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Thursday, October 24,2002
Since 1900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 40
EPD halts performance in amphitheater
An appearance by EPD officers leaves one student
with a citation for disorderly conduct
Jenni Schultz
News Editor
A matter of unfortunate timing resulted in a University stu
dent being cited for disorderly conduct by the Eugene Police
Department on Wednesday while utilizing the campus free
speech zone — the EMU Amphitheater.
The situation started when a religious group began yelling,
“You’re going to Hell,” through a megaphone at students pass
ing by. At least two students complained to the Department of
Public Safety, DPS Associate Director Tom Hicks said.
DPS sent two officers to the scene who then contacted the
complainants. At that time, he said, an individual began
yelling obscenities at the officers.
Don Goldman is a graduate of the journalism program
and current student who believes in free speech. Since last
April, every day at noon, 6 p.m. and midnight, he stands in
the amphitheater expressing his feelings about everything
"People certainly have a right to express
themselves/ but the University has the
right to dictate the time, place and
manner in which it is done"
Tom Hicks
DPS Associate Director
Turn to Performance, page 12
Finding alternative shelter
Underfunded programs
and crowded shelters
leave Eugene’s homeless
population with few options
Danielle Gillespie
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
University senior Mason Gummer
has had a number of roommates over
the years, but none stands out more
than the homeless man who lived with
him for about six months last year.
A man named Eugene knocked on
Gummer’s front door at his Ferry
Street residence and asked if he could
live in the shed.
“Apparently, he scoped out the
place, and he may have lived there be
fore with the previous tenants,” Gum
mer said. “This is basically what he
does, he goes around and finds cheap
places to live — it’s a way to survive.”
Gummer said he and his room
mates did not care if Eugene paid, but
Eugene insisted on giving them mon
ey. Eugene paid 850 in advance and
offered more money later — when he
had it — and he gave the students
things he found. Gummer said Eugene
based his income on mowing lawns
and raking leaves for college students,
and on collecting cans.
Richie Weinman, the Eugene neigh
borhoods and affordable housing man
ager, said each year 1,600 to 1,800
people in the city come to or are
turned away from shelters. Because
many people who are homeless do not
go to shelters, he estimates there are
three times that number of homeless
people in the city — a third of whom
are under the age of 18.
The homeless problem in Eugene
has escalated recently with the re
opening of Broadway, causing some
homeless people and panhandlers to
Mark McCambridge Emerald
A man known as "Traveler" has stayed aloft in this Downtown Eugene tree since Oct. 12.
migrate to East 8th Avenue and Oak
Street, Weinman said. Many homeless
people have also started protesting for
places to sleep, including “Traveler,”
who made his home recently in a tree
in the Lane County Park Blocks.
“There is a great source of frustra
tion in the area because people have
been exhibiting behavior (other peo
ple) consider inappropriate,” Wein
man said. “We have put up a fence
around the man in the tree ... because
Turn to Homeless, page 4
Breast cancer
awareness show
to hit runway
The ‘Best Dressed Breast’ fashion show seeks
to raise awareness of cancer and keep students
and the community up on the latest fashions
jillian Daley
Family/Health/Education Reporter
This year’s Best Dressed Breast will have University students
strutting down the catwalk at 7 p.m. Monday in the EMU Ballroom.
University Health Center staff first came up with the idea to
hold the hour-long Breast Cancer Awareness Fashion Show in
April to spread information about the disease that killed more
than 40,200 women in the United States in 2001. About one in
eight women are expected have breast cancer in their lifetime,
University Health Center health educator Annie Dochnahl said.
Most of the models will be students from the Peer Heath Edu
cation office, as well as some volunteers.
“One of my main reasons forgetting involved is my mom,” biol
ogy major Cass Skinner said. I ler mothers cancer is in remission,
but she is undergoing chemotherapy because it spread to her lung,
said Skinner, who is one of the four program organizers.
Although the free event is not a fundraiser, representatives from
organizations including the American Cancer Society and Tobac
co Free Lane County will lx; in the foyer taking donations and pro
viding information. ACS will be working on its Look Good... Feel
Turn to Breast cancer, page 6
Committee to hold
Patriot Act meeting
The Lane County Bill of Rights Defense Committee will hold
a meeting titled “The Erosion of Human Rights since Septem
ber 11” on Oct. 24, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Prince Lucien
Campbell Hall. Speakers will address concerns that the USA Pa
triot Act, as it is being applied in Lane County, may erode the
civil rights of citizens and non-citizens alike.
Scheduled speakers include Teuta Norman, an immigration
attorney, and Lauren Regan, a civil rights attorney.
Turn to Patriot, page 6
Weather
Today: High 60, Low 35,
morning fog then partly cloudy
Friday: High 60, Low 33, '
low clouds then mostly sunny
Looking ahead
Friday
A new University-community
task force met about riots
Monday
Pomp and ritual blend with
academics at Convocation
Contest pits newcomer against veteran
Prozanski and McNeill hope
voters cast their ballots
based on candidates’
views, not their parties
Oregon votes 2002
Brad Schmidt
City/State Politics Reporter
Oregon District 8 candidate
Floyd Prozanski has time on his
side, and that doesn’t bother his
opponent, Greg McNeill, one bit.
“(Students) don’t see a lot of
people talking about their issues
and they don’t see a lot of younger
people running (tor election), said
McNeill, a 21-year-old political sci
ence major. “The average age of a
senator is in their 40s or 50s, and
that’s a long way from your 20s.
Senators and representatives don’t
really know or relate to the issues
of the younger generation, so I
think (students) are kind of disen
franchised by that.”
And that’s what gave McNeill, a
Republican, the idea to run for a
seat in the House of Representa
tives — even if he is competing
against a seasoned veteran.
Prozanski, a Democrat, brings
years of experience to the table.
From 1995 to 2001, he served as
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the representative of District 40.
Prozanski lost his seat because of
term limits, but in the years since,
not only have the state’s districts
been redrawn, but so have the laws
concerning terms served.
“I believe I have the heartbeat of
the district, and specifically, 1
think I’m in a better position to
represent the University than my
opponent,” Prozanski said. “I will
hit the ground, not only running,
but 1 will be at full speed because
of my experiences and my previ
ous service.”
Both candidates see District 8 as
a challenge to represent because of
its diversity, and both see higher
education as a top priority.
Prozanski said he will fight for
student issues while finding ways
to minimize educational debt.
Prozanski said the state is in need
of legislation that would freeze tu
ition, and added his disappoint
ment with voters who passed Mea
sure 19, which virtually destroyed
the state’s only fund to help needy
low-income students.
“(I’m) very, very concerned that
we are basically pricing Oregon’s
young people out of the university
system in this state and, in many
cases, that’s going to cause them
not to be able to get the level of
Turn to Candidates, page 6