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Who shall lead them? Joey Harrington was the hero after leading the Ducks to glory, but now A.J. Feeley is set to challenge him for the starting spot that once was his. PAGE 05 The Flash Co-founder of adop tion agency dies at 96 EUGENE (AP) — Bertha Holt, co-founder of an adop tion agency that has found homes for orphans around the world, died Monday after suffering a stroke. She was 96. Affectionately known as “Grandma” to thousands of adopted children, Holt suf fered the stroke July 25 after her daily 11/2-mile walk, said Susan Cox, spokeswoman for Holt International Children’s Services in Eugene. Holt died at her home in Creswell, just south of Eu gene. She had been treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center the day of the stroke, but was later released. Holt had no history of heart problems but battled some dizziness and tiredness a few years back, and pneumonia last fall and winter, Cox said. In 1996, at age 92, Holt set a world record for her age group in the 400-meter run at the Hayward Masters Classic in Eugene. A stickler for exer cise and good diet, Holt took vitamins and began each day with a walk. The adoption agency has re ceived calls from well-wishers around the world, Cox said. “The Holts played a huge part in my life,” said Brian Hester, adopted out of South Vietnam in 1974 and now, at 27, a house painter in Colum bus, Ohio. “I got a second chance. Without them, I’d probably be back in Vietnam. Probably dead,” Hester said. Holt had recently returned from Florida, where she re ceived the Kiwanis World Ser vice Award. Past recipients in clude Mother Teresa, Audrey Hepburn, Rosalyrin Carter and Nancy Reagan. nigh 70, low 50 high 70, low 50 I "■ ^ Oregon Daily "W Emerald Tuesday August 1,2000 Volume 102, Issue 12 —Q—Q-h R_W r h ^ www.dailyemerald.com University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon An independent newspaper Autzen plans move one step closer ■The University’s TDM Plan gets OK from the Planning Commission; the City Council and the public will take it on in September By Jack Clifford Oregon Daily Emerald While Oregon’s football team gears up for what it hopes is a fortunate beginning to the sea son on Sept. 2 against Nevada, administration officials seeking an amendment to Eugene’s parking code have received their own favorable roll of the dice. The city’s Planning Commis sion voted unanimously Mon day to forward the University’s revised Transportation Demand Management Plan to the City Council for review and a Sept. 25 public hearing. The TDM Plan, several months in the making, is de signed to prove to city planners and city council members that Autzen Stadium can be expand ed without the need for addi tional on-site parking. Current ly, Chapter 9 of the Land Use Code requires one parking space for each 4.4 seats in the stadium. Under proposed stadi um expansion plans to increase seating capacity by 12,100 fans i — scheduled to begin no earlier than late November — the Uni versity would be required to find 1,375 additional spaces on stadium property. If the City Council eventually passes the amendment, however, that pre requisite would be negated. Alternatives to more parking spaces include increasing the usage of public transit, expand ing bicycle valet service to en courage more two-wheeled ar rivals and using approximately 800-1,000 on-campus parking spaces that are not utilized on game days. “We’re very pleased with the Football lifaciliii fum Casanovj Athletic Moshofsky Sports WISTEC 500 Fed To University of Oregon Mmn Campus BLVD CENTENNIAL Source: University Graphics Lab, Department of Geography The University prefers to situate a bus loading/unloading area on WISTEC’s grounds. That option — one of three in the TDM Plan — is not the best one, WISTEC officials say, but both parties plan to meet soon to discuss and resolve the issue. Planning Com mission’s ac tion,” said Steve McBride, assis tant athletic di rector of inter nal operations. “A lot of peo ple, city staff, University staff and consultants have spent a lot of time working on [the TDM Plan] ... We’re glad that this step is behind us now and we’re ready to work with the We’re very pleased with the Planning Com mission’s action. A lot of ... city staff, University staff and consultants have spent a lot of time working on [the TDM Plan]. Steve McBride University assistant athletic director of internal operations // ning Commis sion on July 14, then city officials took public com ment until July 24. Despite the stadium ex p a n s i o n ’ s timetable thrown into somewhat of a cloud because of Nike CEO Phil Knight’s withdrawal of a $30 million pledge in Anril. IIniver City Council to get the code amendment passed.” The University submitted a revised TDM Plan to the Plan sity officials went forward with the amendment request. “It is important to note that by its nature the TDM plan is a living documnet that will adapt to changing circumstances,” Vice President for Administra tion Dan Williams wrote in a letter to the Planning Commis sion dated July 21. “For exam ple, it will be several years be fore the stadium is altered and able to contain the full comple ment of spectators for which the TDM plan is designed. This al lows for plenty of time to fine tune the elements of the plan to ensure their effectiveness.” One potential controversial aspect of the plan is where to situate a bus passenger area, which will be used to drop off fans before the games and pick them up post-game. Three op tions are outlined in the plan, but the University’s preferred Turn to Amendment, page 4 Scholarship affords students opportunity The McNair Scholars Program enables disadvantaged students the means to realize their educational ambitions By Tonya Alanez Oregon Daily Emerald While in high school, college didn’t seem like a possibility for Denita Blount, let alone graduate school. But as a classjof 2000 University graduate with plans to attend the University’s Early Interven tion Graduate Program in the fall, it is evident that much has changed since her days at Churchill High School. A large part of that change is a result of Blount’s participation in the McNair Scholars Program, which makes the possibility of attending gradu ate school a reality for first-generation college graduates. Beginning at 9 a.m. on Thursday and 10 a.m. on Friday, participating Undergraduate students will present their summer research projects at “The Power and Promise of Research” sympo sium at 184 Knight Law Center. Blount has spent a large part of her summer in the Vivian Olum Child Development Center, noting the qualitative differences between toddlers with and without Turn to Scholarship, page 3 War/peace dichotomy explored in ceremony ■The Japanese Student Organization extols the virtues of peace at the second War and Peace Ceremony By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald The EMU Amphitheater will soon be filled with the images of war. Beginning Wednesday, the Japanese Student Organization hosts its second War and Peace Ceremony. Last year’s ceremony focused on the destruction brought upon Nagasaki and Hiroshi ma in 1945 with the dropping of the atomic bomb. “Last year’s event included only a few per spectives, mostly U.S. and Chinese,” JSO co-di rector Shigeo Murao said. “It was more two sided.” The object of this year’s ceremony is to illumi nate the horror of past wars and ensure the eter nal peace and prosperity of the future, according to organizers. Turn to Ceremony, page 3 (4 This year the event will be more inclusive. Aaron Ernst JSO assistant public relations director ^
