Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 163
Craftsman making beautiful music
□ Local carpenter earns
extra money making
ancient instruments
By Lisa Millegan
Emerald Associate Editor
Gary Smith would like to talk to
you if you think you can't play a
musical instrument.
The Gresvvell man knows of one
that he says ovon the least talented
cun master — the dulcimer, an in
strument that looks like a skinny
guitar.
The Biblical instrument's name
comes from the Greek words "dul
ca melos,” which means ‘sweet
song."
Smith, a carpenter who makes
dulcimers to supplement his in
come, said he was first attracted to
the instrument because it is so
user-friendly.
The 45-yoar-oid said ho was sur
prised how quickly he learned to
play the dulcimer when he first
came in contact with one at a com
mune about 20 years ago.
"I had never seen it before, but
within a hulf-an-hour, I was mak
ing music on the thing.” he said.
‘‘They’re that easy to play.”
Part of what makes the dulcimer
so easy is that its musical range is
very small, Smith said. The four
stringed instrument only contains
the notes for one major scale; it
doesn't have any sharps or flats to
alter its tone.
Smith made his first dulcimer
using dimensions ire had written
down from a friend’s instrument.
The finished product had some
problems, but It was playable and
ne gave it to a woman ho was
"madly in love with."
In the past 20 years, the former
California resident has made and
sold more than a hundred of the
instruments. Smith said his dulci
mers are now all over the world,
including Turkey und Australia
Since moving to Eugene three
years ago, he has sold 30.
in the past, ho has hawked his
dulcimers to music stores. Now,
he mainly markets his cralt at the
Saturday Market, between Eighth
Avenue and Oak Street.
So far. Smith hasn't encoun
tered any competition from local
craftsmen in the area.
Smith is reluctant to publish
how much he sells his dulcimers
for, but ho said other craftsmen
typically charge from S175-S500
for the instruments.
To make a dulcimer. Smith first
chooses the wood, but not the pro
cut type.
"Sometimes 1 even start with
the troe," ho said.
Although he has made the in
struments out of walnut und cher
ry wood, ho said ho prefers red
wood because he thinks it allows
for better resonance.
After choosing the wihkI, Smith
cuts it Into different sizes. Ho uses
molds to bond the wood into the
proper shapes
Smith thun glues tho pieces to
gether and holds them in a frame
— known as a |lg — to dry.
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Cre swell carpenter Cary Smith plays one of the
dulcimers he makes and sells to people as tar
away as Turkey and Australia. Smith, who has
been making dulcimers lor about 20 years, says
seen those who think they can’t master a musi
cal instrument can play one of them
Cafe closes
for summer
j Fewer customers in the
summer compounds the fi
nancial problems facing
EMU Food Service
By Daralyn Trappe
f n-ec jM Associate Editor
The EMU fountain Court Cafe will Ik*
closed for the summer in iin effort by
budding managers to offset flrianr lal
losses within the University's food Ser
vin’ program
I rank Cellner. interim director ol the
L'MU. said summer is traditionally a
much slower time for food service on
campus, when enrollment drops dra
matically and fewer faculty and stall
members are present
fewer customers in the summer com
pounds the (inane ial problems lor the
food Service program, which also in
cludes (he fishbowl Dell, the Skylight
Refectory, the* Hrec/ewav Cafe and mo
bile IochI vans
food Service as a whole is showing
ahout a $1-1,000 deficit to date lor the
fiscal year, which ends June 11!. t.eltner
said, and summer months are tradition
ally tlu* worst
Other revenue producing organiza
tions within the EMU, sue ti as the Kec
relation denier and the Main Desk, pick
up the financial slack in the budget gen
erated by f ood Service, Cellner said
Adding lo the linanc ial problem is a I
perc e nt sure barge implemented by the
University administration last year oil
riel profits from all campus auxiliary
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Rape survivors often encounter traumatic aftermath
j Balancing sensitivity and the need to
gather evidence can be difficult in rape
cases
By Colleen Pohhg
Emerald Reporter
One of the hardest things Hayley Darker will proba
bly ever face in her life was the return to the dorm
basement where the horrifying rape happened.
