News
President Frohnmayer’s exercise
regimen takes him all over campus.
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Sports
The Oregon tennis team faults again,
drops to 0-6 in the Pac-10 this year.
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Tuesday, April 16,2002
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 130
If I were governor...
■ Gubernatorial candidates face off
to answer questions about their
hypothetical first term as governor
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Education and political advocacy
shared the spotlight Monday at
the Eugene Hilton, where six of
Oregon’s gubernatorial candi
dates spent a half day talking up plans
to promote education in the state.
The forum, co-sponsored by the
League of Women Voters of Lane Coun
ty, the City Club of Eugene
and the Hatfield School of
Government at Portland
State University, drew a
crowd of 250, according to
City Club President Don
Kahle. One Republican and
one Democratic gubernatori
al candidate will be chosen
by voters in the May 21 pri
mary.
Candidates took turns an
swering how they thought
education in Oregon would be affected
by their hypothetical first term as
governor. The participants often
overlapped in their responses
and occasionally showed a sense
of humor.
“All of us are lawyers,” Demo
crat Bev Stein quipped. “Your
next governor will be a lawyer.”
Democrat Jim Hill, the first to
respond to the education ques
tion, said he plans to implement
partnerships to keep higher edu
cation strong. He emphasized the
relationship Oregon State Uni
versity has with Hewlett-Packard
and attributed Sony Disc Manu
facturing’s location in Springfield to the
presence of the University of Oregon.
Turn to Governor, page 7
JIM HILL
“This is a
time to take a
stand for our
state — this
is a time to
take a stand
for our young
people. ’’
RON SAXTON
“Education
at all levels
needs to have
adequate state
funding. We’ve
failed to make
the necessary
commitment
to our
university
system.
TED KULONGOSKI
“Ultimately,
to change
and reform
higher
education
you have
to address
the access
issues. ’’
KEVIN MANNIX
“If
community
colleges
have good
programs,
we should
allow high
school
students
to use
them."
“We need
to use our
system
of higher
education
to underpin
the economy
we want. ”
BEV STEIN
• Photos by Thomas Patterson Emerald
"It pains
me to hear
that some
university
students
are paying
for weir
education
with credit
cards. ”
Eugene voters to decide
on emergency facilities
■City Council members ask voters to approve additional
property taxes in the May election to fund new fire facilities
By Brad Schmidt
Oregon Daily Emerald
For the third time in two years, Eugene voters are being asked
for tax dollars to fund new Fire and Emergency Medical Ser
vices facilities.
If Ballot Measure 20-57 passes in the May 21 primary election, the
city would issue almost $8.7 million of property taxes to build a live
fire training facility and fund a new downtown fire station to replace
the existing City Hall fire station.
“We have a tremendous need to move the station out of the current
facility,” Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey said. “This is an opportunity for
the citizens to provide an enhancement to the protection they already
get from the city of Eugene.” Torrey said the city is looking at two lo
cations for construction of the new station. The first, at the corner of
13th Avenue and Willamette Street, would provide a straight shot to
the University of Oregon and Sacred Heart Medical Center. The other
option would be on the comer of 13th Avenue and Olive Street.
Turn to Fire, page 7
Ballot Measure 20-57
For the third time, Eugene voters are being asked for tax dollars to fund new Fire
and Emergency Medical Services facilities. The passage of Ballot Measure
20-57 would provide almost $8.7 million in property taxes to fund a new downtown
fire station to replace the existing City Hall fire station and to build a new
live-fire training facility.
Similar ballot measures were proposed in May and November of 2000. Both
measures asked voters for tax dollars to be used for the construction of new fire
and police stations; neither measure passed.
May 2000
53.5% opposed
Possible locations for the
proposed new fire station
46.4% for
Nov. 2000
61.7% opposed
38.2% for
W. 12th Ave.
W. 13th Ave.
13th Ave.and
Olive Sf.
W. 14th Ave.
E. 12th Ave.
13th Ave. and
Willamette St.
E. 14th Ave.
Source: Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, Lane County Elections Division
Russell Weller Emerald
Students
petition
against
mascots
■ Law School students work
on a resolution ending University
involvement with teams using
American Indian names
By Katie Ellis
Oregon Daily Emerald
University law school students
are gaining support to keep the Ath
letic Department from scheduling
games and events with schools us
ing American Indian images or
names as team mascots.
Within the next two weeks, the
law school plans to formally pro
pose a resolution, sponsored by the
school’s Sports and Entertainment
Law Forum, to the administration
and the Athletic Department. In or
der to submit the complete resolu
tion, supporters must gather signa
tures from at least 50 percent of the
law school student body.
As of Monday, approximately 220
law students, out of about 500 in the
school, had signed the petition in fa
vor of the resolution.
Laura Baxter, a third year law stu
dent, is a Pitt River Indian and has
encouraged her fellow law students
to sign the petition. In a mass e-mail
sent to the law school student body,
she expressed the importance the
resolution has for American Indians
and for the whole community.
“It’s really hard for me to see my
community and our honored regalia
displayed and distorted as inani
mate objects, painted red and stuck
with feathers,” Baxter said. “This is
not honoring and respecting Native
Americans. The use of Indian mas
cots is harmful and disrespectful.”
The resolution would not directly
affect the University’s regular season
schedule because no team in the Pa
cific-10 Conference uses American
Indian symbols for team mascots.
However, proponents of the resolu
tion said that by adopting it, the Uni
versity will be taking a public stance
on the issue.
“Supporting the resolution is
good for the entire school communi
ty and is in the name of social jus
tice,” Sports and Entertainment Law
Forum Co-Director Frank Silva said.
“It is a basic civil rights issue.”
There are five professional sports
teams — the Atlanta Braves, Chica
go Blackhawks, Cleveland Indians,
Kansas City Chiefs and Washington
Redskins — whose team mascots
use American Indian images and
names. Similarly, the University of
North Dakota Fighting Sioux, the
University of Ilinois Fighting Mini
Turn to Petition, page 6