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 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