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Monday, February 17,2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 100
Acting locally
Protesters marched the streets
of Eugene this weekend to voice
their concerns about the
potential war with Iraq
Jan Montry
City/State Politics Reporter
Students and community members
took to the downtown streets in
droves Saturday at the Eugene Feder
al Building, protesting President
George W. Bush’s potential war efforts
against Iraq.
The anti-war rally — organized by
of a larger activist m Drotests
association -
was one of many
similar, simulta- PAGE 4
neous demon
strations that attracted millions
around the world. Eugene Police De
partment officials said there were at
least 2,000 protesters in Eugene, and
organizers announced a count of
4,000 late in the event.
Before the downtown rally, hun
dreds of marchers, organized by Stu
dents for Peace, met at the EMU Am
phitheater to hear speakers and begin
a trek around the city that ended at
the Federal Building.
Brian Bogart, director of Intelligent
Future, an anti-war organization
based in Eugene, was one of the
speakers on stage decrying military
action and the Bush administration.
“Since 9-11, I’ve felt an over
whelming sense of urgency because
not for one minute has our govern
ment addressed the cause of threats;
Turn to Rally, page 8
Progressive Re
sponses, a local
group that is part
INSIDE
Millions join
(Above) War protesters march down
13th avenue on their way to the federal
Building Saturday afternoon.
Erik Bishoff Emerald
AMMAN, JORDAN — Screaming her
displeasure with President George W.
Bush, a Jordanian woman joined at least
10,000 others Satu rday to protest the
pending war with Iraq in Amman, Jordan.
Eric Seals Detroit Free Press (KRT)
Petition
slows
budget
recalls
PFCs budget recall process was
stalled Friday after a petition filed by
the Oregon Daily Emerald editor in
chief resulted in a ruling for a stay
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The ASUO Constitution Court issued
a stay Friday to halt the ASUO Programs
Finance Committee’s budget recall
process, placing the entire PFC budget
ing process in limbo until the court
makes a decision.
PFC is scheduled to present its budg
et to Student Senate on Wednesday, but
at least one PFC member already has
suggested the committee will have to
push back its timeline.
Oregon Daily Emerald Editor in
Chief Michael J. Kleckner filed a peti
tion for review with the court Friday
morning, asking justices to halt the re
call process because PFC has no estab
lished procedures or protocols govern
ing budget recalls.
“I was concerned that without a
process, written and approved by the
Constitution Court — as all PFC rules
have to be — there’s no way for anyone
to know whether it’s being done fairly,”
Kleckner said.
PFC members have acknowledged
that they have not written down any
Turn to Recall, page 6
My Own Story’ stages varied personal stories
After six weeks of rehearsal,
students will perform
autobiographical monologues
at ‘My Own Story this evening
Jacquelyn Lewis
Pulse Editor
Many students are professional
storytellers. Some spin yarns to get
out of class, and others wax creative
with an excuse for not doing home
work. However, the students in
volved in the “My Own Story” work
shops are telling their true tales for
an entirely different reason.
The students said the intent behind
their autobiographical stories is pro
moting cultural understanding. The
group will celebrate with an evening of
performances and monologues this
evening at 8 p.m. in the Fir Room of
the Erb Memorial Union.
The free event is sponsored by the
ASUO Multicultural Center, the Of
fice of Multicultural Affairs, the Of
fice of Student Life/Diversity Pro
grams and the UO Counseling and
Testing Center.
Los Angeles-based performance
artist, Yolk magazine editor in chief
and workshop director Alex Luu said
this is the third year he has under
taken the six-week project at the
University. Luu, who has lead simi
lar workshops everywhere from Or
ange County to Thailand, said the
celebration gives people from differ
ent backgrounds the rare opportuni
ty to share their trials and tribula
tions with others.
“I just wanted to be able to provide
a safe space where people of color can
come into it and look at stories and re
ally dig deep,” Luu said. “It’s pretty dy
namic because participants get to go
into the space and, no holds barred,
explore things that they may not have
thought about before.”
Luu said he leads nine to 10 official
workshop sessions, where the stu
dents spend at least two and a half
hours doing various exercises and
composing their autobiographical sto
ries in what he called “soul-baring
writing prompts.” Luu spends the last
two weeks of his residency meeting
with the participants and helping
them revise their creations.
“It’s a pretty intensive process,”
Luu said.
Anything goes with these stories.
They range from humor to despair,
but more often are a mixture of both.
The monologues are based on each
writer’s real-life experiences, and the
themes range from misguided cul
tural perceptions to sexuality to fam
ilies and beyond.
Turn to Story, page 8
mm ii
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Professor James Earl is the founder of the movement to slow
large-scale athletics spending.
Faculty aims to slow
athletics ‘arms race’
Professor James Earl’s efforts to slow
the commercialization of athletics
have spread to schools nationwide
Brad Schmidt
News Editor
It was a typical day, gray and dreary,
the kind most people in Eugene would
forget. Three men sat at a booth in the
crowded EMU Fishbowl conversing
over lunch.
English Professor James Earl
munched a maple bar and sipped hot
coffee, chatting with biology Professor
Nathan Tublitz and art history Depart
ment Head Richard Sundt about,
among other things, the big business of
college athletics.
A few months earlier, word had circu
lated about the upcoming $90 million
expansion of Autzen Stadium. The news
had come as a surprise, but it is in
grained in Earl’s memory.
“It all goes back to the fateful day
when the faculty read in the newspa
per about the expansion,” recalled
Earl, then the University’s Faculty Sen
ate president.
The three men had always questioned
Turn to Athletics, page 7
Weather
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morning showers, rain all day
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Tuesday
Pulse delves into South American
culture and tradition of mate
Wednesday
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