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UO hangs on in NCAA race j Led by the strong play of senior Anika Heuser, \ Oregon women’s golf is \ j currently in third place midway through the NCAA Championships atSunriver PAGE 9 The Flash Alumni Association throws senior bash Graduating seniors were treated to a farewell soiree Thursday in the EMU Am- j phitheater. Green and gold balloons and a local ska band set the festive mood for sen iors receiving going-away grab-bags and a free pizza meal. The event was set up by the Alumni Association, j and University President i Dave Frohnmayer and Uni versity Vice President Dun can McDonald spoke to the future graduates. Pace 3 University serves environment well The University, as well as the state of Oregon, is nation \ ally recognized as a leader in ecological sustainability, but S environmental advocates say j i there’s more that can be | done. The Campus Planning j Committee will work with I j the University in coming I | years to implement sustain- j j ability enforcement policies | in efforts to propel the Uni- j [ versity to a position of world i sustainability leadership. j |p Page 3 1 Record companies launch awareness project In response to the recent hullabaloo over Internet MP3 providers such as Nap ster, local digital record com pany Rumblefish Records joined other record compa nies to create a public aware ness campaign titled Down loadable Music Awareness, or D.M.A.Recent lawsuits by the heavy metal band Metallica brought public attention to alleged copyright infringe ments from people taking songs off the Internet. Pace4 Weather Today Saturday high 60, low 50 hi|di60,low49 Friday May 26,2000 Volume 101, Issue 161 -0—0t h ft w fi h www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Amanda Stout attended the EMU Child Care Development Center as a toddler, and now her 3-year old daughter, Anatonia, does the same. The center aids parents who attend the University. ■Students and other advocates of a child-care grant gathered Thursday night to try to influence state legislators Alana Lynn Oregon Daily Emerald The Associated Students of the Uni versity of Oregon and several student parents joined state legislators Thurs day night to discuss a Child Care Block Grant. Student-parents used personal sto ries to show legislators the hardships they face on a daily basis. The Child Care Block Grant is awarded on the ba sis of need to help low-income Orego nians attend Oregon’s non-profit insti tutions of higher education. “We are looking for the state to pick up the missing piece, from when the student-parent loses their state fund ing in order to pursue higher educa Turn to Advocates, page A ■A student-parent recalls the infancy of the University’s child care program and its journey in helping students like herself By Eric Pfeiffer Oregon Daily Emerald Academics and parenthood are tightly interwoven in a family that has been a part of the EMU Child Care De velopment Centers for more than 20 years. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the CCDC. To celebrate, they are plan ning a series of events throughout the year, including rallies, celebrations and structural renovations to the centers. Throughout the past 30 years, CCDC has overcome limited funding and en joyed numerous victories by providing the highest level of quality child care available. Turn to Child-care, page 4 Revelers may not revel fees for police visit ■ Students react to an EPD proposal that would hold tenants liable for police expenses incurred by police at raucous parties By Darren Freeman Oregon Daily Emerald The Eugene Police Depart ment’s proposal that would force renters to pay for repeated police responses to unruly par ties has never enjoyed strong support from students since it was drafted this fall. Thursday night, the Eu gene Police Commission heard first hand students’ concerns about the proposed city ordinance, when about half a dozen Uni versity students, mostly mem bers of this and next year’s ASUO staff, railed against the proposal, saying it unfairly tar gets students, was too strict and would worsen relations be tween police and students. “This year, we’ve been work ing really hard to build relation ships between the EPD and stu dents, and this [ordinance] would hinder those efforts,” said former ASUO president Wylie Chen, who spoke before the commission at City Hall. The commission, though scheduled to forward a recom mendation Thursday night to City Council, voted to table the proposal and address it at next Thursday’s commission meet ing. City Council is scheduled to consider the ordinance June 10, but that date might be pushed back to June 26 or later, depend ing on when the commission makes its decision. Some commissioners and city councilors say they would rather postpone a City Council decision on the ordinance until September, when the full stu dent population is in Eugene and could participate in the process. The current draft of the pro posal would require residents to repay the city the cost of repeat ed police response to disorder ly parties. After the second po Tum to Reveler fines, page 5 The party price tag If the Eugene Po lice Commission and the City Council approve an ordinance proposed by the EPD, tenants could be forced to repay the cost of repeated po lice response to disorderly par ties. After the first re sponse to a party whereat least 10 people are gath ered and where more than one citation is issued, residents would receive a warn ing that would include the esti mated cost of the police response. If police respond to the same ad dress within 90 days where 10 or more people are present and at least two cita tions are issued, residents would receive a bill. The bill could range from less than $100 to a few thousand dollars, depend ing upon the cost of the police ac tion, including officer wages and injuries, damages to uni forms and dam age to patrol cars. source: Eugene Police Department Political wrangling heats up in City Council Mayor Jim Torrey is frustrated that the elections did not place the candidates he wanted on the new council By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald Despite the dire prediction by Mayor Jim Torrey that Eugene’s City Council would be derailed if residents didn’t elect candi dates he endorsed, current coun cil members are optimistic it will be business as usual in Janu ary when new member Bonnie Bettman takesher seat on the council. Prior to the election, Torrey expressed his concern that if Bettman were elected and coun cilor Betty Taylor — who has been historically liberal — were re-elected, the two could lead a progressive voting block that would place too restrictive lim its on the city’s economic growth. That scenario would lead to a “train wreck” of a city council, Torrey told The Regis ter-Guard, and the mayor then endorsed Ward 3 Candidate Tra cy Olsen and Ward 2 candidate Mike Sherlock for their pledge to bring businesses to the down town area. Bettman received 53 percent of the votes in Ward 3 to Olsen’s 38 percent, and Bettman sound ly defeated Sherlock by taking in 60 percent of the vote to his 36.4 percent. Even though his en dorsements failed, Torrey him self was re-elected with a land Tum to City council, page 5 We have to look way beyond those labels. Pat Farr ▲▲ city council^/
