THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1991
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 11
Garden variety fun:
Residents rent plots
By June Williams
Emerald Contributor
Having a garden is unthink
able for many students The
( ramped housing students gen
erally can afford leaves little
room for even a flowerpot
However. Eugene Parks and
Recreation has a solution for all
apartment dwellers with green
thumbs
The Community Cardens
program, started in the early
H)7()s, allows residents to rent
garden plots on city-owned
land
Chia Liun Chen, a physit s
student working on bis dot tor
ate at the University, has a large
plot m the community garden
outside Westmoreland family
Housing in west Eugene
"It's a very good idea for Eu
gene." Chen said "I do it main
lv lor fun. but the fresh Vegeta
files are good, too You can sup
ply a whole summer's worth ol
vegetables 1 haven’t shopped
for two months
Chen uses organic methods,
which program organizers
strongly encourage Chemical
fertilizers may be used, but
( hemical pesticides are prohib
ited.
No experiem e is required
Before this year, Chen bad
grown only potted plants m Ins
native Taiwan
After Chen and Ins wife start
ed the garden in early April, he
found out having a garden
means .1 lot of work, espei hilly
in Eugene.
"The soil was very hard at
tirst. and the garden hasn't
been too good Im>( ause of the
cold spring weather." he said
Working on Ins garden al
trios! every day in the spring
paid of! for Chen, who now i an
relax while harvesting toma
toes, strawirerries. peppers and
kale
“It's almost as expensive as
you'd buy in Safeway, in terms
of labor, hut we unjoy just lie
ing out here,' he said
Cardens outside of student
housing complexes are the
most popular, said Mardi Klotz.
receptionist for the Kiver
House, where the garden pro
gram is based
" The gardens by Amazon
and Westmoreland housing are
usually full." she said. "About
half the spar es are available in
the spring
Chen stood in line to get his
plot, but Irina Wilburn, who
also li\es in Westmoreland,
could only gel into the Amazon
garden Wilburn is happy to
have a plot anywhere
“1 like to work with the soil
II you're overstressed. it's so re
taxing," she said
Wilburn is from the Soviet
Union, where she had to grow
vegetables out of necessity, hut
she now gardens lor enjoyment
Wilburn said she spent more
money on the garden than she
would have buying her own
produce, hut she doesn't mind
"Of course you lose money , but
it's fun just to l>e in the open air
and get a suntan.' she said
All unreserved plots are
available for rental every
spring Small or large plots are
offered in each of fiye gardens
around Hugene A lull plot. 21)
feet by '10 feet, costs $10 per
year, with a $10 deposit Half
** * Ahota by Mfl
Eugene resident Chris Harding tends to his green bean vines in tho plot he rents in community gardens
near River House in north Eugene the city operates tive such gardens, including tuvo near campus fami
ly housing
plots ,irt‘ .'() feet h\ ! S feet .tn<)
rout tor $7C>. with ,i Sr> deposit
lor <i foil o( $7, gardeners ( an
have at i ess to a shed full ol
tools
l or the budget conscious,
plots can he rented at hall price
.i11irr July 1
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Down to !-..irth garden ( enter in
Kugenu. suUi many < rops cun
still he planted late III the year
' I hem's a lot you cun do,'
lie said A lot ol tail ( rops like
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pisis .uni jpirln <mi li'1 pi.iiilisl
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University rapped for rights violations
Law student’s records
wrongfully disclosed
By Daralyn Trappe
Emecukl Associate- Editoc
A four year conflic t lie tween the Univer
sity and <i former law student look a new
turn last week when the U S Department of
Education ruled that tier University twice
released confidential academic records in
1987.
Former student Willy Hi Is filed a com
plaint with the department last fall claiming
academic records protected by federal legis
lation were disclosed
Bils was accused during the 1980-87
school year of paying a legal researcher to
write a law school term paper for him Bils
was found guilty except for insanity tor pla
giarism
Last week' ixiucatior fepartment ruling
said law school Dean Maurice Holland
erred in showing the- plagiarized paper to
two people in February 1987, lx tore Bils
arrest, Holland showed the papi '<> the real
author during a meeting in Hollanu s office,
and to a Eugene police sergeant.
LeRoy Hooker, director of the Family
Folicy Compliance Offic e of the Departmi ill
of Education, notified the Umu rsity in a
letter dated July Hi that Ixith instanc es con
Willy Hi Is
stiluted violations ol the; Family Educalion
al Rights ami Privacy Act . federal law de
signed to protect the privacy of a student's
academic records
The department cited two other v.tl.
i ons both regarding privac y rights Howev
er, disciplinary action is not being pursued
Alison Baker, executivi as-,slant to I ni
versily President Myles Brand, said she ex
peels no internal repercussions from the
ruling and considers the < axe < loxed
mis. nnwrvrr, s.nu mr i .i ■ • ■ i • inn t
Although his attorney. David I on e, was un
available for comment, fills saiil they arc
very seriously discussing the possibility
of filing a lawsuit
I hope this will give students on < ampus
some behel in the legal system and their
rights." Bils said "I hope students will see
that one person i an effect < hange
Bils i hums that Holland went to the po
lice in l‘)H7 be< ause of confllc Is the two
had had in the past and because ol com
plaints Iills raised about conditions in the
law s< hold
Holland did not return messages request
ing comment Wednesday
Also in last week’s ruling, the education
department said the University violated the
educational privacy act by selling the
names and addresses of about 500 law stu
dents, including fills, to a Lake Oswego data
systems firm
Finally, a fourth violation had occurred
when the University disclosed the edut.u
tion records of another former student .it an
open disciplinary hearing in April l'lftu Al
though the student had orally waived Ins
righn to non-disclosure, he did not submit
written consent, as is required by IT.Kl’A
Holland was informed ol his responsibili
ties under 1FKPA in IWH‘1 after the Depart
Turn to VIOLATIONS Page 3
INDEX
Confession_
Milwaukee |ioli( c say Jel
frey 1 Dalimer, :tl, who was
arrested Tuesday after muti
1,ili'd bodies were funriil m
his apartment. confessed In
I hi- killings .mil will < ooper
ale with jtolit c m identify
mg llie victims
See story, Page 3
Music Review—
The Meal Puppets exploit
a wide variety of musical
styles on their newest re
lease, hDrbitldrn /'/aces,
whit h has something lor e\
ervone
See review, Page 5
Athletes Excel—
Oregon hammer thrower
St oil Mt (lee and .1,000 me
ter runner 1.1/ Wilson eat h
took first place at the l; S
Olympic Festival
See story, Page 8