tmeralds
open season
Michael Mallory is one
of many new faces on
the Ems this season ex
pected to improve the
team considerably
from its previous two
years. PAGE 7A
The Flash
Local activist hones
leadership skills
Susan Sygall was named a
MacArthur Fellow by a Chica
go-based foundation for her
work in teaching leadership
skills to people with disabili
ties.
The organization she
founded in 1981, Mobility In
ternational USA, has worked
with over 76 countries and
boasts over 1,400 alumni.
Page 3A
University professor
will fill new position
University biology profes
sor Karen Sprague will begin
her new role as the Universi
ty’s first vice provost for un
dergraduate studies on july
1. The position was created
to oversee academic advis
ing, multicultural affairs, stu
dent retention programs and
the implementation of un
dergraduate programs devel
oped by the Process for
Change. PAGE 5A
Cougars are on the
prowl in Lane Country
In 1994, Measure 18 put a
ban on using dogs to hunt
cougars, which is part of the
reason why the cat’s popula
tion in Lane County is grow
ing.
The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife has re
ported 42 dead cougars in a
15-mile radius of the Eugene
Springfield city limits in the
last six years. But still, the
chance of an attack on a hu
man is low. Page4A
From Tinseltown
to Titletown
In case you missed it, Los
Angeles won the NBA cham
pionship Monday night over
the Pacers, 116-111. It’s the
Lakers’ first title since 1988.
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Tuesday
June 20,2000
Volume 102, Issue 1
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An independent newspaper
Arrests exemplify weekend unrest
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
Steve Heslin, holding the megaphone, spoke several times during Sunday’s ‘Carnival Against
Capital.’ Other speakers included University sociology professor Julia Fox.
■ Around 60 to 70 were
arrested this weekend,
some of them protesters,
some of them onlookers
By Jack Clifford
and Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Several dozens people ar
rested over the weekend dur
ing what organizers called a
“Carnival Against Capital”
were being released one by
one, every hour, from the Lane
County Jail late Monday night.
The heavy police presence
out in force beginning late last
week netted approximately 60
to 70 arrests of anarchists, pro
testers and apparently people
who were just bystanders to
the entire scene. Will Winget
was one of those arrested at
about 9 p.m. Sunday under the
Washington-Jefferson Bridge
— site of Sunday afternoon’s
“historic re-enactment” of the
June 18, 1999, protest that
turned into a downtown Eu
gene riot.
“They just walked up to him
and said ‘We’re arresting you
for disorderly conduct,”’
Winget’s friend Walt Hunt said
Sunday night. “We were just
standing here watching the ac
tivity. But about an hour earli
er when the state riot people
came in they had those long,
white batons, and they were
pushing everybody back down
the street. And they kind of
came up behind us. He doesn’t
move that fast, and they kind of
pushed him into a tree.
“What they do is they see
you doing something two
hours earlier, and then they ar
rest you at a vulnerable mo
ment,” Hunt said.
Terry Schoonmaker was one
of the first released from the
jail, and that followed the cus
tody referee office’s procedure
of letting out people with med
ical problems or no serious pri
or criminal record first.
Schoonmaker said he was ar
rested Sunday night at Second
Avenue and Adams Street, af
ter police ordered a large group
of protesters to leave the coun
ty jail vicinity. Schoonmaker
said he began walking toward a
Quik-Stop Market near Cham
bers Avenue, when police
stopped him and ordered him
to take off his backpack. They
then informed him that he was
being arrested after Schoon
maker refused to give his iden
tity until he was told why he
had been stopped.
Upon being released Mon
day night, Schoonmaker said
he was unable to recover some
of his belongings, including his
shirt, coat and backpack. Coun
ty jail officials did return his
seizure medication, but
Turn to Arrests, page 6A
Concerns evident in peaceful park protest
By Jonathan Allen
Oregon Daily Emerald
If you had been at Washington-Jef
ferson Park during the day on Sun
day, you might not have expected the
chaos that ensued when the sun
went down.
Around the park, there were no
lines of police officers in riot gear, no
streams of bicycles and few visible
squad cars.
“We want a peaceful event, and we
didn’t want to have to deal with po
lice going out and negotiating direct
ly with the anarchists,” Ward 3 City
Councilor Bobby Lee said in the still
sunlit park. He was part of a liaison
program that had members in yellow
hats, hoping to talk to the anarchists
and mediate disagreements.
A gathering of anarchists engaged
in its historic re-enactment of the
protest from one year ago, and sever
al people — from anarchists to Uni
versity sociology professor Julia Fox
to civilians in black shirts expressing
their support — spoke about what
the anarchist movement means to
them.
The only overt group besides the
anarchists was a sea of white shirts,
members of the neutral observer pro
gram who met before the gathering at
Eugene’s Rose Garden near the
Willamette River a few blocks away
to receive their instructions to only
observe and not interact.
The police were at the park, but
Turn to Anarchist rally, page 5A
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
Several anarchists hide behind ‘police’ puppets during the short ‘historic re
enactment’ section of Sunday’s rally.
Summer session offers mixed plate of classes
■ Summer classes offer
students a chance to play
catch up or ease their work
loads during regular terms
By Suzanne O’Kelley
For the Emerald
From a year’s worth of Italian
credit to a weekend of environ
mental awareness in the moun
tains, the onset of summer session
gives students a wide range of op
portunities for both personal en
richment and career development.
The session, which began last
Monday and ends Sept. 1, offers
courses of varying lengths: eight
week courses, four-week courses,
one- to two-week intensive work
shops and seminars, and numer
ous weekend workshops.
Summer session offers students
many benefits not available dur
ing the rest of the year, including
smaller class sizes, condensed
course lengths and the opportuni
ty to catch up or get ahead for
graduation, according to the Ad
missions Office. In addition to
classes offered during the rest of
the year, students can take advan
tage of special summer-only inno
vative courses, often numbered
410/510 or 610, seminars, num
bered 407/507 or 607, or work
shops, numbered 408/508 or 608.
“Eugene is fun in the summer,”
admissions officer Joann Zum
brunnen said. “Teachers come to
class in Birkenstocks and shorts.”
Students’ reasons for taking
summer courses vary. Many see
the session as a way to ease their
future course loads. Junior
Noushin Shakiba is taking physics
this summer to satisfy a require
ment that she won’t have time to
fulfill in the fall. “It shouldn’t be
too hard since I’m only taking one
class this summer,” Shakiba said.
About 6,000 students are cur
rently enrolled for this summer,
and the admissions office expects
that number to increase to at least
6,500 by the end of the session.
Summer session students pay for
each course separately, unlike the
rest of the year when tuition is
fixed. Resident students pay $249
to enroll in the first course and
$77 for each additional class. The
initial course costs non-residents
$286, and $114 for subsequent
classes.
On-campus housing is avail
able to students on a week-to
week payment schedule. The cost
varies by date. Students can
choose between Carson, Morton
and McClure residence halls, and
the University Inn is also avail
able.
In between classes, students
have access to most facilities. The
EMU is open during the summer
from 8 a.m. to early evening, Mon
Turn to Summer, page 5A