¿ V -’’ ’ » ■ . f i Committed to cultural diversity. 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 , • (1 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 ( O N I INI I D O N l’A (,l B4 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 .1 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 dm 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 ( O N I INI I I )T O I ’ \ ( . l IU 1