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A little' bit of nostalgia Page 6 An independent newspaper http://www.dailyemerald.com Thursday, November 13, 2003 Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Volume 105, Issue 55 Senate condemns Howe Field selection process UO Senate members cite a violation of the University’s Policy Statement in the sports arena site selection By Chuck Slothower News Reporter The University Senate unanimously endorsed a resolution Wednesday night condemning the University ad ministration's methods in selecting Howe Field for the forthcoming basketball arena. The resolution, which holds no ac tual policy-making power, expresses the senate's "strong opposition to the siting process for the arena and associ ated facilities that has taken place to date" and "urges and expects the Uni versity administration to submit its proposal to the Campus Planning Committee for review." Faculty members said they were not necessarily opposed to the site it self, but to what they saw as a lack of shared governance in the decision. “There is a profound sense that this system is out of balance," business Professor Mike Russo said. "We have planning processes for a reason." Russo, who presented the resolu tion, said it aims to "not only express strong opposition, but to remedy the situation." According to faculty members, the issue of contention is a violation of the University's Policy Statement 7.000, which states that after a Uni versity vice president preliminarily accepts a building proposal, he or she must forward a statement of need, project description and budget "to the Campus Planning Commit tee for analysis and recommenda tion in accordance with established procedures." Russo said the University adminis tration failed to do that. "It has to go to the Campus Plan ning Committee," Russo said. "It's very dear on that." University Vice President for Ad ministration Dan Williams admitted he did not follow the policy. "It wasn't really relevant to what we're doing today," Williams said. "This particular policy was written in 1983." University Senior Vice President and Provost John Moseley said the plans for the campus change frequently. "The campus plan is something that has changed over time," Moseley said. "There have been many amend ments to it." Turn to RESOLUTION, page 16 International inspiration ICSP helps international students get scholarships and share their cultures with community members By Chelsea Duncan News Reporter The University's International Cultural Service Program has helped expose Eugene to the world's cultural diversity for 20 years. Through the program, University international students visit local schools and community groups and share ideas about cul ture and world events. To commemorate its long and rich presence in the community, the program has hosted a variety of events this week, including panel discussions, school presentations and a banquet for program alumni and members of the community. "We want to maintain the tradition of ICSP," Al banian graduate student Brikena Haxhiraj said. Hax hiraj, who helped organize the anniversary celebra tion, is one of 35 international students currently in the ICSP program. One of the anniversary highlights is student and faculty-led panel discussions, where participants will explore topics such as international business com munication, education for women and girls, and governance and democracy. The discussions — which will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the EMU Maple, Oak and Walnut Rooms — are free and open to the public. ICSP Director Ginny Stark said the program be gan 20 years ago to develop international competen cy in school children. "One of the ways that it was thought that that could happen would be to expose Oregon's students to people of other cultures," she said. A scholarship program evolved that offered inter national students full or partial tuition coverage in exchange for their community service. Since then, about 35 students a year participate in the program, each spending 80 hours per school year helping the community. The program has evolved, and now offers presenta tions to senior citizen centers and rotary clubs. At times, students in the program provide translation services for hospitals or other nonprofit organizations as well. Turn to ICSP, page 3 Tim Bobosky Photographer Junior Camilla Kloster-Nermoen, a University student from Norway, reads a story to kids from Adams Elementary School in the EMU on Wednesday as part of ICSP. Forum addresses gay rights, legislation A panel of speakers looked at the constitutionality of anti-sodomy laws and their relation to civil rights By Ali Shaughnessy Senior News Reporter More than 75 University students and community members gathered Wednes day night at the Knight Law Center to at tend a forum focusing on anti-sodomy laws in America. The forum — called "From Bowers to Lawrence: Sex, Privacy and the Compo nents of Liberty" — was hosted by the Women's Law Forum and OUTLAWS. Two panelists joined event moderator and University professor Dominick Vetri to create the panel of speakers that focused on two U.S. Supreme Court cases involv ing gay rights and state sodomy laws: Bow ers v. Hardwick, 1986, and Lawrence and Gamer v. Texas, 2003. "Folks attracted to others of the same sex were part of the Americas from the be ginning," Vetri said in his opening state ment. "We were of this land, but it was not our land. We had yet to make it so." Catherine Hendricks, an appellate attor ney in the Torts Division of the Washing ton state Attorney General's Office, was one of the speakers. Invited to watch the oral argument in Bowers v. Hardwick, Hendricks spoke at the forum on the his tory of gay rights. In 1982, Georgia police officers arrested Michael Hardwick for having consensual sexual relations in his bedroom with an other man. Hardwick was not prosecuted, but he still chose to challenge the consti tutionality of the Georgia Consensual Turn to FORUM, page 16 WEATHER INSIDE NEXT ISSUE LOW 37 HIGH 54 Campus buzz. Classifieds. Commentary. ..4 Crossword.15 15 Horoscope.15 ..2 Sports.13 Students recycle cell phones
