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IN BRIEF
Portlanders rally against
Bush on inauguration day
PORTLAND — Several hundred
activists rallied in Portland on Thurs
day — the day of President Bush’s in
auguration — to protest the Iraq war
and the administration’s economic
and social policies.
Police detained one protester
at downtown rally, but it was
unclear why.
About 100 protesters — many of
them middle-age women in the activist
group “Code Pink” — marched across
the Burnside Bridge to a downtown
rallying site. The marchers chanted
“not our president, not our war.”
They were joined at the downtown
rallying site by groups of protesters
that were still arriving late Thursday
afternoon.
Police on bicycles and on foot
milled around the rally.
The protesters included high
school students who had gotten per
mission to miss class to take part in
the demonstration.
Among them was Mike Schaefer,
17, a senior who said one reason he
participated in the protest was that
he was too young to vote in the last
election and he wanted to make his
voice heard.
“I couldn’t vote, but my mom
voted for Bush,” he said.
Another high school student,
17-year-old Colleen Kenny, said: “I’m
mostly really concerned about
pro-choice issues and gay rights.”
Jesse Hannon, 19, said he was
protesting the war in Iraq and the
Bush administration’s economic poli
cies: “The economy is in the toilet.”
The Portland protests were part of
demonstrations held in scattered
places across the county to coincide
with Bush’s inauguration.
— The Associated Press
LTD: Free ride service will
extend hours if strike ensues
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Along with the additional parking
at Autzen Stadium, Assault Preven
tion Shuttle, a free ride service at
the University, will be providing ex
tended service around the clock for
any student in need of a ride, ASUO
Community and Housing Coordina
tor Scott Lu said.
APS will not turn anyone away, Lu
said, but students are encouraged to
seek other ways to get to campus
before using the service.
“The first thing folks should really
look into is walking, bicycling or
carpooling,” Lu said.
Carpool information will be avail
able on the ASUO Web site,
asuo.uoregon.edu, Lu said.
Vobora said LTD understands the
effects a strike will have on the Uni
versity and Lane Community College,
but said alternative bus services to
the campuses are not possible.
Vobora said LTD does have em
ployees who are willing to cross
union picket lines if asked, but
those people are not enough to
make up for the drivers that would
strike if ATU does not accept LTD’s
final contract offer.
“We have quality, professional
people, and those are the people we
want back on the job,” Vobora said.
The union is required to give a 10
day notice before a strike can hap
pen, and union officials are awaiting
LTD’s final contract offer.
According to an ATU press release,
LTD’s final offer is expected by Feb. 1.
“The clock starts when the paper
work is filed,” Vobora said.
meghanncuniff@dailyemerald.com
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