RIEF
University student wins
architectural award
For the seventh consecutive year,
a University student has claimed the
Senator Mark O. Hatfield Architec
tural Award, a state award presented
annually to an Oregon resident
who demonstrates superior design
skills and a commitment to
community service.
Former Sen. Hatfield and the Ar
chitecture Foundation of Oregon rec
ognized architecture student
Matthew Brown with the $3,500
award on June 15.Brown won the
award because the selection commit
tee was impressed with his extensive
resume with past architecture work
experience and 4.14 GPA, according
to an AFO press release. He was cho
sen from a pool of five to 10 other
award applicants.
"Brown has done design, drafting
and illustrative work for projects
with four different community
organizations, a seven-year
commitment with the Salvation
Army Dress-a-Child program, an am
bitious Eagle Scout project that inte
grated the design and construction
of an outdoor classroom at a Rose
burg elementary school completed
in 1998 are only a few of his many
volunteer experiences," the press
release stated.
He has worked with fourteen
organizations and activities, some of
them over a period of eight years.
He also has considerable design
experience, including part-time em
ployment over the last six years
at Roseburg architect Raul
Bentley's office.
"Matthew Brown reflects Hat
field's motivation to connect to and
understand his community and by
doing this he enhances his own un
derstanding of architecture and how
he can use it to improve the lives of
others," AFO Executive Director Jane
Jarrett said.
— Kate Webster
KERRY
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electoral votes. Bush won the state by
13 percentage points in 2000 before
thousands of textile jobs disappeared
in North Carolina.
Bush holds a slight lead over
Kerry in a head-to-head matchup,
according to a recent poll, but the
Democratic ticket pulls even with
Edwards on it.
Kerry began airing ads in the
state as soon as he tapped Edwards,
and Bush may need to respond,
spending money that could have
gone to Midwest battlegrounds.
Kerry's advisers acknowledge, how
ever, that they're fighting uphill in
North Carolina.
Edwards could help the ticket
in the remainder of the South,
where Kerry, a four-term Massachu
setts senator, faces a major chal
lenge just to make the region com
petitive and has been forced to trim
his advertising.
"Edwards may not have that long
of a resume, but there's a sense that
if there's an argument to be made
over certain values, he's willing and
able to make that argument," said
Margaret Scranton, a University of
Arkansas, Little Rock professor and
a Republican.
In the South and rural America,
the word "values" is politically
loaded — a broad reference to is
sues of faith, gun rights, abortion,
gay marriage and other cultural
touchstones that Democrats often
seem to stumble over.
Bush used the word five times
in a brief news conference Wednes
day. Edwards used it five times,
Kerry twice in their first joint
appearance.
In their nomination fight, Ed
wards showed some crossover ap
peal. Among all primary voters, he
beat Kerry with Republicans and
nearly beat him with independents.
In Wisconsin, Edwards lost to Ker
ry among Democrats but easily
won among Republicans, inde
pendents and captured rural La
Crosse County.
"1 think he will affect some peo
ple's votes because I've heard him
invoke God's name," said the Rev.
Paul Schmeling of Faith Lutheran
Church in River Falls, Wis. "I don't
believe it will affect my vote — I call
him Scary Kerry — but Edwards
speaks for something people here
stand for."
In Missouri, Kerry easily won the
primary and trounced Edwards in
urban precincts, but the North
Carolina senator carried two
rural counties.
Edwards gets it
Sen. John
Edwards, 51,
was chosen to
be John
Kerry’s running
mate in the
2004
presidential
election
Tuesday.
John Edwards
Education
Bachelor’s degree, North
Carolina State University, 1974;
law degree, University of North
Carolina, 1977.
Experience
Trial lawyer in Nashville, Tenn.,
and Raleigh, N.C., for nearly
20 years; U.S. senator, 1998
present.
Personal
Married; three children
AF
State Rep. Jim Trakas of Ohio,
chairman of the Cuyahoga County
GOP, said Kerry's running mate
could help in rural Ohio.
"Edwards, despite his lack of sea
soning, has a good story to tell
and would be effective in some
areas here."
The last selling point for Kerry
was Edwards' appeal among low
and middle-class voters who don't
think Kerry is anything like them or
understands their plight.
"It's easier to relate to a guy who
has worked hard, worked his way
through college and has made a
success of himself," said swing vot
er Jim Gomberg, a community rela
tions director in Anoka, Minn. "You
don't quite get that with Kerry."