Barker was there to give police detailed Information
about what and where each violent act occurred.
And this was less than an hour after she had been
raped there.
Barker, the 18-year-old freshman dorm resident who
wus raped last January in the Hamilton Complex base
ment, has sinco withdrawn from the University and is
living with her parents in Salem.
Burker is attending Chemekela Community College
and doesn't plan to return to the University.
Survivors of rape usually experience different pro
cesses after the assault, depending on the circum
stances Medical and legal procedures and dealings
with the police differ for each survivor
In Barker's case, a male officer arrived at her dorm
room after she asked her roommate to call the police
She said tho initial questioning, which lasted about 25
minutes, was difficult because she had to tell the officer
specific details and was still in shock.
A male police officer is usually the first person a rape
survivor encounters immediately after the utlock, al
though the Eugene police department does its besl to
have a female officer respond to tho call, said Bov Col
lins. EPD community education specialist.
Barker said she believes it would have been much
easier for her had the officer been a female, because fol
lowing such a traumatic experience. it's difTicult for a
rape survivor lo irusi men
"(Tho police) were pretty apologetic," she said
“They said that it was too bad, hut they needed lo ask
me questions because my mind was still fresh " The
hardest part, however, was returning to the very room
she had been raped in
“I'm not even sure if I've accepted it now. hut (lo re
turn to the basement room) right after it happened was
very hard," Barker said.
Tim Birr, lil’D public information officer, said police
usually lake thu survivor hack to the place she was
raped to gather as much evidence as possible.
“It's a difficult balancing act between being sympa
thetic to the survivor and having to gather as much evi
dence as possible for the case," Itirr said.
Collins said the goals of the officer and the survivor
often clash, because the officer wants to catch the sus
pect while the survivor just wants to get back control of
her life
“This is the point where the survivor starts to tiuck
down," Collins said. “They start feeling uncomfortable
with tho questioning "
Collins said in recent years, the police academy in
Salem requires the trainees to go through six months of
"intense sensitivity training."
The officers learn about "victim dynamics," giving
them a sense of how a victim will usually feel after the
crime and why they might lie hysterical or in shock
After the initial questioning, an fcil’l) officer drove
Barker to the hospital whore she consented to a “rape
kit,” and tests for sexually transmitted diseases and
HIV A rape kit is a detailed collection of evidence that
could include semen, saliva, blood, pubic hair and any
thing else found on the victim's body.
Barker said thu hospital exams were terrifying, main
ly because a male doctor administered them. At IB, she
had never had a standard pelvic exam hefore.
‘It affects your beliefs, who you
can trust, your personal
relationships. It really opens your
eyes up to how scary this world
is
Hayley Barker,
Rape survivor
"Tho nurses were all female but the doctor who did
most of the pelvic exam was u man," Barker said "It
was really humiliating, and I already felt violated
enough."
Heather (oilman, who was raped on a camping trip at
Cougar Hot Springs last June, was also enraged to find
that a male doctor was administering the pelvic exam at
the hospital
After surviving a rape, she said, the last thing she
wanted was another man to touch her
"He (.ante right in and just opened up my legs," Gill
niiin said. "I kept screaming. 'What the hell is a male
doctor doing here?’ "
At Sacred Heart General Hospital, tho 10 emergency
room physicians are all male However, the hospital
has hired a female physician who will start in the sum
mer, said Beverly Mayhow. a hospital community rela
tions spokeswoman
"We take (rape) very seriously," Mayhow said. "The
fact that we don’t have a female doctor yet isn't an indi
cation of our level of concern.”
McKonzie-WIIIametto Hospital In Springfield has a
total of seven emergency room physicians, one of
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