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—Q—o-1 h e_w e h ^ www.dailyemerald.com Wednesday An independent newspaper Readyforthe road The Oregon men's basketball team gears up for a two-game road swing through L.A. PAGE 7 Analyzing abuse The Substance Abuse Prevention Program will run seminars examining causes of drug abuse. PAGE 3 January 24,2001 Volume 102, Issue 79 Weather TODAY high 50, low 40 Xiao-Yu Fan, a volunteer with the Chinese Student Association, will dance for the Chinese New Year Festival on Sunday. A New Year’s far from home Though separated from family and cultural traditions, Chinese students will gather with friends to celebrate the new year By Lisa Toth Oregon Daily Emerald Instead of setting off fire crackers and eating special food to celebrate the Chinese New Year with his family to day, Scott Wu will be attend ing Business Administration 399 and Japanese 102. In America, there is no break for this holiday, but in China, the winter break for students would be centered around the Chinese New Year. “We have a break like it’s Christmas in America,” said Lisa Tsai, co-director of the Chinese Student Association. “Parents don’t have to work.’’The 12 years in the Chi nese calendar are named for animals of the Chinese zodiac. The year 2001 falls under the year of the snake, which signi fies a year of preparation for potential hardships and diffi culties. This will be Wu’s second Chinese New Year in America. He said the festivities for 2001 that he would normally enjoy in his home country of Taiwan differ significantly from the way he will be celebrating the holiday in Eugene. If he were home, Wu said he would get together with his entire family at his grand parents’ house in Taipei for a special dinner the night be fore the Chinese New Year, similar to New Year’s Eve in America. Wu said another treat would be a visit from his aunt and uncle who live in Taichung. Wu’s grandmother, mother and aunts would prepare holi day dishes such as chun-gin, vegetables and seasoning Turn to New Year, page 4 WISTEC refuses compensation ■The museum plans to close despite the University’s offer of financial redress, which it says would allow WISTEC to stay open By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald The Willamette Science and Tech nology Center decided to close Tues day after 35 years of providing science and math to youths in Eugene. The closure came as a result of Mon day night’s Eugene City Council deci sion allowing the University to build a bus transit station on a parking lot that WISTEC currently uses to produce revenues, WISTEC Executive Director Meg Trendler said. WISTEC, a non profit organization, depends on that revenue for a hefty portion of its oper ating budget. University officials argue that the museum should be able to stay open with the compensation they offered for the next five years, an amount based on past revenue projections. “We made a commitment to replace the parking revenue until the year 2006 when discussions began last fall,” said Dan Williams, vice presi dent of administration for the Univer sity. “We were offering slightly over $200,000, and I have trouble under standing how this wasn’t enough to keep the museum open.” Trendler argues that the amount of fered by the University is not enough for the museum to stay open, and has officially rejected its offer. Trendler said the University’s offer should have covered costs through the year 2007, which would have amounted to $300,000. The University began allowing WISTEC the use of the parking lot next to Autzen Stadium three years ago, and let the museum make money by charging people to park there during University football games. Now, the University wants the lot back in order to continue with its expansion of the stadium. Turn to WISTEC, page 3 ii WISTEC has known since last fall that we wanted the lot back, and it's not accurate or fairfor them to make the University seem re sponsible [for the museum closing]. Dan Williams vice president of administra* tion Wrangling over Insurgent puts PFC process on hold After extended debate, the Programs Finance Committee passed The Insurgent’s budget but placed it in a holding account By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald After more than an hour of debate, the ASUO Programs Finance Commit tee approved a budget for The Insur gent, but no one seemed satisfied with the decision. The budget was approved, but the money was placed into a holding ac count until certain legal questions are answered, which left both Insurgent contributors and PFC members discon tent. About 40 students and faculty mem bers crammed into the EMU Board Room Tuesday night in anticipation of debate over The Insurgent’s funding. Questions circulated for the past week over whether The Insurgent broke laws after it printed a four-page pullout from the Animal Liberation Front. The pullout, which detailed ways to break into laboratories, was placed next to a page that listed names of several biologists and re search scientists who conduct tests on animals. If The Insurgent -had broken laws, the question was whether that fact would impact its funding. PFC members were especially wor ried about legal issues — specifically whether passing or denying The In surgent’s budget could lead to legal action regarding the incidental fee system. But they were also concerned about whether printing such material would disqualify The Insurgent for incidental fee funding, which requires that a pro gram contribute to the cultural and physical well being of University stu dents. Associate biology professor Bill Roberts asked whether The Insurgent was living up to its mission state ment, which includes following state laws, when it printed an A.L.F. pull out that he thought clearly advocated arson. The debate that ensued revolved around several different issues, but the recurring question was whether the PFC had a right to determine The Insurgent’s budget by judging its con tent. Political science major Alan Tauber pointed out that the Clark Document, which governs how incidental fees should be divided, states that the PFC must limit itself to the question of cul tural and physical development. Several audience members voiced their support of The Insurgent and its role in contributing to their well being. Some pointed out that other publica tions on campus have printed inflam matory editorial material, yet none of them have been de-funded. The seemingly endless debate prompted PFC member Aaron Week to propose a middle ground: granting the group its money but placing it into a holding account. Even though he suggested the com promise, Week voted against his own motion. He said he wished there would have been another way to re solve the issue, but he simply didn’t Turn to PFC, page 5
