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An independent newspaper Old foes Women's soccer begins conference play with games against Arizona and Arizona State. PAGE 7 The past and the future Cherokee Chief Chad Smith will speak about the future of the Cherokee Nation on Oct. 9.. PAGE 3 Since 1 900 University of Qrego n Eugene, Oregon Friday October 6,2000 Volume 102, Issue 28 Weather TODAY MOSTLY SUNNY high 67, low 45 ass Megan Kearon tends her vegetable display at the Farmers Market downtown on Monday. Under a new proposal, the market could expand to a new building at the fairgrounds. Seekingsfertilearmmd& Talk of expanding Farmers Market instills high hopes in vendors By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald Every Tuesday, the down town blocks occupying 8th Av enue and Oak Street are trans formed from a quiet city park into a cross between a me dieval street fair and the aisles of an organic grocery store. In open-air booths, market vendors display their wares, ranging from fresh fruit and vegetables to exotic herbs and plants. Catering to the downtown lunch crowd, vendors — some of whom have occupied a spot here since the maVket opened more than 2d years ago — share a visible sense of com munity in their efforts. The market has claimed its niche in the downtown Eugene com munity, sprawling on both sides of 8th Avenue, with black mats to protect the grass and a handful of food booths to satis fy those taking their merchan dise home for consumption. The market also serves as an integral part of the Saturday Market, the nation’s oldest weekly open-air crafts festival, in addition to holding its own event on Tuesdays. With more than 300 new vendors interested in selling at the market, the need for addi tional facilities is obvious, market organizers say. With potential merchants offering to sell a wider variety of goods, market organizers are consid ering expanding the market to provide a year-round facility equipped with refrigeration ar eas. Turn to Market, page 4 BUSTED begins offering options ■ A University program provides students cited for MIPs an educational alternative to paying fines Eric Martin for the Emerald Local television news teams broad cast live Sept. 30 from University stu dent Zack Shleifer’s home on Alder Street as Eugene police officers cited 21 partygoers for being minors in pos session of alcohol and two for allowing consumption of alcohol by minors. The officers arrested one person for in terfering with police. It was, as Shleifer put it, a circus. “It really upset me how the media got in my house and were filming out side,” Shleifer, 19, said. “The police just let them do it.” He was slapped with a $350 citation — his first — for allowing minors to consume alcohol on his property and will go to Eugene Municipal Court in two weeks, he said. A few blocks away on Hilyard Street, eight police officers crashed a party at 21-year-old Hayden Llewellyn’s house. The officers cited five people for MIPs and three for al lowing minors to consume alcohol on the property. The festivities ended in somber silence as Llewellyn and his friends sat quietly while officers checked their identification and ad ministered sobriety tests, Llewellyn said. “About an hour before they showed up, there were, like, 40 people here. We asked [many of] them to leave, and there were only 15 of us sitting around when [police] came in.” Llewellyn said this was his first cita tion. But the problem last weekend was Turn to BUSTED, page 5 Over the weekend: More than 55 people were cit ed for being mi nors in posses sion of alcohol Another 15 peo ple were cited for allowing mi nors to consume alcohol on their properties last year: 1,118 people were cited for being minors in possession on campus or with in a 10-block ra dius of the Uni versity Source: Eugene Police Department Autzen expansion to be completed by 2003 season Because of a lack of funding for the expansion project, Duck fa ns will have to wait a little bit longer for Autzen to be completed By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald On the day the University of Wash ington Huskies faced the Ducks, Autzen Stadium held 46,153 fans — 4,455 fans over capacity. This boost in attendance in the past few years is one of the main reasons for the push to complete the Autzen ex pansion project that began during the summer of 2000. The estimated $81 million project, which began to take shape in 1999, will expand seating capacity, improve circulation, accessibility, restrooms, concessions and press facilities, as well as add an additional 12,000 seats. “To me it is a number-one priority,” Athletic Director Bill Moos said. “Without it, we can’t increase revenue streams." Although the first phase of the ex pansion was launched on schedule, the addition of seating will be delayed by a year, and, according to Moos, was lat a point where it was in jeopardy of psiikg another year. Because of this possibility, the University will contin ue moving forward with expansion plans immediately after this season. “Because of the loss of a major piece of funding, it had to be put on hold,” Moos said. Nike CEO Phil Knight pulled an ex pected $30 million to $50 million dol lar donation for the expansion when the University joined the Worker Rights Consortium last April, leaving the Athletic Department with a big hole to fill. “We are hoping we can attract major donations to help fill the void of Mr. Knight,” Moos said. Funding could also come from bonds. “Financing does not involve any tax payer or student funds,” Dave Willi Turn to Autzen, page 5 Autzen Expansion Plan □ Existing seating H More than 12,000 additional seats □ Sideline preferred seating D 32 additional luxury suites ^ Club at Autzen seating and private Club amenities & atrium ii VIP lobby (in Berm) r~| New open-air concourse, improved restroom and concession areas Russ Weller Emerald
