OREGON DAILY Emerald DAILYEMERALD . COM THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SINCE 1900 VOL. 112, ISSUE 30 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010 DELLINGER INVITATIONAL ELECTIONS VOLLEYBALL PREPARES FOR CIVIL WAR HOME MATCH Ducks set to take part in lone home meet Look for coverage of the SPORTS | PAGE 7 Saturday at Alton Baker Park U.S. Representative race ARGENTINA’S SECRET WAR SPORTS | PAGE 5 in Monday’s Emerald OPINION | PAGE 2 SAFETY HIGHER EDUCATION Financial All clear in Chapman aid office DPS, EPD raced to investigate a suspicious package early Thursday, found it non-hazardous MAT WOLF flooded with NEWS REPORTER A police bomb squad rushed to the scene of a suspicious package discovered inside Chapman Hall early fall requests Thursday morning. Department of Public Safety first responded to the inci- Confusing FAFSA process requires dent at approximately 6:30 a.m. and proceeded to create a se- curity perimeter around portions of East 13th Avenue and the attention to receive funding on time adjacent Johnson Hall parking lot. 13th Avenue was closed to most traffic. An unidentified custodial worker called it in. STEFAN VERBANO NEWS REPORTER Two members of the Eugene Police Department’s Explosive Disposal Unit and an on-duty patrol member arrived just Several students started the term without before 7 a.m. financial aid money. DPS Capt. Ed Rinne said that the item was a large and un- At this point in the 2010-11 academic year, marked cardboard box wrapped with duct tape that leaned the University has received 38,877 Free Applica- against the side of a student desk in room 207. It was later tion for Federal Student Aid submissions from determined that it was a package intended to be mailed. prospective and enrolled undergraduate, gradu- “Our officers assessed it and inspected it and determined ate and law students, which is up from 30,144 that the best course of action was to contact the Eugene last year. The number of students who actually Police Department’s explosives unit,” Rinne said. enrolled in the financial aid program is hover- The suspicious package was later determined to be non- ing around 13,000, an increase of nearly 1,000 hazardous, and an e-mail alert was sent out through cam- applicants from the 2009-10 year. pus e-mails around 10:00 a.m. stating the building was safe The Office of Student Financial Aid disclosed to re-enter. that Pell Grant recipients alone have risen from Because of the early morning nature of the event, only 4,165 last year to 4,575 as of Wednesday night. four classes were affected. Confusion on the part of students regarding University spokesperson Julie Brown said the University’s the intricacies of the application process for aid emergency text message system was not used because this has left some without supplementary funds to was not a confirmed threat as determined by DPS and EPD. pay tuition and other expenses. Few staff members outside of the custodial staff respon- University senior Samantha Rood, a biology sible for discovering the package were in the building at major, just received her loans last weekend, and the time. said that her application was so delayed that Rinne said that the individual responsible for leaving the she was forced to employ the help of her fam- package did so with no malicious intent, and it was honest ily and take out an emergency loan through the mistake on the unidentified individual’s part. Billing Office. “The student felt bad, and I guess he was going to mail the “They specifically said to me that they were package, but forgot about it and left it there last night,” Rinne not going to be able to process my loan because said. “If there’s a suspicious package though like this one, their office was so overworked,” Rood said. “I based on the way it was found, it’s in everyone’s best interest had to rely on family members to get (my) first to notify authorities.” few weeks of rent paid for in the beginning of the EPD spokesperson Jenna McCulley would not confirm school year.” DPS’s conclusion but said EPD concluded the package was As of Tuesday, University junior David Shin, a business administration major, was still IVAR VONG PHOTO EDITOR PACKAGE A K-9 officer leaves Chapman Hall after shutting down the building and closing off East 13th FINANCIAL AID CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Avenue for nearly two hours. