Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 08, 1989, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextRiot Continued from PaK<* 8 tered at the feet of officers and students being interviewed by journalists. Frequent pops from breaking bottles could la- heard for about an hour after the first officers arrived. The police also were verbally insulted by the crowd One stu dent veiled "Fuck off cops!" and others repeatedly chanted "Assholes!" Another student tried to as sign political significance to the event "It's Chicago OH all over again!" he screamed, re ferring to demonstrations that year at the Democ ratic National Convention. According to several students at the scene, the party atmos phere was fueled by the warm night air. the conclusion of midterm exams and celebration of Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican national holiday. koch said announcements that there were to be parties at 14th Avenue and Ferry Street were made Friday afternoon during Cinco de Mayo festivi ties at El Torito Restaurant k Cantina. 1003 Valley River Way. "I’m sure it spread through the dorms and Creek houses like wildfire." she said "Peo ple hear the word ’keg’ and it probably ballooned to 40 kegs when it was actually just a few.'' "I think the weather had a lot to do with it." said Hickey. “People are tired of going to bars when it's warm out." "People just started going crazy, throwing bottles at cops."said Eric Green, a senior who lives in the area "People were throwing them from lie hind trees, houses and cars It was a peaceful night It just got out of control,” he said. Some students disagreed with the way police handled the incident "I understand they were trying to do their job. but they gave no forewarning of what the\ were doing They just marched right into the cjrowd." complained Hannah “There were no flashing lights, no nothing It was like a SWAT team coming through University telecommumi a lions and film senior Daniel Dougherty s.iid he was ap proached bv several offii ers who ordered him to leave "I turned around and this cop started jamming me in the bac k with his night stick." Dougher ty said. "1 told him to stop and chill out or I would sue him for police brutality.'' Dougherty said he saw anoth er officer strike a man in the knee with a baton "The guy he hit was about five feet from me and was cooperating, but they still hit him,” he said However, parti hosts Frasse and l.orson said the police, though a "bit slow" in re spending, were "e\i client "I felt bad for the policeman They got roasted People were being really disrespectful.” Koch said Wessel Is ^on,'nut*d from Page 1 ful to the wholt' thing.’' he said. Wessells said he has been meeting with the University's deans to discuss possible cuts in specific programs and ser vices for next year "This way. if the worst comes in July. we’ll la* ready." he said However. Wessells refused to identify specific programs or servii es that the adminis (ration is considering for elimination "It simply wouldn't help anything be cause with luck, not inm h of it's going to happen." he said Wessells will make the final dec isions on which programs and services are call, accord ing to Human Development Dean Celeste Ulrich. "The deans of the different schools are to explain their colleges the liest they can to the provost and then sup port tiie provost’s decision." she said "Hut we have too many ifs right now to know what the outcome w ill be." School of Music Dean Her nard IXibro.ski said he will not allow music programs to lie eliminated. "I refuse to believe we can func tion oil a penny less than we have;." Dobroski said "If programs are cut. I’ll replace them by funding from outside sources, like; benefit concerts at Beall Hall." Wessells said he- hopes re Norman Weasel Is stricted enrollment will elimi nate some of the burden of cutting programs “If we had an enrollment of I8.54fi last September, wn're aiming at IH.000 for September of H'i and 17.BOO for September of 1990.” he said "The people of this state have essentially spoken through their legislators that this is the amount of money that we re going to give to higher education, and t li.it amount of money will only educate a certain number of students. The enrollment restru tions will apply to incoming fresh men. transfer students and community education stu dents. VYessells said "We'll also look somewhat harder at students in a« .idem ic difficulty.” he said "We've been pretty sympa thetic to them up to mm but they’re taking a place up for some qualified students who ( annot he admitted In addition to enrollment restrictions, some nun-ten ured faculty positions may Im eliminated during the next two years. Wessells said We're doing everything we conceivably can to avoid it. but it could happen." he said. "It we have to cut junior faculty positions. I just hope that the reductions in enroll moot will mean that the tenching done by the remain ing senior faculty is not going to have to go up,” he said However, Wessells said the University will not perma nently hire more Graduate Teat lung Fellows to take over increased workloads "In a given discipline, in a given department, in a given year or ti\o. that might have to happen just In-cause of en rollment pressure." he said "Hut it certainly will not he the case that a higher pmpor lion of undergraduate courses will la- taught In non proles sorial fat tiItx "That would affect the quality ot education, and as a researt h university vve light against that '' he said UO-Bookstore //SANSUI The Art of Sound //SANSUI RZ-5000 Stereo Receiver • Multi voltage • Remote controlled • 60 watts per channel LIST 470 00 JOfSANSUI RZ-3000 Stereo Receiver • Multi voltage • Remote controlled • 50 watts per channel LIST 37500 gf SANSUI RZ-1000 Stereo Receiver • Multi voltage • 30 station presets • 32 watts per channel LIST 285 00 So®* /STSANSUI CD X510M Twin Compact Disc • Two 6-disc magazines • Two D/A converters • 2x oversampling LIST 630 00 &SANSUI CD-X30H Compact Disc Player 2x oversampling • 2 D/A converters • Remote controlled LIST 330 00 //SANSUI DX30HR Auto Reverse Cassette • Dolby B C HXPro • 20 song aulo search • Computerized bias tuning LIST 390 00 ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT uo BOOiSTOAl 1 )•» t > 4» l' |j M ' ' u ‘ «. | SAT «0<X'*.0»H|I M6 4)31