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Thursday, November 1,2001
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 48
SHELTER
FROM THE
STORM
■ First Place Family Center and
Eugene Mission are among
the organizations that offer
help to the homeless
By Marcus Hathcock
Oregon Daily Emerald
Not long ago, Jennifer Hol
ley was a volunteer for the
St. Vincent de Paul service
station on Highway 99,
working at the client desk. Holley
said she saw how effective and giv
ing the organization was when she
answered phones and interacted
with the homeless people at the sta
tion. Little did she kn’ow that she
would eventually call upon that
help herself.
Turn to Homeless, page 3
Thomas Patterson Emerald
"Our babies deserve to be warm. They are the future of the world.
Even if we don’t have homes, our children should be cared for. Life is
to be revered. My babies mean everything to me. ”— Jennifer Holley
T
Thomas Patterson Emerald
Tim Holley
helps five
year-old Katie
Clark-Holley
(above) into
her shoes at
the First Place
Family Center
on Amazon
Parkway.
According
to Jennifer
Holley (left),
‘everyone
has their own
problems,’but
she is optimistic
about finding
a good job.
Additional
photos online
on the Oregon
Daily Emerald
Web site.
lively celebration planned for Day of the Dead
■ Music and speakers will mark Dia
de los Muertos, a Mexican holiday
that honors the dead for 24 hours
By Anna Seeley
Oregon Daily Emerald
With dancing, poetry, live music and
guest speakers, MEChA and community
members are celebrating the 20th year of
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, at
the University.
Dia de los Muertos is a traditional Mexi
can holiday in celebration of the dead start
ing on Nov. land ending Nov. 2. On Nov. 1,
cemeteries in Mexico are open 24 hours,
and people come to the cemeteries and eat,
drink and spend the night in celebration.
To honor the traditional Mexican holi
day, MEChA, the Hispanic and Chicano
student union, is holding a celebration in
the International Student Lounge today
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The event will feature
dancers, poetry readings and a presenta
tion on the history of the celebration. A
band will also perform “corridos,” which
are songs for older people, MEChA pro
grams coordinator Alina Hernandez said.
In addition to the celebration on cam
pus, there will be an art exhibit starting
Friday and running through Nov. 24 at
the Jacobs Gallery in the Hult Center.
MEChA community advisor Armando
Morales said he brought Dia de los Muer
tos to Eugene for the first time in 1981.
Ever since then it has been celebrated
every year with the same offerings and
the same festivities, he said. What started
in Eugene has since grown, and sur
rounding communities are also celebrat
ing the Mexican holiday, he said.
“Now a lot of people know about Dia
de los Muertos,” Morales said.
For the event, MEChA is constructing
an “ofrenda,” or altar, that is traditionally
built during the holiday for family mem
bers that have passed away. Candles, in
cense and flowers are placed on the altar,
along with photographs of the deceased.
“The candles are so (the dead) can find
their way back,” Sonya Villasenor, MEChA
recruitment and retention officer said.
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What:
MEChA
celebration
of Dta de los
Muertos —
Day of the
Dead
Where:
International
Student
Lounge
When: 6-7:30
p.m. tonight
Source: MEChA
University
settles
Saferide
lawsuit
■The University agrees to make
modifications to the currently
female-exclusive shuttle by March
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
President Dave Frohnmayer signed
an agreement with the federal Office
for Civil Rights on Oct. 25 to make
University transportation services
available to both men and women by
March 29, 2002.
The agreement concluded a nine
month long investigation of a gender
discrimination complaint filed
against Project Saferide with the
OCR, a division of the U.S. Depart
ment of Education.
Saferide is a free shuttle service in
tended to provide transportation to
female students as an alternative to
walking alone at night and risking
sexual assault. The program is recog
nized by the ASUO and receives
funding from student incidental fees.
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University
disconnects
the Internet
■ Students lose their connections
for violating the federal copyright
infringement law
By Marilyn Rice
Oregon Daily Emerald
The University’s Network Services
turned off Internet connections to 136
student ports last week for violations of
the federal copyright infringement law.
Network Services, the department
that controls the University’s access to
the Internet, said students living in Uni
versity residence halls were using peer
to-peer, file-sharing applications to
download movies and music. The ap
plications that students used, such as
Kazaa and Morpheus, enabled other In
ternet users to upload students’ files.
“It’s not as big of a problem for the
University if a student downloads ma
terial for personal use,” Network Ser
vices director Dale Smith said. “The
problem occurs for the University when
students use these software applica
tions to share their files with potentially
thousands or millions of users on the
Internet.”
The University’s acceptable use poli
cy states that "copying proprietary soft
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