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Directory of . SDiritual ■MOM Oregon Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life SHALOM! Free Shabbat services and dinner Fridays at 6:00 p.m Stop by anytime. 1059 Hilyard, 343-8920 Check our website for a full listing of events: www.oregonhillel.org Loving God, Loving People Worship • The Word ‘Prayer Fellowship • Serving Join us Fridays 7:30 p.m. 1850 Onyx St. (behind Hayward Field) Campus Ministry Grace Lutheran Church 18th & Hilyard (just west of campus) Sundays at Grace Worship services: 8:30 am & 11:00 am Student Dinners: (> pm Illirsfi‘iys- Bible Study: 7 pm Grief support group: 7 pm Contact Dave at 342-4844 • david@glchurch.org • www.glchurch.org Central Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship Schedule 10:00 a.m. Worship Service 11:15 a.m. Brunch 12:00 p.m. Advent Workshop for all Ages www.centralpresbychurch.net 555 E. 15th Ave. • 345-8724 We are a caring, inquiring, inclusive community. What’s under your feet? b^S<wiect Sundays at 6 p.m. at the Wesley Center 1236 Kincaid Street (next door to the U.O Bookstore) www.FindSacredGround.net ? & '* Feathers t#ffled? Duck into Newman. St. Thomas More Newman Center Catholic Ministry Sunday Student Mass 7 30 p m. Midweek Social & student Mass Wednesdays, 9:00 p.m. rcia weekly Wednesdays 7 P.M. Tues. Dec 15 Christmas Caroling Meet at Newman at 7 pm. 1850 Emerald street (south of Hayward Field) • 546-4468 a Visit our Web site at www.uonewman.org or send us an e-mail to peermlnlster&uonewman.org IN BRIEF Mother of Ashley Pond settles murder suit OREGON CITY — The mother of murdered Oregon City girl Ashley 1 Pond has agreed to settle a lawsuit $ against the state Department of I Human Services for $ 10,000. Pond and her classmate, 13-year old Miranda Gaddis, were killed by Ward Weaver in 2002. Their mothers and a 19-year-old rape victim had sought as much as $1.5 million in a series of lawsuits. The plaintiffs claimed state child welfare workers could have prevent ed the crimes, and Weaver should have been incarcerated before the murders and rape. The Department of Human Ser vices had received several com plaints in 2001 accusing Weaver of sexually abusing Ashley. In an October letter to Lori Pond, the only plaintiff to receive a settle ment, the Department of Human Service’s assistant director, Ramona Foley, wrote, “Government agencies must find lessons in tragedy and ap ply those lessons to help save lives in the future.” Foley mentioned changes since Ash ley’s and Miranda’s deaths, including increased staff training and better com munication between her department and local law enforcement about suspected child abuse. Pond’s attorney, Linda Beloof, and the teenage rape victim’s attorney, Leonard Berman, told The Oregonian they had no comment. Michelle Duffey, the mother of Mi randa Gaddis, who went missing two months after Pond vanished, has redi rected her focus to pursuing Weaver, a defendant in one of her lawsuits, her attorney said. “We decided to stick with Weaver, who is the one who is most liable,” Michael T. Wise said. Weaver pleaded guilty to the mur ders, the rape and other crimes and was sentenced in September 2004 to spend the rest of his life in prison. — The Associated Press DeFazio: Aid cut to reduce national deficit Continued from page 1 McCown said the budget cuts, known as the budget reconciliation bill, would exacerbate his situation. “This reconciliation bill creates a working-poor class,” he said. DeFazio also heard from Cassandra Day, campus outreach director for theASUO. Day told of how she works three jobs outside of the ASUO, but even with the extra income she is still borrowing money to pay for school. “This is scary how much more debt they’re expecting me to accumulate just to get a bachelor’s degree,” she said. DeFazio said he appreciated hearing the personal stories of students. He will attend a similar fomm at Oregon State University this week. “It’s depressing, but it will arm me with some good anecdotes, some good facts and a new determination to fight these cuts,” he said. The budget cuts were passed as an attempt to decrease the federal budget deficit. Reducing the size of the budget became a greater political priority after the large costs of Hurricane Katrina became known, DeFazio said. “The sooner this gets to the presi dent’s desk, the sooner taxpayers can know that the size of government has begun to be put under control,” said Grover Norquist, president of the con servative group Americans for Tax Re form, in a news release following the passage of the House bill. DeFazio said he would prefer to re duce the budget deficit through a com bination of raising taxes and cutting certain large spending programs, such as expanded space travel and research for a Star Wars-style defense system. DeFazio noted that next week the House of Representatives will vote on a $70 billion dollar tax cut proposal. “We are in serious financial trou ble,” he said. “I don’t want to mini mize that, but you can’t keep cutting your income.” DeFazio encouraged students to continue to lobby Oregon’s congres sional delegation to prevent the cuts to financial aid from becoming law. DeFazio said in an interview with the Emerald that he hopes to see Democrats make college affordability a key element of the party’s <.. .—1_^ ■ " i Tim Bobosky | Photo editor Tony McCown, chief justice of the ASUO Constitution Court, brought his family to meet U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio and emphasized his need for a reliable student loan system. platform heading into the 2006 midterm elections. “I think that we can afford to live in an America where people can get an education according to their ability to get admitted and learn, not their ability to earn and pay,” he said. “I would love to set that as a goal and move in that direction.” DeFazio has not yet announced whether he intends to seek re-elec tion in 2006 but added that he usually makes an announcement around mid-February. He said that he does not plan on challenging incumbent Gov. Ted Kulongoski for the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2006. “I’ve had a lot of people badger me about running for governor, but I’ve said clearly I don’t intend to run against the incumbent governor,” DeFazio said. “If he’s running, I’m not.” jbailey@ daily emerald, com ★Any Two-Topping 12” Pizza * Beverage Specials AFTER 10 PM SPECIALS FREE DELIVERY 1809 Franklin Blvd. 284-8484 • Sun.-Thu. 11 am-Midnight • Fri-Sat. 11 am-1 am