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Something about Mary The Oregon freshman leads all Ducks at the NCAA Championships on Thursday with her first-ever All-American | finish in the discus. Page 11a The Flash Graduate students to receive housing Single graduate students will be the beneficiaries of a $4.5 million on-campus housing complex slated for completion in fall 2001. The 70-unit building will offer single and studio apartments with kitchens, and will be lo cated between Moss and Vil lard on East 15th Ave. The Campus Planning Commit tee had a hand in bringing the project before the State Board of Higher Education, which will vote whether to approve the first campus housing project in four decades. Page 4a Torch run marks start of Special Olympics The Special Olympics Sum mer Games celebration kicks off today with the final leg of the traditional Law Enforce ment Torch Run at 3:30 p.m. near Maury Jacobs Park in Eugene. Lane County law en forcement officers, along with community and busi ness volunteers will accom pany the athletes in running the torch to its final destina tion in the Valley River Cen ter parking lot. The opening ceremonies will be held-on Saturday at 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Hayward Field and continue on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Special Olympics Oregon chapter provides year-round training and athletic competition for over 1,400 individuals with disabilities. For more infor mation about volunteer op portunities at the Summer Games, contact 1-800-452 6049. i Weather Today_Saturday high 65, low 45 high 69, low 47 Friday June 2,2000 Volume 101, Issue 165 —Q—0-h R_W ft h ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Activists protest alleged brutality Hiroshi Nakamura Emerald Carol Berg (right), a volunteer for the Eugene Cop Watch, holds a banner decrying violent police tactics. ■ Protesters mark the anniversary of a 1997 incident over tree removal in which police used pepper spray By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald Nearly 150 activists joined to gether Thursday to commemo rate the three-year anniversary of a downtown incident they claimed ended with the Eugene Police Department using brutal methods of crowd control. The protesters held their ral ly at the intersection of Broad way and Charnelton streets, where on June 1,1997, demon strators and police clashed over the city’s decision to cut down several trees to make way for business space and apartments. Three protesters received doses of pepper spray from police of ficers before being physically removed from the trees. No arrests were made at the latest rally, which remained peaceful throughout the after noon. The closest the crowd came to civil disobedience was when some began to walk as slowly as possible through the intersection, which slowed traf fic on Charnelton Street. Two police officers on bicy cles arrived on scene, and one yelled to the crowd that anyone Turn to Protest, page 8A U Itis too bad the trees were cut down, but the city then pro vided ur ban hous ing, which has al ways been a goal. David Counter rally spectator _n Council to receive a louder voice in ASUO ASUO Programs Council, composed of a variety of student groups, will get its foot in the door allowing more students power in student government By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald Changes on a large scale sometimes start with a smaller goal achieved. After shared governance on campus became a major objec tive of the protests earlier this term, the ASUO took a cold, hard look at the way its own op eration runs. Beginning this summer, ASUO programs will have more of a say in how stu dent government is run. Modifications to the Green Tape Notebook, the manual that dictates rules and procedures of the ASUO, will open up three ar eas of authority to the ASUO Programs Council for next year. When the newest edi tion of the notebook gets published, the council will be able to work with the Executive to make ap pointments to University com mittees, add proposals, referen dums and amendments to elections ballots, and have the same access to policy change as does the ASUO Executive. “We wanted to develop a way to create or give more authority to another body that we felt was representative of a greater degree jpf students,” former ASUO Pres ident Wylie Chen said. “By pro viding the Programs Council with decision-making authority, we would be providing greater shared governance within the ASUO.” Turn to Council, page 4A ii It diffus es power from a few people to many... Randy Newnham Human Rights Alliance member jj EMU Food Service rebounds, turns profit An increase in income is credited to more diverse menus, more realistic prices and an increase in functions at The Buzz By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald With changes such as re evaluating fixed and variable expenses, EMU Food Service was able to turn its fall term red ink into year-end black ink. Whereas at the beginning of the year they were losing revenue, by the time the time spring term rolled around, income was increasing again. “I believe we will be very close to approximately $1.2 million dollars worth of busi ness,” EMU Director Dusty Miller said, referring to the in come from the EMU self-oper ating food services, which in clude The Buzz coffeehouse, Erb Essentials Campus Store, Greatful Bread, The Daily Grind, The Atrium Cafe, The Turn to Food Service, page 5A The EMU food court offers a variety of eating choices that students increasingly have taken a liking to.
