the
WRC for a period of one year, with the op
tion to renew annually.
“I realize it’s been a long day, a long
week, and of course — for some of you —
a long year,” Frohnmayer said.
With the stroke of a pen, protesters oc
cupying the space outside Johnson hall
saw one of their goals accomplished. And
in a meeting that lasted approximately 35
Turn to WRC, page9A
Volunteer committee
to explore kiosk plan
The proposed
kiosk of four
to eight
computers
would enable
students to
quickly access
e-mail and
Duck Web
accounts in a
central
location inside
the EMU
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
During the EMU Board meeting Wednesday,
a volunteer committee of members was created
in order to research a kiosk project proposed by
a national company known as Campus Link.
The Campus Link organization specializes in in
stalling kiosks in student unions on university
campuses.
Campus Link previously pitched its product
to the EMU Board on March 29. The free servic
es the Campus Link kiosk would provide in
clude computer terminals offering students ac
cess to e-mail accounts, Duck Web, telephones,
and advertising from local and national busi
nesses.
The access to four to eight computers termi
nals in the booth would link students quickly to
the Internet. Campus Link would pay the EMU
to place the kiosk and businesses could pay for
advertisements on the computer terminals.
The volunteer “working group”, which plans
Turn to EMU Kiosk, page 3A
New urbanization
professorship made
■ Retired professor Louise Carroll
Wade’s donation creates the
interdisciplinary Carroll Visiting
Professorship in Urbanization
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
Students will be studying cities and urban
ization long into the future, thanks to the largest
donation ever made to the University by a fac
ulty member.
Professor emerita Louise Carroll Wade donat
ed $1.2 million last year to establish the Carroll
Visiting Professorship in Urbanization.
The professorship will rotate among the geog
raphy, history and political science departments
to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the
study of urbanization, said James Mohr, head of
the history department.
The first person to fill the position is Larry
Turn to Endowment, page 5A
Cl This is a
gift she wants
to give to fu
ture under
graduates.
James Mohr
head, history
department