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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.
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sponsored by theAgainst Partner Violence, Womenspace and the Emerald Valley Quilter's Guild. This event is wheelchair accessible. Childcare scholarships are available. If you
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Sunday Mornings
11:00 A.M. - Noon
in the Gym
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868 High Street
Located less than one mile from the (JO on the
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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.
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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.
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