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News briefs University Senate chooses officers Eric Bailey was appointed to fill the vacant business seat at the Uni versity Senate’s first meeting of the year Wednesday night. ASUO Executives Nilda Brook lyn and Joy Nair selected Bailey for the position. No one ran for the seat in last spring’s election. Senate members also confirmed Courtney Hight’s appointment as the ASUO election coordinator. Members passed a bookkeeping request made by the ASUO Women’s Center relating to admin istrative expenses. Nominations were accepted for several senate positions. Members nominated Sens. Katie Howard and Peter Watts for senate president. Senators Andrew Elliott, Ben Lacy and Dominique Beaumonte were nominated for vice president. Om buds nominations went to Senators Rebecca Cambreleng and Eric Bailey. Senator Kate Kranzus received the sole nomination for senate treasurer. Members will vote on these nomi nations at next week’s senate meeting. — Kara Cogswell EWEBto begin fiber optics services The Eugene Water and Electric Board has targeted four areas of Eu gene to be the first locations for deliv ering fiber optics services through its Metronet business plan. EWEB spokesman Lance Robertson said con struction could begin by spring 2002. Services would only be available to businesses during the first phase of Metronet and will not be available to individuals until 2007. Proposed services include ethemet delivery at megabit and gigabit speeds. The first four areas to be offered service are the general downtown area, West 11th Avenue, the Coun try Club Road and Valley River Cen ter area and Chad and Crescent Drives, according to Robertson. “A lot depends on the interests of the business community,” he said. “We’re trying to get interest from businesses before we start building laterals.” The laterals, which provide the service to the user, would extend outwards from a 70-mile fiber optic line that is already in place. Eugene voters approved the plan in May 2000, granting EWEB the authority to provide advanced telecommunications to the city. — Sue Ryan Massage therapists to sponsor benefit Eugene massage therapist Chris Osterlitz will be offering massages to raise cash this Sunday. He will be joined by other massage thera pists from the Eugene area. Oster litz is asking for a $10 donation for a 15-minute massage. Proceeds from the benefit will be sent to the Mercy Corps Scholarship Fund. The benefit will be held in Suite 200 at the Chiropractic Healing Center at 492 E. 13th Ave. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. —Sue Ryan In Washington, doves begin to fly WASHINGTON (KRT) — A new peace movement opposed to mili tary retaliation for the catastrophic attacks of Sept. 11 is stirring, trying to find its voice and seeking sup port for nonviolence. In Washington, a variety of peace groups are planning rallies and marches this weekend. Organizers for a march on the Justice Depart ment and the Capitol on Saturday hope to lure protesters who had planned to be here for World Bank IMF meetings that were canceled. “We’re just coming out of the grief and shock like everyone, but we need to speak out that our coun try should pursue justice, not vengeance,” said Carol Moseley of Gainesville, Fla., head of the Flori da Coalition for Peace and Justice in Gainesville. Another group, the Washington Peace Center, is planning a march of local residents on Sunday, much like the vigils and demonstrations that took place last week on more than 100 college campuses, accord ing to organizers. “Right now there’s a need to tend to the grassroots, shore up the base, build organizations,” said Scott Lynch, communications director for Peace Action, which used to be SANE, an anti-nuclear group. Several organizers say they don’t want to minimize the mass murder of Sept. 11, and they’re mindful that many Americans see dissent as naive or unpatriotic. But they say the 80-90 percent approval for military action in some public opinion polls masks deep misgivings about U.S. policy and the dangers of a vaguely de fined war on terrorism. “There’s an attempt to silence the voices of those who question how we got into this,” said Rev. Graylan Hagler, a Congregational minister in Washington. “We’re dealing with a real atmosphere of chest-beating and saber-waving — and that com pels us to act.” One sociologist who has studied protest movements said that peace activists could play an important role in a national debate if they aren’t lumped together with those who blame U.S. actions for the ter rorist attacks. “If it’s simply ‘blame America,’ they will be seen as irrelevant,” said Todd Gitlin, a chronicler of U.S. resistance during the Vietnam War. “But if they encourage gen uine questioning, and it’s intellec tually honest — a deep reckoning of where we’re heading — that would be a major contribution.” — Frank Davies Knight Ridder Newspapers ©2001, Knight Ridder/Tribune Information 009842 proudly presents ^ September 29th and 30th 2 for the price of 1 admissic non-stop music • dancing prizes given away all night UO stu After 10:30 - Prizes, Music and Fun ALL NIGHT LONG. 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