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9S9710 Fall tune up $nr9~ Fuji’s starting at $159 407 West Uth ■ Eugene • 431-7300 Commit to the Environment the Fun Way! SPEAKING OUR WAY OUT OF VIOLENCE Thursday October 11th 8-11 PM The Buzz Coffeehouse, EMU An evening of empowerment, open to all wishing to share poetry and song addressing § issues of sexual and dating § violence. ENVISIONING A WORLD WITHOUT VIOLENCE Friday October 12th 5:30-6:30 pm Arts reception in Adell-McMillan Gallery, EMU 6:30-7:00 pm Free WYMPROV! in the Ben Linder Forum Join us for the opening night of this powerful community arts show. Ten campus and community organizations joined with the Emerald Valley Quilter's Guild to create this fabric arts installation devoted to celebrating survivors and promoting peace in our community. Refreshments provided. SONGS OF RESISTANCE AND PEACE Friday October 12th 1:30-3 pm EMU Amphitheater DJ spinning highlighting artists with strong themes of resistance to violence against women. Hole, Ani Difranco, Pearl Jam, Shania Twain, Bjork, Tracy Chapman, Blink 182. c ,. . „ For more information call 346-4095 sponsored by theAgainst Partner Violence, Womenspace and the Emerald Valley Quilter's Guild. This event is wheelchair accessible. Childcare scholarships are available. If you __are mte, estea m scholarships or if any other accommodations are needed due to a disability, please contact the Women s Center at 346-4095 at least 72 hours prior to the event y r casual informal fun dynamic relevant biblical Christ-centered friendship-oriented looking for a place to worship? Collegiate Christian Fellowship Sunday Mornings 11:00 A.M. - Noon in the Gym @ First Baptist Church 868 High Street Located less than one mile from the (JO on the corner of Broadway and High St. Van Shuttle to and From The UO Shuttle Stop Pick-up Agate St. Crosswalk 9:15 a.m. Eslinger Entrance 9:17 a.m. 18th & University 9:19 a.m. 20th & University 9:20 a.m. AO House (1332 Kincaid) 9:25 a.m. NW Dorms( 12th & Kincaid) 9:27 a.m. Returns back to UO at 12:20 p.m. for more info - call 345-0341 r casual informal fun dynamic relevant biblical Christ-centered friendship-oriented UO ready for $3 million cut ■The Oregon University System asks campuses to draft plans reducing their budgets By Eric Martin Oregon Daily Emerald A looming $290 million shortfall is forcing public universities to trim expenses to help balance Oregon’s budget. For its part, the University can absorb a $3 million cut before academic programs are seriously af fected, University Provost John Moseley told the University Senate in its meeting Wednesday. “We’re not prepared to cut at all,” Moseley said. “We’re saying we’re going to make plans up to the 4 per cent level. Above that, simply be cause the cuts are so Draconian, there’s not time to responsibly set planning above that.” The shortfall — which could bal loon if December economic fore casts follow a downward trend — forced Gov. John Kitzhaber on Fri day to order the state to retain 2 per cent of its general fund money that funds state programs. The general fund provides about $16 million for Oregon’s public universities. “This is a huge deal, and it has severe consequences for the state and Oregonians,” State Rep. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, said. “I don’t think people are ready to panic, but it’s like when you look in your own checkbook and there’s not enough money. You’ve got to find ways.” The University already has been asked to reduce its budget by $1.5 million, or 2 percent, in the initial stage of Kitzhaber’s plan to balance the budget. Moseley said the Ore gon University System, which oversees Oregon’s seven public uni versities, has asked each university to submit a plan detailing how it could reduce its budget in 2 percent increments up to 10 percent. “We’re planning for more be cause the governor told us to,” Moseley said. “I think at the larger numbers, he’s looking into the next biennium in case funding contin ues to be reduced.” Members of the Senate Budget Committee, administrators and deans have been discussing ways to mitigate the impact of a budget shortfall on academic programs and other student services. While many hope to wait until the state releases an updated economic fore cast Dec. 1, University officials are mulling several options. “It could be done by administra tive reorganization and by putting off some expansion projects,” Uni versity Senate President Nathan Tublitz said. “And by using some increases in funds from other sources to shore up cuts.” Eric Martin is a higher education reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached at ericmartin@dailyemerald.com. City sets date to reopen Broadway to car traffic ■To meet Eugene’s proposed deadline, planners move forward with street designs By Sue Ryan Oregon Daily Emerald Despite some concerns about funding the Broadway reopening project, the Eugene City Council gave planners approval Wednesday to start designing the street’s new look. “It’s a big enough deal for this town that we should look at the de sign, but get the job done by Sept. 1 (2002),” said Councilor Gary Pape. The council and planners are hoping to reopen the three-block area along Broadway between Oak and Charnelton Streets by the next Eugene Celebration, which will be next September. Council members discussed the matter during a noon-hour work session at the McNutt Room with an audience of city staff, media and one unidentified man who shouted objections throughout the meeting. Councilors focused on two issues in the process: street design and funding. “We need to move ahead with the street planning and get the designs out,” said Councilor Gary Rayor. The group debated whether the design process should be split to al low it to progress more rapidly. “There are buildings, public art and everything else that makes the street look great besides just open ing the street,” Councilor Nancy Nathanson said. The council voted unanimously to approve the split design ap proach. This design will include two stages, said Nathanson, with the street revamping as one stage and working around private prop erty alongside the street as the other. Eugene Public Works director Kurt Corey said planners will hold a series of public workshops and present the design to a citizen in volvement group. “The timeline highlights include having a conceptual design in 60 days, final engineering plan by March and start construction next summer,” he said. While voters approved reopen ing Broadway, it is up to City Coun cil and staff to figure out how to pay for the $2.6 million project. Corey said the city submitted a $1.6 mil lion request to Lane County. The re maining $1 million will come from downtown commercial merchants, the community revitalization fund and other accounts. Councilor Betty Taylor said she was concerned about the city com ing up short on funds. “We have agreed to do this now, but we don’t have the money,” she said. Mayor Jim Torrey said since vot ers passed the Sept. 18 measure to reopen the mall, the project has to move forward. “People have said we need to do it,” he said. “I hope council will show us how.” The Broadway pedestrian mall has been closed to motor vehicle traffic for 30 years. Sue Ryan is a community reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. She can be reached at sueryan@dailyemerald .com. Oregon Daily Emerald P.O- Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.The Emerald operates independently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. NEWSROOM — fS4n346-5Sll Editor in chief: Jessica Blanchard Managing editor Michael J. 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