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History continued from page 1A would include attempting to find properties and sites that relate to “blue collar history” and minori ties. Ken Guzowski, a staff member for the Planning Commission who works with historical preserva tion, said previously, historical registers had only listed the “biggest and the best” and largely ignored historic buildings that were not as visibly important. He said this was especially true in Eu gene because the city had been founded by the working class, and there are few historic buildings that represent this part of the com munity. Guzowski used farmers as an example of one of these groups and said there could be a “house, barn or chicken coops" listed as historic landmarks to represent them. There are 107 historic sites in Eugene, 87 of which are also listed on the National Register of historic properties. The National Register of Historic Places is the official list for historic buildings in the coun try. Buildings are deemed historic if they are associated with a his toric figure, played a historic role, are architecturally unique or could yield archeological artifacts. One building in Eugene that does not necessarily meet these criteria but is still historic is the * Mims House at 330 High St., which was the first house in Eu gene owned by African Americans after laws prohibiting minorities the right to own a house were re pelled. Guzowski said there are other buildings like this in the city, and the board is working to ensure they receive the attention they deserve. Shawna Adams-Jacobs, a Uni versity student working for a mas ters degree in historical preserva tion and community and regional planning, said attempting to pro vide “inclusive preservation” is difficult because of the varying view points throughout history. By deeming some sites historic for certain reasons, Adams-Jacobs said some stereotypes could actu ally be reinforced. She used the example of a building being listed as a historic landmark because it housed a business owned by a woman. This building could be viewed as historic, she said, be cause of what the woman did or only because it was a woman who owned a business. “In a sense, it could be present ed in a way that suggested her sig nificance is from being a woman in the man-sphere,” she said. Despite the difficulties in at tempting to equally distribute landmarks for every group, Adams-Jacobs said it was an im portant discussion and one that needed to take place. Scott Bogle, who is also pursu ing a masters degree in both histor ical preservation and community management, said a trend to list the landmarks of other groups has been picking up momentum for several years. “For the past two or three decades, there has been an in creased focus on protecting re sources that are important but not as prominent,” he said. Bogle stressed that groups need to let their cities know what sites are historic to them because many native peoples have spiritual sites that hold great meaning but don’t have a specific building on it. And as the State Department of Land Conservation and Development no longer requires cities to keep an inventory of historic sites, Bogle said many smaller cities don’t re alize the historical significance of many sites. “Folks from different groups need to get involved and identify what sites are important to them,” he said. Tandem Taxi continued from page 1A shifts and can call for help in case of an emergency. Niles, who is resigning because he feels the service and trans portation in general are not a per fect fit for an OPS-run program, said the program accommodates about 20 passengers on an average school day but might be aban doned after he leaves his position on June 16.. He said OPS has not yet deter mined whether it will continue the program. OPS director Tom Fitzpatrick said OPS is currently working on a plan to re-evaluate the program over the summer. Fitzpatrick said the service might stop for some time during the summer while OPS looks at how many passengers have been using the service and whether de mand is sufficient to continue the program next year. OPS parking and transportation manager Rand Stamm said the service has wound down in past summers because the campus population diminishes. Stamm said OPS will use some time dur ing the summer to look at such criteria as ridership and the value the service has provided to cam pus over the past couple of years before making any decisions. “At this point, we haven’t made any concrete decision,” Stamm said. Sophomore psychology major Chris Stein said he has never used Tandem Taxi himself, but some times sees tandems providing rides to passengers at night time. The first time Stein saw a Tandem Taxi, he was surprised, he said. “I was like ‘wow, a bike taxi,’” he said. Tandem Taxi has kept a log list ing its passengers during the past few months. Stamm said the log will help evaluate ridership by providing some concrete num bers. Niles said Tandem Taxi oper ates with four bikes, three of which are not owned by the Uni versity but borrowed from Bike Friday, a local bicycle manufac turer. He said it is unclear whether the bicycle shop will continue to provide the three loaned tandems after he leaves. The program employs about 10 students who mostly work night shifts. “It’s really not an OPS pro gram,” Niles said. “The fit that I had with them was not good.” The decision to add the Tan dem Taxi program to OPS came after Niles approached the Uni versity with his idea about such a service in 1996. Niles said after a number of programs showed no interest in operating the service, the administration decided that Tandem Taxi would become a part of OPS. Niles criticized the placement of Tandem Taxi under OPS be cause, he said, for OPS, trans portation is not a priority but, rather, is among many areas it is responsible for. Niles said that the service might be able to advocate for alter native modes of transportation more effectively if it were operat ed by a program that worked to ward such ideas. “I see the University to be an in credible model for potential trans portation,” he said. Niles said beyond the concrete service of getting passengers to their destinations safely and free of cost, the program also has a symbolic purpose. He said he believes that if peo ple see such alternative modes of transportation as bicycles and tandems around campus and the community, those modes of trans portation will become more ac ceptable. “One thing that [the service] does is it presents an image, which is important,” he said. “The Tandem Taxi was one way of infiltrating the established im ages that surround us on a daily basis.” The Oregon Daily Emerald. Your Independent Student Hewspaper. Serving the UO community for over 100 years. Emerald Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning: • Semiconsciousness/unconsciousness (the person • cannot be awakened) • Cold, clammy, pale or bluish skin • Slow, shallow, or infrequent breathing (ten seconds or more between breaths) • Vomiting while sleeping or unconscious What You Should Do: • Get help! Call 911 (or 6-6666 if you are on campus) • Stay with the person (be sure to keep him/her alert) • Turn the person on his/her side (to keep him/ her from choking on vomit) • Remember ... 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