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Hoping to keep the Willamette River free from increase*! hazardous
substances, research park opponents have tiled a ballot initiative to proteit
the riverfront area
Group pushes initiative
Willamette may get protection
By Hon Walker
I merald \ssoi iale t ditor
\ Kugeiie v:t<hip has tiled a revised in
illative measure that aims to proter t the
Willamette Ktvei and the future of tile
Riverfront Research I’.uk could lie at
ter ted d the measure passes
I 'mi ersitv leu student Itan Stutter
and ( iti/ens for Kes|ionsihle l and I se
tiled the initiative \oi I and will i ill
lei t signatures to place it on the May
i itv ballot
It the measure is approved it would
prohibit the use of hazardous and toxic
suhstani I S within iOll feel ot the Wil
l.imette River in i itv limits
It tliev go through with the resean li
park we want to ensure licit the ret rea
(liiir,iI ami natural resource uses there
i i ii lit 1 i oillinile Slot tel .aid
t he resean h park is a joint enterprise
In the University, the citv ol Kllgene
and tile t'tali based liislilutional Devel
opmeul Associates.
Stutter said t urreiit lease agreements
tor the proposed l>7-a( re resean ll park
i outain no language regulating the nia
teriids that would lie usetl tor rescan ll
(It particular concern Stutter said,
was tin- possibility that radiation,
dioxins solvents, r hemicals and In
produr ts used in the area i mild t outain
in,tie the river
l lie initiative would amend the i itv
charter to prohibit uses of hundreds ol
ledcruilv rei ognized hazardous and tox
it suhstani es. as well as am suhstani es
designated as hazardous bv the l.ugene
( itv ( illllll it
The moratorium would target future
activity along the river Ivxisting uses ol
toxir chemicals would not lie affected
bv tile measure, nor would maintenance
and i onstrui turn at tivities. Stottei said
One reason for filing the initiative is
to monitor the tenants that will occupy
11n* n'sciin h park Stutter >.ii«i
"Thr history ol the Silicon \‘.i11«“v
area of ( alilurma shows III,it high In li
oology ( an have a vrrv signilit ant (I'tivi
rnnmrutnl) rlli'it hr said Ur waul
lo havr nonr ol tli.it toxic impai I on thr
Willamette Ko ri
Ihr future ol thr nvrr could dr|irnd
on whuh companies uiovr into Ihr
park. Slottn said \o dclinitr truants
hat r \ rl hrrn sri tirrd
It's criinplrlrls going to depend oil
thr types ol truants II Ur lakr thr post
lion that we ll lakr anvhodv who has
Ihr money wr II hr m trouble Slottn
saiil
There has hern no evident e that
wr II lakr r Iran industry oyrr those that
deal vs tilt hazardous or lovii soli
stain rs
I lie initiative is an updated version ol
a measure tiled last llnrinhrr Ihr
group did not (ollrit signatures a! that
time bn ausr llirv were awaiting a dn i
sum from thr land I'sr Hoard ol \p
peals Stollri said
( )n ( )i t III I.I HA rrjri Iril Ihr appeal
lilril (ointh hs Slottn grographv pro
Irssoi and tie part me nl brad \l Unpili.il'l
and Kamlv Prim r ol Kugimr Slottn
- ini hr tin nil'll not to pursue any tin
ther appeals
"Wr were losing trai k ol Ihr lug issue
ol what land uses tire at t rplablr on thr
Willamette Ktvei hr said
Stoltrr said Ihr prolonged battle with
1.1'HA followed a let linn al and legal
path which strayed from his original in
lent
Hr see this approai h as bring rtln
live whether or not they build a resrari h
park Slottn said
"I'm absolutely in favor ol a compro
inisr with the Kivrrtront Krsrarch
Park "
lorn lo Riverfront, Page 14
Stopping dorm theft
Key lies in prevention
By Alice Thornton
Emerald Reporter
Taking measures to pre
vent theft mat he an incon
venient e for students, but
residents ol the I’niversity's
dormitories are as mui h at
risk .is am member of the
community.
"I o encourage students to
protect their property as
well as themselves. Univer
sits Housing and the Office
of Public Safety are working
together to provide .1 safe en
\ ironment for the almost
3.000 students who live in
the dorms
Suzie Hunter, crime pre
vention officer for the public
safety office, emphasized the
importance of residents be
ing responsible for locking
the doors of their rooms
Lock your dorm door at
all times, even if you go
down the hall to use the
phone." Hunter said “You
nci'il In take the lime to take
precautionary measures nr
vou'll l)i' .t ( rimi* v it Inn
“Students llUVe .1 lot of
things that iiisl disappear,
she said Students are a tar
get They often tiring a lot of
expensive things with them
to campus
Hunter said dorm resi
dents should engrave their
names and driver's In eu.se
numbers on expensive items
sue li as cameras, stereos and
televisions Kngravers are
available for free and infor
mation is available at cam
pus se< urit\
The dorms are considered
<i higher target area for bike
theft. Hunter said Although
it may be inconvenient.
Hunter recommends t fi.it
students keep their bikes in
their rooms.
Perhaps the best service
campus security offers dorm
Turn to Dorms, Page 14
Brand tours campus in wheelchair
By ( hris Bounett
l iner.ild Associate Editor
University President Myles
Brand and Provost Norman
VVossells discovered yesterday
afternoon what it was like to
wheel to i lass
However they didn't get
there !>v tin v< le
Both administrators loured
campus m wheelchairs, led by
ASUO assistant University at
tans i oordinator I iana I nzer
to heighten thoii awareness of
the problems disabled students
have getting around i ampus
and into buildings and i lass
ri iiinis
' I started formulating the
idea last year when I couldn't
get into Johnson Hall it real
Iv disturbed me." To/.er said
about guiding Brand around
campus in a wheeh hair
To/.er was forced to use a
w heelchair after a car driven by
a drunk driver crashed into her
vehicle a year-and a half ago.
The tour started outside
Johnson Hall and moved down
1 1th Avenue after Brand and
Wessels were given a short in
Photo b\ Andir K«nirrt
ASUO assistant University atlairs coordinator liana To/er
Hives President Myles Hrand a lesson on the diflu.ulties of op
erating wheelchairs.
troduction on operating wheel
< hairs.
They then wheeled In Kenton
Hall, which is classified as
wheelchair accessible, where
Tozer pointed out several prob
lems wheelchair users regularly
encounter
The first slop was 11(1 fen
ton, whir h To/.er s.nti was the
only wheelc hair a< c essible
room in the building
This accessibility, however
Turn to Wheelc hair, Page 14