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Volume XXV11, Number 49
Sprewell
banishment
reviewed
Wyden makes
Portland Observer
stop
Was the suspension for the
violence against P.J.
Carles iino suspiciously
toueh '
See Sports, page B5.
Oregon’s senior senator t-
meets with the state's oldest
minority publication.
See Metro section, inside.
A n ( )hi. ■ u n iv e rs ity seeking to shield
Apartments change face of Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard
its student d is e ip lm a iy records fro m p u b
lic scrutiny lost .1 Suprem e C o u rt appeal
I'll
justices, w ith o u t c o m m e n t,
let stand .1 ru lin g bv O h io 's highest c o u rt
that I' 1 . , M i.m u U n iv e rs ity to release
the records
By l.i 1 Pi
w ith names deleted - to the
L .v ilc il le a d e r , , t a m ilita n t
10 p ro v id e 64 un its
hi m w
o u s in g
on
N o rth e a s t
M a r tin
Reed s is the o n lv m arket rale pro je ct on
L u th e r K in g Jr. B o u le va rd is no
the avenue; a ll the rest are geared tow a rd
H
school s student new spaper.
Militants vow no attacks
lo n g e r a dream , a concept o r a
w o rk in progress It's a reality
Isla m ic
lo w e r-in c o m e people. M cC oy V illa g e w ill
have It) un its geared to la m ih e s earning ft)
A c c o rd in g to b u ild e r Jane O lb e rd in g . one
percent o r less o l m edian incom e, vv uh rents
g ro u p w hose
u e r iilla s m assacred 5X
to u rists last m o n th have p ro m ise d to stop
o l the three b u ild in g s in her new
p ro je c t, la c in g N ortheast W v g a n l Street, is
lo r lo u r
a tta c k s on to u rists. .1 new spaper reported.
"c o m p le te d am i o c c u p ie d ." A n o th e r w ill he
range tro m 53X0 lo t one bedroom lo 5X45
I he leaders abroad o l the Is la m ic G ro u p
so w ith in a w eek and the th ird , la c in g N o rth
lo r lo u r.
said in a statem ent that they d id not o rd e r
e.ist G o in g Street, is about 16 weeks away
the N ov
I
a lia , k and that the k ille rs had
aeied on th e n
ow n
die L o nd on -b ase d
d a ily A l-H a y a t said
D i l i n , c - lia'.e absolved the p ilo ts o f
the Russian ,aig,> plane that crashed in
S iberia o| an\ t• L.,■ • and are instead b la m
ing
1 'in . la tlu re
Prim e M in is te r V ik to r
C h e n m o ¡dm p ia is e d d ie dead crew fo r
Im m e d ia te ly to the south, the south end
ol
N o rth e a s t C o m m u n ity
A t least 65 people died
when the huge plane slam m ed in to a n e ig h
bo rh o o d on Saturday
President C lu ilo ii is close to a d e c i
sion on w h e ilie i he w ill ig n o re R e p u b li
can o p p o uio n and in sta ll B ill I.ann Lee in
the federal governm ent's
, •
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C hanna ( ¡race o l the ( )N F C om pany o f I .os
m uch as 30,000 i f " Ile x space" is used lo r
A ng eles, its pa rtn er in the venture
re ta il
55 one to to u r-h e d ro o m
u n its clu ste re d
around sm all in te rio r co u rtya rd s
( » h e rd in g w ill have, two c o m m e rc ia l ten
ants
D ie tw o p ro je cts w ill jo in A lb in a C o rne r,
B v con tra st, the tw o newest projects
have re la tiv e ly little c o m m e rc ia l space
Salt and Peppe»»Hair Products and a
na il salon - ta k in g up less than 2.0 00 square
a 4 2 -u n it b u ild in g at N ortheast San R alael
feel co m b in e d
Street. O n the d ra w in g hoards is H o u sin g
m ore space - about 3.0 00 square leel
O u r F a m ilie s ' A lb e rta S im m o n s p ro ie c i. a
w ill rent lo the ( K 'A A ( o n ijia n v and Pori
sla te d
lo r
N ortheast D e ku m Street, and B ill R eed's
M cC o y V illa g e has s lig h tly
and
B oor. especially w ith b u ild in g s c a te rin g to
upstairs un its w ill have H o w e v e r, he is u n
la m ih e s and located on such a busy street
happy w ith the "to k e n
Stepen Foust o l die K in g N e ig h b o rh o o d
re ta il space, w h ich he
leels runs c o u n te r to n e ig h b o rh o o d goals
land C o m m u n ity C o lle g e 's Cascade Cam
A s s o c ia tio n praises a rc h ite c tu ra l features
I ike business leader B ill I e ig li he w onders
pus. the la tte r lo r a co m p u te r lab
ol both projects
about the p ro je c ts ' v ia b ility .
