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hours, and while most speakers said
they were against the war in Iraq,
many said they did not believe that
the senate was the proper place to
vote on a national issue.
Because the event was an actual
senate meeting, only members of
the University Assembly — profes
sors, administration officials, stu
dent senators and ASUO representa
tives — were allowed to speak.
However, after 40 minutes of delib
eration, the senate opened up the
meeting to community comments.
After the failed vote, political science
Professor Julie Novkov asked the
senate to consider calling a meeting
of the full University Assembly to
further discuss the issue. Although
24 senators voted to consider debat
ing Novkov’s motion, it did not car
ry a two-thirds vote and was tabled.
A majority of assembly members
who spoke said they were worried
the senate would lose power and
prestige by taking a political stance
on an issue such as war.
The senate “is not constituted to
express opinions on matters of na
tional policy,” law Professor Maury
Holland said. “There are ample op
portunities for people to debate, to
express and communicate their
opinions, but I don’t think its place
is a senate resolution.”
Stahl, like many backers of the
proposal, took an entirely different
tack and appealed to the conscience
of the senators.
“Truth is the first casualty of
war,” he said, adding that in
wartime, civil liberties could be sus
pended and people could be fed dis
information and lies. “That is why
the University must oppose unnec
essary war.
“Would a resolution from the Uni
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versity Senate be heard? Indeed, it
would, and other universities might
follow suit.”
Physics Professor Dave Soper
said he was worried the senate
could lose its credibility by dis
cussing issues outside of its scope.
“If we are an open forum when
debate is to take place, we must not
take a political position,” he said. “If
we make political pronouncements
our business, we will lose the credi
bility of this forum.”
In a speech that drew raucous
applause, student senator Levi
Strom appealed to the University
Senate to consider the conse
quences of not acting.
“Will this resolution not be re
ferred to this senate until we have an
other Vietnam War?” he asked,
adding that he represented Students
for Peace, which had already collect
ed over 1,500 student and staff signa
tures condemning the war in Iraq.
“Students on this campus feel the
effects of war. I might give — and die
— for a cause I don’t believe in.”
A handful of community mem
bers also were given time to speak.
“This war ... everyone believes
it’s going to happen, except some of
our faculty members,” student
Hasan Kesim said. “These are rules
that only you can bend — the gov
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attending the meeting supported a resolution condemning a U.S. war with Iraq.
ernment has done it for many
decades. Why not you?”
The University Senate Executive
Committee will sponsor an open
mic session today in the EMU Maple
Room from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. for
people who want to continue dis
cussing issues surrounding the war
in Iraq, and it is also planning a
campuswide debate on the war
sometime in early January.
Contact the news editor
atbrookreinhard@dailyemeraId.com.
Housing
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but we want to make it bigger and
better and really solid so it can
continue for the next 10 years,”
Hughes said.
Although no formal model for
the new Web site has been devel
oped yet, the ASUO has been seek
ing student input and looking at
other housing Web sites to formu
late ideas.
“The perfect vision of the Web
site would be an interactive data
base that students could access on
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line and landlords could access on
line to post housing openings,”
Hughes said.
She added that the ASUO will
continue to maintain the rental
listing boards, which are located
in the EMU in front of the
Women’s Center.
Housing standards
ASUO officials are also advanc
ing an existing campaign aimed to
pass housing standards in Eu
gene. Currently, Eugene has no
housing code.
ASUO Community Outreach Co
ordinator Jesse Harding said he is
taking a different approach this
year, looking at specific housing is
sues and trying to make the stan
dard feasible for passage in the Eu
gene City Council.
“We’re looking at what’s going to
be most effective — what has the
biggest chance of success with the
City Council and support from the
neighborhoods and the businesses,”
he said. “We’re getting what we can
in while we can do it.”
Harding added that he plans to fo
cus on major issues for the stan
dard, such as structural standards
for housing, more accountability for
landlords and increasing the safety
of neighborhoods.
To make the standards more ef
fective, the ASUO will also contin
ue to advocate better enforce
ment of health and fire codes, as
well as educate students about
renter’s rights.
ASUO officials plan to meet dur
ing winter break to set a timetable
for drafting the housing standard
proposal and working with city
councilors to get it submitted to a
committee.
After it is submitted, Harding
said, the ASUO will gather students
and community members to show
support for the standards.
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at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
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the item to themselves so they can
still keep it,” Johnson said.
Students may want to prepare
for delays in holiday flights. Port
land International Airport expects
about 43,000 travelers per day
during the two weeks before
Christmas, and that number
should remain constant until a few
days after New Year’s Day, Johnson
said. Meanwhile, the Eugene Air
port estimates it will have about
60,000 passengers in the month of
December, airport manager Bob
Noble said.
“(The Eugene Airport) hope(s) to
see no delays, but in the holidays
more people are flying and with the
inclement weather such as fogging
conditions, it could cause delays,”
Goontz said.
Johnson suggested that students
flying out of Portland arrive two
hours before their scheduled morn
ing flights because the airport is
busier from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. than at
any other time of day. For flights lat
er in the day, he said students
should call the airline.
To decrease delay time, travelers
are encouraged not to wear metal,
which can be found on coats, jew
elry, belt buckles and in the heels
of footwear. Such accessories often
set off alarms and lengthen the
process of going through security,
Johnson said.
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