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 STATE Kitzhaber, Chris Love Dudley speak for state Civil Rights Day President Lariviere pledged University Industry Brad Avakian, Portland businessman then there simply is no room for discrimination Sho Dozono and University Vice President of In- of any kind.” commitment to equal education stitutional Equity and Diversity Charles Martinez, After reading her husband’s letter to the civil KAITLIN FLANIGAN among others. rights luncheon, Chris Love Dudley left to go NEWS EDITOR Although both Kitzhaber and Dudley were back home to her children in Lake Oswego. Some of the University’s and the state’s billed to speak at the forum, they did not speak Kitzhaber, who arrived almost two hours late, celebrities gathered in the Club Room at Autzen with each other because of diverging schedules. outlined his plans for helping decrease the gap Stadium Thursday to commemorate and discuss Gubernatorial candidate Dudley did not attend between whites and minorities, and said that Oregon’s first Civil Rights Day. because of scheduling conflicts. education was at the root of closing the gap. He CHRIS LOVE JOHN Gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber and The forum started out with much celebration argued that public education is the key to unlock- DUDLEY KITZHABER Chris Love Dudley, wife of gubernatorial candi- for the progress made by the U.S. and Oregon ing the American Dream, and said that the odds WIFE OF REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC date Chris Dudley, were invited to speak on be- in championing civil rights; however, a somber against minority children can be traced to socio- CANDIDATE CANDIDATE half of Civil Rights Day, which was signed into tone infused the luncheon as speakers remind- economic risk factors, including homelessness, law by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. The day was sup- ed attendees that not enough was being done poverty and hunger. in people.” ported by a luncheon, which was followed by a for equality. “As long as our youth of color are dispropor- Avakian, whose Bureau of Labor and Indus- forum hosted by the Oregon League of Minor- “I see an Oregon where elected leaders put tionately represented ... then we have not come tries investigates and prosecutes discrimination ity Voters. Speakers at the forum included not partisanship aside and do what is best for our far enough,” Kitzhaber said, adding that the cases, created the Oregon Council on Civil Rights only Dudley and Kitzhaber, but also Eugene citizens,” Chris Love Dudley said, reading from government putting money into state services Mayor Kitty Piercy, University President Richard gubernatorial candidate Dudley’s letter to the au- will help the economy. “Investing in the work- CIVIL RIGHTS DAY Lariviere, Oregon Commissioner of Labor and dience. “If Oregon is to live up to its potential, force, education and families is an investment CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 VISIT US ONLINE READ OUR BLOGS FOLLOW US ON TWITTER FORECAST Log onto dailyemerald.com to get Visit blogs.dailyemerald.com @DAILYEMERALD TODAY TOMORROW news updates, watch multimedia for extended coverage of @ODESPORTS High: 61 Low: 36 High: 60 Low: 36 and listen to weekly podcasts campus and community news @ODE PHOTO Chance showers Fog TALK TO US OPINION Editor Limit submissions to 850 words. Submissions should include Tyree Harris name, phone number and address. The Emerald reserves the right [email protected] to edit all submissions. One submission per person per calendar month. 541-346-5511 x321 STIRRING UP DEBATE AND STIMULATING DISCUSSION ON CAMPUS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010 LETTER TO THE EDITOR THE DIRT MOPPER | MARK COSTIGAN RENEWABLE ENERGY MORE EXPENSIVE Argentine secret war breaks family apart It is tragic that neither Chris Dudley nor John Editor’s note: This column reflects the story of an Argentine wom- story is far from uncommon in Latin America. In fact, CIA School of Kitzhaber are informed enough and/or honest an who “disappeared” between 1978 and 1982. It is part two of a the Americas’ torture and military methods claimed roughly 60,000 enough to admit the truth about the renewable two-part series. lives throughout the continent just a few decades ago. energy fad, which has now become an insane Ana stared at her scars during breakfast. They are a grim re- The Dirty War of Argentina occurred during the Cold War, when national hysteria. Dudley has a windmill icon on minder of the mornings she spent in a straight jacket next to an the United States and Russia were trying to spread their political his web site, and Kitzhaber has solar panels and electric prod. beliefs among the world. windmills showcased on his TV commercials. The Each day she walks the city streets, a “leper” to the neighbors This was not a war between two enemies; it was an armed national average cost for producing energy with who know her survival story. struggle between capitalism and communism. MARK COSTIGAN solar panels is 40 cents per kilowatt hour, and be- Democracy had been restored in Argentina. A renewed hope is After thousands were kidnapped and murdered in the name of is a junior from cause of Eugene’s high latitude and cloudy weath- among its people, and the Montonero guerillas have become noth- suppressing communist beliefs, many Latin Americans found them- New Canaan, er, the cost of solar power in Eugene is about 60 ing but an unwritten chapter in the history books.