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■ May 22,2001
Volume 102, Issue 154
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The Pac-10 women's track and field race went
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UO awards
honor faculty
and students
■The Office of Multicultural Affairsand the
University held awards ceremonies during Family
Weekend to recognize outstanding individuals
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Jon Erlandson, an associate professor of anthropology, has
worked with the other faculty members in the University’s
department of anthropology for 11 years, building bridges
with indigenous people and mentoring University students.
Erlandson said those bridges have been formed through his
skills in historic preservation, his own personal commitment
and the support of his department.
To honor his dedication for working with students of color
and increasing ethnic and racial diversity on campus, Er
landson was one of three professors who received the Out
standing Faculty Award at the 2001 Office of Multicultural
Affairs Awards and Graduation Ceremony — one of two
awards ceremonies held during this sprig's Family Week
end.
Two dozen students of color and six faculty and staff mem
bers were recognized for their hard work and dedication at
Friday’s ceremony, hosted by the OMA. Then on Saturday,
more than 200 awards were distributed during the All-Uni
versity Awards luncheon.'Tm delighted to get the award, but
there are so many people here on campus equally deserving,”
Erlandson said. “I think I’m doing what I’m supposed to be
doing—mentoring students of all types. ”
The high points of Erlandson’s teaching career have
come from the students he has mentored, he said, includ
ing senior anthropology major Deana Dartt. He helped to
bring Dartt, a Native American student from Camarillo,
Calif., to the University to achieve an education in anthro
pology and to develop valuable skills working in the arche
ology lab.
Erlandson said he is often called to California as an ad
viser for situations between Native American tribes and
land developers where he works to ensure that places such
as sacred burial areas are not. destroyed. Erlandson said if
the tribes do not have their own experts to deal with the
situations that arise, students such as Dartt will be able to
offer those tribes the help they need.
“Deana is, in a sense, a dream come true,” Erlandson
said.
Lyllye Reynolds-Parker, OMA program coordinator, said
she was pleased to see that so many of the students honored
at the OMA ceremony were also honored at Saturday’s cer
emony, which was coordinated by seniors Marian Fowler
and Scott Reed.
Dartt, who is from the Chumash tribe, was admitted into
next year’s department of anthropology graduate program.
She was one of 19 students who received an OMA Excel
lence Award Friday in recognition of her academic suc
cess, leadership and strong campus involvement. Dartt also
won the American Association of University Women Se
nior Recognition award, one of the All-University honors.
Fifteen other University students, two greek chapters
and two faculty members received major awards during
Saturday’s ceremony for their outstanding achievements
on campus and. in the community.
Lindsey Dion, a former women’s basketball player and
senior educational studies major, received the Jackson
Award at Saturday’s ceremony — even though she did not
know she had been nominated by her coaches.
Playing in all but one game all season, Dion helped the
Ducks to their eighth straight NCAA Tournament berth and
battled through various injuries to finish fourth on the team
in scoring average and field goal percentage. The award
recognizes a senior woman for her athletic performance,
inspiration to other athletes, scholarship and leadership.
Junior political science major Devon Streed received the
Turn to Awards, page 6
Solar panel idea wins big‘Bucks’
Tom Patterson Emerald
Ben Gates of the Ecological Design Center stands next to the ‘Tower of Power,’ a solar
energy-gathering device. He and Jocelyn Eisenberg won the ‘Bucks for Ducks’ contest Monday.
■Two students’ proposal to
put solar panels on the EMU
roof won the ASUO’s ‘100,000
Bucks for Ducks’ campaign
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
In Jocelyn Eisenberg’s and Ben
Gates’ eyes, the EMU roof should be
covered by solar panels — providing
the building with clean, renewable en
ergy and taking action toward allevi
ating the effects of the energy crisis.
Their dream moved one step closer
to reality Monday morning as the
school’s big, white duck mascot
stomped into the EMU Amphitheater
and handed the two students a
$100,000 “check” to help them con
duct their plan.
Eisenberg, an architecture graduate
student, and Gates, a senior architec
ture major, are the winners of the
ASUO Executive’s “100,000 Bucks for
Ducks” campaign. The contest sought
the best student idea on how to spend
$100,000 from the overrealized fund,
which contains leftover incidental fee
money from higher-than-expected
student enrollment of past years.
The executive received a total of 41
proposals, ASUO Public Relations Di
rector Jamie Gerlitz said at a press con
ference Monday morning. Ideas
ranged from having big concerts and
throwing nonalcoholic parties to
building a “freak” office for all the “dif
ferent” people on campus.
Top choices that were close seconds
to the solar panel project included re
vamping the Pocket Playhouse and
turning Room 180 PLC into a movie
theater on the weekends.
“There was a plethora of diverse
and wonderful ideas... The final deci
sion was a difficult one,” Gerlitz said.
“Solar panels will keep giving and giv
ing for years. It not only benefits the
campus community but all of Eugene
and Oregon... pending the energy cri
sis.”
The winning students, who are
members of the Ecological Design
Center, wrote a proposal that would
place at least 300 solar panels on top of
the EMU — ideally by sometime next
Turn to Bucks, page 6
Council opposes Sacred Heart’s move
■ PeaceHealth estimates that
plans for the hospital’s move will
be finished in two years, despite
the City Council’s disapproval
By Sue Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
While some members of the Eugene
City Council oppose the move of Sa
cred Heart Hospital, the hospital’s cor
porate parent remains committed to its
plans.
“Nothing has changed in terms of
our original plans,” said Brian Terrett,
PeaceHealth’s director of public af
fairs. “We’re looking at how to move
into the future.”
Since PeaceHealth announced in
early March that it intends to move,
transportation options to the proposed
site have been a concern for many.
“It makes it inconvenient for bus rid
ers,” said Jeanne Davies, manager of
Mother Kali’s bookstore. “Where it is at
now, for people it serves everyone.”
Caffe Orsini barista Katrina Jensen
said she thinks it would be a good idea
for the hospital to move.
“It would [reduce] conflict with stu
dents parking near the University,” she
said.
The hospital’s planned move would
involve relocating the hospital to Cres
cent Avenue, located just off Coburg
Road in north Eugene. PeaceHealth
would build the new facility on 36
acres of land it owns there. The current
buildings the hospital uses would re
main at the Hilyard Street location and
house an outpatient facility.
Terrett said the company first con
sidered renovating the current site at
Sacred Heart but changed its mind
partly because of zoning restrictions.
“We’re stuck on these four blocks,”
he said.
By building the facility in north Eu
gene, PeaceHealth estimates it will
save $60 to $100 million, Terrett said.
Turn to Move, page 6