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O UO Chess presents 2005 BUtz Tournament Cash *'*** •' On-site registration at the EMU Fishbowl 10 AM Saturday, June 4th | For more info: http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~chess/ j literature: by & about myTwfn June 20 - July 15, MUWH, 3:00-4:50 pm, CHA 303, 4 credits HC 424H HC identities Colloquium, Prof. Henry Alley You do not have to be a Clark Honors College student to take this class. This course fulfills UO multicultural requirement (IP). An overview of gay men’s literature, as it has evolved from the Renaissance to the present day. We will discuss how social acceptance has both grown and created more backlashes, as dramatized in the literature. We will look at five tragic perspectives in Marlowe, Wilde, Kramer, Puig, and Bram, two epic outlooks in Kushner and Dixon. These works will trace out the birth of the gay man’s Arcadia, where two lovers may retreat from adversity, to the development of the gay marriage and family in the 20th century. We will have a special look at the war against homophobia, particularly as expressed in the life and work of Oscar Wilde. s Prereq: Sophomore standing or better For a detailed description go to: honors.uoregon.edu/curriculum 346-4361 craftcenter.uoregon.edu Tuesday $2.25 6ushi Dolls 1 99 WEST BROADWAY • 683-3154 .- -.■ - - -Y -**■■■» ^ o ^ v - •• - v DPS: Work group exploring relocation sites Continued from page 1 DPS currently relies on the Eugene Police Department to deal with serious campus crimes such as those involv ing weapons, but police resources are tight, and Williams said it’s “perfectly understandable that recovery of stolen bikes isn’t a high priority, but in terms of our campus community it is. ” DPS officers are not permitted to carry weapons, and a recently imple mented policy prohibits officers on bikes or in motorized vehicles from pursuing fleeing suspects. University officials agree that decid ing on what campus public safety’s fu ture should entail would provide a more solid foundation on which to base decisions related to DPS, such as the location of a new facility. “Until that’s decided, I can certainly see the hesitancy of deciding what ex actly is needed in new facilities,” Hicks said. Hicks became interim director in April 2003, and Williams said ques tions surrounding DPS’s future have prevented the creation of a full-time director position. Reviewing the in terworkings and the organizational setup of public safety could result in a modified job description for the director, Williams said, and it is important to get such things taken care of before assigning someone to the position. Hicks said a new DPS building is loosely tied in with the University’s hope for a parking garage, as Univer sity officials believe an office for DPS would fit well with such a structure. The University received authority from the state legislature in 2003 to take out state bonds to finance the project, but Williams said the cost of construction is so high it’s just not feasible to begin building when the University is in such a dire financial state. “To date, it’s been a matter of pri ority,” Williams said. “It’s one of a number of things we know we need to get done. ” DPS is part of the parking auxiliary enterprise and operates independent of University funds, thus the cost of construction would have to be off-set by a rise in campus parking fees. Williams said the University is “pretty serious” about building a parking structure near McKenzie Hall that would be co-managed with Northwest Christian College, but a timeline for such a project has not been drafted, and it has yet to be de cided whether a new DPS office could fit there. Officials agree DPS’s desperation for more office space has been appar ent for quite some time. “The spaces they have had have been inadequate for as long I’ve been here,” said Williams, who has held his administrative position since 1983. DPS acquired more office space from University Housing in 2002, prompting the two departments to sign an agreement calling for DPS to either vacate the current space by July 2007 or begin paying a monthly fee of approximately $640. “It was very clear to me from speaking with them that they were absolutely just desperate for space,” said Mike Eyster, assistant vice presi dent for student affairs and director of housing. Eyster said housing is not looking for DPS to vacate the space but wants to ensure written documentation ex ists for future directors and adminis trators that details the specifics of the rental agreement and housing’s right to the space. “Sometimes what we think we have an understanding about, we re ally don’t have an understanding about,” Eyster said. Hicks said he is optimistic about the possibility of a new facility be cause it is on the University’s list of capital construction projects, but he said there are so many un knowns that there isn’t much he can do but wait. Sophomore Gina Bauer said she isn’t at all concerned about the small size of the DPS office because it doesn’t seem to hinder its ability to serve the campus. “They’re functioning already. It’s not like it’s getting in the way,” Bauer said. “I know how to get a hold of them.” But the Oregon Natural Hazards Workgroup is currently studying DPS’s role as an emergency services provider and is looking for possible places on campus to relocate DPS’s emergency services because of how poorly the current office would hold up in the case of a natural disaster. “Public safety is a building that’s just not going to perform very well,” said Andre Le Due, ONHW’s pro gram director. “Our hope by doing this plan is to identify that this is an issue.” Le Due said the work group has been studying the structure and lay out of campus buildings as part of its work to prepare the University for emergency situations and is hoping to make a recommendation on where to relocate DPS emergency services sometime this summer. The group is still a long way from making a final decision about any thing, Le Due said, and a summer recommendation is only part of a tentative timeline. He said the current space may be adequate for the basic services DPS provides, but moving emergency services to a more open area in a more structurally sound building is something that may need to be done. “The critical aspect is not so much the day-to-day operations but the emergency operations,” Le Due said. meghanncuniff@ dailyemerald, com Receive a free f mm stage dance on your birthday!
