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Page A4 December I. 2004 íl?‘'IJnrtlanb (iDhsmwr L aw & J ustice Inequality Found in Sentencing CRIME STOPPERS (503) 823-HELP 111 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204 Blacks receive harsher punishments than whites (AP) — The percentage of m i nority inmates in U.S. prisons has increased sharply since federal sen tencing guidelines took effect 17 DEGREES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! ■ BA ANTHROPOLOGY ■ BA C O M M U N IC A TIO N STUDIES ■ BA CULTURAL AN D HISTORICAL STUDIES ■ BA H U M A N STUDIES ■ BA INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ■ BA MUSIC THERAPY ■ BA PSYCHOLOGY ■ BA RELIGIOUS STUDIES ■ BA SOCIOLOGY ■ M A ART THERAPY COUNSELING ■ M A INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (Gerontology Concentration) ■ M A APPLIED THEOLOGY ■ MASTER DIVINITY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES ■ ART THERAPY (post g ra d u a te ) years ago, with blacks generally) receiving harsher pun ish m en ts than whites, a federal advisory panel! has concluded. The 15-year study by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which sets guidelines for federal judges, exam ined how well the guidelines had brought uniformity to punishments. It found that while sentencing had become “more certain and predict able,” there were still disparities among races and regions. The findings come as the Su preme Court considers the consti tutionality o f the guidelines, which advocates say are critical to achiev ing fairness in punishments. The justices could decide as early as next week whether to throw out the system because it allows judges, not juries, to consider fac tors that can add years to sen tences. "The big unanswered question is do we need to have sentences growing this way," said Douglas, Berman, a law professor at Ohio State University and expert on sen tencing. "Nobody wants to go back to the bad old days o f complete unguided judicial discretion.” Before the guidelines were cre ated in 1987, ju d g es had wide! discretion in issuing sentences. T he g u id e lin e s g iv e ju d g e s a range o f possible punishm ents for a given crim e and m ake it d if ficult for them to deviate from those boundaries. Rape Suspect At Large Beaverton Police, in cooperation and threatened to cut her with a with Crime Stoppers, would like your knife, although the w eapon was not seen. help in finding a wanted person. Lockhart tied the scene after she M ark A nthony L ockhart, 23, is w anted on a rape w arrant in W ash drew the attention of a passerby by ington County with a $250,(XX) bai I. screaming for help. Lockhart is described as a black T he w arrant stem s from an inci male, 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 175 dent that occurred on Sept. 10 in Beaverton. Lockhart sexually as pounds. He has black hair and brown saulted a w oman in a w ooded area eyes. Mark Lockhart Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward o f up to $ ¡,0 0 0 f o r information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in this case, or any unsolvedfelony, an d you may remain anonymous. Call Crime Stoppers at (503) 823-H ELP (4357). Officer Shoots Bank Robber A veteran N ortheast Precinct police o fficer shot and killed a suspected bank robber on M on day, Nov. 22 w hile responding to a robbery call at the Bank o f the W est at 905 N.E. H alsey St. Police cornered Bruce Perison C lark a few blocks from the bank after being given C lark ’s descrip tion and being told that he had threatened to kill em ployees o f the bank. S ev eral w itn e sse s rep o rted that the man ignored verbal co m m ands from the police and ad vanced tow ard officers. O fficer M ike Sm ith, a 17-year- veteran o f the P olice B ureau fired 3 to 5 shots striking C lark, who fell to the ground. Smith, w ho is assigned to the N ortheast Pre cinct, rem ains on adm inistrative leave. T he suspect w as found w ith a knife, w hich w as taken as evi dence. D etectives are seeking co n tact w ith anyone w ho m ay have inform ation in this investigation. If you saw any portion o f the crim e and have not had contact with police, call the hom icide unit o f the Portland Police Bu reau at 503-823-0479. Bruce Clark ■ CONFLICT RESOLUTION A N D M ED IATIO N ■ C O U N S E LIN G (Art Therapy, post g ra d u a te ) Fire Bureau Behind on Minority Hires ■ G ERO NTO LO G Y ■ PUBLIC RELATIONS ■ T R A IN IN G & DEVELOPMENT continued YEAR-ROUND ADMISSION To w ork w ith an advisor, e m ail studentinfo@ marylhurst edu or ca ll 5 0 3 .6 9 9 .6 2 6 8 ★ us News & World Report BEST COLLEGES 2 0 0 5 "Number one in Northwest for small classes" M A R Y L H U R S T U N IV E R S IT Y JUST 10 MINUTES SOUTH OF PORTLAND N o rth w est Commission on Colleges an d Universities accredited 1 7 6 0 0 PACIFIC HIGHWAY (HWY. 4 3 ) MARYLHURST, OREGON Serving students since 18 93. w w w .m arylh u rst.e d u 8 0 0 .6 3 4 .9 9 8 2 .from Front But this newspaper, which is committed to diversity in Portland, has never received any outreach information about recruiting people o f color to the Fire Bureau. Sten says he sees this as a missed op portunity. “That shows to me that the folks doing the outreach are missing a really obvious