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'Engaging Africa' kicks off
■The symposium, which
continues today, aims to
increase understanding of
Africa’s importance
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Beng people of Africa believe
babies are reincarnated, have spiri
tual power and are capable of un
derstanding human language.
This is one part of African culture
that Alma Gottlieb, an anthropology
professor at the University of Illi
nois, shared Thursday evening in
her presentation to kick off “Engag
ing Africa: A Symposium Exploring
the Future of African Studies.” The
free event, sponsored by the Univer
sity’s Oregon Humanities Center,
continues today with panels and
presentations in the Gerlinger
Alumni Lounge.
The symposium will feature pre
senters from throughout the world
and will cover such topics as global
ization, African studies and how to
be a writer in underdeveloped
countries.
Steven Shankman, an English
professor and director of the Oregon
Humanities Center, said the pur
Turn to Africa, page 8
Renters’ rights
continued from page 1
Brooklyn said that in addition to
being active in the process of devel
oping a code, students need to be at
the forefront of the effort.
“Just like the ASUO did with the
party ordinance,” she said. “Instead
of just oppose the ordinance, they
wrote their own ordinance — we
need to make sure the lines of com
munication remain open.”
Jacobson, however, disagreed
with the stance taken by the other
two candidates on housing issues.
“Generally, a housing code
wouldn’t be in the best interest of all
students,” he said. “Especially if ac
companied by price control. If it
wasn’t so sad, it would be funny
that the other candidates think
that’s a solution.”
Eugene history
The city of Eugene has looked into
developing a housing code in the
past, forming the Department Advi
sory Committee for the Housing Code
Project in 1996. The nine-person
group attempted to develop new
Elections
continued from page 1
cobson and Cook from the ballot be
fore it saw election results to ensure
an unbiased vote, elections board
member Ken Best said.
Best said about 1,528 students vot
ed, but added that the exact numbers
were not available because other
board members probably locked
them up before leaving the office.
The four other board members
left the ASUO office promptly after
posting results and were unavail
able for comment.
Best attributed the low turnout re
sults to technical problems with
Duck Web, short preparation time
and a general lack of election inter
est by the student body.
Duck Web crashed multiple times
during the election with the com
bined traffic of voters and students
registering for classes, which may
have led to frustration and lost voters.
Best added that Duck Web voting
ran more smoothly last year. Best
was elections coordinator last year.
This year the elections board also
had only a couple of weeks to prepare
for the elections, as opposed to the
couple of months it had last year. Best
said this threw the board members
behind and didn’t give them enough
time to publicize the election.
Although a couple of grievances
were filed this year, Best said this
year’s election didn’t cause as much
controversy as last year’s, and not as
much attention was drawn to the
election. He said the timing of this
year’s grievances didn’t cause as
much excitement because decisions
were made during the primaries.
“Problems like grievances tend to
get the campus fired up,” he said.
“Since this year the grievance results
were announced with election results,
it didn’t cause as much controversy. ”
But Brooklyn Campaign Manager
Melissa Unger said the elections
board unfairly kept observers and
members of the press out of the ASUO
(t ■ office as-the board prepared results.
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housing standards that had been
abolished during budget cuts in the
early 1980s. The committee deter
mined that Eugene would benefit
from a housing code, but funding pre
vented the recommendation from be
coming a realization. In the end, Eu
gene was left without a housing code.
This year’s Executive has made
significant gains in improving rela
tions with the City Council, which
will allow next year’s Executive the
opportunity to enter with a recent
history of good relations, ASUO
Community Outreach Director
Christa Shively said.
On campus, the current Execu
tive is looking into developing a
Web site containing information on
renters’ rights and housing issues.
“I know that I didn’t receive any
training on how to be a renter,”
Shively said. The ASUO “saw the
Web site as a good way to pursue al
ternative outreach.”
Legal assistance
For now, with the lack of a
renters’ code of rights, there are
many available resources for stu
dents on campus seeking advice on
dealing with housing problems.
ASUO Legal Services in the EMU
offers students advice and some
limited representation. Appoint
ments are free for students.
“Easily, the most important thing
for tenants is to put everything in
writing,” said L. Nicole Miani, an at
torney with ASUO Legal Services.
“All rights in the Landlord-Tenant
Act are dependent upon the landlord
having received written notice. ”
Miani said the problems that
ASUO Legal Services sees most fre
quently involve breaking leases, ob
taining repairs and getting security
deposits back.
There are many things a potential
tenant can do to improve his or her
odds of an enjoyable rental experi
ence, she said. Public records pro
vide information that can be help
ful in deciding on a place to live.
“Look at the [civil court] filings
and see if they’ve been habitually
sued,” Miani said. “If they’re suing a
lot or evicting a lot of tenants, that
would be a red flag. ”
Another option potential renters
have is to talk with other people liv
ing where they plan to live, or to ask
landlords for references, Miani said.
Unofficial results for the 2001ASUO
primary elections:
Voter turnout: 1,528
Executive Race:
Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair 624
Bret Jacobson and Matt Cook 356
Eric Bailey and Jeff Oliver 237
Sholkeda101
Eric Qualheim and Brian Boone 62
Brad Schatzel and Kevin Stolle 39
Associated Students Presidential Advi
sory Committee:
Katelyn Carey 767
Student Recreation and Advisory
Board:
Jon Lucchesi 737
Brad Gerke16
Building Fee Committee—1-year
term:
Patrick Smith 21
David Schottle 14
Kyle KnepperlO
Programs Finance Committee, at
large, 2-year term:
Edwin Prasad 716
Programs Finance Committee, at
large, 1-year term:
Ruslan Tkebuchava 13
EMU Board, at-large, 2-year term:
Jackie Reed 310
Kerri Anne Morgan 300
Logan Farrell 265
Brenda Tincher171
Senate Seat 1,1-year term:
Nadia Hasan 747
Senate Seat 3,2-year term:
Eduardo Morales 449
Mimi Luong334
Senate Seat 4,1-year term:
Justin F. Zuiker 696
Senate Seat 5,1-year term:
Andrew R. Elliot 674
Senate Seat 6,2-year term:
Ben Buzbee 675
Senate Seat 7,1-year term:
Arlie Adkins 27
Senate Seat 9,2-year term:
Dave Sanchez737
Senate Seat 10,1-year term:
Dominique Beaumonte 123
Sean Henderson 83
Senate Seat 11,2-year term:
SuzieShauger 188
Senate Seat 12,1-year term:
None qualified
Senate Seat 13,2-year term:
Ben Lacy 155
Senate Seat 15,2-year term:
Rebecca Cambreleng 62
Erin Foote Pursell36
Dan Isaacson 26
Gregory McNeill 24
Maco Stewart 15
Steven Lockfield 11
Senate Seat 17,2-year term
None qualified
Source: ASU0 Elections Board
campus publications that print at
least monthly can have two ob
servers, and each presidential can
didate can have one observer, oth
er than the candidate, in the room
where the ballots are counted.
“There should be people in the
room to overlook the elections
board to make sure the board isn’t
biased,” Unger said. “They should
have to be careful, and they aren’t
having to be careful when there’s no
one in the room.”
As usual, this year’s election also
brought about some humorous write
ins for different races. These included
names such as former ASUO Presi
dent Wylie Chen and former Vice
President Mitra Anoushiravani,
Homer Simpson, “Me,” and the inan
imate concrete knob located next to
the EMU Amphitheater.