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Wednesday, April 17,2002
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Complex to yield 600 new seats
Construction for the
Lillis Business Complex
is well under way, with
crews working to
complete the four-story,
196,500-square-foot
renovation project for
the Charles H. Lundquist
College of Business.
Funding for $40 million
facility came mostly
from private-sector
gifts, including $14
million from business
college alumnus Chuck
Lillis and his wife, Gwen.
Officials say the
complex will maximize
environmental
sustainability and
energy efficiency
through the use of solar
energy panels, water
conserving fixtures, a
floor plan that harnesses
prevailing breezes for
cooling, “smart”
electrical controls that
turn off lights and
nonessential items
when not in use and
building materials that
are recycled or created
using sustainable
methods.
To be completed for the
2003-04 school year,
the project will result in
an added 600 classroom
seats, as well as a new
auditorium, for the
college.
Death with
Dignity Act
feces legal
decision
■ Oregon is the only state with
assisted suicide, but the U.S.
Attorney General says it violates
Controlled Substances Act
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Federal District Judge Robert Jones
is expected to rule today whether ter
minally ill Oregonians can end their
life with a doctor’s assistance, and
advocates from both sides say they
will appeal the decision within the
month.
Oregon’s Death with Dignity Law
was challenged Nov. 6, 2001, when
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft
wrote a memo stating he would use the
Controlled Substances Act to prose
cute physicians prescribing lethal dos
es of drugs. Oregon is the only state in
the nation that permits physician-as
sisted suicide.
The state and two groups in favor of
assisted suicide obtained restraining
orders on Ashcroft’s action from a Port
land federal court; those orders are ex
pected to expire pending a ruling by
Judge Jones today.
Both advocates and opponents of
the law are confident the case will be
decided in their favor, even if it has
to be appealed.
“I don’t know which way it will be
ruled (in federal court in Portland), but
I’m confident the opinion of the De
partment of Justice will be upheld,”
even if it has to go to the Supreme
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Student groups work to ‘get out’ vote
ASUOand
OSPIRG hope to
register 1,000
students to vote
by the end
of the month
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
The ASUO and OSPIRG have
teamed up to hand out voter registra
tion cards, talk to students in classes
about voting and work at voter registra
tion tables during the next few weeks
to encourage students to vote in this
year’s primary elections as well as in
future elections.
The two groups have hopes of regis
tering 1,000 students by April 26 be
fore the upcoming primary elections,
about 200 more than were registered
during the ASUO’s fall voter registra
tion campaign, ASUO State Affairs Co
ordinator Sandy Newton said.
Newton said although the biggest
race this year is for the state governor
seat, the primary elections are just as
important as any other election.
“This year is especially unique for
primary elections because there will be
a University student running for the
Eugene City Council, which we have
never had before,” she said.
Junior Maco Stewart will be running
for Eugene City Council Ward 3, and
the ASUO has plans to hold a debate at
the University between Stewart and his
opponent, City Council President
David Kelly, before the elections, New
ton said.
Newton said Ballot Measure 13 will
also be of importance to University stu
dents in the primaries.
“This measure basically pits higher
education against secondary education
and could affect many students at this
campus,” she said.
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Residence halls lose heat during weekend
One residence hall lost heat April
10 and another lost hot water over the
weekend, forcing some residents to
run their showers for heat and others
to bathe in nearby facilities.
Hamilton complex director Pe
ter Erschen said three halls in the
complex lost hot water Saturday,
but it was restored Tuesday. He
said some residents of Tingle, Mc
Clain and Cloran halls showered
in nearby bathrooms. Hamilton
houses 780 students.
Some floors of H.P. Barnhart lost
heat, according to Kari Van Orsdel,
the building’s food service manager.
University Housing maintenance
worker Steve Partridge stopped by
Friday to ask the kitchen staff if
utilities were working properly as
he checked Barnhart’s seven floors,
Orsdel said. The hall is home to 450
students.
“He said it was off on some and on
others/’ she said.
Several Barnhart residents said
Partridge told them April 10 the
pump for the hot water heater had
hroken and would be fixed
overnight. Others said Partridge told
them the heat was shut off to save
electricity during last week’s balmy
weather.
Orsdel said the Barnhart kitchen
didn’t lose either utility
“If we didn’t have hot water, we’d
have to go to paper/' she said of the
dining room plates. “It’s important
for us to have it.”
Eric Martin