News
The Legislature decides to sell liquor on
Sundays, but the governor may not buy it.
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Poise
West African dance rhythms run through
a teacher to pupils at the WOW Hall.
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Sports
The Oregon wrestling squad comes from behind
Wednesday night to take down Oregon State.
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Thursday, February 14,2002
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University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 96
Rock for all ages
Doris Allen (left)
shimmies to the
swinging sounds of
Frank Sinatra while
Frances Brodersen
cuts a rug with Delta
Sigma Phi member
Bryce Benge (far
right) at Alpine Spring
Assisted Living and
Community during
the Valentine’s Day
Senior Prom on
Tuesday evening.
Allen said she had ‘a
delightful time’
dancing with the
youngsters.
Thomas Patterson Emerald
Valentine’s volunteers
■Campus fraternity and sorority
members dance with and give
corsages and valentine cards to
residents of a senior housing facility
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
Swaying to the beat of musical hits such
as “The Twist” and “Staying Alive,” Uni
versity students from the Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity and Chi Omega sorority kicked
up their heels with residents from Alpine
Spring Assisted Living and Community at
the Valentine’s Day Senior Prom on Tues
day evening.
Delta Sigma Phi and Chi Omega organ
ized the dance because members wanted
to volunteer their time, rather than simply
donating money, to fulfill their chapter
community service requirement.
“This event is something unique and
different, and it goes back to what frater
nity and sororities did at the start, 60 or
70 years ago, when having a good time
was getting dressed up and going out
like this,” Delta Sigma Phi member Alex
Yale said.
About 30 fraternity members, 80 sorori
ty members and 100 Alpine Spring resi
dents attended the evening’s events.
Alpine Spring residents voted Annetta
Fae Peterson and Clarence Larson to be
their prom queen and king for the evening.
“I think this is just wonderful; this is the
first time I have ever been king,” Larson said.
Peterson, Larson and his wife, Lorraine,
go ballroom dancing three to four times a
week, and they dance a little bit of every
thing from the waltz and foxtrot to the
samba and the rumba, Peterson said.
“I have been dancing since I was knee
high to a grasshopper,” she said. “And I am
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Police look
for student
viewpoint
■The Eugene Police Commission is holding
a series of workshops to get feedback from
campus on community-based policing
By Marty Toohey
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Eugene Police Department hasn’t heard
much from the student community lately and
will hold a public workshop today at 110
Knight Law Center in hopes of encouraging stu
dent suggestions.
The Eugene Police Commission, EPD’s public
outreach body, will hold the workshop from 5 to
6:30 p.m. and will listen to suggestions for using
community-based programs as alternatives to
policing, among other topics. Today’s public
workshop is the second in a series and comes as
the commission prepares its programming rec
ommendations for EPD’s upcoming budget. Po
lice commission member Kim Shore, a University
law student, said that in the three months she’s
served on the commission, no students have at
tended a meeting. She said she was particularly
surprised when the commission reviewed “use of
force” policies and no students attended.
“Come on, who’s not interested in what police
can and can’t do with force, especially on cam
pus?” Shore said.
Community-based programs combine the skills
of both police officers and community members
to perform certain police functions, such as
neighborhood watches. The community involve
ment allows police to concentrate their efforts in
other areas.
Such programs have become a hot topic of
discussion in Eugene in the past few years.
Recently, EPD established several police-com
munity joint programs, including the Senior
Citizens and Law Enforcement Together pro
gram, designed to help senior citizen volunteers
and police officers work together to monitor
neighborhoods. Also, EPD has created four
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Ticket wants to be more involved, end apathy about ASUO
■ Executive candidates Sean Powell
and Tyler Lofquist hope students will be
concerned about decisions on campus
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
Sean Powell, a junior political science ma
jor, is running for ASUO president. Tyler
Lofquist, a junior political science major, is
running for vice president.
Q: There are, at last count, 10 tickets run
ning for ASUO Executive., which is more
than previous years. What do you think will
set yourself apart from other candidates?
A: We are not the typical president and
vice president team. We really tend to repre
sent the student body at large. We think the
first thing that sets us apart is that we are
more in touch with students and are willing
to work with them.
Q: What is your platform?
A: Our platform is getting students back
Elections
This is the seventh
in a 10-part
series of question
and-answer
sessions with
ASUO Executive
candidates.
into student govern
ment. There is a lot of
apathy. We plan to have
events that allow stu
dents to show their
views. Right now, we
cannot say what we
plan to do with the inci
dental fees because we
want students to tell us
how they want it to be
used. We are really wor
ried about budget cuts being taken from
higher education.
Q: What would you advocate for at the
state level, and how would you carry out
your plans?
A: We would say the budget. A lot of
legislators do not want to cut the money
from higher education, but it is something
they will be forced to do. If we could get
them to cut less money, that would be
great, or to have them set up some type of
rainy day. hind.
Q: What specific cam
pus-oriented initiates
would you champion?
A: We think that stu
dent housing rights will
be a big one. Students
need to be aware of what
they are getting into
when they get a lease or a
rental agreement. We
want to know how the
budget is being appropri
ated and allocated. The
budget is the largest thing that the ASUO is
in charge of, not only how it is balanced but
how the money is distributed.
Q: How would you define diversity? And
how do you plan on bringing diverse voices
together on campus?
A: Basically, not everyone believes the
same thing, not everyone looks the same, or
worships the same thing. Diversity is the
differences between you and me and how
we bring those differences together. The
POWELL
Multicultural Center has
brought about a good
change at the Universi
ty, but we also need
more events for diversi
ty. This is not saying
some type of diversity
day, where we have a
dance. An event that
would be better is some
form of advocacy.
Q: If two student
groups were at odds
with each other, how would you resolve the
conflict?
A: A lot would depend on what the con
flict was. I would want an appointed com
mittee and the vice president to help me
make a fair decision based on the issues. I
would want the student groups to meet
with me at different times.
Q: If there was one thing you could
change about the University instantly,
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