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—Q—n-L_b e w r h www.dailyemerald.com An independent newspaper uouoie Duty m Sarnie Parker and two teammates shed the pads and raced for the UO track team. PAGE 15 Warding off trouble Eugene City Councilors decide to handle local ward redistricting on their home turf. PAGE 3 Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugen e, Oregon Thursday April 19,2001 Volume 102, Issue 131 Weather TODAY high 55, low 45 Never-ending story ends; Brooklyn is elected ........ _ .. , . Tom Patterson Emerald ASUO Vice President-elect joy Nair and President-elect Nilda Brooklyn receive news of their victory Wednesday evening. ■ OSPIRGand MCC succeed, while Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair are named ASUO Executive By Beata Mostafavi Oregon Daily Emerald Nilda Brooklyn and Joy Nair snagged the office of ASUO Executive president and vice president Wednes day, bringing the 2001 election saga to an end. “I’m glad everything is over,” Nair said. “But we’re ready for the next step.” The election results brought vic tory to more than just the winning can didates. Both measures on the ballot — OSPIRG’s request for renewed student incidental fee funding and the Multi cultural Center’s request for an $18,555 cultural programming fund — also passed, making members of both groups happy. Voter turnout was close to the same as in the primary election — 9 percent — with only about 1,500 votes coming from a student population of nearly 17,000. The low turnout seemed to be mirrored in the quiet that surrounded the executive office, as only a few peo ple waited for results outside the ASUO doors. Stephanie Chaney, the ASUO Elec tions Board public relations manager, said that although the board tried to ad vertise the election, it was difficult to get out the vote. “I personally don’t understand why the students as a whole don’t take an active interest in the elections,” she said. “Getting students’ attention is a hard thing to do.” Brooklyn and Nair waited for the re sults at the home of their campaign manager Felisa Hagins, along with about 10 other supporters. Close to 6 p.m., nearly an hour after the voting deadline had passed, they received a phone call with the news that they had won. “We were like ‘Oh my god, we final ly did it,’” Nair said. With 844 votes, the pair beat oppo nents Bret Jacobson and Matt Cook by Turn to Election, page 8 OSU not ‘Bend-ing’ toward cooperative branch effort ■University Provost Moseley says he is opti m istic that the two col leges will wo rk th i ngs out to create the best Central Oregon curriculum possible By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald When the State Board of Higher Education decided Feb. 16 to award Oregon State Univer sity the privilege of managing the branch cam pus in Bend, it also told the OSU administra tion to work with the University of Oregon in a collaborative effort to give Central Oregon the' best higher education institution possible. Following the board’s February meeting, both universities’ provosts pledged to work with each other in that joint effort. But now, two months later, University Provost John Moseley says there could have been more effort from OSU to ensure the University was on the same page throughout the planning process. The board will meet Friday at Western Ore gon University in Monmouth to discuss plans for the Bend campus, and Moseley said he did n’t want “to create problems” by being too crit ical. He said most of the questions the Univer sity has with OSU’s plans could be just semantics. He added he was optimistic the concerns will be resolved either at the board’s meeting or before it. But when asked if the collaborative spirit mandated by the board had been present throughout the development of the plans for the Bend branch campus, Moseley said it had not. “That has not happened at this point,” he said. Moseley said the two schools are now “try ing to deal with things that should have been dealt with earlier” because of the low amount of cooperation. Yet Moseley said he remains optimistic the kinks will be ironed out between the Universi ty and OSU and the two will be able to offer Turn to Bend, page 5 ‘Zero’ tolerance leads to mock awards by MCC ■ 11 “Zero Awa rds” a re awa rded to University departments for their lack of tenured minority faculty By Kara Cogswell Oregon Daily Emerald If diversity can be measured in numbers, then many University departments may need to re-evaluate their hiring policies. The Multicultural Center presented 11 Uni versity departments with a “Zero Award” Wednesday for having no tenure or tenure tracked faculty members of color. The awards were announced and posted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the EMU Amphitheater as part of this week’s Dr. Edwin Coleman Conference events. Multicultural Center resource director Abby Lovett said she hoped the third annual event would “encourage departments to hire outside the majority.” Departments receiving Zero Awards in eluded political science, economics, theatre arts, and geography. Zero Awards were also given to the departments of planning, public policy and management, arts and administra tion, landscape architecture, and Germanic languages and literature. The School of Dance, the School of Music, and the Honors College were other recipients. Sophomore Nilda Brooklyn, who is con sidering a major in planning, public policy and management, said she was disappointed to see that department included in the awards. “It makes me stop and think if it’s a depart ment that will prepare me for the things I want to do after college,” Brooklyn said. For some departments, the lack of a diverse faculty is a result of unavoidable factors. Hon ors College Director David Frank said because his department is small, its ability to hire new professors is limited. The last time the depart ment hired a new faculty member was 15 Turn to Awards, page 5 New social club open to gay community in Eugene The Eugene Lesbian/Gay/ Bisexual 20s/30s Social Club provides laid-back social events beyond the bar scene By Lindsay Buchele Oregon Daily Emerald Steve Jarvis said he was tired of the almost nonexistent gay, lesbian and bisexual social scene in Eu gene, so he took it upon himself to begin a social club that stretches be yond the bar scene. His new ven ture will allow gay, lesbian and bi sexuals in their 20s and 30s the opportunity to plan social events exclusively for them. “I got tired of waiting for some one else to do this,” Jarvis said. “I wanted to connect and go out with a group with people like me.” Jarvis said since gays, lesbians and bisexuals have become more socially accepted in the past 10 years, there has been a growing need for a more diverse social scene. “Fifteen years ago, bars were the big thing for homosexuals,” Jarvis said. “The bar scene is just not the thing anymore.” The group, called The Eugene Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual 20s/30s So cial Club, is mostly being run through a Web site. The site features a calendar listing upcoming events and contact information, including 1 .* ‘ ■*, I m * U M I * t an e-mail list that allows people to plan social events and have them posted. The only restrictions of the club are that those who plan events must be between the ages of 20 and 39 and must identify as'a gay, lesbian or bisexual. “I liked the concept of the age group and creating an environment of people who can identify with each other,” Jarvis said. The group had its first social event April 10 at a local pizza restaurant, with a turnout of 13 peo ple, Jarvjs said. Mick Westerick, the director of technology at the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, at tended the first meeting and is try ing to plan a regular Sunday break fast for the group. “It was nice to be with a group that includes both men and women,” Westerick said. “Often times these groups will be restrict ed to just gays or just lesbians.” Westerick believes the group also provides a unique opportunity for gays, lesbians and bisexuals in Eu gene. Turn to I have plenty of friends who a re straight, but it's not the same. Mick Westerick technology director 4k*
