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Disney doings Remember when you were a kid? Neither do we, but at Disneyland in Southern California you can at least pre tend that you’re still a young ’un. PAGE 5 The Flash ACLU report slams Seattle police SEATTLE (AP) — City po lice should have known enough to keep an open pas sage for World Trade Organi zation delegates during protests last fall, an Ameri can Civil Liberties Union re port concludes. Instead, accordingto the 71-page report “Out of Con trol,” prepared for formal re lease today, bungling result ed in violation of the First Amendment rights of dele gates and protesters Despite months of wa rn ings from the Seattle Fire De partment, law enforcement agencies and protest organ izers, police were over whelmed by demonstrations and disorders at the outset of the meetings at the end of November. Newspaper apolo gizes for slave ads HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — In a front-page admission of “complicity” in the slave trade, The Hartford Courant acknowledged that it profit ed in the 1700s and 1800s by publishing scores of ads for the sale of slaves and the re capture of runaways. Such advertisements were commonplace in Northern newspapers until the Civil War was under way, but the newspaper said Tuesday it felt compelled to apologize for that dark chapter in its history as the nation’s longest continuously pub lished daily. “We are not proud of that part of our history and apol ogize for any involvement by our predecessors at The Courant in the terrible prac tice of buying and selling hu man beings,” said Ken DeLisa, a spokesman for the newspaper. Thursday July 6,2000 Volume 102, Issue 5 —q_d-h e_w R h www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Clayton Cone for the Emerald Esther Kim, left, and Olivia Brown, right, set up their liquid phase battery as electro-chemistry in structor Jennifer Harris watches over the proceedings. Talented and gifted middle school students get an educational challenge with the Summer Enrichment Program By Clayton Cone for the Emerald A typical electrochemistry experiment at the University of Oregon that consists of copper and aluminum plates, sulfate solutions in beakers, volt meters and salt bridges in clear plastic tubing is the process of making liquid phase batteries. Only the students perform ing it and their lab are any thing but typical. They’re youngsters just out of grades six through nine working in a lounge in a dormitory on cam pus with jars formerly for peanut butter and jelly. But the classes are real. The students are part of the 21st annual Summer Enrich ment Program, an intensive two-week academic and so cial program that brings in talented students from around Oregon and as far away as Alaska. Classes, which run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily with an hour break for lunch, include Introduc tion to Calculus, Historical and Contemporary Comedy and Advanced Web Design. Also, the students participate in weekend dances, talent shows and nightly rallies. The first of two sessions sends off its approximately 70 students Saturday. The campers live in the Stafford, Sheldon and Young campus dormitories for the duration of each session and pay $775 in fees. Because of scheduling con flicts with summer session classes, most of the courses take place in the lounges of these dorms, including the three chemistry and two art classes the program offers. Ronald Trebon, director of the Summer Session, said classrooms and labs were un available at the times SEP re quested them, especially be Turn to Future, page 3A MCC director position still up for grabs By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald Months after the Multi-Cultur al Center requested and received nearly $39,000 to create a director position, the spot remains empty. After receiving 20 applica tions for the opening, the MCC hiring committee narrowed it down to three candidates in ear ly May. The job was offered to two of the candidates, who both declined the position. “The candidates decided it wasn’t a good move for them and their families, [because] this wasn’t the right place for them,” said director of student activi ties, Greg Lobisser. The MCC director position was created to bring continuity to a program that, like many oth er student-run organizations, ex periences a high turnover rate as students graduate from the Uni versity. The MCC serves as an umbrella organization, support ing a number of cultural and eth nic student unions and groups on campus. Now, the problem isn’t just fill ing the position, but having the pieces in the right place to even consider making a decision. “I have visited with the search committee, and members of the MCC, but additional consultation has to occur,” Lobisser said. Most of the people needed to help make the decision are gone for the summer, Lobisser said, which makes moving forward difficult. Two options are currently be ing explored by Lobisser and the search committee. First, the pos sibility of a interim director has been discussed, which would allow the MCC to move forward with its goals. Or, the hiring committee can conduct a search to create a new pool of appli cants. “Conducting a search for a permanent director is an in evitable part of what we’re going to do,” Lobisser said. The decision now remains to Turn to MCC, page3A Several applicants decline the post, leaving the Multi cultural Center in search of leadership once again Green chemist awarded for his efforts A University doctoral student receives the honor for creating an instructional manual about safe lab experi mentation By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald The image of a 21st century chemist as an environmental ambassador is not currently a scientific stereotype, but Scott Reed is changing that. Each year, the American Chemical Society (ACS) be stows one student with the pres tigious Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry. This year, Reed, a fifth-year University doctoral degree student in chemistry, is the recipient. Reed received the award for his role in developing the world’s first organic green chemistry in Turn to Reed, page 4A Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald Scott Reed is a fifth-year doctoral student in chemistry at the University.
