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Man shoots,
kills alleged
aggressor
late Tuesday
BY KARA HANSEN
NEWS REPORTER
A 43-year-old Eugene man was fatally shot
Tliesday evening near the University’s
Westmoreland Housing complex, resulting in
street closures that limited travel in the area
until the early morning hours.
The Eugene Police Department has not
released the names of the victim or the
shooter, but EPD spokeswoman Pam
Olshanski said the shooting occurred when
a 48-year-old Eugene resident encountered
a 43-year-old man who had just allegedly
assaulted a woman.
The 48-year-old man’s 13-year-old daugh
ter was walking her dog near West 13th
Avenue and Garfield Street when she heard a
woman screaming for her to call the police.
The girl notified police and her father, the
alleged shooter, who went to the location to
look for the woman and wait for police to
arrive, according to EPD reports. The unseen
female calling for help had fled the scene,
but police said the father, while waiting,
encountered the 43-year-old man who
allegedly assaulted the woman.
Olshanski said she could not give details of
what happened next, but a confrontation
between the men, who were both armed with
handguns, left the 43-year-old dead.
Police put up road blocks when they arrived
on the scene around 6 p.m., restricting traffic
between West 12th Avenue, West 13th
Avenue, Garfield Street and Arthur Street.
Westmoreland Housing Area Director
Frank Gaddini said he was at the apartment
complex Tliesday evening but did not hear
any gunshots. He later heard sirens but
didn’t find any traffic delays when he left the
office to go home.
Erin jackson, who lives at Westmoreland,
said she saw a roadblock while driving south
on Garfield Street. She said she didn’t hear
about the shooting until Wednesday.
EPD took the shooter into custody
for questioning. No arrests had been made
as of Wednesday.
karahansen@ dailyemerald, com
Car strikes pedestrian on campus
Tim Bobosky | Photographer
James Klonoski, a retired University political science professor, hit a pedestrian on 18th Avenue near University Street at about 6 p.m. Wednesday. The impact damaged the
bumper and the windshield. The condition of the pedestrian, who was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center, is unknown.
BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF & KARA HANSEN
NEWS REPORTERS
A college-age woman was struck by a
car Wednesday evening while trying to cross
East 18th Avenue near University Street
and was taken to Sacred Heart Medical
Center. Her condition was unknown as of late
Wednesday night.
Retired University political science profes
sor James Klonoski said he was driving west
on East 18th Avenue with his son Zach, a
University sophomore, when his Toyota
Camry struck the woman, whose name had
not been released by the Eugene Police
Department as of press time.
“She exited the sidewalk and got hit by a car,”
EPD officer Sean Hughes said. “Apparently, it
happened in heavy traffic.”
Zach Klonoski said he and his father
couldn’t see the woman because she was
standing very still in the middle of a dark
stretch of road.
“I have 20/20 vision and couldn’t see her,” the
student said. “I would have hit her too. ”
Eugene police responded to the accident
around 6 p.m. and said the victim’s condition
did not appear to be critical.
“I don’t think it’s anything critical,”
Hughes said. “Otherwise we’d be doing a lot
more investigating.”
Police said judging from witness reports,
it didn’t appear Kionoski was speeding or
driving recklessly.
“At this point, it doesn’t seem like he was
doing anything wrong,” Hughes said. “We’ll
try to determine who was at fault after we talk
to (the victim). ”
Police will likely cite whoever was at
fault for the accident after speaking with the
victim — who witnesses described as being
around 20 years old — and after completing
the investigation, Hughes said.
Kionoski said he was shaken by the accident
but was more worried about the victim.
“1 worry more about her,” Kionoski said.
“She’s the one who’s suffering from it all.”
meghanncuniff@dailyemerald. com
karahansen@ daily emerald, com
Freshman seminar addresses culture, communication
Nicole Barker | Photographer
Magid Shirzadegan, director of International Programs, heads the freshman seminar “Breaking Barriers.”
'Breaking Barriers' teaches international students how to better
interact across cultures and prepare for a global workplace
BY MORIAH BALINGIT
NEWS REPORTER
There’s something different about the students
in this specific freshman class.
First, a quick survey of the room reveals that
about half the class is non-white. Along with pen
cil, paper and a coursebook, many of the students
have portable electronic translators. No one is too
intimidated to participate in a class discussion.
Magid Shirzadegan, director of International
Programs, is the instructor of the class, but at
moments it’s hard to tell because the
students seem to learn just as much from each
other as they do from him.
The class, called “Breaking Barriers,” is no
ordinary freshman class — it’s a freshman
seminar designed by Shirzadegan to facilitate
“intercultural communication.” He has taught
this and similar courses for the past 12 years.
Shirzadegan hand-picked the students in the
class to achieve an almost one-to-one ratio of
international to domestic students.
“When you’re talking about diversity, you
need to have it present in the classroom,” he said.
While the class focuses on communication,
Shirzadegan said students will spend about half
the class examining their own values and culture.
“The better we know ourselves, the better we
can communicate,” he said.
Some of the values discussed are much
more complex than they originally appear.
On this day, the class starts with something
simple: being on time.
In the United States, the culture generally
dictates that people be on time, freshman Becky
Brown said.
“In our culture, we’re always thinking about
what we’re doing next,” she said in class.
Shirzadegan, originally from Iran, said many
Middle Eastern cultures have a completely
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