R. Ashley Smith Emerald
A sign like this one at the entrance of Sacred Heart Medical Center may eventually grace
a new location on Crescent Avenue, where PeaceHealth intends to move the hospital.
Move
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Terrett said it will be two years
before architectural drawings are
completed and ground is broken
for construction of the new hospi
tal.
The two-year design process
may give the Eugene City Council
time to work with the corporation
to keep Sacred Heart at its current
location. The City Council has said
its goal is to work with the compa
ny
Council President Betty Taylor
has publicly opposed the hospi
tal’s move.
“It is not good for the neighbor
hood, not good for downtown, not
good for transportation,” she said.
Terrett said the corporation has
had a strong working relationship
with the Lane Transit District, and
it will continue to work on the
transportation plans.
Taylor said that Councilors Bon
ny Bettman and David Kelly,
whose wards encompass the cur
rent and proposed future site of Sa
cred Heart, have been asked to
work on the issue with the city
manager and PeaceHealth officials.
In the local area, PeaceHealth op
erates Sacred Heart Hospital, Peace
Health Medical Group, Cottage
Grove Community Hospital and
South Lane Medical Group. Peace
Health also owns hospitals and
clinics in Alaska and Washington.
Cheney criticizes price caps
By Brigitte Greenberg
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Vice Presi
dent Dick Cheney is offering few
encouraging words for Democrats
seeking immediate relief for Califor
nia’s energy crisis.
“They got into trouble in Califor
nia over a period of years, and it’s
going to take two or three years to
get out of it,” Cheney said Sunday
on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “There
are going to be blackouts this sum
mer.”
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said
she was appalled that President
Bush is not considering price caps
or investigating companies she said
are charging exorbitant prices for
electricity. She noted that both Ch
eney and Bush are former oil indus
try executives.
“It’s really rather stunning be
cause those of us who are living
through this have suggested many
things,” Boxer said on CBS. “So the
vice president... really sounds like
an oilman, not a vice president
charged with helping the people.”
If dairy farmers sought as much
profit as oil companies — in some
cases, 1,600 percent — a gallon of
milk would cost $190, she said.
But Cheney, chief architect of the
administration energy plan released
last week, said capping prices
would not increase energy supplies
or reduce demand.
“We get politicians who want to
go out and blame somebody and al
lege there is some kind of conspira
cy, whether it’s the oil companies or
whoever it might be, instead of
dealing with the real issues,” Ch
eney told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
He criticized California Gov. Gray
Davis, a Democrat, for what he
called a “harebrained scheme” to
use the state’s budget surplus to buy
power.
For the short term, the adminis
tration has approved Davis’ request
to expedite permits for new power
plants and has ordered federal facil
ities in California to reduce energy
consumption this summer by 10
percent.
Cheney said the answer to long
term price stability lies in building
more oil refineries in the United
States and in reviewing a system
whereby different states require dif
ferent blends of fuel — some mixed
with the corn additive ethanol, for
example — to meet clean air stan
dards.
Describing himself as a “pretty
good environmentalist,” Cheney
also responded to criticism by some
environmental groups that he did
not meet with them before issuing
the energy plan because he is be
holden to energy producers who
gave millions of dollars to the Bush
election campaign.
Energy Secretary Spencer Abra
ham said on “Fox News Sunday”
that price caps would only hurt Cal
ifornia in the long run.
“There are peak problems right
now because California hasn’t
brought any new supply into place
in 10 years, no new facilities, and so
they’ve got an imbalance, but the
way to solve it isn’t price caps.
That’ll only make matters worse,”
Abraham said.
He also said instability in the
Middle East should motivate the
United States to increase domestic
production, including exploring for
fuel in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge in Alaska.
Bucks
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year. This summer, Eisenberg and
Gates plan to work with corpora
tions, which they hope will match
the $100,000 grant with private
funds. They added that in the long
run, they hope to cover the roof with
additional panels, which would ide
ally produce more power than is
consumed.
Gates said the project has been a
“vision for students” for several
years, and that students from the Eco
logical Design Center had brought the
idea to the ASUO prior to the cam
paign. But the contest seemed to be
the most viable way to find help im
plementing the plan, he said.
“There have been specific stu
dents that have been very apt on the
idea,” he said. “We as students are
saying there is a solution to the ener
gy crisis.”
The Eugene Water and Electric
Board has worked with students to
find outside hinds for expanding the
project in the future. It will also pay a
premium for any electricity the pan
els produce. EWEB representatives
attended the press conference to
show their support and commend
students for their future vision.
“They’re saying that they value
clean, sustainable and renewable
energy,” said Brian Hawley, EWEB
energy engineer. “We value and ap
preciate this commitment.”
The University is EWEB’s third
largest customer, Hawley said, right
after Weyerhaeuser and Hyundai.
Gerlitz said the project will save
about 79,000 watts of electricity per
year.
Eisenberg said her biggest con
cerns lie in the Bush administra
tion’s lack of support for clean ener
gy sources and its plans to use
nuclear energy as a solution to the
nation’s energy crisis. She added
that this project puts the University
on the map as a true “green” cam
pus, and that it serves as a symbol of
commitment to environmental jus
tice.
“This will hopefully speak out to
other campuses and the nation,” she
said. “And will hopefully really get
folks looking at better solutions.”
Awards
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Maurice Harold Hunter Leadership
Scholarship award Saturday. In ad
dition to his academic achievement,
Streed has played an active leader
ship role in the community, on cam
pus and within the Greek System.
Among other accomplishments, he
has served as the president of Delta
Sigma Phi fraternity, as an ASUO
intern and as a community volun
teer.
“Our efforts have accomplished
something and haven’t been for
naught,” Streed said.
Highlights
of All-University Awards:
Student recipients:
Vernon Barkhurst Award: Jackie Reed,
Oscar Arana
Bess Templeton Cristman Award: Amy Biggs
Frohnmayer Recognition Award: Bryan
Orthel
GerlingerCup: Serene Khader
Ray Hawk Award: Mitra Anoushiravani
Mary Hudzikiewicz Award: Jessica Lurie
Maurice Harold Hunter Leadership
Scholarship: Devon Streed
Koyl Cup: Austin Hayes
Paul Olum Award: Marian Fowler and
TakashiTakeuchi
Wilson Cup: Jamlla Singleton
AAUW Senior Recognition Award: Deana
Dartt
Emerald Athletic Award: Jerilyn White
Doyle Higdon Memorial Trophy: Santiago
Lorenzo
Jackson Award: Lindsey Dion
Faculty and administration recipients:
Doug Untalan and Brian Sandy Award:
Linda Liu and Magid Shirzadegan
2001 OMA Awards
and Graduation
Ceremony:
Student recipients:
Jewel Hairston Bell Awards:
Michael CaJSier, Alma Estrada,
Yvonne Stubbs and Daniel Valle
Accenture Scholarship: Erin
Schneider
OMA Excellence Awards: Greg
Bae, Lorraine Brundige,Sugie
Hong, Kawezya Hutchinson,
Kim Hutchinson, Melissa
Swartz, Xing Yuan Wu, Tonya
tomasi Thorsteinsson, Darlene
Dadras, Mario Sifuentez, Oscar
Arana, Michelle Chin,
Khaleelah Rahsaan, Andrea
Rodriguez, Shruti Shah, Jamila
Singleton, Deana Dartt, Diane
Teeman, Annie Lo
Faculty and administration
recipients:
Director’s Award: Robin
Holmes, Toby Deemer,
Gwendolyn Jansen
Outstanding Faculty Awards:
Jon Eriandson, Benedict
McWhirter, James Tarter
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