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Let’s Go To The M ovies City Planner Roasted for 30 Year Career Bulk Rate U.S. Postage See Metro Inside Portland, OR Permit No. 1610 PAID See Focus, Inside S A. Volume XXX Number 46 k J Committed to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 www.portlandobserver.com University o f Oregon Wednesday ___________ V 50e November 15,2000 Third Time Charm for PCC Bond A big part of the $ 144 Million Bond will go to improve the Cascade Campus in north Portland Israel Weighs Response to Violence JE R U S A L E M -Isra e li tro o p sc lo s e d o ff P alestinian com m u n ities, p araly zin g life in the W est B an k an d G aza S trip in retaliation for deadly shootin g am b u sh es that sig naled an escalation in sev en w eek s o f fight ing. T hree P alestinians, in cluding tw o boys aged 16 and 13, w ere killed and 15 w ounded by Israeli fire in rock-throw ing clashes in the W est B ank an d G aza, d octors said. Philippine President Estrada Impeached M A N IL A , Philippines - F or the first tim e in P hilippine history, the H o u se has sent im peachm ent cliarges ag ain st the p resi den t to the S enate fo r trial, ch arg in g Joseph E strada w ith taking m illions o f dollars in illegal payoffs. T h ere w a sn o v o te b y the full H ouse, as had b e e n expected. B ut a v ote w as u nnecessary becau se m o re than the required o n e-th ird o f m em b ers sig n ed a petition. E strada m ay have en o u g h support in th e S enate to rem ain in office. President Clinton Salutes Veterans A R L IN G T O N , V a. - P resid en t C linton saluted m em bers o f the U S S C o le for their heroism and sacrifice, an d told a V eteran ’s D ay audience at A rlin g to n N atio n al C em etery o n the eve o f a historic trip to V ietnam that he w ill press fo r a full acco u n tin g o f m issing A m ericans. C itin g the stalem ated p residential electio n , h e also said the co u n try w as honoring its v eterans ‘b y ch erish ing w ith all o u r hearts th e freedom s they paid such a price to d efen d .” Opec Rules Against Raising Oil Production V IEN N A , A ustria-O P E C decided against raising p roduction for the tim e being, a decisio n likely to u p set co n su m er nations w here high oil prices are p u sh in g u p w in ter heating bills. T h e oil cartel w arn ed that supply co u ld so o n ou tstrip d em an d after four production hik es this y ear failed to tam e runaw ay prices. M inisters from the O rganization ofP etroleum E xporting C oun tries w ill m eet ag ain in V ien n a o n Jan. 17 to review the m arket situ atio n , the gro u p said after form al talks ended. France Works to Combat Mad Cow Disease PA RIS - France announced the suspen sion ofanim al-based feed for all livestock and the banning ofT -bone steaks as part o f a series o f measures to reduce the spread o f cow disease. Prime M inister Lionel Jospin said the temporary ban on the use o f anim al-based feeds forall livestock-including fish, chicken and pork w ould takeeffect A d ecisio n o n a full ban w ould be m ade once the French agency for food safety assesses risks associated with such feeds, w hich could take 3-4 months. New Discovery of Dinosaur Species R O M E - Italian paleontologists said they have identified a new species o f dinosaur, w hich lived200miUion years ago and is one o f the oldest meat-eating reptiles ever discov ered. Fossil fragments found in northern Italy show the dinosaur w as m ore than 25 feet long, had a long neck and w eighed over a ton. Divers Retrieved Ship’s Log From Kursk M O SC O W - In addition to notes found on sailors’ bodies, Russian divers retrieved a ship’s log and more written material from the sunken nuclear subm arine Kursk, a top official said. Hie new findings are the most recent discoveries by divers, w ho have retneved 12 Tree Towers Above Courthouse Square T his y e a r 's h o lid a y tr e e w as m o v e d in to P io n e e r C o u rth o u se S q u a re M onday. W orkers a re re a tta c h in g th e tr e e ’s lim b s a n d m u st strin g th o u sa n d s o f lig h ts f o r th e a n n u a l lig h tin g cere m o n y , sc h e d u le d on F rid a y, N ov. 24 a t 5 :3 0 p .m . (P hoto by M ichael L eighton /P ortland O bserver ) Readers React To Presidential Stunner B i L atasha P arki r ior T he P ortland O bserver O ne o f the clo sest elections in U.S. history and the d ifficulty o f d eterm ining a w inner, has g enerated o n e o f the biggest stories o f our tim e.O u r readers gave us the follow ing reac tions to so m e o f the questions peo p le are asking. W h at do you think about this y ear's presi dential candidates? ent people Bush is very close-minded and he do esn ’t really seem in charge o f him self or his cam paign; he seems more like a puppet! I feel that he is incapable o f standing on his own and he doesn’tseem likeaveryintelligentperson.G oreon theotherhandis very intelligent. I think that he was working hard towards his owngoals, which shows that he can actually think for himself. J o s e L e tte n m e ie r: N eith er o f the can d i d ates seem adequate for the job. I w o n ’t be h ap p y w ith eith er one, no m atter w ho w ins. Bryant Jr: I re ally d o n ’t think that there was m uch o f a choice. I was fo rc e d to ch o o se th e lesser o f the twoevils. Bush d id n ’t h a v e J o h n B rv a n t Jr. m uch experi ence, he was the G overnor ofT exas, but everyone though t he did a horrible job. G ore just seem ed like a programmable m achine doing w hat everyone wanted him todo. I fBush ispresident, the economy will swiftly anti surely fall Ifl thought there was the slightest chance o fR alph N ader winning, 1 would have voted for him. J o h n B ry a n t S r: T h ecan