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people pull out of the driveway across
the street and head down Willamette
in the wrong direction."
Campbell said the two-way streets
would make the entire downtown easi
er to navigate.
"It's definitely easier if there's a two
way street," she said. "I usually have a
bike and 1 don't really know which
way the streets go, so if I'm driving
and I miss something there's a lot of
going in circles."
I lenry said the department chose
to start redirection on Willamette
Street because a new fire station is be
ing built at the comer of 13th Avenue
and Willamette Street, and plans had
already been laid to resurface the
street's pavement.
"There's going to be an overlay,
which is just the best time to put
down new lane markings because the
street is completely redone," Henry
said. "Also, there's going to be the new
fire station and the two-way traffic
will make it more accessible."
The paving overlay project, sched
uled to begin in late July, should mean
that Willamette Street will be ready for
the two-way traffic switch by Septem
ber, Henry said. The project will also
add bike lanes to Willamette Street be
tween 13th and 17th Avenues without
losing any curbside parking.
Dagua Web owns Deluxe, a vintage
clothing store at 1331 Willamette St.,
which sits right across from where the
new fire station will be located. Web
said she couldn't tell for sure whether
the two-way traffic in front of her store
would be a positive or negative change.
"I guess, in some ways, all change is
bad for business, but I think that in the
end it's neither here nor there," she said.
"There was so much concern about the
fire station construction, and it hasn't
made any difference — it might be a
great tiling. I see at least once a week
someone drive down that street the
wrong way; it can't be so terrible."
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NEWS BRIEFS
* Senate funds lacrosse team
for travel to nationals
The ASUO Student Senate released
more than $9,000 for the women's and
men's University Club Sports lacrosse
teams for travel to the national cham
pionships and nominated senators for
its new interim Student Issues Com
mittee on Wednesday night.
The Student Senate released $3,535
for the women's lacrosse team to go to
St. Louis for the National Champi
onship competition in mid-May.
Traci Geist, women's team coordina
tor, said the team needed more money
to pay for airfare, van rentals, hotel
rooms and tournament entries.
The men's team, which received
$5,820 for travel expenses, has not yet
qualified for the championships, but
probably will, Geist said.
University Club Sports Coordinator
Sandy Vaughn said the team needed to
know it had the money before reserv
ing tickets and that all 34 team mem
bers traveling to the championships
would play during the event..
The Student Senate also nominated
five senators for its new interim Student
Issues Committee, which will be in
place until the Rules Committee can
create a permanent one. Sen. Steven
Lockfield nominated Sen. Rodrigo
Moreno-Villamar, who first proposed
the idea of the committee. Sen. James
George nominated himself for the po
sition, and Lockfield, Sen. Mena Ravas
sipour and Sen. Jesse I larding also were
nominated and accepted the positions.
The Student Senate released $2,522
for the Black Women of Achievement's
Ebony Man Showcase, $50 for the Chi
nese Student Association, $85 for the
Nontraditional Student Union, $100
for the Women's Law Fomm, $929 for
the Black Student Union, $70 for the
Latino/Latina Law Student Association,
$ 150 for the Minority Law Student As
sociation and $4,344 for the ASUO
Women's Center.
—Jared Paben
EPD arrests suspect
in Commons shooting
The Eugene Police Department has
arrested a man suspected of firing
shots inside an apartment at the Uni
versity Commons complex on March
23 at 12:22 a.m.
EPD spokeswoman Kerry Delf said
Jonathon Lee Yeager, 20, was taken into
custody on April 20 for charges related
to a home invasion robbery.
According to Delf, Yeager was
charged with unlawful use of a
weapon and reckless endangering.
Yeager's gun, which the police sus
pect was used in the incident, was
seized from his roommate during a
traffic stop in Springfield.
There are no known injuries in the
incident, and Yeager is the only suspect
to be arrested so far, Delf said.
According to Lane County Jail
records, Yeager was released April 22,
and the district attorney has not filed
any charges yet.
— Lisa Catto
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