UNIVERSITY
Bike rule changes aimed at clearing up confusion
People who ride (heir bicycle* on com
pute. Kikes note: as of June 1, an amend
ment to the campus bicycle rules went
Into effect.
The Traffic Petitions Officer had deter
mined that the rule's language was. .not
specific enough to stand up under scruti
ny when cited bicycle riders appealed the
citations.
The amendment will clarify the rule's
language and intent, making it difficult
for people to successfully appeal a elu
tion. The amendment Includes the fol
lowing: *
• Bicyclist are only permitted to use
marked bike lanes and routes while class
es ore In session: Monday through Friday,
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., during each academic
term Sidewalk* may not be u*ed during
this time unios* designated as bike routes
by signs nr other markings.
• Bicyclists must yield to pedestrians and
disabled people, and must give an audi
ble warning when approaching a pedes
trian from behind.
• Ail bicycles must be equipped with
brakes good enough to skid on clean, dry
pavement.
• From 30 minutes after sunset until 30
minutes before sunrise, all moving bicy
cles, or bike riders, on University proper
ty must be equipped with a while light
operating and visible 500 feet ahead and
a red reflector visible 600 feet to the rear.
• In rases of bicycle collisions involving
pedestrians, other bicycles, or other vehi
cles. the people involved must give utii
and call the Office of Public Safety for
help Involved parties muni also remain at
the accident silo until released by an OPS
ofTicur, and must file a written accident
report if the collision results in injury.
• Bicyclists who fail to obey signs In
structing them to dismount and walk are
subject to fines. Pew the purposes of this
rule, dismount and walk means that the
bike rider must completely get off Ihe
bicycle and walk alongside the bicycle
The amendment Is temporary, mmalng
in effect until Nov. 27. In October. ««n
siderulion will begin on whether ihe
amendment should become pemwnent.
LAW
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Two weeks ago the clinic
asked a district judge in an on
going case to ban logging on
BLM lands until the agency
complies with the National Kn
viromnental Policy Act.
In these und similar cases,
I he clinic has conspicuously
opposed industry und has made
enemies among conservatives
in the legislature. As Measure 5
squeezes out another round of
cuts, the clinic's reputation
makes it and the law school
vulnerable to political attacks.
The clinic may ulso be vul
nerable to cuts from within tho
school. Law school Dean Dave
Frohnmuyer singled out tho
clinic us the most expensive
clinic by far within the school,
druwing criticism from slu
deqts about bis calculations
Opponent* of the law school
usually cite economic reasons
to close it. They argue that the
stale already has two law
schools (Willamette University
and Lewis and Clark Cotlegu.
both private schools) and
doesn't need to bankroll anolh
or.
Howovor. another agenda
emerges In tho details.
Though the ostensible reason
Slate Son. Mao Yih (R-Albany)
and Kep Rod Johnson (R-Rose
btirg) co-sponsored a bill last
year to close the law school
was to save money, tho politi
cal hostility toward the clinic
was obvious.
Ylh said o budget note at
lathed to thu bill asked that the
clinic adopt a more balanced
viewpoint regarding the cases it
accepted. The note was re
moved for procedural reasons,
and the bill died in commit loo
without a bearing
When the House considered
a Senate appropriations bill for
higher education last June.
Johnson attached n budget note
to the bill and made u floor
speech criticizing the clinic
Four members of Ihe House
joined Johnson in his futile ut
lempt to kill the bill.
Those who voled against the
appropriations bill represented
timber communities like Med
ford. Kiddle, Lebanon and
Koscburg. I'heir constituents
complained lhal the clinic only
represents environmentalists
and doesn't act in the stole's
best interest.
Merriloe Pooy, coordinator
for the Yellow Ribbon Coali
tion. said her group is opposed
lo ''about 90 percent" of what
the clinic dorrs
The Yellow Ribbon (Coalition
represents annul 5,000 people
in Lnno County. It bulongs to
the Oregon Land* Coalition,
which represents 81.000 mem
bers ranging from minors, log
gers and ranchers to sheep
herders and off-road vehicle en
thusiasts.
"I believe that environmental
low can be balanced." f*eay
said "(The clinic's) Idea now Is
to totally shut down industry."
These complaints are old hat
to the law school In 1088.
Maurice Holland, then dean of
Dave Frohnmayer
the law school. pul together an
Independent committee to ex
amino the criticisms of the clin
ic Thu committno's report con
cluded lliu criticisms hud no
basis, assuring University offi
cials the clinic operated well
within acceptable boundaries
The clinic's two attorneys,
professors John Dontnu and Mi
chael Axline. admit 10 students
each semester to work with 10
more advanced students on ac
tual cases The clinic operates
us u law firm with two senior
partners and many associates.
Donine and Axline accept cases
based on their potential educa
tional value.
livery March, a student group
loosely associated with thu en
vironmental law program, Lund
Air ond Water, organizes the
Public Interest Lnvironmental
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SPORTS
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slum's property-lax limiting Measure S.
Without the spending cuts, the state's 56 3 mil
lion athletics deficit is expected to soar to $19 8
million in the next three years.
Even under the new program, the deficit could
reach $10 million without new state funds and
tuition dollars by 1994-95.
Byrne said it's still loo early to predict where
the cuts are going to come. He and his stuff ure
meeting with the University administration next
week to discuss specific reductions and expecta
tions.
"Once we know what the rules aru, we're pretty
good at playing the game,'' he said.
Byrne did say they will probably be forced to
reduce scholarships for football, men's basketball,
track, golf and tennis over the next three years.
Tho department cannot cut any more sports
and still remain in the Pacific-10 conference.
Byrne and his department are no strangers to
reductions fn the 1980s, the department was
forced to cut six sports and lay off a number of
coaching staff.
"We've taken huge cuts in tho program before,
Byrne said. "It's just going to be a little harder."
The Special Task Forco on Athletic Funding, on
ad hoc group formed to exploro options of fund
ing state intercollegiate sports, designed the
spending controls.
Plans cull for u SI surcharge on football and
basketball tickets. Schools will pay only intoresl
on the deficit and postpone payments on princi
ple
Task force chairman Herb Aschkenusy said the
proposal will only buy more time for the uthlelic
department and the University to explore other
options of funding sports and taking caru of lire
deficit
Aschkertasy said the plan won't necessarily
solve the problems athletics programs aru facing.
"No problem Is ever solved permanently,"
Aschkenusy *t»id "This solves the problem for a
short time, then (hoy'll need something else."
Board of Higher Education President George
Kichurdson said adapting the recommendations
was the appropriate (King to do, given the finan
cial situation of academies.
Kichurdson said the hoard and the task force
studied the issue and avulufe^ed all the circum
stances. and ho considered the task force's recom
mendations to be acceptable. board unani
mously voted to adopt the proposals.
"I’m cautiously optimistic ubout^ie entire
package of recommendations we've u&ceplcd,"
Kichurdson said. "Our effort Is to try td.reach
these goals now."
Under the new program, the Oregon schools
hope to raise $1 million a year from major corpo
rations. 5450,000 from foundations. S300.000
from the ticket surtax and 550,000 from the Ore
gon Lottery's Sports Action game
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