Free classes offer
answers about law
By David Brown
O! the Emerald
Many people — especially
college students — can be vic
tims of ignorance of the law,
says Paul Cossman, a University
law school student
Cossman has responded to
many legal questions during the
free People s Law School
classes sponsored by the
University law school and Lane
County Legal Aid.
Those questions often involve
a legal encounter in the
student's past or a legal right
the student is unaware of,
Cossman says.
In an effort to prevent legal
entanglements, the informal
classes attempt to explain the
law for lay people, according to
the PLS.
The first class of fall session
begins tonight with three law
school students speaking on
how and when to find a lawyer
or legal advisor, the difference
between civil and criminal law,
and how lawsuits work In addi
tion, Cossman will speak about
court systems
Other classes will cover such
topics as presenting a case in
small claims court and the rights
of landlords and tenants
As an example, Cossman
asks how many people living off
campus know landlords must
supply tenants with a number of
services such as grounds
maintainance unless otherwise
stated in a written agreement
separate from the lease
All legal situations are fact
specific.” Laws do not apply as
blanket commandments, notes
Cossman
And knowledge of any law
should be tempered with
understanding. "The law is just
something to revert to if (rela
tions) break down,” Cossman
says
The school eatery to- legal
education needs in the com
munity, says Sue Heinl of Legal
Aid.
"We get a lot of input about
what people would like to see in
the classes," she says. "We're
sort of a local institution now ”
By popular request,
"Cooperatives and Non-Profit
Corporations" is a new class
this fall Some classes change
from one session to another,
Heinl says
The school is in its 11 th year
But attendance started climbing
only after it moved into the
community from campus three
years ago, Heinl says
The two-hour classes meet
every Wednesday at 7 p m in
the Patterson Community
School.
OHSU acquires grant
to set up new program
A $360,000 three-year grant
will help establish a new
master s program at the Oregon
Health Sciences University
School of Nursing
Nursing in Community Health
Care Systems will begin next
f^ll It is designed for nurses
interested in administration,
community health and the
coordination of various health
services, according to Caroline
White, chairer of the School of
Nursing's department of com
munity health systems
White notes students will
learn to create and implement
systems of care to meet the
health needs of various groups
of people, such as school-age
children, the elderly, workers,
mothers and infants and the ill.
The funding allotted for this
year will be used to plan and
develop the progam's cur
r
riculum White says the first
class of nurses will begin in
September 1983.
“Our goal in designing the
courses is for students to
develop understanding about
health and health care, and
practice the skills of research
and systems analysis to test
strategies which nurses can use
to create effective and com
prehensive health care
programs," says White
Content in courses will in
clude community health nurs
ing, nursing administration, and
health policy. Also students may
take classes from other depart
ments in the nursing school.
Field experience will be in
tegrated into the curriculum
with students working in a nurs
ing service organization or a
community or home health
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Study nabs council approval
After an hour-long bandy of
words over proposed restric
tions on Joe Romania Chev
rolet property, the
Fairmount-University Special
Area Study snagged a una
nimous final approval by the
Eugene city council Monday
night
The study sets guidelines tor
further development in the
neighborhood
The proposed restriction, a
site review provision, would
require Romania to acquire
city approval prior to property
development The process
costs $350 and takes 30 to 45
days
Members of the Fairmount
commission, which invested
two years of planning in the
study, testified to the council
that the restrictions were
needed to protect the adjoin
ing neighborhood from noise,
unsightliness and excessive
lighting
Whereas other businesses
along Franklin Boulevard and
the University agreed to site
reviews. Romania did not, tes
tified Don Dumond, University
professor and chairer of the
neighborhood planning com
mission
The finalized provision
should not be so stringent as
to bring hardship on the dea
lership for minor changes,
Emerald photo
A proposal passed unanimously by the Eugene city council will
^strict property development at Joe Romania Chevrolet, which
borders Franklin Blvd.
testified Dumond
"We feel (the provision) res
tricts us from making
improvements on the property
because it adds uncertainty to
the actual cost,” said Steve
Romania, genera! manager
How, when and why to in
voke the restriction would not
be simple. Councilor Brian
Obie argued during an ensu
ing council discussion
"It bothers me to see us
continuously developing res
trictions and standards just
because we have the authority
to do that," he continued
Obie then moved the plan be
adopted with a “further sof
tening" of the proposal word
ing.
But Councilor Gretchen
Miller contended the proposal
already did no more than sug
gest site review be considered
“When I read the definition
of a proposal (in the study), it's
a far cry from zoning property
I think this is more a semantic
problem,” she said
Crime
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knowledgeable '
As with rape, University
students are a prime targets tor
burglaries and thefts, Allison
says
One of the things Allison is
combating right now is the theft
of large amounts of money —
mostly student money from
registration — that is being
stolen from dorm rooms.
According to Allison, the thieves
know this is registration time
and that large amounts of mon
ey will be changing hands. The
thieves also know access to the
dorms is easy and students are
generally pretty careless about
locking their doors
As for personal property, Alli
son says would-be theives also
know students "have nice, ex
pensive things — bikes, stereo
equipment and such.” But, he
adds, students will spend $600
on a bike and $2.50 on a chain
With bikes, Allison stresses
the need tor students to protect
themselves “Students have to
be willing to invest in a compe
tent locking system and use it,"
he says.
Bike theft is no small crime in
Eugene According to Allison,
$239,000 worth of bicycles were
stolen from the "campus com
munity" in 1981.
Last spring, two Emerald staff
members reported on a "class
field experiment,” in which they
"stole” five bikes on and around
the campus. Several of the locks
were cut with a pair of two-foot
long bolt cutters. They -
Students need to take time to be
concerned, Allison says, not
just for themselves but about
others, too.
"I’d take all the false alarms in
the world to catch one bad per
son," Allison says.
If a theft or burglary does oc
cur, the best way to recover the
property is to be able to identify
it "We get people who can't
even remember the brand name
of their bike," he marvels.
But while the brand name is
helpful, serial numbers and/or
an identification number,
engraved on the item, and writ
ten down in a file elsewhere is
the surest way.
Allison says the best number
to use is an Oregon Driver’s
License number, and if one
doesn't drive or has an out-of
state license, the motor vehicles
department will issue them an ID
card with a number.
But aside from any other
method, Allison and Tanner in
sist that students who are aware
of crime and take personal re
sponsibility, for avoiding crime
are the ones most likely to avoid
it.
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