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Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 36
Meetings leave riot questions unanswered
No action came of meeting
on campus; police discussed
their response at City Hall
Danielle Gillespie & Brad Schmidt
Staff Writers
Community members, police of
ficials, University administrators
and students spent the later part of
the week discussing ways to pre
vent future riots from happening as
well as evaluating the tactics that
were used to disperse crowds in the
i-—— -
September rioting.
About 50 people met on campus
Wednesday to take part in the Campus
Community Relations Task Force. No
University, police or student action re
sulted from the two-hour discussion.
On Thursday, Eugene Police De
partment officials convened at City
Hall to discuss their response to the
riot. Officials said they were success
ful in dispersing the crowd without se
rious injury to officers or to rioters, and
effectively detoured rioters from Sa
cred Heart Medical Center and the
University campus.
EPD Special Operations Lt. Tom
Turner said that compared with previ
ous riots, the authorities faced many
unexpected circumstances.
He said authorities received the
worst pelting of rocks and bottles than
at any other riot, adding that firefight
ers were also struck — unusual for
campus rioting. Turner also said he was
surprised the tear gas did not disperse
the crowd, given that in the past, the
method usually worked.
Turner said he believes the ma
jority of people at the riot were
college students.
“This was the Tommy Hilfiger se
lection — it was bizarre,” he said.
“These were well-dressed people with
Nike shoes. This was not our typical
anarchist groups — they looked like
college students.”
Swenson said EPD is requesting
that the University change its stu
dent conduct code to include off
campus activities.
At Wednesday’s meeting, many
in attendance said they thought it
was unfair to label the riot as
Turn to Meeting, page 4A
Feel the Mele Hula vibe
A performance will feature dancing, chanting and
traditional and contemporary music of Hawaii
Jennifer Bear
Campus/City Culture Reporter
Students can escape from the chill of Oregon to expe
rience the thrill of Hawaiian music and culture at the
Mele Hula performance tonight at the Hult Center for
the Performing Arts. The show starts at 8 p.m. in Silva
Hall, and tickets are on sale from $18 to $26.
Mele Hula features traditional and contemporary
Hawaiian music and dance by Jerry Santos of Olo
mana, Hapa guitarist Barry Flanagan, Ernie Cruz Jr. of
Ka'au Crater Boys, chanter and storyteller Charles
Ka'upu, Nathan Aweau of the Don Ho Band, and hula
performer Moea Sylva DeFries.
Flanagan, best-known for his songwriting and Hawai
ian slack key guitar style, said that Mele Hula is excited
to be performing in Eugene. Flanagan has been to the
city several times over the last few years, and his first
show here was at WOW Hall in 1995.
“The overall vibe of Eugene is really special,” Flanagan
said. “The people here are so supportive of contemporary
Hawaiian music.”
Flanagan, along with Santos, hosted a contemporary
Hawaiian songwriting workshop Thursday evening at the
University. The workshop was interactive with students
engaging Flanagan and Santos in a discussion about song
writing and slack key guitar.
“To me, it’s a lot of fun to be able to share the stuff I
know and see someone wanting to weave it into their
musical style,” Flanagan said. “When you have people
who are hungry to learn, it’s really a lot of fun.”
Ka’upu also conducted a workshop Thursday at the
University on Hawaiian chant and hula. Ka’upu, who has
a 25-year background in teaching the history and cul
ture of Hawaii, said he loved having the opportunity to
interact with students at the University.
“It’s great because when I’m teaching a student, they’re
kind of hungry and eager to learn,” Ka’upu said. “They
want the knowledge.”
For students who missed yesterday’s workshops but
still want to experience a little piece of Hawaii, Ka’upu
said he encourages them to see Mele Hula. He said people
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Barry Flanagan, one of the world's premier Hawaiian guitarists,
demonstrates during Thursday's workshop in the EMU.
from all kinds of backgrounds, not just those of Hawaiian
descent, can appreciate the Hawaiian chant, hula and in
strumental guitar pieces of tonight’s show.
“It perhaps might not be for everybody, but if you’re
open and willing to give it a chance, you end up loving
our music,” Ka’upu said. “It’s a direct reflection of our
life back home.”
Contact the reporter atjenniferbear@dailyemerald.com.
Students given
2,500 tickets to
Clinton speech
Former President Bill Clinton will be speaking on campus at noon Oct.
31 at a “Get Out the Vote” rally for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate
Bill Bradbury, and some students will now be able to attend for free.
Thursday morning, the Bradbury campaign made 2,500 free tickets
available to students on a first-come, first-served basis. According to
the UO Ticket Office, a student ID is required to pick up the tickets
and will also be required at the gate; only the student picking up the
ticket may use it; and backpacks will not be allowed into McArthur
Court for the event.
Bradbury campaign spokeswoman Kim Baldwin said the decision
was made just 24 hours earlier.
“Bill (Bradbury) and Bill Clinton and our campaign just decided,
‘Why are we charging students?’” she said. “We want them to become
more involved, not just in this campaign, but in politics in general.
“So we thought, ‘Why charge them?”’
—Michael J. Kleckner
Youth program
honors law deem
Former law dean Wayne
Morse will be remembered
Oct. 20, with a focus on
grassroots movements
jillian Daley
Family/Health/Education Reporter
A day of remembrance will be
held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 20
for former University law school
dean and Sen. Wayne Morse.
Wayne Morse Youth Program
organizers scheduled the celebra
tion on the day that would have
been Morse’s 102nd birthday. The
event will be held at Wayne Morse
Park, 595 Crest Drive, where
Morse lived for almost 40 years.
The organizers of the event not
only wish to honor him, but to
celebrate the spirit of his teach
ings and beliefs as an anti-war and
free-speech advocate.
Program Chairman Viktor
Stathakis said the event is meant
to be a day to focus on grassroots
movements. Stathakis said it is
also meant to be a day to speak to
representatives of local groups
such as White Bird Clinic, Wom
enspace, KRVM, Oregon Country
Fair and Saturday Market.
The group intends to put up a
canopy in case it rains, said
Stathakis, who was also Morse’s
friend and driver for the last few
Turn to Morse, page 4A
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Monday
A first-hand account
of Wednesday's CIA
recruiting effort
Candidates tackle local issues
Bradbury and Smith both agree on
protecting forest health, increasing
grants and supporting military
Oregon votes 2002
Jan Montry
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury
and U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., are
warring as the November election nears—
Bradbury seeking the U.S. Senate seat, and
Smith fighting to protect it.
In separate question-and-answer ses
sions with the Emerald, both candidates
appeared to be focused on improving high
er education, and agreed on many issues,
including forest management and a mili
tary presence in Afghanistan.
I will “continue to increase Federal Pell
Grants and continue to fight for research
grants and different aid to University of
Oregon and other institutions of higher
learning in the state,” Smith said.
He added that Federal Pell Grants are es
pecially important for poorer students be
cause it serves as “major sources for eco
nomic opportunity. ”
Bradbury also supports increasing the
Pell Grant, and specified setting a goal for at
least a$l ,000 increase per year.
“We have to make sure funding remains
strong, which lowers the total cost of higher
education to poorer students,” he said.
This way, “you keep control of tuition and
you make sure people can afford the tuition
that is charged through the financial aid
that the federal government offers.”
Bradbury added that because most col
lege students come out of college deeply in
debt, more money should be made avail
Turn to Candidates, page 8A