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An independent newspaper http://www.dailyemerald.com UCLA bruin up a Pac-10 title Page 5A October 28, 2003 Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Volume 105, Issue 43 Tuesday, CHASTAIN —a—— Car crash claims life of UO law student Family and friends remember University law student Bryan Chastain as ‘quick-witted’ and as a ‘really happy, funny guy' By Chelsea Duncan News Reporter Friends and family of Bryan Chastain say they will remember him for his good humor and his passion for life. Chastain, 32, who was a graduate from the University and had enrolled in the School of l,aw this fall, died Friday in a car accident on Deerhorn Road. According to Oregon State Police, Chas tain ran a stop sign at Highway 126, and his BMW was struck by a semi truck. His funeral will be held in Bend on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Bend Oregon Stake Cen ter, 1260 NEThompson Dr. Chastain's father, Leroy Chastain of Bend, described his son as "quick-witted" with a "beautiful sense of humor." "My son was one of my heroes," he said. "I don't know that 1 could tell you any thing bad about Bryan." Leroy Chastain said his son was devoted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had served a two-year mission in Taiwan where Bryan Chastain learned to speak, read and write the Chinese lan guage. He had hoped to incorporate his Turn to STUDENT, page 3A New residence hall site approved The ‘living and learning center,’ to be constructed by fall 2006, will allow for more faculty-student interaction By Ayisha Yahya News Editor The University's future students can look for ward to a new residence hall that combines liv ing quarters with spaces for academic pursuits. University President Dave Frohnmayer picked the site of the new "living and learning center" last week, and construction is set to be gin in January 2005. The $27 million hall will be located on E. 15th Avenue between Earl and Walton Complexes. Mike Eyster, the assistant vice president of Stu dent Affairs and director of University Housing, said the new center will accommodate up to 400 students at full capacity. Aside from bedrooms, other features slated in the design include class rooms, study spaces, offices and an auditorium. "1 would expect it to have facilities for stu dents to go to class close to where they live," Eyster said, adding that the University wants to create spaces that easily facilitate increased fac ulty-student interaction. He said the chosen site is ideal because the University wants a location that is easy for profes sors to get to from their offices. In adciition, since the building will be used for classes, it needs to be within a 10-minute walking distance from other central parts of campus. The University also considered the Bean Complex parking lot as an alternative site for the living and learning center. Eyster said there is tremendous educational value in having places where students and faculty can interact informally. The new building will have "touch down" offices — temporary units where faculty can meet with students for aca demic advising or other activities. Turn to RESIDENCE, page 8A A call for equality Graduate students voice concerns about contract length and wage disparity at a rally on Monday By Chuck Slothower News Reporter Graduate students rallied in front of Johnson Hall on Mon day to advocate for higher wages and greater job security as the Graduate Teaching Fellows Feder ation begins to bargain with the University administration. The demonstration was part of Campus Equity Week, a nation wide drive for greater equality in salaries between adjunct faculty, graduate teaching fellows and tenure-track faculty. "The fact is, we're not paid a living wage," GTFF President Chris Goff said. The graduate students listened to speeches, chanted slogans and marched around campus. Many held signs, including one that said, "I work for UO, there fore I am poor." ASUO President Maddy Melton spoke in support of the union and said tight budgets are Tim Bobosky Photographer GTFF President Chris Goff and other GTFs rallied for higher wages on the steps of Johnson Hall on Monday. no excuse for low salaries. "If you can find money to build a new business school, you can find money to pay people proper ly," Melton said at the rally. "I think you all need to tell the administra tion that you need to get equitable pay for the work you do." Goff echoed her statements, say ing the University can do more to provide better pay for GTFs. "We recognize that we're in a budget crisis, and we're not going to get the whole pie," he said. "But there's room for progress to be made." Many of the complaints con cerned a perceived lack of job se curity for GTFs. One graduate student was particularly unhap py about term-by-term employ ment contracts. "It provides the opportunity for the University to be arbitrary or capricious if you don't get Turn to GTFF, page 4A DeFazio discusses decisions of officials, criticizes Bush The congressman criticizes Bush’s policy of pre-emption in his speech on Monday at the Knight Law Center By A. Sho Ikeda Senior News Reporter Expressing concerns about the growing pow ers of the president and the diminishing strength of Congress, U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio, D-Ore„ spoke to a packed classroom at the Knight Law Center on Monday night. DeFazio focused his 45-minute speech on actions President Bush took to pursue a pre emptive war with Iraq and how Congress did little to restrain the current administration's actions. His speech was sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, an independent organization located at the School of Law. Speaking to an audience of more than 200 people, DeFazio said Bush has sought to gain enough authority to enact "preventative wars" in order to stop sensed threats. "I don't believe that preventative wars like the war in Iraq are justified," DeFazio said. "The threat is not imminent; it is perceived." DeFazio voted against a Congressional reso lution in October 2002 that granted Bush au thority to pre-emptively and unilaterally use military force in Iraq. DeFazio said the president can now use that same authorization to pre emptively attack other countries such as Syria and Iran without approval from the United Na tions or help from U.S. allies. DeFazio said the authority to declare war should return to Congress. "It's critical that Congress reasserts its consti tutional authority," he said. DeFazio said a U.S. policy of pre-emption would cause the world to react accordingly. The congressman said other countries with nuclear arms — such as Russia, India, Pakistan, China and North Korea — have all said they would consider pre-emptive action because of the U.S. Turn to SPEECH, page 8A WEATHER INSIDE NEXT ISSUE Campus buzz.4A Crossword.7A Classifieds.7A Nation & World.3A Commentary.2A Sports.5A Joe Bechard discusses the cost' of money JL.
