News
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Sports
Sophomore Jason Hartmann scores
the Ducks’ first points of the NCAA meet.
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Friday, May 31,2002
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 162
‘Where am I?’
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Many
passers-by
were confronted
Thursday
afternoon by
a peculiar
individual in
a suit made
of cardboard,
duct tape,
latex and yarn,
shouting cryptic
phrases such as
Tm not drunk,’
‘Now I’m dizzy’
and ‘Where
am I?’while
weaving
to and fro on
the corner of
13th Avenue
and Kincaid
Street.
But Adam
Goldthwaite,
the man behind
the mask, was
only promoting
the Inside-Out
‘omni-art
extravaganza,’
which kicks off
in June at
the McDonald
Theatre.
Goldthwaite’s
character,
named Prophet,
is one of 55
performers in
the two-day
event.
Thomas Patterson Emerald
DPS to decide
Yellow Jackets’
fate in summer
■ Despite low participation, the volunteer campus
patrol remains hopeful for next year’s return
By Brad Schmidt
Oregon Daily Emerald
The fate of the Yellow Jackets remains uncertain for the
next school year, Department of Public Safety officials said
Thursday. But at this point, all signs point toward a return for
the volunteer campus patrol.
Since its debut May 6, the group has spent most of its time es
corting students across campus while also observing student be
havior. DPS officials and student coordinators will meet during
the summer to determine whether Yellow Jackets will continue.
DPS Associate Director Tom Hicks said he’d like to see
more students involved in the group and added that, as with
any preventative group, it is difficult to measure the overall
effects. Student feedback from participants, campus feedback
and financial considerations will be the most telling in deter
mining whether Yellow Jackets will return, he said.
“At this point, we’re still committed to the program,”
Hicks said.
DPS officer and Yellow Jackets Coordinator Royce Myers
said he is optimistic about the project’s future and added that
it is “going very well.”
Including himself, Yellow Jackets has 26 volunteers, My
ers said.
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Anne Leavitt is
the only faculty member involved and said she has only been
able to do one shift because of time constraints. Leavitt said
she’d like to do at least one more patrol before the end of the
year and added she hopes to do many more next fall or win
ter, when the campus gets dark earlier.
“I think the presence creates the perception of a friendly
and safer campus,” Leavitt said.
Yellow Jacket Student Coordinator Meghan Madden said the
patrols have been fairly quiet thus far. An occasional joke is made
to patrol groups about their effectiveness, but an overwhelming
majority of the comments are supportive in nature, she said.
“It’s not to say we’re not doing any good because we’re not
catching anything,” Madden said. “I think it will definitely
do some good.”
Funding for the Yellow Jackets comes directly from the
DPS budget. Initial start-up costs for jackets and flashlights
reached almost $400, but a fee of about $200 is incurred
monthly for radio rentals, Hicks said. At that rate, the cost of
maintaining patrols for a full school year could reach $1,800.
Meanwhile, DPS’ service and supply budget next year will
be cut from $180,000 to $155,000, Hicks said.
Despite the small percentage of DPS funding actually al
located to Yellow Jackets, some think the money could be
better spent elsewhere.
Turn to Yellow Jackets, page 6
Vivid slide show demonstrates hope for Middle East peace
■ Organizers tried to remain
neutral in order to attract
people from different religious
and cultural backgrounds
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
The lights were dimmed. The
doors were closed. And an atten
tive group of students, faculty and
community members tuned their
ears for more than two and a half
hours to a call for peace.
The Atrocities Uncovered: Israel
and Palestine reception, slide show
and speakers on Thursday night in
Lawrence Hall tried to even-hand
edly show the horrors of the ongo
ing crisis in the Middle East.
The forum was organized by the
Muslim Student Association with
help from the ASUO Women’s Cen
ter and the Eugene Middle East Peace
Group. Their goal was to do more
than just inform the crowd, although
they accomplished that as well.
Their goal was to save innocent lives.
“We’re a group of students who
found what’s happening. We are
from different religious and cultur
al backgrounds,” organizer Mona
Zubair said. She said they want to
see and discuss events in the Mid
dle East so students can work to
gether to make a change.
“We feel this has to stop and
want to share so students can get
more connected and advocate for
peace,” she said. “If both sides can |
start talking to each other and en
larging the area of those who want
peace, we can achieve it.”
The crowd indulged in Middle I
Turn to Middle East, page 6
Upcoming events
Faces m Islam
What: Discussion of misinterpretation
in the Western world of women
in Islam;
Who: Sister Nadira Najeet) and Muslim
women activists from Portland
When: 6 p.m. today
Where: EMU Ben Linder Room
For more information, call the Muslim
Students Association at 346-3798
Celebration o! Courage
Who: Eugene Middle East Peace Group
What: Middle East Feast, music by
Troupe Aroericanistan, speakers Nir
Pearlson and Ibrahim Harnide and a
hummus contest
When: 4*8 prunes
Where: Hilyard Community Center,
2580 Htlyard St.
Cost Suggested donation ot $5-$25,
proceeds benefit the feraeii-Paiestiniaifll
Bereaved Parents for Peace ,