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Rally: Eugeneans protest,
celebrate Bush inauguration
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“We want to use the next four
years to mobilize people and get
them together,” she said. “We want
to act in ways that promote justice
and peace.”
Students for Change member Colin
Storz said members of his group
want to peacefully express their
concerns about the government.
“We want to say we are unhappy
with the way government handles
foreign policy' in this country,” Storz
said. “We got organized. That’s
simply the bottom line on that one.”
Junior Leo Fraser, who performed
at the event, said the Bush adminis
tration doesn’t reflect the will of
many people.
“Obviously the direction our coun
try is taking at this point is not what
half of us want,” he said.
He said the event was peaceful.
“It’s very laid back, very chill, as
what’s expected in Eugene,” he said.
“Sometimes I wish people had a little
more fire under their butts.”
University law professor Garrett
Epps was among the speakers at the
inauguration protest. Epps said gov
ernment “thugs” are “building a wall
of secrecy” around wrongful prac
tices at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere.
“As a nation with full knowledge
of what was being done, we voted to
approve it,” he said.
Epps likened America to Italy during
the 1920s and Germany during the
1930s, admonishing the members of
the crowd to ask themselves what they
will do to counter wrongful practices.
Associate geology professor Shaul
Cohen also spoke, comparing the war
in Iraq to the Vietnam War and say
ing the United States hasn’t learned
from past mistakes.
Cohen said the “world will be
there waiting” when ordinary citi
zens decide to create political change.
“In the next four years, we can’t
leave the fate of America to the admin
istration,” he said. “If we act, I fully be
lieve the world is ready to support us.”
Meanwhile, members of the Col
lege Republicans celebrated the Pres
ident’s re-election from a nearby
booth, displaying pro-Bush signs and
occasionally chanting “four more
years” at the people below.
College Republicans Chairwoman
Laura Jenkins said members of her
group turned out to show support for
the president.
“It’s inauguration day. We’re
excited,” she said.
Jenkins said although demonstra
tors have the right to protest, their
actions on inauguration day were in
appropriate.
“Protesting democracy seems a lit
tle much,” she said. “It’s one thing to
let your feelings be heard; it’s another
to (try to) stop the inauguration of a
fairly elected candidate.”
College Republicans member Jar
rett White said counter-inauguration
displays send the wrong message to
people in Iraq.
“It shows bad signals to the world
to protest a legal election,” he said.
Jarrett White said Bush’s inaugura
tion speech showed optipiism for not
just America but the world. He added
that the president will face difficulties
during the upcoming term, but will
abide by his principles.
“When you’re morally in the right,
there’s really nothing else you have
to do,” he said.
Junior Samuel Macke unfurled a
large banner featuring a picture of
Bush with a Hitler mustache, which
read “Campus Fascists for Bush”
among the Bush supporters’ signs.
Macke said he created the banner
with friends to exercise their right to
free speech and to make a statement
against the “direction the govern
ment is taking” toward too much
corporate influence.
“I just want to wake some people
up,” he said.
Graduate teaching fellow Paul
Tlicker said the inauguration was a
day to celebrate.
“It gives those of us who are
magnanimous in victory7 a chance
to chide those who are not so
magnanimous in defeat,” he said.
The march left the amphitheater at
about 3:30 p.m. Marchers swarmed
down East 13th Avenue and worked
their way to the courthouse.
The vocal marchers blocked traffic
temporarily several times during
the parade, although most of the
demonstrators stuck to the sidewalks.
The demonstration drew shouts of
encouragement and honks from pass
ing motorists. But some witnesses
expressed outrage at the display.
Community Service Center Office
Coordinator Linda White said the
march upset her because her. son
served in Iraq.
“It makes me angry,” she said.
“They don’t know what they’re
talking about.”
Linda White said the nation needs
to “finish the job” in Iraq, saying
young people need to become better
informed about the true meaning of
the war.
“We need to stop playing around,”
she said. “It makes me so angry
when I see these people.”
Yet Eugene resident Ron Unger
said he protested the second inaugu
ration of President Nixon and was
pleased to see the march.
“I’m happy they’re doing it,” he
said, adding that he hopes Bush’s
second term will also be abbreviated.
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Sigma Chi: Derby Days one of
many greek community events
Continued from page 5
competed for points to win the compe
tition and the Derby Days trophy,
which went to Kappa Gamma.
The skit auction, one of the fa
vorite events, included skits by Sigma
Chi members. After the skits, differ
ent sororities bid on the men in the
skit. The sorority that wins the auc
tion had the men do different tasks,
such as mowing the lawn or putting
up Christmas lights.
“It’s a huge effort on the sororities’
part,” said Sigma Chi member Noah
Holz. “They spend a lot of time writ
ing letters to alumni and parents.
They also start planning their dances
and stuff way in advance. ”
“The work they do is more than
we can do back for them,” Hall said.
While Derby Days is the largest
charitable event on campus, accord
ing to a press release from Sigma Chi,
Holz and Hall are quick to point out
that it is only one of many events that
the greek community hosts.
“This is only one event,” Hall said.
“All the houses do something. We are
putting more into the community
than people recognize.”
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