Election
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President Wylie Chen and Vice
President Mitra Anoushiravani
were helping student groups draft
ballot measures, as well as writing
their own.
Measures must be read and ap
proved by the ASUO Constitution
Court before they can go on the
ballot. Many times, the court re
jects a first draft and sends it back
to the authors for revision. No bal
lot measures have been turned in
to the court for review.
“I’m pretty nervous about that,”
Chief Justice Robert Raschio said.
“We’re sort of lying in wait.”
At the very latest, measures are
due two weeks before the primary
election, but Raschio said he did
n’t think people would start work
ing on them until a date is set.
“I’m hoping they’ll start rolling
in next week,” Raschio said.
Breslow said he and Magner
have not yet written any ballot
measures, and they still need to
talk about what they want to do.
“No one’s really come to us
about the stuff they’re working
on,” he said.
CC We did a good job of
letting people know it was
elections time last year.
Jay Breslow
ASUO President
Breslow said he and Rice hope
to have their timeline completed
by early next week. Despite the
late start, he said deadlines simply
have to be met one way or another.
“We have to do it,” Breslow
said. “We have to have the election
pulled together.”
He added that he believes this
year’s elections timeline can still
resemble last year’s.
Among Rice’s responsibilities in
the upcoming weeks will be trying
to make sure that students turn out
to vote. About 10 percent of stu
dents voted last year.
“We did a good job of letting
people know it was elections time
last year,” Breslow said.
Aside from the timeline and the
deadlines, the method of the elec
tions must also be solidified. Bres
low said the ASUO still needs to
get in touch with Duck Web repre
sentatives to ensure the elections
are going to be held online.
Last year’s elections were con
ducted entirely through Duck
Web.
Rice only spoke briefly about
her new role in student govern
ment. She said she wants the job
and is ready for the quick transi
tion necessary to run this year’s
election.
King
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The march will travel from Mar
tin Luther King Jr. Park at East 10th
Avenue and Grant Street to the Po
lice and Fire Training Center at East
Second Avenue and Chambers
Street.
Several groups, such as the Eu
gene Human Rights Committee,
will give awards to members of the
community who have demonstrat
ed an awareness of civil rights.
On campus, several events next
week will address the history of
the civil rights movement, offering
students, faculty and the commu
nity a chance to focus on more
than just King’s famous “I Have A
Dream” speech, said John Shuford,
the University’s MLK Celebration
Planning Coordinator.
Shuford said this year’s theme,
“A Dream to be Achieved: Build
ing the ‘Beloved Community’ in
the New Millennium,” is intended
to create a link between the week’s
events and Black History Month.
Assistant Dean of Students Mark
Tracy will speak Tuesday about
the civil rights movements that de
veloped from the Montgomery Bus
Boycott.
“For me personally, the week
end gives me a time to reflect on
Dr. King and his visions and how I
will live my life in 2001,” Tracy
said.
Tracy said he hopes people will
attend the events for educational
purposes and to reflect on King’s
impact on this country and the
world.
Events commemorating King’s
life and message date back to his
death on April 4,1968.
On Monday, April 8, 1968,
members of the BSU solemnly
marched from the EMU to
McArthur Court carrying a mourn
ing wreath. All classes after 1 p.m.
that Friday were canceled, and
Martin Luther King Jr
Celebration events:
Jan. 13
H.O.N.LY. Youth celebrate Martin
Luther Kingjr.
Hosted by Honoring Our New Ethnic
Youth, the Lane Community College
Black Student Union and the
Northwest Youth Corps AmeriCorps
6-10 p.m., Northwest Youth Corps
Campus, 2621 Augusta St.
Jan. 15
Second Annual Martin Luther Kingjr.
Day March
9 a.m., Martin Luther Kingjr. Park,
West 10th Avenue and Grant Street
“EconomicCase for Diversity in the
New Millennium”
Dr. Julianne Malveaux, economist
Co-hosted by the Martin Luther King
Jr. Committee
6 p.m.: Hult Center, East Seventh
Avenue and Willamette Street
Jan. 16
“I Have a Dream”
Audio and video history of the
message
9:30-1:30 p.m., EMU Amphitheater
4 Little Girls: A Spike Lee
Documentary
4-6 p.m., 100 Willamette
BSU Martin Luther Kingjr. Day Recep
tion
6:30*8:30 p.m., Geriinger Lounge
BSU CandlelightVigil 8:30 p.m., EMU
Amphitheater
jan. 17
O'vil Rights Film Series on 20th
Century Social Justice Movements
10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Media Services
Studio B
Lunchtime sodai and dialogue spon
sored by the BSU
12 p.m., EMU, Multicultural Center
“Two Decades of MLK Celebrations”
A community panel and conversation
7-9 p.m., EMU Ben Linder Room
Jan. 18
“King’s Perfect Social Movement:
Elements of the Montgomery Bus
Boycott"
Mark Tracy, Assistant Dean of
Students, Diversity Programs
1:30-2:30 p.m.: EMU Multicultural
Center
BSU sponsored workshop: “Urban
Legends” 6:30-8:30 p.m., EMU Multi
cultural Center
Jan. 19
“Where Do We Go From Here?"
Student forum on identity and
community
1:30-3 p.m., EMU, Ben Linder Room
Aide for the hearing impaired will be
provided at some University events.
about 5,000 people gathered on the
EMU terrace and sang together as a
flag was flown at half mast.
That same flag was flown for 30
days in memory of King.
Since the civil rights movement
began, the fight to end racial preju
dice in American society has pro
gressed, but is far from over, Tracy
said.
“True historical representation
of race relations in this country is
still missing,” Tracy said. “Minori
ties are denied opportunities to
live in certain areas.”
Tracy said that even today,
blacks continually face obstacles,
such as a discriminatory job mar
ket.
Hutchinson said times have
changed for the better, but racism
still exists even in Eugene.
“When I go into a shopping
mall, people still stare at me,”
Hutchinson said. “Racism is still
present every day of my life.”
Languages
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have suffered, including the Nava
jo language, which is more widely
used than most American Indian
languages.
Janne Underriner, coordinator of
NILI, said the reason the Navajo
language is in better condition to
day is because Navajo tribe began
its preservation efforts earlier, in
the 1970s.
“There were more speakers of
the language at the time, so there
was a greater influence,” she said.
Last year the American Indian
languages NILI taught were Nez
Perce, Shaptin, Klamath and Was
co, Delancey said. Other languages
taught in the past included Chi
nook, Spokane and Tolowa.
“We’re trying to give them a
crash course in all the languages
because learning them is a pretty
daunting process,” Delancey said.
He said the participants primari
ly consist of those who do not
know the languages at all, or do
know them but not well enough to
teach to future generations.
“We’re trying to prepare them to
be the next teachers,” Delancey
said. “Imagine learning a language
well enough so you can teach it to
others. It’s a big assignment for
everybody.”
Shawaway said the language sit
uation can be improved. The tribe
sponsors its own language pro
gram and works with the Jefferson
County school district to teach
children at the kindergarten level.
“I have great hope that they will
speak their languages by gradua
tion,” she said.
Underriner said everyone should
be concerned with saving languages
because they preserve the sense of
community within groups of peo
ple.
“What’s captured in these lan
guages is the way people lived,”
she said. “And we lose world com
munity without them.”
She also said there needs to be
more funding in general to pre
serve languages.
“It’s a labor of love to help pre
serve and revitalize these lan
guages,” she said. “We need more
benefactors that are willing to take
the situation seriously.”
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