News brief
APASU to portray college
students in ‘hereandnow’
The Asian-Pacific American
Students Union will kick off its
biggest event for Asian-Pacific
American Heritage Month this
weekend with music, games and
a theatrical performance.
At 6 p.m. Saturday in the EMU
Ballroom, APASU will be present
ing “hereandnow,” an Asian Amer
ican theater group from Los
Angeles that has performed across
the nation for the past 10 years. APA
SU Co-Director Jeanice Chieng said
the theater group will be addressing
various Asian American stereotypes
and issues such as homosexuality in
the Asian community.
“This group portrays Asian col
lege students and experiences that
they face in their lives,” APASU
member Kao Cha said.
Pocket Face and Thai will be the
opening acts for the evening. Pocket
Face, an alternative band from Eu
gene, will be performing to fundraise
for their upcoming tour in Japan this
summer. In addition, Thai, a Viet
namese American hip-hop artist
from Portland, will be singing his hit
single “Portland Love.”
On Sunday, APASU will host a
Spring Mini Olympics. Students
can meet for the event at 2 p.m. in
the Multicultural Center. Partici
pants will have the chance to play
basketball, tennis and compete in a
tug-of-war and sack races. All of
APASU’s events are free to students
and the general public.
— Danielle Gillespie
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Wednesday after an argument
broke out and she noticed they
had a gun. She then went to a rel
ative’s house and called police at
3:45 p.m.
Alejandre said five officers re
sponded to the call. One of the of
ficers heard a “ticking noise” and
blocked eastbound traffic on 18th
Avenue, she said.
University senior Andrea
Niemiec, who lives in a nearby
apartment, said police also closed
the alley between 18th and 19th
avenues and locked down the mu
sic building at about 4:30 p.m.
“All of a sudden I was like, ‘Oh,
look! There’s a guy with a rifle,”’
Niemiec said.
When asked if officers had
drawn their weapons, Alejandre
said that given the situation, “that
would be something that could
be expected.”
University sophomore Andrew
Richards said he looked out the
kitchen window from his apartment
across the alley and saw an officer
sprawled on the ground talking on a
radio. Richards described the situa
tion as “upsetting.”
“This was not typical.
I’ve never seen this kind
of thing before.” +
Antares Welch
Kampus Quad resident
“There’s always a bunch of crap
going on over there,” said
Richards. “It’s not really that much
of a surprise.”
Larry Bramow, 49, who lives in
another Kampus Quads unit, said
three officers entered his residence
about 4:30 p.m. with guns drawn,
while one stood in the doorway.
The officers were attempting to lo
cate the suspects who were be
lieved to be in an adjacent room.
Bramow, who has lived in the
building for less than one week,
said he was cooking dinner when
officers told him to leave.
Once inside the property, offi
cers told another Kampus Quads
resident, Antares Welch, to vacate.
“I was pretty scared when they
walked in,” the 21-year-old said.
Welch said more than 10 officers
were at the scene. One resident
matching the description of the
second suspect was detained and
released after officers questioned
him, Welch said.
“If they’re searching for a sus
pect, they are going to look at
everybody,” Alejandre said.
Welch said she was allowed to
return to her apartment between
5:45 p.m. and 6 p.m.
“This was not typical,” Welch
said. “I’ve never seen this kind of
stuff before.”
E-mail reporter Brad Schmidt
at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
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The Dance 2002 Faculty Concert started Wednesday and will continue today and
Saturday. The performances, which feature eight dance department faculty,
begin at 8 p.m. both days in the Dougherty Dance Theatre at Geriinger Annex.
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Women’s Center Sexual Vio
lence and Prevention Coordinator
Tammy Wise said the group want
ed to put this event on because
they wanted to empower women
and survivors, while educating
and spreading the word about vio
lence. She said the justice system
oppresses women because it does
not effectively prosecute rapists.
Women’s Center Events Coordi
nator Heather Mitchell said she be
lieves this event is pertinent right
now because of the current attacks
on campus, and she believes
women should be empowered and
not feel afraid to walk at night
without a male escort.
Following the speeches and
singing performances, the group
marched from the amphitheater to
downtown Eugene at the intersec
tion of Eighth Avenue and Oak
Street, carrying signs that read “No
Woman Should Fear Night” and
“Fight for Your Right.” Marchers
chanted about uniting to end sex
ism and racism. The march was
separated into “three designated
safe areas,” with women in the
front, followed by “gender queer”
people, or those who do not iden
tify with a specific gender, and a
space for everyone — men and
women — in the back.
“We really wanted to create a
safe space for women because they
are the primary focus of this
event,” SASS Community Educa
tion Coordinator Michelle Ed
wards said. “A lot of women here
are survivors of sexual assault and
we wanted them to have a buffer
zone as a form of support.”
Performing at Eighth and Oak
were firedancers, acoustic folk mu
sician Nicole Barrett, salsa drum
ming group Bloco Amazhina and
the Young Women’s Theater Col
lective. In addition, people at
tending the event had the chance
to participate in a “speak out,”
where they could share their per
sonal experiences with sexual as
sault or voice their concerns
about the issue.
“This was a chance for people to
be heard and share their own sto
ries,” Edwards said. “It provided
the opportunity to let others know
that they are not alone.”
Edwards said the Women’s Cen
ter and SASS have plans to keep
doing this event every year.
“We will put on this event until
violence against women stops,”
she said.
E-mail reporter Danielle Gillespie
atdaniellegillespie@dailyemerald.com.
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