IN BRIEF
Some choose not to shop
during Buy Nothing Day
While many people will spend the
day after Thanksgiving bargain shop
ping, a movement of people world
wide will avoid the sales and observe
Buy Nothing Day this weekend.
Celebrated on Friday in North
America and Saturday elsewhere this
year, the purpose of the holiday is “to
provide a period of respite from the rig
ors of the consumption economy,
which is the main thing that domi
nates the media and perhaps a few too
many of our daily life choices and aspi
rations,” according to the International
Buy Nothing Day Web site.
ASUO Environmental Coordinator
Rosie Sweetman promoted Buy Noth
ing Day outside the EMU on Tbesday,
distributing homemade stickers.
Sweetman said that while some
people celebrate Buy Nothing Day by
having protests and distributing fliers
at shopping malls, the point is for indi
viduals to evaluate their own
purchasing choices.
“For the most part, people who go
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year are buying things they probably
don’t need,” Sweetman said.
— Eva Sylwester
Two statues vandalized
on fraternity property
Two stone lion statues beside the
walkway outside of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity house were vandal
ized Sunday morning when someone
took a heavy object and smashed their
faces in.
Vandalism was reported on the 14th
Avenue and Alder Street property
around 11 a.m. by University sopho
more Dustin Burke, who is also the
SAE eminent warden.
Burke said the vandalism occurred
sometime between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.,
and the fraternity has no idea who
may have caused the damage.
The lions, which are valued at
$2,000, were donated by alumni last
year, Burke said. The fraternity hopes
to repair the statues or will ask alumni
for help with replacing the lions,
he said.
This is not the first time the lions
have been vandalized, Burke said,
adding that earlier this year the lions
were egged and urinated on.
Police also arrested three students
last year for spray-painting the
lions, Burke said.
“It’s some feat for people to mess
with our lions,” he said.
Burke said the lions are signifi
cant to the fraternity and the
vandalism is “a slap in the face.”
The fraternity is planning to in
stall video cameras on the exterior
of the house, Burke said. He hopes
the cameras will be up before the
winter break.
Katy Gagnon
Food drive: Event could become annual
Continued from page 1
Emilia Gardner, a second-year
law student who helped organize
the drive, said everything the stu
dents accomplished really was a
group effort.
“It has been such a good experi
ence because everyone jumped on
the bandwagon and everyone
wanted to help,” she said.
Maxine Proskurowski, the pro
gram manager of the Eugene School
District 4J Health Services, said she
finds families in need of sponsor
ship each year and then seeks dif
ferent organizations to adopt them.
This year, she was confronted by
students from the law school who
not only wanted to help out but also
wanted to expand the program.
“We decided we wanted to make
it a bigger deal,” Gardner said.
In previous years, Proskurowski
said, they were only able to sponsor
three or four families. Twenty-one
families received food this year.
“It was very nice that we got the
students involved and they showed
great enthusiasm and energy,”
Proskurowski said.
The money and canned foods
collected were all donated to FFLC.
“Those pounds that came in are
wonderful and they are really going
to help us,” said Deb Buchanan, the
food solicitor for FFLC. “It is very
exciting,” she added.
For every dollar donated to FFLC,
six pounds of food can be shipped.
“Some of those dollars go toward
food purchase, and some dollars go
to moving the food,” Buchanan
said. This year, FFLC is especially in
need of donations, she said.
“Supplies are especially low
because of the disasters that happened
in the South,” Buchanan said.
Many people donated money, in
cluding several law professors who do
nated $200 or more, Gardner said.
Those professors challenged their stu
dents to bring in canned food by offer
ing to match their students’ canned
donations with cash.
Jamila Taylor, a second-year law
student who was involved in the
drive, was pleased with how
everyone came together to support
the project.
“I got the sense that everyone
wanted to participate and meet the
goals they set,” she said.
The law students plan on making
the drive an annual tradition and
hope to adopt more families
next year.
“(Next year we want to) have a
dinner or some sort of evening that
will have the families come together
with law students to share and talk,
kind of like a pre-Thanksgiving,”
Taylor said.
Buchanan emphasized FFLC’s
appreciation for the law school and
the University’s donations.
“The University of Oregon is such
a huge partner for FOOD for Lane
County,” she said. “We couldn’t do
half of what we do each year if it
weren’t for UO, and we are so grate
ful to the law school. They are
so awesome.”
Ryan Knutson is a freelance reporter
Indigo: Gibbs, Hangsleben dispute night's events
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beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Hasselman said the decision
came after he and Eugene Police
Department Detective Ralph Burks,
the lead detective in the case, met
with Hangsleben and his attorney.
Officers didn’t have the opportu
nity to interview Hangsleben the
night of the shooting, Hasselman
said, but Hangsleben’s attorney
made his client available to police.
“We thought he would appear as a
credible witness,” Hasselman said.
Hangsleben said he was waiting
for a friend when the bar an
nounced last call and the house
lights came on. At that point, a
bouncer forced him out the door
without first asking him to leave,
Hangsleben said.
“I feel he was out of line,”
Hangsleben said. “The way he came
at it, it went first to bouncing.”
Justin Gibbs, owner of the Indigo
District, said he was the second one
on the scene after the bouncer. It
is bar policy that patrons wait
for others outside after last call,
Gibbs said.
“He was told to wait outside and
wouldn’t leave,” Gibbs said. “We gave
him several warnings verbally. ”
Hangsleben said he was neither
provoking a fight nor intoxicated at
the time. He said he has a receipt
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proving he paid his tab off hours
before the incident.
Gibbs disputes that.
“We had bartenders watching
him being fed drinks on someone
else’s tab,” Gibbs said. “Why would
he be at the bar for two hours and
not be drinking?”
Hangsleben said that after he was
forced outside, the bouncer came
after him a second time, and the
two fell to the ground. At that point
the bouncer noticed the gun in his
holster, Hangsleben said, and tried
to disarm him.
“I never pulled the gun,”
Hangsleben said.
Gibbs said Hangsleben himself
pulled the gun, and no one was
tugging at it.
“That kid was trying to turn a gun
on my staff,” Gibbs said.
Witnesses said the shot was fired
while another person was standing
on Hangsleben’s hand, Hasselman
said.
Hasselman said though the shot
originally appeared as if it could
have been “not unintentional,”
statements from the scene and from
Hangsleben created doubt.
“It appeared as if the discharge
was accidental when a gentleman
was standing on his hand,”
Hasselman said.
Hasselman said Hangsleben broke
no laws through his possession of the
gun, for which Hangsleben has a
concealed handgun license.
“He said he always carries it at
night,” Hasselman said. “He feels
more comfortable and better able to
protect himself.”
Gibbs said that the incident has giv
en the Indigo District a dangerous
image that has harmed business.
“It was a ghost town for about
four weeks after,” said Gibbs.
The Indigo District has done about
40 percent less business than this time
last year, Gibbs said. Overall, Gibbs is
frustrated with the situation.
“It’s disappointing on many lev
els that he can do that and not face
any consequences,” Gibbs said.
Dropping the charges has given
Hangsleben some relief.
He said his work requires him to
leave the state and he has been un
able to since his arrest. He also tried
to get temporary employment but
was blocked by background checks.
“I was considered unhirable,”
Hangsleben said.
He hopes this will finally close
the incident.
“I’m just trying to put this behind
me and move on with my life,”
Hangsleben said.
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