Down with the Valley
Indie-rock group Sunset Valley delivers
an upbeat show at John Henry’s. Page 4
Off to a running start
Men’s cross country looks to make an
impact in Minnesota this weekend. Page 19
Tuesday, September 25,2001
Since 1 900
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 21
Thomas Patterson Emerald
A gust of wind blows through Pi Kappa Alpha’s patriotic display at the comer of 15th Avenue and Alder Street. The flag was a gift from a former member who served in the Army.
■Campus organizations
are helping students respond
to and deal with the recent
terrorist attacks
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
When news of terror
ism on the East
Coast reached Eu
gene two weeks
ago, the University Counseling
Center and Campus Interfaith
Ministry joined countless other
groups across the nation in hold
ing a vigil to honor victims and
survivors of the attack.
As students return to classes
this week, campus groups are still
looking for ways to help people
deal with the tragedy.
But in the wake of such a dev
astating and unexpected event, it
is not always easy to know what
to do, ASUO President Nilda
LENDING
a helping hand
Brooklyn said.
"I think a lot of people are still
really in shock,” she said. “And
the next steps to take are very
hard to formulate.”
While deciding on a response
may he difficult, members of
campus organizations are taking
action. Some groups have dis
cussed holding public forums on
the issues surrounding the at
tacks. Others are encouraging
members to show their support
for victims and the country by
displaying American flags or
wearing ribbons.
Today, the University’s Bias Re
sponse Team will begin distribut
ing green and white ribbons on
campus. The colors of the ribbons
represent the dove and the olive
branch — international symbols
of peace — according to Chicora
Martin, director of LGBT Educa
tional Support Services and a
member of BRT.
BRT decided to give out the
ribbons as a show of “solidarity,”
she said, as well as to encourage
people to “find common ground”
and support community mem
bers. Ribbons will be available in
the Office of Student Life, and in
the EMU Lobby from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Interfraternity Council Presi
dent Kevin Gelbrich said he is
pleased to see members of the
Greek system showing patriotic
support by putting up American
flags in their houses and wearing
red, white and blue ribbons.
“It’s great to see the outpouring
of support we’ve had already,” he
said.
He said that during recruit
ment, which starts this week for
both men and women, chapters
usually are involved in some type
of philanthropic activity. In light
of the recent events, he added,
some chapters are considering
doing something to aid the relief
effort this year, although no plans
have been confirmed yet.
At the Pi Kappa Alpha fraterni
ty on 15th Avenue and Alder
Street, a large, faded American
flag with tattered ends drapes
over one side of the house.
Elliott Key, vice president of
the fraternity, said the flag was
brought back from Panama by a
former member who was sta
tioned there while serving in the
Army.
He said fraternity members put
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Jewish holy days end Thursday with Yom Kippur
■The Jewish community is
celebrating High Holy Days
this month, ending with the
Jewish New Year on Thursday
By Anna Seeley
Oregon Daily Emerald
This week students go back to
teachers, homework and lectures.
But for the Jewish students on
campus, it is also a time for reflec
tion and repentance.
Jews around the world are cele
brating the High Holy Days,
which began with Rosh Hashanah
on Sept. 17 and will conclude
with Yom Kippur on Thursday.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New
Year, is celebrated with services at
synagogues across the country.
To celebrate Rosh Hashanah,
the campus Jewish organization
Oregon Hillel and the local syna
gogue Temple Beth Israel held
services for its congregation, the
nearly 1,200 Jewish students on
campus and their parents last
week, according to Hillel admin
istrator Dawn Meckelson. Hillel
will have morning and evening
services for Yom Kippur on
Thursday at Gerlinger Hall.
"Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip
pur are the most important Jewish
holidays,” Meckelson said.
Meckelson added that because
these services are specifically a Hil
lel affair, Eric Rosin, a student rabbi
from California, will lead them.
“He is not a rabbi yet, and he is
still more in the community with
college-age students,” Meckelson
said. “Those students are really
going to be able to participate with
the student rabbi and make it a
service for them.”
Students will also read sections
from the Torah and possibly per
form the traditional opening
prayer chant, Kol Nidre, as a part
of the service.
“The Torah-reading portion
and the singing portion are really
important parts to the service and
they are a great honor for anyone
to perform," Meckelson said. “So
it is a big event for those students
that are going to be doing it.” Hil
lel Director Hal Applebaurri said
Yom Kippur is the “Day of Atone
ment,” and Jewish people spend
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Bush puts
freeze on
bin Laden,
supporters
■Attorney General John Ashcroft
announces that 352 people have
been detained or arrested by the FBI
in the ongoing investigation
By Martin Merzer and Warren P. Strobel
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON (KRT) — Deter
mined to slow funds to terrorists,
President Bush froze the assets of 27
people and organizations Monday,
and he threatened similar action
against foreign banks that serve as fi
nancial vessels for those suspected of
the Sept. 11 attacks.
“Money is the lifeblood of terrorist
operations,” Bush said. “Today,twe’re
asking the world to stop payment.”
. Among those on
INSIDE the government's
The Bias Response monetary hit list:
Team and DPS are renegade Saudi
ready to protect millionaire Osama
students. PAGE 12 bin Laden, alleged
mastermind of the
Sept. 11 massacre, and at least six peo
ple or groups aligned with him.
“We will starve the terrorists of
funding, turn them against each oth
er, rout them out of their safe hiding
places and bring them to justice,”
Bush said.
A few hours later, Attorney General
John Ashcroft announced that federal
agents have arrested or detained 352
people in the investigation of the Sept.
11 airborne attacks by suicide hijackers
that killed at least 6,500 people.
The FBI also is seeking 392 other peo
ple for questioning, Ashcroft told the
House Judiciary Committee. He said the
probe was “moving aggressively for
ward” and was examining the possibili
ty that the hijackers had inside help.
The government ordered new back
ground checks Monday for all airport
workers with access to planes. It also
grounded crop-dusting planes for a
second day amid fears that they
could be used to launch biological or
chemical attacks.
And, in a development that further
illustrated the magnitude of change in
the American psyche, representatives
of the nation's 60,000 commercial pi
lots said they would ask Congress on
Tuesday to allow them to carry
firearms into their cockpits.
“We used to be against that, but that
was before Sept. 11,” said John Mazor,
a spokesman for the pilots' union.
“We've gone from a passive way of
dealing with hijackers to what we’re
calling an aggressive defense.”
Halfway around the world, a defiant
bin Laden surfaced — in the form of a
media statement — and urged follow
ers to join “the battle of Islam in this
era against the new Jewish and Chiist
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