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An independent newspaper Monday, October 28,2002 Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Another loss / Page 8A Volume 104, Issue 42 Retiring history Mark McCambridge Emerald Rob Boise Wasco-Yakuma, Bryan Hudson and Casey Smith drum in the Many Nations Longhouse. Habitat of heritage The Many Nations Longhouse, an American Indian cultural site on campus, is being retired because of structural damages |K Jennifer Bear Campus/City Culture Reporter Members of the American Indian community and students and staff from the University gathered together Sun day to respectfully retire their long house on the east side of campus. Herman Quinn, a Yurok tribal mem r and regular visitor at the longhouse, said although he was saddened by the building’s retirement, it was something that had to be done. Jana Schmieding, co-director of the ASUO Multicultural Center, described the longhouse as a spiritual, cultural and academic center. “It is a holy place and it is a place for gathering,” Schmieding said. “The longhouse is a place for building and maintaining community. ” With the decommissioning of the old longhouse, American Indians and other members of the campus community will use a temporary modular rental un til the new Many Nations Longhouse is built sometime in the near future. For more than 30 years, the long house was a cultural nexus for American Indian community members and Uni versity groups such as the Native Ameri can Student Union, the Native American Law Students Association, and the Cen ter for Indigenous Cultural Survival. NASU has used the longhouse as a meet ing place where students and communi ty members could connect and revitalize American Indian customs and tradi tions. Activities such as drumming, singing, dancing and native beadwork were practiced at NASU meetings at the longhouse every Sunday. NASU Co-Director Brent Spencer said it’s important for American Indian stu dents to continue these traditional prac tices in order to sustain their culture. “When you stop practicing these types of activities, the knowledge is lost,” Spencer said. Mitch Wilkinson, interim steward for the Many Nations Longhouse, said the longhouse was originally a soldier bar racks in World War II and was used for graduate student housing after the war. About 35 years ago, American Indian stu dents, in conjunction with community Turn to Heritage, page 5A Peace rallies held nationwide Eugene^ weekend anti-war rally gathered hundreds and coincided with other events nationwide Chelsea Duncan Freelance Reporter Local residents and students gathered at the Eugene Federal Building plaza for an anti-war rally Saturday, marking a na tional day of action and the one-year an niversary of the USA Patriot Act. The rally coincided with rallies in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and other cities nationwide. Bahati Ansari, director of Racism-Free Zone at Jeffer son Middle School, hosted the rally, which also featured Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and award-winning radio journalist Alan Siporin. A crowd of about 500 gathered for an address concerning the possibility of war in Iraq, the war on terrorism and the harmful repercussions of the Patriot Act. Many people held protest signs that read, “Nonviolence works” and “No blood for oil.” Vehicles drove by, honk ing at the crowd and the signs. Most driv ers honked in support while others yelled at the crowd to “Go home.” One drove by waving a sign reading, “Support our president.” Siporin advised the crowd to be posi tive about the anti-war movement’s progress and suggested the best way to gain more participants is through “word of mouth.” “Word of mouth: It may sound simplis tic, but that’s how people change,” he said. Comparing the movement to the one that stemmed from the Vietnam War, he said the challenge is not mounting a move ment to end a war, but to prevent one. “It’s very empowering to be part of a Turn to Peace, page 5A Halloween brings more riot control, prevention After a weekend of distributing citations, EPD anticipates a busy Halloween; they encourage students to take part in on-campus activities Danielle Gillespie Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter The Eugene Police Department had busy Friday and Satur day nights, handing out more than 75 citations in the West University neighborhood the weekend before Halloween. EPD continued its focused presence, breaking up four par ties and citing 39 people with minor in possession of alcohol. Twelve residents who hosted parties also received first re sponse warnings and some received citations for allowing mi nors to consume alcohol. In addition, EPD field activity — which monitors street ac tivity in the neighborhood — cited four more for MIPs and wrote 20 citations for open container violations. With Halloween around the corner, University officials, po lice authorities and community members met Friday to plan how to prevent another riot from occurring. Rioting occurred in the West University neighborhood on Halloween in 1996, 1997 and 1998. The task force also discussed other ways to entertain students this Thursday. The holiday has been of great concern for EPD. Authorities heard rumors during the weekend about the threat of a riot Thursday, but Lt. Pete Kerns said that it hasn’t been verified. “We hear rumors like this all the time,” he said. “It’s common.” EPD Special Operations Gapt. Steve Swenson said he is worried a Halloween riot will occur because he thinks that the relationship between students and police has intensified. “With the number of citations that we have been writing late ly, a lot of animosity has occurred among students,” he said. Swenson said he does not want students and police at odds with each other. He said EPD is thinking of ways to have more Turn to Riot, page 4A BUSH yfllfi ITEaSGR? [■** STOP baM-iiWTffln Charles Fox Philadelphia Inquirer (KRT) Jesse Jackson and marchers rally in Washington, D.C. A rally in Eugene on Saturday mirrored the D.C. march and others across the country. Weather Today; High 58, Low 40, isolated showers clearing Tuesday: High 55, Low 30, cloudy with chance of drizzle Looking ahead Tuesday ASUO holds special election Wednesday Get down with Low in concert Measures to ‘clean’ local government The upcoming election gives voters an array of local measures on issues such as education, elections, city representation and a code of ethics Oregon votes 2002 Brad Schmidt News Editor Among the many housekeeping measures clouding the Nov. 5 general election are a hand ful of provisions that would give voters, through their decisions, the chance to clean a little house of their own. Eugene residents have been asked to hold city officials responsible for grossly negligent spend ing, to force officials out of office if they have conflicts of interest and to require the city to have its own attorney by 2005. Measure 20-69 would require the city council to adopt a code of ethics that would prevent elected officials from discussing, debating or vot ing on matters from which they, or their rela tives, could financially gain. If intentional, the vi olation could result in removal from office. “It’s a way of making sure that they respect a level of integrity in the local government,” said Councilor David Kelly of Ward 3, which repre sents the University. Measure 20-70 asks voters whether the city manager should be required to report to the City Council after hiring, promoting or firing individ uals. Currently, the manager is not required to do so. “If we’re supposed to evaluate that person, we have very little basis on how these very impor tant decisions are made,” Ward 2 Councilor Bet ty Taylor said. Of all the measures that would affect city officials, Turn to Measures, page 5A
