Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, MAY 26. 1992
EUGENE OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 162
Track attack
Oregon's Tyrza Hunt (aoove left). Lisa Bed well.
Erika Klein and Camara Jones take a victory lap
alter their win in the 4x400-meter relay at the
Pac- W Championships this weekend at Hayward
Field Arizona's Marc Davis (right) repeated as
champ m both the steeplechase and the 5.000.
shown here over Duck Pat Haller Sophomore
Tanya Hughes of Arizona (lower right) broke the
collegiate record m winning the high jump Friday
Oregon's Kim Hyatt (lower left) added a
conference title m the javelin to her impressive
list of credentials Friday See stones, pages 7-9
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Groups may try
stopping Veneta
Dead concerts
□ It’s not the band, but traffic, fire haz
ards and crowds that cause concern
By Tim Neff
Emerald Associate Editor
Opponents of two upcoming (hateful Dead concerts
near Veneta are weighing their options to block, the per
formances in the wake of Lane County approval of a
permit for the events
The Fern Kitlge Community Coalition ami the Elmira
Community Homeowners Organization may seek an Or
egon Circuit Court ruling to reverse the county deci
sion The Lane County Board of Commissioners granted
a “mass gathering" permit for the concerts by a :t-2 vote
at its May 20 public hearing
Mike Farthing, a liugono lawyer who represented the
Fern Ridge group in the approval process, salt! concert
organizers have not adequately addressed health and
safety ioncerns.
"The area is not hig enough, nor does it have the in
frastructure for an event of this size," Farthing said
“Aulz.en Stadium would lie a holier location
About -hi.(Hit) people are expel led to attend the con
curls Aug 22 and 2il at the silo of the Oregon Country
Fair Tint fair normally attracts about 20.000 people
F'urthiog suid the Crateful Dead concerts will cause
traffic snarls and create a fire hazard during what is
normally the driest time of the year
"It's not the Grateful Dead we're focusing on," l ar
thing said "It's the sheer number of people They will
create the fourth largest city in the state."
Bui Kit Kesey, one of the event organizers, said those
health and safety concerns have been adequately ad
dressed Concert sponsors will provide toilets, water
sources, security, fire suppression equipment and medi
cal lacihlies and vehicles
Those provisions satisfied the majority of the county
commissioners
Commissioner Jerry Kust said because the health and
safely concerns were addressed, the commission was
required by slate stabile to grant the mass gathering per
mil.
"If a group meets the health and safely i riteria, the
counties don't iiave any discretion in the matter," Kust
said "We've had a thorough look at it, and .ill the liases
Turn to DEAD. Page 6
LAB WORK
The University fares
well in national
rankings of the top
research institutions
Sm RESEARCH. Page 4
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
The new crosswalk signs on Agate
Street, installed as part of an experi
mental federal program, may provide
glimpses of the future for street signs.
See CROSSWALK, Page 6
WHAT A YEAR
IFC members wrap up
a year of budget
crunching and unex
pected membership
changes.
See IFC, Page 6