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.
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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
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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 ^