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Abandoned park
plans uncertain
The West University Park
sparks debate among
nearby neighbors
concerned about safety
By A. Sho Ikeda
Senior News Reporter
Sitting between Hilyard Street
and Patterson Street on 14th Av
enue is a patch of land about half
the size of a soccer field. Street
lights dimly illuminate the far side
of the park, while homes and
apartment buildings line its dark
ened boundaries. Weeds grow be
tween cracks in the brick tiled
pathway that connects the dry
grass field to the sidewalk. An ag
ing brown sign with curvy white
lettering tells passersby the name
of this no man's land: West Uni
versity Neighborhood Park.
The park has been off-limits to
the public since 1995. Now, West
University residents, business own
ers and other community mem
bers will begin to discuss the future
of the abandoned parcel of land.
With the West University Task
Force and the newly re-formed
West University Neighborhood As
sociation raising concerns about
crime and quality of life in the
area, the park has become an im
portant issue regarding the vitality
of the neighborhood.
Steven Baker, a West University
resident, said there are "mixed feel
ings in the neighborhood" about
the park
"There are some people who
think that (the city) should open
the park and there are others who
want to keep it closed," Baker said.
Baker, who has lived in the West
University neighborhood since
1973, said residents of the area
were concerned with transients
and other individuals who fre
quented the park during the years
it was open. He said certain people
were using the park for drug deals,
public drinking and other disrup
tive behavior.
The West University Neighbor
hood Park closed in 1995 when
tenants, landlords and property
owners asked the city to close it be
cause of criminal activity stemming
from it. The city became concerned
with the welfare and safety of resi
dents near the park and stated it
had "become a haven for illegal ac
tivities" and created "an atmos
phere that is unfit and unsafe," ac
cording to a city administrative
order ordering the closure of the
park in November 1995.
City Park Planner John Weber
said the park's location on 14th
Avenue limited its visibility, which
led to many of the problems it ex
perienced. With one side facing
14th Avenue and privately owned
land separating it from Hilyard
and Patterson Streets, the park is
otherwise surrounded by building,
fences and trees.
Weber said after the park's clo
sure, the Eugene City Council
searched for options to improve it,
such as purchasing land to extend
its boundaries to a nearby street
such as Hilyard Street. However,
purchasing more land for the park
was too costly for the city at
the time.
Ward 3 City Councilor David
Kelly said purchasing adjacent
property to extend the park's
boundaries to either Hilyard or Pat
terson Street is a possibility now,
but nothing is currently planned by
the city.
Kelly also said there has been in
terest by property developers to pur
chase the park from the city and
build residential housing on the
site. However, he added that careful
consideration would have to be tak
en before any plans to sell the park
were to be made.
"We shouldn't sell it to the high
est bidder," Kelly said. "We have to
determine what would be best for
that site."
The West University Neighbor
hood Association will hold a meet
ing on Nov. 5 to discuss issues re
garding the area, including the West
University Neighborhood Park. The
meeting will be held at Central Pres
byterian Church, 555 E. 15th Ave.,
Room 121 at 7 p.m. For more infor
mation regarding the meeting, con
tact City Neighborhood Liason
Steve Norris at 682-5009.
Contact the city/state politics reporter
at shoikeda@dailyemerald.com.
WUSHU
continued from page 1
with schools such as Stanford, the
University of California at Berke
ley and UCLA all competing.
Dang took first place in the all
around men's competition, and
he was also accepted to the U.S.
Wushu team over the summer, al
though he is now an alternate.
Members of the club are also
trained with a few weapons: a
straight sword, a broad sword, a
staff and a whip chain.
Cortez is one of the few girls on
the team and said she loves it. She
started Wushu last year with no
training and Dang said she has
come a long way.
Members of the club practice
four times a week: Mondays and
Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Fri
days from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat
urdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Prac
tices take place at the Student
Recreation Center.
The University team is always
looking for more participants.
For more information, visit
the club's Web site at www.geoci
ties.com/uowushu, or attend a
Wushu practice.
Dang said he is excited about the
talent on the team as they train for
upcoming competitions.
"We're pretty successful," he said.
"It's inspiring."
Contact the crime/health/ •
safety reporter
at alishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
NEWS BRIEFS
DPS releases annual
safety report
The Department of Public Safety re
cently released an annual report of
campus safety and security programs
and services in compliance with fed
eral law.
DPS Interim Director Tom Hicks
said the report is available, on re
quest, to current and prospective
University students and employees
and is also available online at
http://safetyweb.uoregon.edu/safe
ty/crime_stats. htm.
The report has crime statistics for
the past three years on crimes that oc
curred at the University in certain off
campus buildings owned or con
trolled by the University and on
public property immediately adjacent
to the University.
Institutional policies regarding
matters such as drug and alcohol use,
crime prevention and sexual assault
are also included in the report.
For more information, contact DPS
at 346-5444.
— Ali Shaughnessy
ASUO approves funding for
students to attend 'Creating
Change' conference
The ASUO Student Senate ap
proved a $2,000 request Wednesday
to enable seven students involved in
the University's gay community to at
tend a conference in Miami. The Les
bian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Educational and Support Services
plans to send the students to the "Cre
ating Change" conference.
ASUO Vice President Eddy Morales
spoke in support of the proposal,
which passed 15-0.
"Our University does not have the
safe space for the conversations that
will happen there," Morales said ear
ly in the three-hour meeting.
The senate also narrowly denied a
request for $5,385 from the Women's
Center to put on the "The Vagina
Monologues," a popular performance
event. The senate considered loaning
the money to the Women's Center or
allowing it to deficit spend, but the
senators could not agree and the mo
tion failed, 7-8.
"We don't have to figure this out
tonight," Harding said. "We can take
the week to look at this."
The senate also delayed approving
mission and goal statements for the
Unitarian Universalist campus group,
angering the group's coordinator,
Jandyra Dohofsky.
Senate President Ben Strawn said
the senate needed more time to leam
about mission and goal statements.
"We've never done it before,"
Strawn said. "We don't want to ap
prove something that would be ille
gal."
The senate also approved a $250 re
quest from the Black Student Union
and a $50 request from the African
Student Association.
— Chuck Slothower
CAMPUS
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Friday
Lillis Business Complex opening, 11 a.m., Lillis
Hall atrium, free. University President Dave Frohn
mayer and Lundquist College of Business Dean
Philip Romero will hold public ribbon-cutting cere
monies to mark the complex's opening. Entertain
ment and a barbecue will follow the event.
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