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Since 1 900 University of Qrego n Eugene, Oregon
Friday
October 6,2000
Volume 102, Issue 28
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TODAY
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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.
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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