Students assist with Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
The children's fund will <
donations to help survive
BY MATT CHABAN
FREELANCE REPORTER
The rainy Oregon weather did not
deter trick-or-treaters from traversing
Eugene on Monday night for a hal
lowed American tradition.
A handful of University student
groups seized Halloween as an oppor
tunity for community service.
Alpha Phi Omega, Presidential Stu
dent Scholars Association, Clark Hon
ors College Student Association and
the Druids took part in this year’s
Trick-or-TYeat for UNICEF, which has
raised more than $127 million for the
United Nations Children’s Fund since
1950, according to the United States
IN BRIEF
ASUO president runs for
neighborhood council
ASUO President Adam Walsh is
set to become the new chairman of
the West University Neighbors at its
meeting tonight.
The group will hold elections, and
Walsh, currently a WUN board mem
ber, is the only candidate for the office.
The WUN charter states that 20 peo
ple, including the board, must be pres
ent to carry out official business, such
as voting. If not enough people show
up at tonight’s meeting, the WUN will
have to hold the election later.
“We want to get a good turnout for
the elections,” Walsh said. “It’s impor
tant for people to choose who the new
neighborhood leaders will be.”
Walsh said he hopes to bring more
students to the organization and
make it a place where residents can
discuss issues and learn about the
neighborhood and the city.
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live half of its Halloween
irs of Hurricane Katrina
Fund for UNICEF, which organizes the
program. The volunteers trick-or-treat
ed for donations instead of candy,
which was donated to UNICEF.
“It’s something fun, a nice alterna
tive to being a glutton and stuffing
yourself with candy,” senior Alletta
Brenner said. “I certainly think it’s a
good thing for kids to do, to give them
a broader perspective on the world.”
This year is a first for Trick-or-Tfeat
for UNICEF because 50 percent of all
funds will go to help survivors of Hur
ricane Katrina. Never before has the
United Nations given aid to the United
States, but when Secretary General
Kofi Annan offered support earlier this
“I want to have people come in, like
the chief of police and the mayor, and
give people a better idea of how the
city runs,” Walsh said. “There’s a lot of
information to be had.”
Current chairman Drix Rixmann
has confidence in Walsh’s ability to
lead the WUN after working with him
on the board. Rixmann said Walsh
successfully mediated a disagreement
with community activist Zach Vis
hanoff over the West University Park at
last month’s meeting.
“I watched Adam, how he handled
that situation with Zach,” Rixmann
said. “Who else would you want for
the job?”
The WUN will also elect eight other
positions: two vice-chairs, a secretary
and five at-large board members.
The WUN will be setting its agen
da for the coming year, looking at is
sues such as the West University
Park, neighborhood security and a
neighborhood cleanup.
Julia Augustus from the Alpha
Kappa Psi fraternity is organizing a
cleanup day for Nov. 12th and will
year, the United States obliged.
Druids President Annette Maready,
a junior, had mixed feelings about
the decision.
“With the giving to the (Red)
Cross and other U.S. aid programs, I
wish more of the money was going
to foreign causes. But at the same
time, it’s good people are getting
help who need it,” Maready said.
The sight of the University stu
dents excited most Eugeneans once
they recovered from the initial shock
of college-age kids at their door.
“Come on Val, be better than
that,” Eugene resident Dan Close
told his wife when she did not give
much from a special bowl the cou
ple had set aside for UNICEF.
“It’s a nice way for older kids to
be out and not be inappropriate,”
speak at the meeting about her plans.
The meeting will be tonight at 7
p.m. in the Sloat Room of the Atri
um Building at West 10th Avenue
and Olive Street. All neighborhood
residents can vote in the election.
—Chris Hagan
Police squash would-be
riot near campus Saturday
More than 200 people threatened to
riot in a campus-area neighborhood
and at least one object was thrown at
police before officers broke up the
gathering Saturday night, according to
Eugene police.
At about 11 p.m., a crowd gathered
at the intersection of East 17th Avenue
and Mill Street, and some people were
chanting for a riot, according to a Eu
gene Police Department press release.
Officers dispersed the crowd. Nobody
was injured. No arrests were made.
On Saturday, 13 officers on bicycles
and two traffic enforcement officers on
motorcycles took part in patrols in the
West University neighborhood. The
Val Close said.
As the students wound their way
along a trail of porch lights, the rain
began again, harder than usual.
“It’s spooky,” freshman Jessica
Frazier pointed out.
“With costumes, it’s definitely
complicated,” added her companion,
freshman Rocio Petersen who was
dressed as Minnie Mouse but had left
the ears in her residence hall room so
her hood would fit.
One woman saved pennies for a
few months, enough to nearly fill one
of the paperback-sized collection
boxes, said senior Sarah Koski, co
president of the PSSA.
“Our arms were getting sore by
the end of the night,” she said. “A
lot of people were unprepared for
UNICEF, but they went and emptied
patrols were in response to past riots in
the neighborhood, including one on
Halloween in 1998.
Also on Saturday, officers discov
ered a person suffering from severe al
cohol poisoning in the South Universi
ty neighborhood.
On Friday night, officers issued 90
citations, most were alcohol related.
— Jared Paben
Nike co-founder awarded
by UO College of Business
The University has honored one of
its most successful alumni, Nike co
founder Phil Knight, with the first
Bowerman Innovation Award, pre
sented by the Charles H. Lundquist
College of Business.
Knight was presented with the
award, named after the late Bill
Bowerman, Knight’s business part
ner and a legendary Oregon track
coach, during the annual Visionar
ies Awards Luncheon at Portland’s
Governor Hotel on Wednesday.
Knight, who ran track under
out their pockets.”
Just down the street, Alpha Phi
Omega members were making their
way through the east University
neighborhood. The group has trick
or-treated for canned food in the
past but opted for UNICEF this year
because the cans grew too heavy
and cumbersome, senior Heidi
Rivinus said.
Rivinus, who planned the Alpha
Phi Omega event, got the idea from
activities she did with a group in high
school. She said she especially likes
that Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF helps
a more worldwide cause, something
her fellow students agreed with.
“I love a good cause, and if I can’t
go trick-or-treat for candy, I’ll go for
money,” sophomore Gwyneth
Gilkeson said.
Bowerman, graduated with a degree
in business in 1959. He founded Blue
Ribbon Sports with Bowerman in
1962, at first selling shoes out of his
station wagon during track meets.
Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike
in 1972 and has since become one
of the world’s largest distributors
of sportswear.
Although the University has hon
ored business leaders with the award
since 1984, this is the first time the
coach’s name has been attached.
According to the news release, Bow
erman is considered a visionary in the
track world. He created the first tex
tured shoe sole using his wife’s waffle
iron, then added wedged heels and
cushioned mid-soles. Many of his de
signs became standard for sportswear
and shoes. Knight said he is honored
to receive an award named after his
former coach.
“Bill was a tireless innovator,”
Knight said in the news release. “His
dedication and passion has been a life
long inspiration to me. ”
—Kelly Brown
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