Four members of Eugene's Cascadia Media Collective who were in D.C. for the protests report that the crowd was energetic, but not as well organized as demonstrators in the WTO protests in Seattle. The Eugene mayor has issued his agenda for the city and the City Council is starting to work on a list of council goals, but under Eugene's city manager system of government, the agenda of the unelected city manager and his executive staff may be far more important. Currently, Eugene has a larger police department than Salem, a city with a similar crime rate and population. More subsidies for developers. More subsidies for industry.
Executives call for a new economic development strategy for the city.
The city is working on a Metropolitan Open Space study. For example, you can now purchase Hult tickets online. Mass. A mathematician who worked on the Manhattan Project, Dr. Olum became the university's 13th president in April 1981 after serving nine months as acting president. He retired in 1989. Those qualities continued to exemplify his character and his service throughout his years as university president and beyond.