The Beacon
Volume %. No. 6 Portland. Oregon _ October 7. 1993
University denied expansion
Approved expansion area:
Requested expansion; —
Iv MICHELLE KLAMPE _
ssf. News Editor
The University was denied its
roposed eight-block expansion last
Tiursday when Land Use Hearings
)fficer Elizabeth Norm and released
ler decision on the University’s
das ter Plan.
Normand said, “The University
las not provided substantial evi-
tenceto justify a Master Plan bound-
iry that includes 30 additional acres
>f stable residential neighborhood.”
The37-pagedocumentapproves
he Master Plan but includes sev-
;ral conditions relating to expan-
;ion, parking, and special event and
raffle management
The University was granted a
me-and-a-half-block expansion
iorth to Van Houten Street. This
expansion is designated for aca-
iemic and administrative offices
md playing fields.
The University also asked for
hree additional parking lots in the
xoposed expansion area. Only one
parking lot was approved. It will
provide approximately 80 spaces
dong McCosh Street.
Normand said the proposed
parking lots could not be approved
because the location of the lots im¬
plies they’re intended for special
event parking rather than for daily
student parking. The parking lot on
McCosh Street could be approved
because its location makes it con¬
ducive to daily use.
Normand said that with some
additional planning, more spaces
could be created on the existing
campus. Because only a small por¬
tion of the area will be used for
parking lots, a much smaller expan¬
sion area is justified.
Even though the University
owns a majority of the property
along Willamette Boulevard— be¬
tween Monteith and McKenna and
between Van Houten, Warren, and
Monteith along the bluff —
Normand felt these areas did not
need to be included in the approved
expansion area.
This area will remain residential
for the duration of the Master Plan,
so there is no reason to include
these properties in the boundary,
said Normand. Master Plan Steer¬
ing Committee President David
Soloos said, "Just because someone
owns property doesn’t mean you
can discount the livability of the
neighborhood."
Another condition issued by
Normand was that the University
must replace lost housing units.
Houses that are tom down or con¬
verted to offices must be replaced.
For every house that is tom down,
five dorm rooms must be added
elsewhere.
Limitations were also placed on
the numberof concurrentevents the
University can hold. The Univer¬
sity cannot hold more than oneevent
with more than 1,000 people at¬
tending. If they do hold concurrent
events, the total number of people
attending cannot exceed 2,000.
The University must notify the
Portland Bureau of Planning and
the Office of Transportation if the
on-campus enrollment of 3,000 is
exceeded by more than three per
cent at any time, or by any amount
for more than two consecutive se¬
mesters, said Normand.
A Transportation Demand Man¬
agement Plan and a Special Events
Management Plan must also be
implemented. The University must
make annual reports to the Office of
Transportation, theUniversity Park
Neighborhood Association, and the
North Portland Citizens’ Commit¬
tee.
The University’s Executive V ice
President, Arthur Schulte, declined
to comment on the decision. He
said he would like to wait until the
University’s Master Plan commit¬
tee has met to decide which direc¬
tion to take.
Soloos was pleased with the
hearings officer’s decision. “We
basically put our faith in the pro¬
cess,” said Soloos, “and worked
from there.”
Soloos said that over al 1 the plan
wasdealt with well. Soloos said his
committee has made no plans to
appeal the decision.
“Our work is done,” said Soloos
of the MPSC. “We’re just here to
fill the communication component
now.” Soloos said he would like to
continue to strengthen the relation¬
ship between the neighborhood and
the University.
All appeals to the City Council
must be filed by Oct 14, 1993.
Newsweek Bureau Chief to offer insight on
Eastern Europe
Gay/Lesbian Club denied recognition
by DAVID BARTON _
Managing Editor
Andrew Nagorski, Newsweek
magazine’s Warsaw bureau chief,
will speak about Central Europe on
Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in the
Buckley Center Auditorium.
The University’s Honors Pro¬
gram scheduledNagorski’sappear-
ance to coincide with the release of
his new book on Eastern Europe,
entitled The Birth of Freedom.
James S tender, the Honors Program
advisor, expects Nagorski to cover
current Russian events in his pre¬
sentation.
“Newsweek considers him one
of their premier persons on Rus¬
sia,” said Stemler.
The award-winning journalist
was in Moscow this week reporting
for Newsweek. Stemler said that
even if Nagorski does not mention
the Russian crisis in his speech, the
audience will have the opportunity
to ask questions during an open
forum.
Nagorski frequently appears as
a guest expert on the “MacNeil/
Leher NewsHour” and “Face the
Nation,” reporting extensively on
the post-Communist political, eco¬
nomic and social trends in the re¬
gion. His previous Soviet experi¬
ences are recorded in the book. Re¬
luctant Farewell: An American
Reporter' s Candid Look Inside the
Soviet Union.
Administration says
club contradicts church
teachings
By Ashley Clemente-Totlns _
5ЧП
Writer
The University administration
has told a group of gay, lesbian and
bisexual students that they can’t
form a club on campus.
At a meeting last Thursday, Guy
Sievert, vice president for student
services, told representatives of the
group that the proposed club “goes
against Catholic values.” He added,
however, that the University is will¬
ing to help the students become
accepted by others on campus and
that he will do what he can “for all
students within the bounds of being
a Catholic university.”
A club isn’t necessary for the
needs of the students to be addressed,
he added.
Sophomore Jeff Conn, aspokes-
person for the group, said he in¬
tends to speak with University Presi¬
dent David Tyson, C.S.C., about
“what authority the University has
outside the Catholic Church.”
Conn said the group needs the
club in order to sponsor public
events for other students to attend
and to have “more of an impact on
the University.”
Although an existing gay and
lesbian support group “serves a cru¬
cial role,” he said, a club would
provide a public forum for the group.
Conn added that he was told that
the Pope himself intervened at
Georgetown University to forbid a
similar group from forming. Al¬
lowing a club al UP would show
“you can be Catholic and not feel
how the Pope feels,” he said.
Explaining the Church’s posi¬
tion, Sievert said, “the problem is
not being gay but being sexually
active in a way that doesn ’ t perpetu¬
ate life.” Living out sexuality out¬
side the bounds of marriage is
againsttheCatholicChurch’s teach¬
ing, he said.
If the club were allowed to form,
it would “eventually be asking us to
do something we just can’t do,”
Sievert added.
But Sievert stressed that he
wanted students “to feel secure and
free of hate and discrimination” on
the campus. Concerns of gays and
lesbianscan beeffectively presented
through Dedicatory Topic events
this year and through other forums
and discussion groups, he said.
The Beacon
will not be
published next
week for fall
break. The
next issue will
be Oct. 21
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