opportunity,” said VICTORY Middle School At the Blazers Boys & Girls Club 5250 NE MLK (Near Killingsworth) (503) 789-9099 Sten. “I’m not satisfied with our efforts today but 1 think we are making progress.” The reputation of the bureau was damaged in 2(X)2 when the city settled a claim by African-Ameri can firefighter Rick Fizer, who was awarded $ I (X),(MX) for suffering rac ist and sexual remarks and pranks on the job. He worked at the fire station on North Going Street, just off Interstate Avenue. Shortly after the settlement, acon- sultingfirmconductedasurvey about the cultural climate of the bureau. More than half of department em ployees responded that an exclu sive. white culture exists within the bureau and 20 percent reported that the bureau tolerated racist jokes. Some of the recommendations resulting from the survey results have still not been implemented, insiders say. A steering com mittee Call Center to Occupy Neglected Site continued from Front with Fred Meyer, then A lbertson's, fell through. Details for the new plans will be dis cussed during a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Oregon Associa tion o f Minority Entrepreneurs. 4134 N. Vancouver Ave. "W e are 95 percent confident of this,” PDC executive director Don Mazziotti told the commission. "W e want to get to I (X) percent." PDC staffer Michael McElwee adm it ted that the call center will bring no new jobs to the area, as they are all currently filled at a site west of Portland, but that they would become available to north- 6th & 7th Grade In te r sta te F ir e h o u se C u ltu ra l C e n te r Come Join Us Today presents Adding 8th Grade Next Year (2005-06) KWANZAA EXHIBITION Great Academics! 2004 We showed 8 months of gin In just over 4 months last spring! Parents bring Families to Victory for a Great Learning Experience We educate children from “Where they are now!” We address strengths to meet every child’s needs. 15:1 Student to Teacher Ratio! Certified teachers team with registered teachers Even one classroom teacher has a doctorate degree! Kwanza a Tuition is FREE! C elebrating the 7 P rinciples D ecember 2 - 31, 2004 F irst T hursday O pening 5:30 • 7:30 pm Excellent Behavior! Come see for yourself Come in anytime: 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM lllllllll IFCCs 12th Annual Kwamaa Exhibition featuring Portland s Community of African American Artists Silas Clark C Terrance Burton. William Rutherford. Sharon Duracy. Mufu Ahmed and Roslyn Hill Gallery Hours Tuesday - Friday 9 00 AM - 6 00 PM & Saturday 12 00 PM - 4 00 PM Kuumba Celebration D ecember 31, 2004 10:00 For Regular Students! Most special needs students are also accepted An Equal Opportunity for A ll Victory Middle SchtNil admits students o f any rate, color, nationality and ethnic origin lo all ihe rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school was formed to field those recom mendations but some supervisors still have not received the advised 16 hours of training to handle ha rassment complaints. But according to Sten, a new day is coming for the bureau, proving the bureau provides inclusiveness for all. “Y ou’re going to continue to see the fire bureau get more and more diverse," he said. am - 3:00 pm Celebrating the Harvest with workshops storytelling, drumming and culminating in the Karamu Feast Info: 503-823-4322 or info@i(cc-arts org IFC C Gallery, 5340 N Interstala Ave, Portland, OR 07203 Made possible by the generous support of Portland Parks and Recreation and Regional Arts and Culture Council east Portland residents over time. He said the jobs would be "family wage," paying more than $14 an hour. Timothy Ray acknowledged the difficul ties the development team had encoun tered in trying to make the project work. "To refer to a call center as an anchor doesn’t fit my idea of an anchor," Ray said. "People want something they can walk to and use. I think Northeast Portland deserves more," especially at this "key piece o f property." Leary expects economic benefits from the presence of call center em ployees on site. "It’s a very good first step,” he said. "W ithout this in place, achieving our objective would be even more chal lenging.” "This is the best Plan B that could still be a catalyst,” PDC chair Matt Hennessee said. King Neighborhood Association member and nearby resident Jennifer Jordee-Borquist disagreed. I would prefer for the property to be vacant four more years than some thing the neighbors neither want nor need,” she said. Former King Neighborhood Asso ciation chair Fred Stewart told the Port land Observer that a sim ilar strategy had been pursued with the Walnut Park Center, the former Fred Meyer store that was turned into a new North east Police Precinct providing support for retail shops around it. The strategy was a failure for eco nomic development. Stewart says, and shouldn’t be repeated. Told o f Stew art's com ments, Leary says, “These are two totally different efforts undertaken at different times." The cal I center promises to have a work force that lives in the com munity and works on site rather than using it as a place to check in, he says. With regard to realizing the project’s original dream he says, "W e re closer to that opportunity than ever before."
