RESOLUTION
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One University economics professor
said that it wasn't in the Campus Plan
ning Committee's purview to decide
whether or not the Howe Field site is a
good idea.
"The way the Campus Planning
Committee functions is that it's
largely about feasibility," Professor
Chris Ellis said.
Williams said the site decision was
expedited because of a desire to build
the arena in time for the 2006-2007
basketball season and the University's
decision to create a private, nonprofit
corporate subsidiary of the University
Foundation to oversee the construc
tion of the arena.
Williams explained the decision to
create the corporation.
"It's more efficient, and we expert
that they'll be able to get a better deal
for the money than the University
would, * Williams said.
Williams added that the Campus
Planning Committee was consulted to
some extent.
"It s not entirely accurate to say that
we excluded the Campus Planning
Committee from the process,"
Williams said. "The consultants visited
the Campus Planning Committee on, 1
think, two occasions."
But Russo said that was not enough.
"The resolution sees the Campus
Planning Committee as being earlier in
the process," he said.
Williams added that the administra
tion will try to rectify what some faculty
members feel was a lack of Campus
Planning Committee involvement in
the process.
"What the president is trying to do is
include the Campus Planning
Committee from this point forward,"
Williams said.
Williams added that the adminis
tration held the arena consultants
to the same standards they would
have if they had followed the enu
merated process.
Still, numerous faculty members ex
pressed deep concern at the meeting.
"When one group decides that
they can circumvent processes, it
alienates the entire University com
munity," biology professor and
former senate president Nathan
Tublitz said.
At their next meeting, the senate
will tackle a resolution regarding ac
cess to student records and a resolu
tion to join the Coalition on Intercol
legiate Athletics.
Contact tiie campus/
federal politics reporter
at chuckslothower@dailyemerald.com.
FORUM
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Sodomy Statute.
The Supreme Court found in favor
of Georgia in 1986, upholding the
constitutionality of the state's law.
Jamie Pedersen, co-chair of the
national board of directors of Lamb
da Defense and Education Fund,
Inc., was the other speaker at the fo
rum. Pedersen had the opportunity
to attend the oral arguments in
Lawrence and in Garner v. Texas, a
case in which Lambda served as
counsel for the plaintiffs. The case
led to a vSupreme Court ruling that
Texas' Homosexual Conduct Law
was unconstitutional, striking down
anti-sodomy laws that remained in
13 states.
"Lawrence had to insist on being
treated civilly by our society," Peder
sen said. "The majority decision is a
great affirmation of the power of the
law to make people's lives better."
Four of the 13 states with an anti
sodomy law prohibited oral and anal
sex between same-sex couples. The re
maining states banned consensual
sodomy for everyone.
"The petitioners are entitled to re
spect their private lives," Justice An
thony Kennedy wrote for the court's
majority. "The state cannot demean
their existence or control their destiny
by making their private sexual con
duct a crime."
Pedersen said he hoped the next
step in gay rights will involve gay mar
riage and military rights. The panel
predicted that within one year the
Supreme Court will hear a case in
volving gay marriages.
Lawrence and Gamer v. Texas "is an
important affirmation of our civil
rights," Pedersen said. "We will have
equality and all that implies."
Contact the crime/health/
safety reporter
at alishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
SYMPOSIUM
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Simplicity" and "Redefining Success
in the Context of Environmental
Sustainability." The latter is designed
to help people develop the skills to
live a life that focuses on the most
deeply felt needs, values, wishes and
beliefs of the individual, according
to the statement by the symposium's
board.
Morse-McPhee said both work
shops will be great learning experi
ences for members of the campus
community.
"Those types of workshops would
normally cost a fair amount of mon
ey, which is why I plan to participate,"
she said.
As part of a long-standing tradition,
the symposium returned to the Uni
versity this year because of the local
and regional interest in social and en
vironmental issues, coordinator
Angela Donkers said.
"Sustainability is big in the Pacific
Northwest and it's very much alive in
the University of Oregon communi
ty," she said.
Looking back on a year of plan
ning, Donkers said the hardest part
about the process was selecting rele
vant topics and arranging for in
sightful speakers to attend. Consid
ering the symposium has
traditionally been coordinated sole
ly by Planning Public Policy and
Management students, Donkers said
the time and effort were worth the
experience.
Although the event ends Sunday
evening, Morse-McPhee said their
work doesn't stop there.
"We still have to recruit a new
board for next year and pass on our
information," she said.
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technology reporter
at caronatarab@dailyemerald.com.
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