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May21,2001
Volume 102, Issue 153
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The Oregon men's and women's track teams have
average performances at the Pac-10s. PAGE 7
Stair masters
Construction on the PLC elevators this summer will
force many to climb their way to the top. PAGE 6
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■The assault of an EPD officer
who was ca I led to the scene of a
large fight led to one arrest
By Aaron K. Breniman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene Police Department officers
arrested one individual Friday night
for assaulting an EPD officer after po
lice responded to a report at 11:57
p.m. of a large group of subjects fight
ing at the intersection of East 14th Av
enue and Patterson Street, according
to an EPD release.
Police charged Fredrick Andrew
Stirtz, 18, with assaulting a public
safety officer, disorderly conduct, sec
ond-degree criminal mischief and re
sisting arrest in the incident.
When police arrived at the scene a
few blocks west of the University, they
discovered 25 people assaulting each
other. While officers were attempting
to arrest one subject, Stirtz allegedly
assaulted Officer Jacen Johns from be
hind. Officer Johns was knocked to the
ground, the release said.
Stirtz attempted to flee the area on
foot, but Officer Johns recovered from
the attack and was able to catch him
after a short pursuit, police said. The
officer received abrasions to one of his
knees and an elbow, and subsequently
suffered pain in his back, according to
the release.
The suspect being taken into cus
tody at the time of the assault escaped
after Johns was assaulted. Stirtz was
arrested and lodged at the Lane Coun
ty Jail.
Little folk
R. Ashley Smith Emerald
21/2 year-old Sammy Dean makes a cameo appearance with the Sugar Beets Saturday on the main stage of the
Willamette Valley Folk Festival. The band kept the crowd dancing throughout its set of psychedelic bluegrass.
Doctor
addresses
abortion
■Though she doesn’t wear a
bullet proof vest to the office
anymore, Dr. Elizabeth Newhall
knows well the threat to her work
By Lindsay Buchele
Oregon Daily Emerald
When abortion provider Dr. Elizabeth
Newhall was labeled by a violent pro
life group as a suggestive target, she said
it didn’t keep her from providing safe
and effective abortions to women.
On Sunday, University group Stu
dents for Choice, in conjunction with
the College Democrats and Planned
Parenthood, sponsored a speech given
by Newhall that ranged in subject mat
ter from Newhall’s choice toT)ecome an
abortion provider to her clinical testing
of the medical abortion drug Mifepris
tone, also termed RU-486.
Sara Poynter, director of Students for
Choice, said Newhall’s experience with
the medical and political aspects of
abortion make her a valuable speaker
for the University community.
“A doctor’s perspective on abortion is
unique,” Poynter said. “Our mission is
to educate students about the political
climate, reproductive rights, medicine
and availability of abortions.”
Kitty Piercy, public affairs director for
Planned Parenthood, said she worked
on bringing Mifepristone to Oregon and
also with the Legislature in support of
the drug’s testing.
“I felt it was important for the stu
dents to hear from an abortion
provider,” Piercy said.
Raised in what she describes as a
“very Catholic family,” Newhall said
Turn to Abortion, page 5
R. Ashley Smith Emerald
A fan reaches to place an origami lei on Johnny Misa, a star of the pop band Kai Saturday night
in the EMU Ballroom. The concert topped off Asian Pacific American Heritage month festivities.
APASU concert rocks ballroom
■The popular Asian band Kai joined girl group B4 Ten
and comedian Kevin Kataoka to help celebrate Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month on campus Saturday
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
It looked like a scene right out
of MTV’s Total Request Live
when members of the band Kai
took the stage in the EMU Ball
room Saturday night to celebrate
Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month.
Some girls screamed and
stretched out their hands for the
chance to touch members of the
pop group. Other audience
members brought flowers and
leis up to the stage to give to the
band, which is considered by
many to be the top Asian pop
group in the country.
Sponsored by the Asian/Pacif
ic American Student Union, the
concert wrapped up heritage
month events that have taken
place throughout the past few
weeks, APASU’s co-director
Sugie Hong said.
Opening for Kai was stand-up
comedian Kevin Kataoka, and
two of the three members of the
musical group B4 Ten. Original
ly, comedian Henry Cho was
scheduled to open the show, but
he was unable to attend because
one of his family members sud
denly fell ill.
Kataoka has appeared on the
NBC show “Late Friday” and on
Comedy Central’s “Dr. Katz.” He
was also the first Asian writer
for the television comedy
“MADtv.”
After an initially chilly re
sponse from the crowd, Kataoka
soon got audience members
laughing and cheering with a se
ries of jokes relating to every
thing from sex to Buddhism to
trailer trash.
In one well-received set,
Kataoka remarked on the possi
bilities that could emerge if
cloning technology allows peo
ple to make replicas of them
selves.
“We could have sex with our
selves, “ he said. “I don’t know
about you, but I’d do me.”
In another joke with a more
serious underlying message,
Kataoka commented on his own
experience growing up as one of
the few Japanese-American chil
dren at his school.
On the anniversary of Pearl
Turn to Concert, page 5