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Thursday, December 5,2002
Since 1900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 68
UO senate votes not to hear war resolution
After an hour of testimony from
community members, students
and faculty, the senate votes
to discontinue resolution debates
Brook Reinhard
News Editor
Tensions ran high Wednesday as the University
Senate, after an hourlong debate, voted 29-8 to not
hear or discuss a resolution condemning the war in
Iraq, a decision that dismayed some but drew the
praise of University administration.
The senate’s vote on whether to consider the reso
lution, originally introduced by biology Professor
Emeritus Frank Stahl, prevented further discussion on
the issue. If the resolution had been successfully
brought to the floor and passed, it would have been the
senate’s first official stance on war since 1970, when
the Faculty Senate voted to condemn the Vietnam
War in the wake of national and local protests.
“Making official statements in the name of the
University is something we traditionally don’t do —
and that has to be observed,” University President
Dave Frohnmayer said in a telephone interview
from Philadelphia, where he was on a business trip.
More than 200 professors, students, members of
University administration and the community
packed the EMU Fir Room on Wednesday for two
Turn to Resolution, page 10
Professor
Emeritus Frank
Stahl addresses
the University
Senate and a large
group of students
and community
members during
a meeting held
Wednesday in the
EMU Fir Room.
Mark McCambridge
Emerald
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University
sophomore
Ben Parrell
(far right)
waits in line
for the
security
checkpoint
at the Eugene
airport.
Parrell was
traveling
to San
Francisco for
Thanksgiving
and only had
to wait about
five minutes
to get
through
security.
Jeremy Forrest
Emerald
Leaving on a jet plane
Heightened post-9/11
security and holiday
travel flurry could spawn
delays, officials say
Danielle Gillespie
Safety/Crime/Transportation Reporter
University student Yuh Wen
will fly from the Eugene Airport to
Los Angeles to catch a connecting
flight to her home country, Tai
wan, for winter break. Although
she is excited to see her family
and friends again, she does not
look forward to the flight.
“It’s long, and it takes 24 hours
to get there,” she said. “I am just
going to sleep the whole trip.”
Similar to Wen, many students
will fly over the holidays to loca
tions throughout the United
States and the world to visit their
loved ones.
And students will most likely
be taking flights from the Eugene
Airport or Portland International
Airport.
Eugene Airport operations di
rector Mike Goontz said airports
will still implement the height
ened security guidelines in place
since Sept. 11, at a bare mini
mum. He said the Transportation
Security Administration, a gov
ernment agency created to safe
guard American airways after
Sept. 11, has not given airline au
thorities any specific reason to in
crease safety measures.
“We will maintain current se
curity and increase our visibility
since we know things are going to
be busier,” Goontz said.
The FCC has banned passen
gers from carrying an assortment
of items aboard planes, such as
long-bladed scissors, sharp tools,
pocket knives and fingernail files
on the airplane, Portland Interna
tional Airport spokesman Steve
Johnson said.
“If passengers can’t bring an
item on the plane, and if they
have time, they can go and mail
Turn to Travel, page 10
ASUO lists
housing
standard
as priority
Student government will
continue an informational
Web site for students and plans
to propose housing standards
Jan Montry
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The ASUO is making plans to work on
housing issues in the second half of the
school year, and it hopes to continue
rental information services left behind by
the Rental Information Office as well as
develop a housing standard for Eugene.
Both campaigns have been in the
ASUO’s sights since the summer, but co
ordinators say plans are now starting to
take shape.
Information on the Web
After the Rental Information Office
was shut down in September, the future
of the office’s Web site and rental listing
boards — which provide students with
information about available housing in
Eugene — was unclear.
The ASUO decided these services were
too important for students to let them
disappear.
“The Rental Information Office was
de-funded, so the ASUO said, ‘Look, we
really want this service to continue be
cause it’s the only off-campus housing of
fice or resource for students at the Uni
versity,”’ said Megan Hughes, the ASUO’s
housing information manager.
Now that the ASUO controls the Web
site, they plan to expand it to include
more information, faster service and
more publicity.
“We want to replace that Web site,
Turn to Housing, page 10
Weather
Today: High 50, how 37, light rain, mostly cloudy
Friday: High 48, Low 38, foggy, afternoon sun
Looking ahead
Friday
New INS regulations
may prompt a trip to
Portland for interna
tional &uden&
Monday
Campus community
will hold a panel dis
cussion on broadcast
media climate
Community celebrates Hanukkah
A Menorah lighting Tuesday
kicked off a number of Eugene
events that will continue
through the weekend
Alison Shaughnessy
Freelance Reporter
Rabbi Asi Spiegel stood on the stage
and lit the first candle under the watch
ful eyes of the crowd.
“The menorah we light tonight is to
commemorate the menorah of our an
cestors,” he had said to the audience be
fore inviting four others onto the stage
to help him light the five candles set in
the menorah.
“There is light in the world. It flows
naturally, and that is the natural state of
the world,” he said.
The crowd, which gathered at Agate
Hall on Tuesday for music and celebra
tion in honor of Hanukkah, broke into
applause after the fifth candle was lit.
Hanukkah, the Hebrew word for
dedication, is a traditional Jewish cel
ebration that begins every year on the
25th day of the Hebrew month of
Kislev, which falls between the end of
November and the end of December
on the Western calendar. This year’s
observance of Hanukkah started at
sundown on Friday and will last
through Saturday.
Jewish people have many different
Turn to Hanukkah, page 4