UO hangs on
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Led by the strong play
of senior Anika Heuser, \
Oregon women’s golf is \
j currently in third place
midway through the
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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
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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
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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^/