Sway this way
Authentic Hawaiian entertainment and
food will be shared at Saturday’s Luau.
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Sports
Oregon’s fearsome foursome has
been called the best javelin team ever.
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Friday, April 26,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 138
Rubble
under
the bridge
■The destruction of the
Commonwealth Bridge draws
onlookers as a part of history
crumbles to the ground
By Eric Martin
Oregon Daily Emerald
A construction crew will demolish
j the remainder of Gilbert Hall’s Com
monwealth Bridge on Monday in the
most recent phase of a $40 million
project to remodel and build a four
story addition to the business school.
Crew members of Lease Crutcher
Lewis company tore down about
6,000 tons of concrete, steel and
brick from the east side of the Com
monwealth Bridge early this week as
many passersby looked on. A 140
ton trackhoe with a mechanical claw
and a “thumb” ripped out steel bars
from inside the concrete walls and
brought them crashing to the
ground. Workers sprayed sections of
the walls with water to quell dust.
Workers used the trackhoes to sep
arate the rubble into piles Thursday
so drivers could move the materials
to Delta Sand & Gravel. Large heaps
of discarded rebar, brick and steel
trusses sat on the grass on the site’s
south end by 13th Avenue. Crew
members said nearly all of the mate
rials will be reused.
“A lot of it goes to roads,” said
Matt Pearson, project manager for
Turn to Construction, page 7
Courtesy Photo
Adam Jones Emerald
(Above) Students watch as construction crews turn Gilbert Hall into a pile of rubble. (Top) Construction for the new Lillis
Business Complex, pictured here in an artist’s rendering, will be finished for the 2003-04 school year.
Campus
backpack,
book theft
common
■ Experts from local bookstores
offer helpful tips for students to
avoid becoming victims of theft
By Brad Schmidt
Oregon Daily Emerald
While studying at the Knight Library,
many students get up to go to the bath
room, stretch or grab nearby reading
material while leaving behind books,
backpacks and laptop computers.
It’s a common mistake, said a Univer
sity Bookstore employee who special
izes in theft prevention.
Leaving backpacks unattended is the
optimal situation for thieves, said the
bookstore employee, who requested
anonymity.
Of the 291 reported thefts from
buildings and vehicles last year, about
15 percent were thefts of backpacks,
Department of Public Safety Lt. Herb
Horner said.
“Books these days are really expen
sive. ... If you provide the opportunity,
you’re more than likely going to become
a victim,” Eugene Police Department
spokeswoman Pam Alejandre said.
Ingvitably, she said, “it’s that one
lapse of judgment” that causes students
to lose property.
Backpack theft is most common at
the Knight Library.
Two weeks ago, University student
Gabriel Bayley had his backpack, calcu
lator and books stolen from the Knight
Library after he left his possessions un
Turn to Theft, page 3
Short films featuring events, issues
from Sept. 11 will run for charity
■A collaboration of short films
will play at ‘My House,’ a local
all-ages venue for film and music
By Aiix Kerl
Oregon Daily Emerald
One week after Sept. 11, San Francisco-based
filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi
asked 150 independent filmmakers to create a
short film or video related to the events. More
than 30 of these short works are collected in “Un
derground Zero: Filmmakers Respond to 9/11,”
which studies the significance of the attacks
through a variety of creative, personal and cultur
al lenses.
The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today at
“My House,” 1136 W. Fifth Ave., between Polk
Street and Blair Boulevard.
“My House” is the home of Marc Moscato, who
has turned his abode into an all-ages venue for film
* and music. Moscato, an arts and administration
graduate student, who co-organized the art festival
Jamcon, presents this film as the first in a series of
weekly films.
Rosenblatt and Zahedi are both Guggenheim
Fellowship recipients and their films have
screened on television and at festivals through
out the world. The 13 additional filmmakers,
whose works are included in Underground Zero,
are an accomplished group of media artists, vet
eran filmmakers and teachers from across the
United States.
While the films don’t necessarily have a politi
cal agenda, all proceeds will go to charities that
work toward world peace. The suggested donation
is $3 to $5.
"The project was simply born to offer an alterna
tive to what we're being fed by the mass media,"
Rosenblatt said.
For more information, Moscato can be reached
at 344-4066 or by e-mail at mmoscato@dark
wing.uoregon.edu.
E-mail reporter Alix Kerl
at alixkerl@dailyemerald.com.
Courtesy Photo
A collection of 30 short works comprise ‘Underground Zero: Filmmakers Respond to 9/11. ’ Donations
from those who view the film will go to charities that work and strive for world peace.