Disease, FPEP make
headlines in 2002-03
This year's major news stories
include budget cuts, SARS
and a debate over a University
resolution on the war in Iraq
Year in review
Lindsay Sauve
and Roman Gokhman
Staff Writers
The buzz of budget cuts, deadly
diseases and anti-war resolutions
may not have led to sleepless nights
for evervone. but manv felt the shock
Members
of the
University
Assembly
were not
able to pass a
legislatively
binding
resolution
condemning
the war in
Iraq.
Adam Amato
Fmpralrl
from a variety of wakes and quakes
in the campus community this past
academic year.
The health fields received numer
ous hard hits from budget cuts and
many services are still awaiting legis
lation that may do even more dam
age. The Family Planning Expansion
Project, a Medicaid waiver that offers
free contraceptive care, is awaiting
results from a reapplication process
that began in May. If funds are not re
newed, the program, which has fund
ed services for more than 7,000 Uni
versity students, may not continue.
A deadly disease also created trou
bled waters for both health care pro
fessionals and University administra
tors. Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome, known as SARS, has in
fected more than 8,000 people and
caused 772 deaths worldwide. The
University Health Center has taken
precautions by following Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
guidelines. Students who have symp
toms are asked to contact their health
care providers immediately and infor
mational signs have been posted for
students who visit the center.
University officials also responded to
the outbreak by suspending the ex
Pulse brief
New Orleans music
style meets Eugene
venue on Thursday
The Wild Duck Music Hall will re
verberate with spicy New Orleans
sounds on Thursday night when
renowned pianist and vocalist Mar
cia Ball visits Eugene.
Ball, who describes her music as
“rhythm and blues with the accent
on the rhythm,” was nominated for
two 2003 W.C. Handy Blues Awards,
and her Alligator Records debut,
change program for American students
in Beijing, China. Courses were sus
pended for 16 OUS students, including
six students from the University. The
University decided not to take meas
ures that would prevent incoming inter
national students from attending cours
es here. UC Berkeley took drastic
measures in light of the SAKS epidemic
by suspending programs for hundreds
of international students.
The University Assembly made
headlines when 538 members gath
ered to vote on a resolution con
demning the impending war in Iraq.
Although not enough members were
present to pass the resolution, the oc
casion marked only the second time
in campus history a University body
has gathered to vote against U.S. gov
ernmental policy.
The controversial Child Care and
Development Center broke ground
east of campus in April after seven
months of discussions with neighbor
hood residents, many of whom felt
the center would increase traffic and
noise. The new center will be
equipped to serve up to 120 children
and will open in January 2004.
The University administration has
also been slowly churning its gears at
“Presumed Innocent,” won the
2002 W.C. Handy Blues Album of
the Year award. Ball’s performance
will celebrate the release of her
newest album, “So Many Rivers.”
Ball said an up-tempo New Or
leans flavor permeates her songs,
but she is also influenced by blues
artists from Texas and Chicago,
along with Memphis soul singers.
The story behind her eclectic mu
sic spans over Ball’s entire life. She
hails from a family with deep musical
roots and she began piano lessons at
age five. Ball was inspired to sing at 13
years old, when she first heard soul
the request of Herman Brame, who
asked in May for the University to
recognize its first black athletes.
Brame said he has received a letter
from University President Dave Frohn
mayer saying that while the president
was currendy absorbed with other proj
ects, he would get to the matter eventu
ally, adding that the issue had been
passed on to the Athletic Department.
The two athletes, Robert Robinson
and Charles Williams, joined the Uni
versity football team in 1926. Brame, a
1968 University graduate, came upon
their names while researching 1920s
Oregon and has been trying to get
them memorialized ever since.
Brame is currently drafting a reso
lution for the Portland City Council
to memorialize the athletes — be
cause both Williams and Robinson
went to high school in Portland. He
will present the resolution next year.
He is also considering pushing the
Oregon legislature to pass a resolution to
honor the two athletes, and said the May
story that ran in the Emerald has added a
tremendous boost to his mission.
Contact the reporters
at lindsaysauve@dailyemerald.com and
romangokhman@dailyemerald.com.
queen Irma Thomas. Ball later joined
a “hippie” rock band in college.
She said she has been to Eugene
in the past, but Thursday will mark
her first performance in the city.
Ball added that she has always want
ed to play in Eugene because she
finds the area fascinating — particu
larly because Ken Kesey called Eu
gene home.
The Wild Duck Music Hall is lo
cated at 169 W. Sixth Ave., and the
performance will begin at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are #18 in advance and #21
the day of the concert.
— Jacquelyn Lewis
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