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Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 10
Issue 152
Students
get funds
for water
damage
EWEB compensates students
for the cost of car repairs due to
damage caused by a burst pipe
near Walton Complex in March
By Moriah Balingit
News Reporter
When junior English major Laura
Kingsbury walked out of the Walton
Complex on March 28 and saw her car,
she was shocked. Her beloved 1984 Vol
vo, which she fondly refers to as
"Robin," was partially submerged with
four inches of water flooding the floor
boards.
Robin was an unfortunate casualty of
the 600,000-gallon deluge of water re
leased by a mainline break at the intersec
tion of East 15th Avenue and Agate Street.
Kingsbury was forced to crawl in
through the back hatch of the car, only to
find that it had died.
"I wanted to cry because I love my car so
much," she said of the fateful day.
Even now, she cannot find the words.
"(I was) just shocked. It was ridiculous,"
she said. "It was unbelievable."
Fortunately, there was hope. Kingsbury
found out it would cost $530 to repair the
car, which had a large amount of carpet
damage. The cost also included damage
done to items in the car.
Freshman Adam Cohen's 2001 Subaru
was also damaged by the flood. The four
inches of water that flooded his car dam
aged the car's computer and mined the
upholstery. The damage racked up a hefty
$1,100 in repairs. While Cohen's
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IN MEMORIAM
r"r"
TT’ST
Tim Kupsick Photographer
Women’s and Gender Studies Professor Emerita Barbara Pope listens as names of fallen soldiers in the Iraq war are read in the EMU Amphitheater on Monday.
Honoring the fallen
Concerned Faculty for Peace and Justice plans to give weekly readings ofU.S. troops who have died in Iraq
By Jared Paben
Senior News Reporter
Former University Professor Bo
Adan stood in the EMU Am
phitheater on Monday after
noon reading aloud the names of
some of the nearly 800 U.S. troops
killed in the war in Iraq.
Then, he came across the name
'Hines." Adan didn't know the man
who had been killed, but hearing
the name shook the writer, teacher
and activist, he said. It was the sur
name of his grandparents.
"It had a deep emotional impact
on me," Adan said. "You know that
you're not reading the name of
someone you know, and at the
same time the sound coming out of
your mouth resembles the name of
someone you know. It had kind of
a jarring impact on me."
Adan was one of six members of
the Concerned Faculty for Peace
and Justice who read aloud the
names of U.S. troops killed in the
war in Iraq. Monday's reading was
only the first of many, which are
scheduled to take place every week
until the end of the term.
Adan was not the only person to
feel moved by the reading of the
names. He said many people who
walked by recognized the names of
old high school friends or other
people they knew.
However, the reading was not a
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Torrey remembers two terms of mayoral leadership
Eugene Mayor
Jim Torrey
discusses the
accomplishments
of his two-term
tenure Thursday
in his office.
Kenneth Mendribil
Freelance
Photographer
Jim Torrey, Eugene’s mayor
since 1997, reflects on his
accomplishments as he
prepares to step down
By Parker Howell
News Reporter
The view from Eugene Mayor Jim
Torrey's desk provides an interesting
perspective on Eugene — a wall of pic
tures chronicling Willamette Street's
history. The pictures, dating back to
the turn of the century, show roughly
FART 1 OF 3_
Today: Torrey evaluates his
two-term tenure as city mayor
Wednesday: Nathanson’s council
experience is a campaign emphasis
Thursday: Piercy touts state
legislative past in her mayoral bid
the same area of the street facing Skin
ner Butte.
As Torrey prepares to step down
from his post after two terms, he has
contemplated his own contributions
to the Eugene landmark. Torrey said
he would choose a picture of the inter
section of Broadway and Willamette
to represent his tenure as mayor. The
picture includes the Ken Kesey statue, a
new bank building, trees and the flag
on Skinner Butte.
"It incorporates a number of things
I was involved in," Torrey said. "Of all
the places I could think of, this was a
replica of what I feel good about."
Torrey took the mayoral office in
1997 after serving on the Eugene City
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