Moped abuses ‘biggest hazard’ on campus
By Diana Elliott
Of the Emerald
Motorized two-wheeled
vehicles darting down
sidewalks and through the
blockaded portion of 13th
Avenue, have become the “big
gest hazard to pedestrians on
campus,” says R. D. Tanner,
the University’s public safety
director.
“I’m just worried there’s go
ing to be a serious accident.
There are so many pedestrians
and bicyclists in that area that
someone’s bound to get hit,”
Tanner says. “Getting hit by a
moped is much more serious
than getting hit by a bicycle,
and we’ve had plenty of (bicy
cle accidents).”
Scooter riding is forbidden
along the pedestrian and bicy
cle strip of 13th Avenue, bet
ween the EMU and the Univer
sity Bookstore. In other places,
scooter riders must abide by the
same regulations as bicyclists.
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‘‘And this is no secret,” Tan
ner says. ‘‘We’ve posted signs
all over, and I just don’t see how
we can make it any more plain.
‘‘People always think the
rules are for others, and don’t
apply to them, but they apply to
everyone,” he adds.
A $10 reckless driving cita
tion is the cost for malicious
motor scooter riders, but efforts
to enforce the rules have been
hampered because campus
security is short staffed, Tanner
says.
‘‘We normally have three full
time bicycle enforcers who ex
clusively patrol those areas
(below the EMU and 13 th
Avenue), but all of those of
ficers had to be reassigned to
work in the science area with
the asbestos problem,” he says.
Regardless of the temporary
staff reduction, campus security
is on the lookout for malicious
motor scooter riders, issuing
citations and warnings to
violators of the rules.
But Tanner says the problem
is hard to stop. “It’s hard to
chase a moped on foot."
And, he adds, most of those
who have been caught by cam
pus security have gotten off
with a warning.
Students, as well as security
officers, are annoyed by
malicious motor scooter riders.
“They’re dangerous,
especially when they weave in
and out of people walking
around the dorm area,” says
sophomore Patty Burel.
EMU board elects members
The EMU board of directors
spent little time Tuesday after
noon debating the pros and
cons of selecting Mark Nallia as
their chair and Margie Boyd as
the Board’s vice chair, giving
both a unanimous vote of
approval.
Nallia, a student-at-large
representative on the Board,
also served as chair during the
summer session. Boyd was
placed on the Board last
Wednesday as one of the two
ASUO student-at-large ap
pointees, and Debra Kester, a
graduate student studying in
dustrial relations, is the other
ASUO-elected representative.
The Board began the meeting
with a reading of summer ses
sion activities, including the
approval of the soon-to-be in
stalled automated bank teller on
the outside of the EMU by the
Fishbowl. The Far West Federal
Bank is paying for the installa
tion, which should be com
pleted by the end of October.
Adell McMillan, director of
the EMU. said the teller will
provide access to approximately
50 regional banks besides Far
West Federal.
Other business approved by
the Board during summer in
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The University of Oregon Foundation’s Annual
Fund is launching its annual telefund on Monday,
October 8, in order to meet this year’s telefund goal
of $125,000. Joe Farmer, Annual Fund Director, is
inviting student organizations to provide the ma
jority of the volunteers required to make the calls
to alumni across the United States and ask for sup
port of the Annual Fund.
The calling will take place for thirty nights on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday even
ings from October 8 through December 3. Student
organizations are being asked to provide thirty
volunteers for each evening.
Each evening the callers will meet in the Bean
Complex Telefund Center for refreshments and a
brief orientation by the Foundation staff at 6:00
p.m. The calling will begin at 6:30 p.m. and con
tinue until 9:15 p.m.
Student organizations providing volunteers will
compete for three cash prizes. There will be first,
second and third place cash gifts of $300, $200 and
$100, respectively. The prizes will be awarded to
the student organizations that acquire the largest
number of pledges in one night. Each student
organization participating will be eligible for one
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and calling until 9:00 p.m. If an organization pro
vides thirty callers and wins first place, they will
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Telefunds not only provide gifts to the University,
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munication for alumni. Many of the alumni have
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There have also been com
plaints about motorbikes parked
on sidewalks. But Tanner says
there's no need for this because
a new area outside of Condon
Hall has been established for
motorbikes.
“We’ve even created an area
next to the west stands of
Hayward Field where dorm
residents can park, to keep their
(motorized) bikes off the
street,” he adds.
As Campus Security boosts its
efforts to reduce the motorbike
problems, another element will
soon solve the problem, Burel
says.
“I don’t think mopeds will be
around for much longer this
year,” she says. “Once it starts
raining, they won’t be out.”
eluded a $6,000 allocation of
EMU reserve funds for im
provements in the EMU’s
energy efficiency, McMillan
said. The project is the result of
an energy audit done in
February, at which time energy
consultants found more than
$78,000 worth of needed im
provements, mostly in the
lighting systems. Bonneville
Power Administration will pay
for $72,000 of the audit bill.
Upon official approval by the
Campus Planning Committee,
the EMU will also undergo $1.7
million worth of renovations in
the older areas of the building,
including the Ballroom and the
main lobby, McMillan says.
In current affairs, the Board
approved the "open mike"
series, which will be held in
front of the EMU Fishbowl once
a week through the Nov. 6 elec
tions, and twice weekly after
that.
The EMU Board is presently
seeking two representatives
from EMU-funded programs
and one person from an ASUO
funded program to serve on the
Board. The three positions are
each one-year terms. Interested
persons should contact Nallia at
the EMU Board office in Suite 4,
EMU. Deadline for applications
is Oct. 26.
Footnotes
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“In the past some footnote
takers have been poorly
qualified or marginally
qualified,” Attneave says.
Students, the primary con
sumers of the note-taking ser
vice, sometimes agree with this
belief.
“It’s a good project because
when you miss a class you can
get the notes, but the quality
depends upon who takes
them,” says Teri Champion, a
student who has subscribed to
the service.
Most footnote takers;
however, have already taken the
class they are providing foot
notes for or are graduate
students in that field, Schwartz
says. She adds that a final
review of the notes by the in
structors before publication is
encouraged, although few pro
fessors exercise this option.
Journalism Prof. Duncan
McDonald says he has never
had a bad experience with foot
-notes and he feels they can be
useful to students.
“I take a more activist view of
eduction,” he says. “1 feel a
variety of sources help further
an education.”
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