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Since 1900 | Volume 106, Issue 84 | Friday, January 21, 2005
University
prepares
in case of
LTD strike
BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
A Lane Transit District driver strike is
a looming possibility that could become a re
ality as soon as February, union officials say.
The potential for a strike has left the Universi
ty community searching for ways to notify
students of carpooling opportunities and
looking for parking space to accommodate
the influx of cars that could result from no
bus service.
As part of ongoing negotiations between the
Amalgamated Transit Union representatives
and LTD officials, the two parties met Wednes
day in a mediation session that ATU President
A1 Zullo called “worthless” in a press release.
LTD and the union, which represents 80 per
cent of LTD workers, have been discussing the
drivers’ contracts since May.
Problems in the mediation session centered
on LTD’s proposed health plan and proposed
break plan for drivers, LTD Service Planning
and Marketing Manager Andy Vobora said.
“In the end the union was pretty much stick
ing with their desire to maintain a managed
care plan,” Vobora said.
ATU spokesman Jason Reynolds said he
is not certain the union will strike, but “it’s
probably going to come to that. ”
LTD is encouraging people dependent on
the bus system to plan ahead and use the car
pool sign-up on the LTD Web site, ltd.org, to
coordinate rides with other citizens, Vobora said.
University Vice President of Administration
Dan Williams said in the case of a strike, park
ing will be available at Autzen Stadium free of
charge and security will be in place to monitor
vehicles and patrol the walking route between
the stadium and campus.
“We’ll make it as safe and secure as we can,”
Williams said.
Williams said finding ways to accommodate
parking is one of the few things the University
can do to mitigate the problems that may arise
if a strike does occur.
“It’s not our intention to create a University of
Oregon bus service to replace LTD,” Williams
said.
LTD, page 3
Tim Bobosky | Photographer
(Top) lana Matthews-Harris, a high school student at Wellsprings Friends School, approaches the Federal
Building in Eugene during a march that started in the EMU Amphitheater. (Bottom) University student Samuel
Macke, top left, and his brother, Euell Macke, top right, a sophomore biology major, hold the “Campus Fascists For
Bush" banner while University sophomores Chelsey DeBois and Christine McMonagle and junior Melissa Tucker,
bottom left to right, block some of the Mackes’ sign near the EMU Amphitheater.
Inauguration
sparks mixed
sentiments
Members of the community
marched in protest of Bush 's
second term and the Iraq war
BY PARKER HOWELL
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Hundreds of University community members
disgruntled with the second inauguration
of President Bush and the ongoing war in
Iraq marched to the Eugene Federal Building
on Thursday evening, following a daylong
counter-inauguration celebration in the
EMU Amphitheater.
The demonstrators chanted anti-war slogans
and waved homemade signs, filling sidewalks
on both sides of the street for about a block and
sometimes clogging traffic as they flowed
through downtown.
The march culminated at the federal build
ing, where the crowd joined members of sever
al local activist groups for drumming, speeches
and a candlelight vigil.
Earlier in the day, demonstrators and campus
Bush supporters shared a peaceful but politically
charged afternoon outside the EMU.
The campus counter-celebration featured
political speeches and musical performances
advocating for citizens concerned with the
recently re-elected administration to rally to
gether for change. The event was sponsored
by several campus organizations, including
Students for Change, the Concerned Faculty
for Peace and Justice and the Graduate
Teaching Fellows Federation.
Many students stopped to listen and make
signs to carry later at the rally.
Junior Sara R. Taylor of Students for Peace
said the 2004 election wasn’t equitable and the
United States should not be the model for Iraq’s
upcoming elections.
“I would say that as unfair ... as our election
process is, we should not be the nation to set
the example,” she said, saying concerned
people need to take action.
RALLY, page 6
Programs Finance Committee
Emerald hearing results in $ 10,000 budget decrease
After an attempt to de-fund the student-run paper,
the committee decided on a 6.9 percent funding cut
BY JORDAN THIERRY
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
The Oregon Daily Emerald faced
an attempted de-funding of student
incidental fees at its Programs Fi
nance Committee budget hearing
Thursday night.
In a drawn-out debate that lasted
more than an hour, PFC member Ma
son Quiroz made a motion to de-fund
the Emerald completely.
Emerald Editor in Chief Jennifer
Sudick said she was “appalled as a
student, that students are being
revoked of their voice.
“You all are pretty much saying,
‘We don’t want to hear what students
have to say,’” Sudick said.
Quiroz dropped stacks of Wednes
day’s and primarily Thursday’s
copies of the Emerald on the table.
“These are the Oregon Daily Emer
ald papers that were left in the rack
today, and some from yesterday,”
Quiroz said. “All of these are just
from a few of the racks in the EMU.”
Emerald General Manager Judy
Reidl said that the ASUO had man
dated the number of papers to
be printed in its
contract with
the Emerald.
“I think the
students deserve
more than one
paper, and I
think the stu
dents shouldn’t
have to pay
$111,000 for a paper that isn’t read,”
Quiroz added. “It is the responsibility
of the PFC to the students.”
PFC member Eden Cortez sup
ported the motion to de-fund
the Emerald, saying, “the money is
not actually benefiting the students
and is being read by people who are
that contribute to the community,
create a marketplace of opportunity
and provide a place outside of the
classroom to gain experience.”
PFC Chair Persis Pohowalla agreed.
not students.”
However,
PFC member
Jael Anker-La
gos countered
Cortez by re
minding the
PFC, “It is our
purpose to
fund groups
7 think the students deserve
more than one paper, and I
think the students shouldn’t
have to pay $111,000 fora
paper that isn’t read. ”
Mason Quiroz | PFC member
“If the reason for de-funding them
is because of the surplus of papers at
the end of the day, it is not validated
at all,” Pohowalla said.
Quiroz attempted to clarify the
purpose of the motion.
“Don’t equate de-funding with
eliminating a program, because that
is not what we are trying to do,”
Quiroz said. “Taking away the
$111,000 does not mean we will not
keep seeing ODE every day, it is just a
decrease in their budget.”
After hearing support for the Emer
ald from numerous student and com
munity members, Anker-Lagos made
the motion to approve a budget.
PFC, page 4