( ilb e r d in g 's c u rb " c u to u t"
Standard D a iry P roject, w h ic h w ill re w o rk
Som e have c r itic iz e d the d e cisio n to put
to allow on street p a rk in g and M c C o y 's in
the fo rm e r d a ily at N ortheast (ira h a m Street
ho using, rathe r than re ta il, on the ground
te rio r co u rtya rd s, as w e ll as the v ie w s the
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top civil rig h ts
il R ig h ts D iv is io n . Sen
Hatch R I lab. ho w e ver, urged C lin to n in
a lettei not to a p p o in t Lee d u rin g the
con gre ssion al recess.
Professor sees change through career
For Portland State's
Millner, knowledge
can change society
quo."
He recalled student days w lien black studies.
Black Panther fever and anti-w ar sentiments
were "o n the front burnci ol social .iction,"
"These issues w ere bubbling around us and it
was im possible not to be touched by them ." Ik-
Gore offers ‘flexibility’
I N.
W hen
co m p le te d the three-story p ro je ct w ill have
u p p o it fro m A tto rn e y
ate J u d ic ia ry ( 'im m ille c C h a irm a n O rrin
Al ( L u
m u n ily B ank. San R a l.ie l ( ale a day care
center and P ortla nd C o m m u n ity Design
A lb e rta S im m o n s w ill have 5,000 square
id iii a n n ive rsa ry o l the Justice
D e partm ent
A ll liv e p ro je cts w ill have gro un d II001
re ta il A lb in a C o rn e r boasts the A lb in a C o m
leet o l re ta il space and Standard D airy .is
(ie n c ia l Ian. i Reno at a ce re m o n y m a rk
ing tlk
tin
Rents at O lb e rd in g s project w ill
ished in late D ecem ber o r early January,
to u r - s to r y , 7 4 - u n it s tru c tu re
Clinton nears decision
job. I.,-,-
D e v e lo p m e n t
ra n g in g Iro n ) 52 19 lo r one bedroom lo 5335
a cco rd in g to Jaki W a lk e r o f N E C D C and
do in g a d m e. ■ o u ld to prevent an even
giea te i dr-a siei
JK -unil
C o rp o ra tio n 's M c C o y V illa g e w ill he
Failure caused crash
Our Children's Store
welcomes support from the
community.
Housing nears
completion
School loses shield case
M onday
Holiday giving for
kids
(Oh se n u r
e
B y N h i .H hlpkrn
said.
¡cH ihed out lo E uro pe in the
O ver the years Darrell M illn e r discovered
c lim a te ta lk s in Japan, re c e iv in g a
greater revolutionary zeal and power to change
Huey Newton rally at a court liouse.
society from his professorial pulpit than he ever
and black student union plans inclose dow n the
cautious response fro m
cials In
E uropean o f f i
speech lo the g lo b a l w a rm in g
c o n lc i e i ii c . the vice president p ro m ised
m ore I S B c v ib ility 111 the n e g o tia tio n s
lo r a g lo b a l w a rm in g treaty.
TWA 8 0 0 results revealed
H ie N'ati nal T ra n s p o rta tio n S afe ty
is I". cusm g on the e x p lo s iv e fuel
Board
vapor
s
did
as an activist
in C alifornia's bubbling caul
he said,
C a lifo rn ia Polytechnic Institute Cam pus at
dron o f protest movements a few ago.
Pomona, "u ntil we got a cun icu lum devoted to
A Luge poster ol Bobby Seale loomed oyer
the black expenenee "
his shoulder as the Portland State University
W ith p u lle d A fr o hair, he "acted and looked
pri ifessorchatted last week w ith a y ¡siting li inner
like a m ilita n t." stopped by police liv e lim es in
student, about the young man s plans for a
one day w h ile d rivin g to school "'IJiey thought
film m aking career
1 looked suspicious."
M illner.
who heads up
PSlJ's Black Studies program, teaches Con
"Those experiences made me analyze and
tem porary A fric a n -A m e ric a n cinem a and
.At the start o f a w e e klo n g
classes on state and national A friean/Am erican
said It w as a pern xl o f stress and challenge, that
histories
he saw as an evolution from the Harlem Renais
C h a irm a n
te in p e ra ln ii
lames H a ll said the
ol the vapors had reached
exp lo sive levels b c lo ii (he jet even took
H a ll s,nil that a lth o u g h the cause o f
M illn e r.
51.
still considers him self an
Claude M c K a y and W F B. duBois waited
"There is nothing more
o f the black experience can change society."
Bank
ol
through his m ind
But it w ound up being more a m ixiure o f
That change w ould cotne, he said, by m old
evolutionary processes w ith revolutionary ideas
mg "individuals w ho have a vision o f a possible
Swiss banks merge
S w it z e r la n d
and
visions o f black
Portland Observer.
tors arc li "('.in',
w il ing causing the spark.
sance Period o f the 1920's
writers like Langston Hughes. Jean Toom cn.
revolutionary than knowledge anil knowledge
ii tin p o s s ib ility o f fa u lty
confront the nature o f (lie society I lived in . " lie-
aetiv ist A fte r the student departed, he told I lie
the e x p lo s io n 1. .till .1 my stery. in v e s tig a
U n io n
"W e stayed up all night once planning a l i ce
-iiiei fuel tank o f T W A
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F lig h t X00
lie a im g
o il
I)I-:C. It), 1997
o f justice and freedom that guided the academic
different society, w ith skills and (intellectual)
PSU black studies professor Darrell Millner chats with recent graduate Paul West.
