with anti-sweatshop slogans. Agitate for the
UO to join the Workers Rights Consortium.
Organize a large anti-sweatshop conference
at the UO. Circulate petitions on campus and
gather thousands of signatures against Nike
sweatshops. Have a swoosh bonfire with
shoes and apparel. Phil Knight will become
so enraged he’ll pull funding for the arena.
Problem solved.
downtown’s parking garages and other
buildings are mostly monochrome. No won-
der there’s so much graffiti.
Best Way to Get Stopped
by the EPD
Be a young black man driving around
Whiteaker in a VW bus with a bunch of
Hispanic friends and Oregon Country Fair
Stickers in the window.
Best Fundraiser
In Portland, the annual Bridge Pedal
draws tens of thousands of cyclists to enjoy a
car-free ride over the city’s Willamette River
bridges. The $20 ride raises money for char-
ity and is a fun community event that pro-
motes pollution-free transportation. Eugene
could do the same. Visualize thousands bik-
ing across the I-105 bridge!
Best Boondoggle
Eugene Weekly readers picked changing
Centennial to MLK Boulevard as their
choice for this category. But remember how
Best Place to Get Sconed
THE PARLOUR
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Best Way to Replace UO
Fields Lost to the New
Basketball Arena
students and faculty who want the river side
preserved for open space. Here’s a true win-
win solution
The UO’s new basketball arena will like-
ly displace scarce UO playing fields for soft-
ball and intramural sports. What better place
for replacement fields than the riverside
property the UO owns? The UO’s push to
develop the area as a research park for cor-
porations has wasted millions of dollars and
been opposed for decades by the majority of
o
Super
Savings!
by Alan Pittman
Best Way for Neighbors to Stop
the New Basketball Arena
Best Way to Brighten Eugene
Form a group, Citizen Rage Against Phil
(CRAP) to protest the influence of Nike
CEO Phil Knight at the UO. Demonstrate at
every home basketball and football game
with large banners that can be seen on TV
Colorful buildings. Why are buildings in
Eugene so drab? Is it to match the eight
months of gray skies we have here? The new
library sports gun-metal gray highlights, the
Hult Center is a gray concrete monolith and
Sewing
Machines
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SEATTLE’S OWN HOT SALSA BAND,
PLAYING LIVE SALSA & AFRO-CUBAN MUSIC!
sponsored by
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Free dance lessons every Fri. & Sat. from 9-10pm
Show from 10pm-2am
Plus DJ’s Mario Mora & Herman Reyes
100 E. Broadway • Downtown Eugene
484-6006
1963 W. 6TH AVE. • EUGENE
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TARASCO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANTS PRESENTS
(See us at the Home Show)
Energy Efficient!
Stoves:
Pellet, Gas, Wood
Ruthie B’s just across the bridge in
Springfield offers enough clotted cream on
its scones to seize your heart. Put on a feath-
er boa and frumpy hat from inside the
antique store and head out to the lovely gar-
den tables for tea next to Day Island Park.
Inside, it’s like dining in your grandmother’s
attic. Better go soon, the old whore-house
Ruthie’s inhabits is threatened by develop-
ment of an apartment building.
Vacuums & More
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