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Fred Meyer
What's on your list today?,
UO President Fired
His work for
diversity had
supporters
T he President o f the U niversity
o f O regon w on praise from m em bers
o f P o rtla n d ’s A frica n -A m e ric an
com m unity for his w ork to increase
diversity at O re g o n ’s largest public
university, but that w a sn ’t enough
to keep his jo b .
The state Board o f H igher E duca­
tio n v o te d to re lie v e R ic h a rd
Lariviere o f his position on D ec. 28,
saying he fought to advance U O at
the expense o f the state's other un i­
versities.
Last spring, Lariviere w on acco ­
lades from local A frican A m erican
leaders for a new program g u aran ­
teeing free tuition to the U O for low
and m id d le school g ra d u a tes at
Jefferso n H igh S ch o o l. He also
w orked to bring diversity to the UO
by relying less on test scores and
m ore on a stu d en t’s life experience.
“O regon is silencing one o f the
exceptional voices in this state that
has w orked hard for in clu sio n ,”
P ortland A frican-A m erican b u si­
ness leader Faye B urch said M o n ­
day. “ E ducation can be one o f those
things that divides us o r brings us
together, and we are all b etter o ff
b ecau se P resid e n t L ariv iere has
University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere acknowledges the
student section atAutzen Stadium before their NCAA football
game against Oregon State in Eugene on Saturday. (AP photo)
chosen the latter.”
T h e b o a rd 's u n a n im o u s v o te
cam e after passionate pleas from
faculty, students and o th er su p ­
porters w ho begged board m em ­
bers to delay a decision.
L ariviere listened quietly and did
not show em otion as board m em ­
bers read statem ents explaining their
decision.
"I have n ev er understood the
argum ent that a strong U niversity
o f O regon was bad fo r the un iv er­
sity system ," he said.
Lariviere had hoped to stay on
until his contract expires at the end
o f June, but O regon U niversity S ys­
tem C hancellor G eorge P em steiner
recom m ended that he be term inated
sooner, and the board agreed.
M ore than a dozen L ariviere sup­
porters told board m em bers that the
president has im proved the un iver­
sity trem en d o u sly in his 2 1/2-year
tenure, and his o u ster w ould halt
progress, resigning the university
to m ediocrity.
Lariviere has said he's being tar­
geted because o f a difference of
opinion over the future o f w hat he
view s as O regon's flagship univer­
sity. H e's butted heads w ith the
board and the g o v ern o r this year
o v er his fight to give the school
m ore independence.
Several o f L ariviere's supporters
c o n tin u e d
on p a g e 5
Com m unity Forum to A ddress Gangs
by M indy C ooper
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C lassifieds
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D ecember C alendar page 15
F o o d
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T he P ortland O bserver
Y o u th g a n g v io le n c e w ill be
th e s u b je c t o f a p u b lic fo ru m at
J e f f e r s o n h ig h s c h o o l o n T h u r s ­
d a y , D e c . 1.
T h e g o a l is to g iv e c itiz e n s ,
p a re n ts a n d s tu d e n ts a n o p p o r ­
tu n ity to s h a re th e ir e x p e r ie n c e s ,
s p e a k th e ir m in d s a n d d is c u s s
p o s s ib le s o lu tio n s to g a n g - r e ­
la te d v io le n c e th a t h a s ta k e n th e
liv e s o f n in e y o u n g p e o p le in
th e la s t y e a r.
“ U ltim a te ly it is g o in g to be
th e id e a s b u n d lin g u p fro m th e
c o m m u n ity th a t w ill h e lp s o lv e
th is p ro b le m in th e lo n g r u n ,”
s a id H e n ry S te rn , a s p o k e s p e r ­
s o n f o r M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty .
“ T h e fo ru m is try in g to fin d a
b u n c h o f w a y s to c o n n e c t p e o p le
th r o u g h o u t th e c o m m u n ity u n ­
d e r o n e r o o f .”
T h e e v en t has b een o rg a n iz e d
to fo ste r n e tw o rk in g o p p o rtu n i­
tie s w h e re p e o p le can learn how
to su p p o rt a safe fu tu re fo r y o u th
an d g et c o n n e c te d w ith c o m m u ­
n ity g ro u p s th a t o rg a n iz e a n ti­
g a n g o u tre a c h e ffo rts , like p ra y e r
an d su p p o rt g ro u p s, fo o t p a tro ls,
re m o v in g g ra ffiti, an d m e n to rin g
an d c o a c h in g y o u n g p e o p le.
“ F e a r is s o m e th in g th a t n e e d s
to b e a d d re s s e d fro m th e s ta n d ­
p o in t o f w h a t w e c a n d o p o s i­
tiv e ly to fin d w a y s to p r o d u c ­
tiv e ly p u t p e o p le in to s itu a tio n s
w h e re th e y c a n fe e l lik e th e y a re
p o w e re d to d o s o m e th in g ,” s a id
S te rn . “ H o p e fu lly th e fo ru m w ill
h e lp r e s id e n ts s a y , ‘R a th e r th a n
b e in g s c a re d , m a y b e I c a n w o rk
w ith p e o p le o r b e c o m e a c o a c h
o f y o u n g m e n a n d w o m e n .’”
A ll a re w e lc o m e to a tte n d th e
fo ru m , w h ic h is o r g a n iz e d by
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty D e p a rtm e n t
o f C o m m u n ity J u s tic e , th e c ity
o f P o r tla n d a n d s e v e ra l c o m m u ­
n ity p a r tn e r s .
“G angs
a re
o u r e n tire
c o m m u n ity ’s p ro b le m ,” said C arl
G o o d m a n , a s s is ta n t d ir e c to r o f
th e M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty D e p a r t­
m e n t o f C o m m u n ity J u s t i c e .
“ A n d s o lv in g th e c o m p le x p r o b ­
le m o f g a n g s w ill re q u ire a ll o f us
to w o rk to g e th e r o n fin d in g s o ­
l u tio n s .”
T he event will be held from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m. in the JH S auditorium .