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Violent attacks
mar summer
By Dennis Fitzgerald
(Fmorakl Roportor
Thu University received mom then li() incident re
ports between July 1 and Supt 20 Most wi re thelts.
but some Involved serious crimes, such os attempted
rape, sexual abuse and arson, ai cording to rei ords
from the University Officii of Public Safotv
An attempted rape was reported on the ni>;ht of Aug
.1 A white female, d.r>. was attai ked on Kerry Street he
tween 1.1th and 1-lth Avenues bv a man who keen ked
her down, pulled a knife and threatened to kill tier it
she screamed
She ex< aped after hitting the attacker in the groin
and later was treated for deep head lacerations at So
i red Heart (lenoral Hospital, uei ording to the report It
wus not clear flow the woman's head was cut
No arrest was made
On Aug. fi. a white female, 22. was sexually abused
bv a man on hast ltith Avenue, tear High and Mill
Streets,
The assailant pulled her T-shirt out of her pants,
knocked her to the ground, put his hand under lu i
shirt and grabbed her breasts Her screams brought
neighbors running
Thu man was chased hut not i aught No pin sir al in
juries were reported
Another sexual abuse allegedly occurred on July 2 1
Puttick Hamilton Itynoe, -111. of 7tiH Montrose, Palo
Alto, Calif, was arrested for posing as a trainer at a
Track City Track Club meet for handle .. tie- tl . b
buttocks and genitals of two minor gills, ui cording to
()I‘S records
Kar ial harassment was reported on Kept. 2.'! Accord
ii g to the report, three white men. who were about to
iter the Phi Kappa I’si fraternity on 72ll K lltli
Mreet, repeatedly yelled "nigger" at a man who was
.a re s the streel
After entering the house, at least one of the men t on
tinned to yell "nigger" at the man through an open
Turn to CRIMES. Pago 7
University gets $14.55 million from fundraising
By Dennis Fitzgerald
f mix aid Re pc* tor
Gifts to the University hit on
all-time high during fiscal
UKHMU, totaling 51-t $5 mil
lion, administration officials
said.
That's an increase of seven
percent, compared with last
year's combined fundraising to
tal of $13.6 million, for the
University- at-large and the Uni
versity of Oregon Foundation.
The foundation is a public
charitable organization, quali
fied by the State Board of High
er Education, that receives and
administers gifts to the
University.
“These gifts are an integral
part of the University's effort to
promote excellence, especially
in undergraduate education."
said President Myles Brand.
“They provide the means to re
cruit and retain outstanding
faculty members."
Officials said the successful
effort enabled the University to
make significant progress in
two key areas:
• Requirements wore met n
receive state matching funds for
faculty support; and
• Expansion and renovation
was begun at the Knight Li
brary.
Alumni financial gifts increase;
some money helps new library
Because the University raised
Sti million in faculty support
funds, the statu will provide
matching funds equal to the in
come generated by the $(> mil
lion Faculty support money is
‘These gifts are an
integral part of the
University’s efforts
to promote
excellence,
especially in
undergraduate
education’
Myles Brand,
University president
essential for attracting and re
taining outstanding teachers
Thu colleges of business ad
ministration and arts and sci
ences, us well as the Oregon
Humanities Center, have lx;nu
fitod particularly from this
funding source.
tift support, In addition to
state funding, enabled the Uni
versity to break ground on ex
pansion and renovation plans
for llu) Knight Library.
Work is now in progress on a
130,000-square-fool library ad
dition that is expected to cost
S27.4 million, of which $<).35
million is expected to come
from private gifts. Designed to
meet the library's needs for the
next 30 years, the construction
project will increase the exist
ing building's space by 56 per
cent, more than double room
for seating, and increase the
shelving capacity by 27 per
cent.
Other projects funded partial
ly or entirely by gifts to the
University include a major ad
dition to Lawrence Hall, whir l)
houses the School of Architec
ture and Allied Arts; a 75th an
niversary celebration at the
School of Journalism, and the
continuing UO Presidential
Scholarship Program that now
awards S3.000 a year for up to
tour years to im onung Itrsh
moil.
in addition, 54111 niunny will
support it now building on tho
north sido of Hayward Field
that will house trai k and Hold
offices, tho Intorn11tion.il Insti
tute for Sport and Human I’or
formanoo and Microform Publi
cations.
Among tho major donations
ivoro:
• $260,004
lished by Calvin Rood Smith
and Merle King Smith of lid
monds, Wash . to fund tho Cal
vin Rood Smith and Merle King
Smith Center for Marketing and
Development in the College of
Business Administration;
• S1. 1*11,2.r>lt from the trust es
late of Walter H Kidd, a teach
or, writer, poet and scholar
from Portland, to establish the
Walter and Nancy Kidd Fund,
which will provide scholar
ships for students in creative
writing; and
• $100,000 given anonymous
ly, which will be augmented
with matching funds from the
state and the National Endow
ment for the Humanities for a
total of $240,000. to establish a
visiting profi - r-.h.ip at the Or
egon 1 lumanities C. titer
INDEX
Remember...
Today Is the
hist day to drop a
idass without ii
$11) fou
Scandal
Boon wondering about
electronic mail, the Spring
field Human Rights Commis
sion and City (kiuncil? Thu
ijnrrultl's Pat Malaeh sums
it all up for you.
See column, Pago 13
Payback_
President Ilusli cumo to
town, and thu city of Port
land and Sun. Bob Puck
wood's ro election campaign
fund are footing the bill.
See story, Page 16
Heartbreak_
Tho Oregon's women vol
leyball team suffered a tough
loss Friday, falling to Arizo
na State in a grueling four
game match, 15-10, 4 15,
15-13, 16-14.
See story, Page 20