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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
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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
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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