d id ates really lave a lot to be d esired. N adar w as n ev er a viable option for m e, so, I chose G ore. I believ e G ore has som e o f the ex p erien ce required to be president. B ut if I had a choice, I ’d like to see bodies and two notes written by sailors as they suffocated to death m a rear com partm ent o f C lin to n as o u r p resid en t again. the subm anne The notes told o f poison gas from fires and pressure m ounting in the com S a r a S c o tt: I d o n ’t think that an y o f us had a real choice and that brought the closeness o f the race. G ore and B ush are actually tw o d iffer p a rtm e n t The third time was the charm for the Portland Community College bond mea sure. In its third attempt on the ballot, district voters approved the S 144 m il lion bond in the Nov. 7 General Elec tion with about 61 percent o f the voters saying “yes.” PCC president Daniel M oriarty said that the victory was due to the excel lent reputation o f the college and the many services that it provides. “That is the bedrock on which we won this election,” M oriarty said. “I want to thank all o f our communities for the trem endous show o f support. The victory belongs to the people; the everyday people who come to the col lege.” College Board Director David Kish, who chaired the Friends o f PCC advo cacy campaign, said the vote is a re flection o f the importance o f education in this election. People focused on what was important and voted on targeted improvments for schools.” The bond will provide for more class rooms and laboratories, help upgrade technology and repair and m aintain aging buildings. The bond will cost property taxpayers an estim ated aver age o f 11 cents per thousand o f as sessed property value, spread over a maximum o f 23 years. Voters actually approved the m easure in the May Pri mary in an earlier election, but the measure did not pass because turnout in the elections was slightly under the needed 50 percent. The largest share o f the newly ap proved bond will go to improve Cas cade Campus in North Portland, ap proximately $57 million. The Rock K e n y e tte L e tte n m e ie r: I think that B ush th a t h is o ld e r brother told him he had the elec tion in the bag c o n tin u e d to bring up suspi c io n s. M an y F lo rid a v o te rs with the intention ofvotingfbrGore were personally shocked to see when they had voted for a com pletely different candidate altogether This w as due to the fact that the Florida ballots were so confusing. is a racist, a mur- derer.andasexist. Gore is definitely;! Jo se L e tte n m e ie r: I'm alm ost certain that the problem s in Florida stem from som e form o f dishonesty going on behind the scenes in the s te p -u p from Bush w ho seems so bent on taking aw ay w o m e n 's N en yette L e tte n m e ie r presidential election. rights. G ore is more open-m inded pertaining to people’s suggestions and the issues. J o h n B ry a n t J r : I d o n 't necessarily think it would be wise to jum p to conclusions over the problems going on with the election in Florida, currently. They should just issue a revote in Florida, and count the results. W h atL sy o u ro p in io n o n th ev o teco u n tin g in Florida? S a r a S co tt: I am very suspicious. F or start K enyette I .ettenm eier: I feel that they should just redo the election, because they c a n 't p o s sibly get an accurate outcom e w ith the first e r s , B u s h ’s o ld er brother is the G over- norofF lorida, vote. J o s e L e tte n m e ie r : Politics are poli w hich im m e diately raises m y suspicious o f a possible fix ed b allot. tics, they never change. The The fact that B u sh sta te d only reason they call them politi cians is because the word liar w as already taken J ° s e L e tte n m e ie r M ild re d W O llee, execu tive d ea n o f the C a sca d e C am pus at P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity C ollege, sta n d s n ext to o n e o f the c a m p u s's o ld e st b u ild in g s A voter- a p p ro v e d le v y w ill b rin g m a jo r n ew c o n stru ctio n to th e north P o rtla n d cam pus. (P hoto by M ark W ashington /P ortland O bserver ) Creek Campus will receive S35 m il lion; Sylvania, $42 million; and the Southeast Center will receive $8 m il lion. M oriarty said the college must now decide which projects to start first. “We will most likely issue the bonds in December. Then, we can begin immediately to work on some of the upgrades to existing classrooms and labs, and begin repair and renova tions,” he said. Moriarty said the projects are likely to be spread out over the next 10 years. Florida Gives Bush 300-Vote Lead Overseas Ballots, Lawsuits Could Change Result (AP) — Florida's top elections official announced Tuesday night that Texas Gov. George Bush holds a 300 vote lead over A1 Gore based on returns subm itted by all 67 coun ties. She said she would consider updated subm issions from three counties where the vice president has requested manual recounts. One week after the election, Re p u b lic a n S e c re ta ry o f S ta te K atherine H arris said Bush has 2,9 1 0 ,4 9 2 v o tes and G ore has 2,910,192 — a difference of 300 votes out o f 6 m illion cast. An un known additional number o f over seas absentee ballots remain to be counted by Friday night, she added. The unofficial tally by The Asso ciated Press, which includes some hand counts, showed Bush with a 286-vote lead. Hours after a Florida judge issued a com plicated ruling on the contro versy, Harris said her office was requiring officials in Broward, Palm Beach and M iami-Dade counties to explain the “ facts and c irc u m stances" that support their desire to proceed with manual recounts She set a 2 p.m. W ednesday deadline for the counties to reply. t 1
