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IN BRIEF
ASUO Election Packet
for next year available
Students aspiring to hold student
government offices next year have
until Friday of Finals Week to file pa
perwork declaring their candidacy.
The Election Packet, a document
outlining available positions and pro
cedures for running, is now available.
Approved March 8 by the ASUO Con
stitution Court after it was initially re
jected, the packet was under review
by the court for 20 days, according to
an ASUO press release.
“The elections board is disappoint
ed that the Con Court took longer
than expected to make a ruling,”
according to the press release.
The board will open the ASUO of
fice on Saturday and Sunday from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. to give students extra
time to file. Candidates must file voter’s
guide statements with their petitions.
Ballot measures must be submitted
by 5 p.m. today.
Campaign managers must register
by March 31, when a mandatory
candidate meeting will be held from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the EMU’s Ben
Linder Room.
The primary election will be April 6
8 and the general election April 13-15.
Online campaigns for the ASUO
Executive have already begun, with
five tickets establishing Thefacebook
groups to promote their platforms
and enlist supporters.
The Election Packet is available at
the ASUO office in Suite 4 of the EMU.
— Parker Howell
Tribe considers 'racino'
at Portland Meadows site
GRANDE RONDE — Grande
Ronde tribes and the operators of
horse racing at Portland Meadows are
considering a joint effort to build the
state’s largest casino at the racetrack.
Tribal officials said the resulting
“racino” has worked with struggling
tracks elsewhere, notably West Vir
ginia and Delaware.
Several regulatory hurdles would
have to be cleared.
It would require approval by the
governor and the U.S. Department of
the Interior.
In addition, casinos must be on trib
al or tribal trust land, and each tribe is
limited to one casino. The Grande
Ronde tribes already operate Spirit
Mountain, west of Portland, the state’s
most popular tourist attraction.
The tribe would have to buy
Portland Meadows and have it put in
trust, said Justin Martin, a lobbyist
representing the tribe.
Martin said talks are still preliminary.
“We’ve been sitting down and talk
ing. What are the possibilities? What
are the options? What would this
look like?”
John Doussard, spokesman for
Mayor Tom Potter, said the mayor has
“repeatedly said he doesn’t want a
casino in Portland.”
City Commissioner Sam Adams
said it’s something the city might
have to consider.
“The only thing worse than a casino
in Portland is a casino in Vancouver,”
said Adams, noting that one across the
river would siphon off Oregon dollars.
But with Gov. Ted Kulongoski con
sidering a Warm Springs off-reserva
tion casino at Cascade Locks and
the Cowlitz developing their La
Center, Wash., casino plans, the
Grand Ronde fear losing some of the
Portland market.
“If the governor is going to allow off
reservation gambling, we have a re
sponsibility to our 5,000 members to
continue to sustain our newfound eco
nomic self-sufficiency,” Martin said.
Kulongoski remains leery of allow
ing a casino in Portland, a spokes
woman said.
Horse racing enthusiasts say
the “racino” idea could bolster Port
land Meadows, which has seen
diminishing purses.
— The Associated Press
Crossing: Intersection improvements proposed
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state highway system, which makes
changes much harder to implement
than if the street were a University or
city street.
School of Architecture and Allied
Arts Dean Robert Melnick has been
working for several years with Uni
versity Vice President for Administra
tion Dan Williams to create possible
improvements to the intersection.
Two possibilities were an overpass
or an underpass, but both have too
many restraints to be considered vi
able options, Melnick said. An over
pass would need to be at least 14 feet
high and would need a wheelchair
ramp. An underpass could potential
ly create unsafe road conditions and
would be too near the millrace.
The changes with the most poten
tial involve altering the timing of the
lights at the intersection and better
notifying drivers of the upcoming in
tersection, Melnick said.
“At one point we were able to suc
ceed in getting the length of the light
lengthened,” Melnick said. “The
walk light now lasts longer. It used to
be impossible to cross in one light,
but it’s still not long enough, and cars
still run the light.”
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
The intersection of Onyx Street and Franklin Boulevard has undergone much speculation
regarding its safety after a local homeless woman was hit by a car on March 2.
Melnick also suggested changing
the timing of the lights so all
cars have a red light for 20 seconds
to allow a pedestrian caught in the
middle of the intersection to finish
crossing. Melnick has also suggest
ed putting warning lights on
the boulevard 100 to 200 feet
away so drivers are aware of the
upcoming light.
“A lot of cars go flying down
Franklin and realize it’s a red light
and just go through it or don’t stop in
time,” Melnick said. “We need to bet
ter inform drivers.”
Because the highway isn’t a cam
pus street DPS can’t regulate traffic,
but Hicks said DPS may encourage
the Eugene Police Department to
raise enforcement at the intersection.
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