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Thursday. August 6, 1987
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 89. Number 14
Photo b% Shu Shinn C hen
Officer Mike l.arione (left) and fire department offical Gary Treadawav
investigate the automobile that struck and killed three ptnlestrians in a
Sunday accident to determine if automotive failure it ns a factor.
Police continue investigation
of fatal Sunday car accident
By Mike Drummond
(M ihr Kmunld
Police an? continuing their inv*;stijta
tion of th«* car accident that killed three
pedestrians on Franklin Boulevard on
Sunday, but authorities are reluctant to
divulge new information regarding the
case.
Killed were Simon and Beatrice |ulfe
ul West Balm Beach, Fla., and their
niece, Ronnie Lynn Selikson, of Sent
tie. Police initially misidentified
Selikson as the )affes' granddaughter
Tim Birr. Kugene Police public infer
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Accused sexual offender
extradited back to Oregon
By SlRphen Maher
Of lk« tmrrtflil
A former University child care worker
<111 used of sexually abusing three young
girls is awaiting extradition I Mick to
Oregon after being caught attempting to
flee the United States
Brian Sydney Smith, :i.1, remains lodg
ed in the King County (ail in Seattle after
a Lane County sheriff's deputy escorted
him back to the United States from lam
don. Kngland on Sunday. Smith was
charged with violating his Lane County
fail release agreement hy leaving the
country in an attempt to avoid trial, said
Jim Hunt, an assistant Lane County
district attorney.
Smith is a former employee of the
University Child Care and Development
Center Me also is the former dins tor of a
children's program at a local elementary
school and a former employee of Kugerie
laitch hey Inc., an after-school program.
According to I lunt. none of the alleged
sexual abuses occurred at places of
employment
Smith was stopped at London's
Heathrow Airport on July 27 after
customs agents found I-ano County
documents and a letter from Smith's
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Sowards keeps ASUO post
By Carolyn l.amherson
(M I hr l
The AStJO Executive announced
Wednesday Executive Coordinator
Susan Howards will retain her position
for another year.
ASUO President kasey Brooks said
Sowards’ experience in student govern
ment “can't Ik? rninirni/ed." and her ex
perience was a large determinant in
Sowards' rehiring.
“She can go track through four years of
student government, and a lot of the
same issues crop up each year.” Hrooks
said.
Sowards said she was happy to Ik*
rehired. and sees the executive cuor
dinator position ns lining a positive fort u
in student government.
"The continuity, .of this position is
good for student government." slit! said,
and added site is looking forward to an
active and involved year
The Brooks administration will l>e the
fifth ASIIO administration she has work
ed with since she began as executive
coordinator When Brooks' Concerned
Students for Responsive Leadership
coalition look control of the ASUO Kx
ecutive from Students for a Progressive
Adgenda. some observers wondered
whether Sewards would find it difficult
working with a CSRl. administration
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Library makes way for shelving
By Charles Korns
Of I hr t-mrrftld
Nearly 150 study seats in the
University Main Library have
l>een displaced by tin? need of
more shelf space.
According to University
Librarian George Shipman, the
change is necessary to ade
quately centralize the present
( ol lection and to provide space
for new acquisitions, which
amount to at least 40.000
volumes every year. The change
will create almost HIM) new ser
lions of shelving.
The University Administra
tion last spring allocated funds
to purchase the $75.0(H) worth
of gray, steel shelving
The library chose not to add
shelving in the last 12 years,
and the consequence was a vast
number of unshelved books
comparable in mass to "one
large three-story bowl of jelly,"
Shipman said. Many of those
volumes w'ere stored in inap
propriate places such as dor
mitory basements.
"This library is grossly inade
quate.” Shipman said "The
American Library Association
recommends that 25 percent of
a student body can be seated at
any one time in a university's
library facilities." The new loss
of about 140 study seats reduces
the seating capacity of all
University libraries from 11 to 0
percent.
"A negative sol of cir
cumstances led to tin* change,
but it’s far better than decen
tralization," Shipman said The
reduction of study areas will lie
hard on students, "but you
can't wish away 40.01)0 or
50.000 new volumes," lie add
ed "There's going to lie more
crowding at four- and six-place
tables."
Library employees this sum
mer are bus\ setting up 506
shelving units and shifting
books. Most of the changes are
taking place on the second
floor, where only 42 study seats
remain und all of the graduate
study carrels are gone.
Some of the carrels were mov
ed to the third floor, but at least
t>0 were removed entirely. The
remaining LIH are assigned to
graduate students on a priority
basis.
When the transition is com
pleted, each shelf will have a
growing space of 10 inches,
which will allow for new ac
quisitions until tool. when an
overflow is expec ted to occur,
iiy that time a major addition to
the building should be well
under way, Shipman said.
A long-term proposal calls for
an expansion of 150,000 square
feet. The Oregon Legislature
recently approved $780,000 for
planning and progress toward
that goal.
Shipman said only one stu
drill has complained In him.
not aboul the rrduclinn of seals,
hut about the distraction caused
by all the book shifting and
shelf building In late August
and September the second floor
may tie closed to the public, but
reference materials can still be
obtained with staff assistance.
(tidy Andrews, a government
documents reference librarian
on the second floor, said she's
only heard occasional mutter
ing from students but expects a
much greater reaction next
term.
‘‘There'll be a lot of surprised
people fall term," Andrews
said. "I do not like to see the
seating go but until we get a
new facility, that's what we're
going to have to do."
Mary Ann Harman, a Ph.D.
candidate in counseling
psychology, opposes the
changes and says there must
have lieen a (letter alternative
available.
"There's no place for
students in that library and I
think that's absurd." Harman
said. "There's no place for you
to look at a Ixiok; you have to
stand up. carrying all your
materials with you.
"The first priority of a univer
sity library is to serve the
students, not to store books."
she said "They’ve made a deci
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Library workers Rob Rulf and Cynthia Peterson place books on
newly installed shelves in the University Main Library.