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Tarika to go-go The band from Mada gascar has a sound that ranges from African, Polynesian, Filipino and more. They play the WOW Hall tonight. PAGE 7 The Flash ASUO approves War in Peace fund The ASUO Senate met Wednesday night for its third meeting of the sum mer. The main focus of the meeting was the Sen ate’s unanimous ap proval to give the Japan ese Student Organization $450 to help fund its War in Peace ceremony that will take place next week in the EMU Amphithe ater. Memorial to be set on Thurston grounds SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A committee has decided to place a memorial to the 1998 shootings at Thurston High School on school grounds and include the names of all those killed, reversing earlier plans to refer to the victims anonymously. Two of the four people killed were students, while the other two were the par ents of the convicted killer, Kip Kinkel. The father of Mikael Nicko lauson, one of the slain stu dents, has argued the memo rial should refer to all the victims but name only his son and Ben Walker. Kinkel was sentenced to life in prison for killing his parents, Bill and Faith Kinkel, then going to Thurston High School the next day and shooting 27 classmates, killing Nickolau son and Walker. Nickolauson’s father has said he prefers a separate memorial for the Kinkels, but he declined to comment on the committee’s plan to include all victims in one me morial. Members of Walker’s fami ly did couldn’t be reached for comment. Weather Today Thursday PARTLY SONNY MOSTLY SUNNY high 80, low 56 high 82, low 58 Thursday July 27,2000 Volume 102, Issue 11 -Q—0t h fi w r h ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Working for the people '.'Tl" " ' ; -asSL JE Tom Patterson for the Emerald Erica Fuiler-Shindler brings years of experience working with students to the University. Multicultural Tasker. The rigorous search fora Multicultural Center director is complete with a University alumna stepping up By Tonya Alanez Oregon Daily Emerald The University’s newly created position of Multicul tural Center Director has been an elusive one to fill. But with years of multi cultural-based awareness, Erica Fuller-Shindler ap pears to be a perfect fit. She initially turned down the offer in May due to per sonal reasons, but a change of circumstances brought Fuller-Shindler to the Uni versity after all. She was the selection committee’s top candidate all along and is now serving as the one-year interim director and will be eligible to apply for the per manent position at the end of her term, which expires June 30,2001. Fuller-Shindler is no stranger to Oregon. She was born and raised in the state, growing up in the coastal community of Bandon and attended the University for her freshman and sopho more years of college. “In terms of changes since I’ve been here, there have been no changes in the past 10 years,” Fuller-Shindler Turn to Multicultural, page 4 Major dreamers hope to attract baseball team ■ MLBoregon.com pitches its campaign for a major league baseball franchise in Portland By Jeff Smith Oregon Daily Emerald If you happened to be at Safeco Field Wednesday afternoon for the Seattle Mariners-Oakland A’s base ball game, there was a good chance you saw a banner with the words “Oregon A’s” on it. The banner is part of a promotion al campaign by MLBoregon.com, a new group that is assisting the city of Portland in attracting a Major League baseball franchise to the state. The reason it chose Wednesday’s venue as the place to launch this summer’s campaign is because of the potential relocation of the Oak land Athletics, one of baseball’s many small-market teams in finan cial trouble. MLBoregon.com is headed by Dr. G. Lynn Lashbrook, an adjunct pro fessor at Pacific University and Ore gon State University. Lashbrook’s goal this summer is focused on spawning interest from the entire state in bringing professional base ball to Portland. “We are one major step away from making the MLB dream a reality,” Lashbrook said. "That step is the fi nancing of a Major League ball park.” MLBoregon.com will try to gain momentum for such financing to take place through the use of state issued lottery bonds designated for economic development. Lashbrook is encouraging “people to contact their local legislators and sign peti tions.” Even with such efforts made by MLBoregon.com and the Portland Baseball Group, there are some doubts as to whether Portland could compete financially at the major league level. Turn to Baseball, page 3 The batter’s stats MLBoregon.com is headed by Dr. G. Lynn Lash brook,an adjunct professor at Pa cific University and OSU. Portland is the only market out of the 34 mar kets in the coun try without two pro franchises. Portland ranks 22 nd overall with 1.7 million people, more than Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Kansas, which all have teams. Source: MLBoregon.com Lane delegates off to GOP convention in Phillv A handful of Lane County Republicans, along with a cadre of protesters, head to Philadelphia for the national convention ELECTIONS By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald There’s a party of elephants heading to Philadelphia. Republicans, protesters and a few Oregonians make up those who are expected to at tend the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday and ends Wednesday in Philadelphia. An estimated 45,000 GOP supporters will pour into the “city of brotherly love” to take part in the gathering. “I believe there are about 12 or 13 delegates who will be go ing from Oregon,” said Sandy Reed, a convention delegate from Lane County and presi dent of Republican Women of Central Lane. Also from the local area, University alum Jeff Osanka will serve as an alternate dele gate. “There will be around 2.000 delegates and 2,000 alternate delegates,” Osanka said. “They will be on the floor at all times, although alternate delegates are not allowed to vote.” Neither of the two Lane County representatives have attended the convention in the past, but both have been as sured that it Inside Local reaction to Bush’s choice of Cheney for vice president draws mixed opinions. PAGE 3 is going to be an exciting time. “Being a delegate .{or alternate del egate] means access to everything,” Osanka said. “You get to wander around the floor and talk to people in your section, and you get to go to all of the parties and gather ings.” Reed has also been prepar Turn to Convention, page 6 Emerald Texas Gov. George Bush, shown here in Portland this past May, hopes to energize the Republican convention crowds.
