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Friday
January 12,2000
Volume 102, Issue 72
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Born in Atlanta, Ga
Jan. 15,1929
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Visits India; King
had a lifelong
admiration for
Mohandas K.
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Marries Coretta
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President of the
Southern Christian
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Leads Birmingham
protests, arrested
for defying a court
order, delivers the
famous “I Have a
Dream” speech at
the Lincoln
Memorial
King and 3,200
people march
from Selma to
Montgomery, Ala.
Source: The Seattle Times
Pastor at Ebenezer
Baptist Church
Wins Nobel Peace
Prize
King is assassinated in
Memphis, Tenn. by
James Earl Ray
April 4,1968
The first national
celebration of King’s
birthday as a holiday
Jan. 20,1986
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■The University and community have a
week of events planned to remember
Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Lindsay Buchele and Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
While corporations debate about recognizing
the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, set for Monday,
the University and community will spend an en
tire week focusing on the civil rights leader and his
message.
The commemoration events begin Saturday and
continue through Jan. 19, and will promote histor
ical awareness about King and the future of civil
rights.
“The day is to be a celebration, but it is also a
day of action,” said Kim Hutchinson, resource co
ordinator for the Black Student Union. “People
need to come together as a community to recog
nize their differences.”
Hutchinson said people need to recognize past
civil rights accomplishments and be aware of this
generation’s efforts, led by organizations such as
the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People and leaders such as the Rev. Jesse
Jackson.
Event highlights will include a march and
speeches by Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, economist
Dr. Julianne Malveaux and University professor
Robin Morris-Collin.
Turn to King, page 5
ASUO election
date uncertain
■The Executive has appointed an elections
coordinator, but there is not yet an official timeline
for the upcoming student election
By Emily Gust
Oregon Daily Emerald
Members of the ASUO know this
year’s student election is coming, but
no one is completely sure when it will
happen.
Former student senator Shantell Rice
became elections coordinator after the
Student Senate approved her appoint
ment Wednesday night. She’s taking
over an election system that is already
behind schedule, compared to last year.
The crucial dates for the election
couldn’t be set until the coordinator
was hired, which didn’t happen fall
term. ASUO President Jay Breslow ap
pointed a coordinator about a month
into fall term, but the person resigned
before the senate could confirm the ap
pointment. Breslow said the issue then
got lost when the national election sea
son began.
Rice’s appointment is the only
progress that Breslow and Vice Presi
dent Holly Magner have made toward
the election. Deadlines for when candi
dates must file, ballot measures must be
complete and the primary and general
elections will be held are still in limbo.
But not only is there no timeline,
there is no elections board. The four
person group is appointed by the coor
dinator and must be approved by the
senate. Board members will assist in
election preparations and help Rice
with the crucial job of interpreting
ASUO election rules.
“Hopefully [we can get] some experi
enced people for the short timeline,”
Breslow said. He added that Rice’s pre
vious government experience on the
senate and the Programs Finance Com
mittee will help with the current time
crunch.
“She’s proved herself as fair but a
stickler for the rules,” Breslow said.
At this time last year, the board had
already established a timeline. ASUO
Turn to Election, page 5
£4 We have
to do it We
have to
have the
election
pulled
together.
Jay Breslow
ASUO
President
University strives to preserve American Indian languages
The Yamada
Center and the
linguistics
department
sponsor a
program that
teaches a
variety of
American
Indian
languages
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
A University program is help
ing people remember their oral
heritage through classes in lan
guage analysis so they can retain
their place in the world by hold
ing on to their past.
Faculty and staff in the linguis
tics department and the Yamada
Language Center are attempting
to preserve Native American lan
guages that are in jeopardy of be
coming forgotten after more gen
erations of American Indians
have grown up only knowing
English.
“The situation is definitely
drastic,” said Scott Delancey, pro
fessor of linguistics and director
of the Northwest Indian Language
Institute. “It’s not just developing
on the horizon-it’s here.”
Both the University and the
Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs, a 4,000-member tribal
community in Central Oregon,
are taking steps to solve this prob
lem. The lingustics department
and the Yamada Center sponsor a
three-week-long program, taught
by NILI, in which participants
learn language analysis, language
teaching methods and how to use
linguistic materials. The program
covers a variety of American Indi
an languages.
Delancey said there are few
American Indians younger than
50 years old who can speak their
native languages, because the
generation before them was
forced to attend boarding schools
from the 1800s to the 1950s and
only learned English.
“Unfortunately, language is sur
vived from being transmitted
from one generation to the next,”
he said, adding the few adults
who do know a tribal language
were probably raised by their
grandparents.
He said at one time there were
25 American Indian languages,
but now there are only six that
still have speakers younger than
70 years old.
Myra Shawaway, director of
the culture and heritage depart
ment for the Confederated Tribes
of Warm Springs, said there has
been a serious decline of Ameri
can Indian languages in recent
years.
“The language was taken away
from the people, and promotion
of the English language has
turned our language into a dying
language,” she said.
Shawaway said all languages
Turn to languages, page 5
ii The
situation is
definitely
drastic.
Scott
Delancey
director
Northwest
Indian
Language
Institute jj