weapons to challenge and change the status
(Photo by Neil Heilpern)
CONTINUED TO PAGE A2
Sw iss B a n k ( o rp a n n o u n c e d th e y w i l l
m e ig c
f o r m in g the w o r ld 's s e c o n d -
a n n o u n c e m e n t c a m e in a j o i n t s ta te
The Amistad 'revolt' - A story told too late?
m e n t a lte i d a v s o l ru m o r s th a t s p a rk e d
By I’ k u k \I< ki5t rv Bi
la rg e s t f in a n c ia l in s t it u t io n w it h as
sets o l m o i,
1I1,in 5 6 0 0 b i lli o n . T h e
a sh a rp ris e in th e sh a re s o f th e tw o
f ir m s '
s to c k
projk-rly he called a 'm utiny", since
only free-born men. rebelling against
AIDS panel finds faults
\ W h ite House adv isory panel say s the
federal lig h t against A ID S has stalled in
the absence o l b o ld leadership hy the
C lin to n a d m in is t r a t io n
hci
panel
is s u e d
I lie 32 m em
a p ro g re s s
re p o rt
w h ic h fa u lte d the a d m in is t r a t io n lo r
t a ilin g
't o lay o u t a c o h e re n t p la n o l
a c tio n
I"
p ic v e n t
the A ID S c u n
c iilic iz c d
hi
learly. the Am istad affair cannot
'h e
H l\
tr a n s m is s io n
of
I lie p a n e l a ls o
a d m in is t r a t io n 's
ta il
m e to fin d -- iv s lo e x p a n d M e d ic a id
to 1' \e i .ill Ii i in com e people w ith H IV
early in the course o l the disease.
fam iliar, it is because she is the author o l il k best
western Ikm isphere have been carefully excised
s e llin g
from mainstream history and literature
Jefferson's a fla ir w ill 1 his black mistress. "Sally
can .Americans but unlike Spiclhcig
I le m m ing s" A von pub
possibility ol an Academy A w ard that is uppci
Am istad Revolt
Ilk
happened 15X years ago but
r e v e la tio n
ol
P re s id e n t T h o m a s
1979 By the way. C N N
extraordinarily im portant event lot many A fn
il is noi the
shipboard tyranny - real 01 imagined - can claim
only now has (here been a mov ie produced about
has just announced that t lk litigants have left the
most in their minds Across the nation blacks arc-
ilk role ol 'mutineers" W ho is deceived ’
this enthralling account ol man's never-ending
cou rtn xim for now and may I k Irving lo reach a
engaged 1,1 an intense dialogue assessing ihc
settlement in adjoining chambers (no settlemenl
|xissihilily that finally the entertainment industry
at press lim e
may he ready 10 breach the 'colton and sugar
Here w e gave the 'revolt ol 53 A frican slaves
struggle loi freedom and dignity
taking oxer "by any means necessary" the ship
Am i. even at this w illing (M on da y. nixin. 12/
that was transporting them lo the worst hell-hole
X/97). (here is still d<mbt that t lk Steven Spielberg
ol all New W o rld ' slavery
him . "A m istad
Il has been reported that a lorm er employ eeol
curtain' and thal the Am erican press .mil even
Ik ready to follow suit The
academia m ight
uled. Black aulhoi Barbara Chase Rihoud has
Chase R ebuild s 'A m is t a d ' m a n u s c rip t in
ebony h u c d "( 'inquc a h e ro ’
classic story ol a heroic straggle by black men lor
lile il a SB) m illio n copyright inlnngem enl suit
his p o sse ssio n , b u l states. " I d id n o t read
freedom and human dignity- quite unlike those
against Dreamworks which made the film
1,
eventsendlessly recited In >m the novel and inov ic
claim s ilk male-rial lot the movie was stolen
"M u tin y on the Bounty"
from het novel.
Cuba in the y ear 1X39. How obscure has been this
w ill open this week as sched
I'uesday 1
ilk I Jrcamw oi ks studio now adm its toliav 1 ng had
the North coast ol
She
I cho o f Lions' w hich was
S teve n S p ie lb e rg
A m is ta d '
f ilm ,
says. " I c o n s id e i
an e x lr a o n h n a iily
im p o rta n t
laic
ib is may I k
a story told too
Many blacks |v ic e iv e thal lo o many per
sons o l color. across too manv generations, have
been bom and have matured in aco nln v edculture
submitted to tlk studio.m il later returned without
care er " W e note he d id not r e fe r to the
documented in these pages the past lew weeks,
com m ent
If the name B a rb a r^ V ia s c Rihoud sounds
sio ry as a " m u tin y
that
Bul il is speculated lhal |usl as the lillc lo this
article suggests,
p e rh a p s the m o s t im p o r ta n t o f m y
llkii. as I have clearly demonstrated and
But
all ol the courageous revolts ol /Africans against
i
Ilk advent o l a m ovie like Am istad is "an
the inhuman barbarism ol chattel slavery in the
and vv e re sp e ct In in lo i
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