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Friday, May 3,2002
Since 1900
University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 143
Just the issues
Thomas Patterson Emerald
Incumbent City Councilor for Ward 3 David Kelly (left) and challenger Maco Stewart mull over questions from the audience during an on-campus debate Thursday night.
■Two candidates for City Council
state their positions on issues
related to University students
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
Ward 3 City Council candidates Maco
Stewart and David Kelly answered questions
about housing standards, racial profiling and
campus safety to an audience of about 50 stu
dents and community members in a forum
held Thursday at McKenzie Hall.
ASUO President Nilda Brooklyn mediated
the forum, asking eight questions and then
opening it up to the audience. Kelly is the
current city councilor for Ward 3 and Stew
art is a junior political science major at the
University, and was a candidate in the 2002
ASUO Executive election.
Stewart said improving the housing code
would be a major part of his platform and
that he hopes to effect a code similar to the
one implemented in Corvallis. Kelly said he
opposed the 2000 special response fee,
which charged students held responsible for
disorderly gatherings for the total cost in
curred by the city to send police to the scene.
Kelly said he worked with ASUO to make
amendments to the ordinance, such as the
elimination of a statement that said a large
gathering consisted of 10 or more people.
Stewart said he believes the special re
sponse fee is evidence that students need
someone on City Council to represent their
concerns.
“I think Kelly could have done more,” he
said. “The fact is that the ordinance should
have never passed.”
As far as student safety on campus, Kelly
said he is a strong believer in neighborhood
watch, and although the council does not
have control over the Eugene Police De
partment, they can make recommenda
tions. However, he said he would like to
see more bike and foot patrol around Pio
neer Cemetery.
Stewart said he believed the City Council
could be more active in the issue of student
safety by bringing it to public’s attention and
creating dialogue to influence EPD.
Stewart said he not only wants to find a
way to end racial profiling in Eugene, but he
also wants to end the singling out of students
by the department.
“Student profiling is widespread around
Eugene, and it is a big concern,” he said.
Kelly said he’s a big supporter of the Inde
pendent Police Review Project, which has
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Yellow Jackets swing into action starting Monday
■ A volunteer student patrol group will
assist DPS officers starting next week
to increase students’ safety at night
The Yellow Jackets volunteer patrol pro
gram kicks off its first patrol Monday evening.
But so far, only five students have stepped
up to wear the Department of Public Safety’s
banana yellow jackets.
“We’re not expecting to get a huge num
ber of people, but we’re hoping to,” said
DPS officer and Yellow Jackets coordinator
Royce Myers.
The volunteer program aims to keep cam
pus safer by patrolling areas where crimes
have occurred in the past, such as Pioneer
Cemetery and the area surrounding the
Knight Library. All participants will work
in pairs, wear bright yellow jackets and car
ry a two-way radio to alert DPS when inci
dents occur.
Myers said the purpose of the program is
to alert DPS when crimes occur, not to inter
vene. But unlike the blue emergency phones
around campus, Yellow Jackets will also be
available as on-campus escorts.
“They do a little more than the phones,”
Myers said.
Students, faculty and staff can still par
ticipate in the program by attending one of
two training sessions at 2 p.m. or 6 p.m.
Sunday in 146 Straub.
— Brook Reinhard
Mascot
resolution
soon to be
decided on
■ Gained support helps steer the
University School of Law toward
a resolution in the mascot debate
By Katie Ellis
Oregon Daily Emerald
With increasing local and national
support, proponents of the University
School of Law’s resolution protesting
the use of American Indian names or
images as team mascots are poised to
formally submit the resolution May 8.
They will give the resolution to Uni
versity President Dave Frohnmayer
that day for endorsement, but the reso
lution will still require University Sen
ate approval before the Athletic De
partment decides to implement it.
The resolution, co-sponsored by the
law school’s Sports and Entertainment
Law Forum, encourages the Athletic De
partment not to voluntarily schedule
games and events with schools using
American Indian images or names as
team mascots. Post-season games and
events, including bowl games, are ex
empted because the resolution specifi
cally refers to regular season. The final
draft of the resolution specifies that
teams that have a licensing agreement
with American Indian tribes to use such
symbols and images are also not includ
ed. These teams include the Florida
State Seminoles and the Utah Utes.
During the last three weeks, resolu
tion coordinators have been inundat
ed with support and recognition for
their efforts, said Frank Silva, co-di
rector of the Sports and Entertain
ment Law Forum.
“It’s like critical mass,” Silva said.
“Everybody from around the country is
addressing this issue. It’s coming from
all directions.”
Gavin Clarkson, research fellow at
the Harvard Law School and Harvard
Business School, commended the res
olution and the efforts of both the stu
dents and faculty members. By backing
the resolution, Clarkson said the Uni
versity would be taking a powerful
stance on eradicating social injustices.
“The University of Oregon would
be saying that racism has no place in
civilized society,” Clarkson said.
“And that marginalized populations
such as American Indians do not de
serve to be ridiculed or caricatured as
racial mascots.”
Clarkson said the use of such sym
bolism by athletic teams is a form of of
fense rather than honor, so the argu
ment that American Indian symbols
and images honor American Indian
culture is misguided.
“The defense of Indian mascots is of
ten that the mascots are intended to
honor Indians,” he said. “However, in
civilized society, if you offend when
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