In their joint appearance, Kerry
emphasized Edwards' modest up
bringing. And he has seized on Ed
wards' riff about "two Americas,"
one for the privileged and one for
everybody else.
In selecting Edwards over more
seasoned politicians, Kerry hoped
to impress swing voters such as Bart
Kintzinger of Dubuque, Iowa. It
worked. The restaurant owner likes
what he saw this week.
"But, you know what?" he said.
"With the country at war and every
thing, I might start asking myself at
the end of the day, 'Is this guy ready to
be president?' I haven't even decided
yet who Kerry is, and now he's raised
another question."
Ron Fournier is a political writer for
the Associated Press.
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Architecture student Matthew Brown received the Senator Mark 0. Hatfield
Architectural Award, an annual state award, on the basis of his design
skills, community service and academic merit.
HAYWARD
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Department to make improve
ments there," McBride said.
The plaza will also showcase
achievements at nearby
McArthur Court, which has
played host to several NCAA
championships.
At present, these accom
plishments are honored at
Heritage Hall in the Bowerman
Building. During events, the
department closes Heritage
Hall because of security con
cerns, leaving the display less
accessible, McBride said.
McBride said that he has
wanted to improve the area
since the University built the
Knight Law Center in
1999.Rand Stamm, Depart
ment of Public Safety Parking
and Transportation Manager,
said the University will add
spaces on East 15th Avenue
and will convert a small, un
used gravel area at the south
ern end of the Hayward Field
into a parking lot to replace
the lost spaces. That will create
a total of 30 spaces.
DPS Interim Director Tom
Hicks said the addition will
make the Hayward Field area a
safer place to walk at night,
because of the additional lights.
Several aesthetic details need
to be ironed out in the plans.
Planning Associate Christine
Thompson said after a few
conditions are met the com
mittee will send the plans to
University President Dave
Frohnmayer for approval.
The main problem with the
existing plans, McBride said,
was the building's name did
not appear anywhere on struc
ture's exterior.
"We want people to know
they've arrived at Hayward
Field," said McBride.
Changes to the plans will be
reviewed at a Design Review
Subcommittee meeting July
15. If the plans are approved,
construction could begin as
early as this fall.
McBride hopes construc
tion will be complete in
March, in time for the spring
track season.
"1 look forward to everyone
being able to enjoy the new
plaza next spring," he said.
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ORTIZ
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of people of color.
'There has been a lot of lip service in the past,
but I just don't see it happening," Ortiz said.
When Ortiz decided to run for City Council,
she admitted she didn't have a campaign strate
gy. She met with other members of the commu
nity who were thinking of running, and they
discussed who would actually win and who
would be the most comfortable in that role.
"It wasn't 'Who is the best person?' but 'Who
is the person most likely to win?'" Ortiz said.
With the help of campaign managers
Michael Carrigan and Brooke Robertshaw,
Ortiz went door to door throughout the com
munity trying to gather support, sent out mail
ings, attended neighborhood meetings and met
with community members every chance she
had, she said.
Ortiz attributes Meisner's defeat to commu
nity members' unhappiness with his
voting record.
"He did not represent the majority of the
people who elected him to be there," Ortiz said.
As city councilor, Ortiz hopes to pursue other
issues important to her, including health care
access, housing, safe roads, a police department
that people have faith in and emergency med
ical services that are available to everyone in a
timely fashion.
Some consider Ortiz a liberal, but she
doesn't mind.
"I guess if I'm considered a liberal because I
want equal access for health care, equal access
to education, the environment as clean as godly
possible, then maybe 1 am," Ortiz said. "I don't
think libera! is a bad word."
Ortiz said she doesn't understand why other
people don't think like her.
"I can't believe conservatives don't care about
the environment, safety in schools and safe
streets for our kids," Ortiz said.
Ortiz is excited about the role she will play in
the community as a City Council member.
"It's hard for me to wait," she said. "January is
such a long way away."
Kelly looks forward to working with Ortiz.
He said Ortiz brings a new point of view to the
Council and her experience working on the Hu
man Rights Commission and her perspective as
a person of color will bring new dimension.
"She provides a strong voice for the working
people of the community," Kelly said.
Anderson said that although Ortiz believes in
giving voice to minorities, that will not be her
only focus.
"She is not a one-note kind of person," An
derson said. "She has the best interests of the
entire community at heart."
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