Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 13
Authorities believe
weekend assaults
motivated by race
□ Police have no suspects in attack that
sent three men to a local hospital
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Associate Editor _
Throe men were attacked and beaten early Friday
morning In the west University neighborhood.
Police have I a bo led it a bins crime because of com
ments made by the attackers.
Two of the white students involved allege they were as
saulted by about 12 black men around 1:39 a m near 16th
Avenue and Alder Street.
Kugeno police department officer Jenna Knight said po
lice reports didn’t mention clothing or anything that
would suggest the group belonged to an organized gang
Police are continuing the Investigation.
Knight suid because police haven't "found any sus
pects. we don't know what their thoughts were.”
Two victims, Jordan Jason Diair, 21, and Tei Allen Cor
don, 22, sustained cuts and bruises. They were treated at
Sacred Heart Hospital and released.
Another unidentified man underwent surgery. Cordon
said, for injuries sustained to his head.
“it's hard to know what caused the incident," Knight
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Local census shows
more kids in poverty
□At the same time, the number of im
poverished senior citizens shrank
By Tim Nett
Emerald Associate Editor
Children are replacing senior citizens as one of the
most-impoverished groups both nationwide and locally,
according to recently released census figures.
Nationwide, 1H percent of all children under the uge of
18 ranked below the poverty level In 1989 — a 12-percent
Jump from 1979. In Lane Ciounty, 16 percent of all chil
dren fell below the poverty threshold in 1989. That is up
from 13.3 percent in 1979.
At the same time, the number of impoverished sonlor
citizens shrank. In Lane County, 24 percent of all people
over 65 lived in poverty in 1969. The number has steadily
dropped from 11.5 percent in 1979 to 9 percent in 1989.
The numbers seem to contradict the trend toward an
older population.
The census indicates lliat although seniors are grabbing
a larger chunk of the population pie, fewer are impover
ished. Mounwhilu. there are more povorty-stricken chil
dren in Ihe gradually shrinking under-18 age group.
Chris Eaton, assistant planner for the Lane Council of
Covemments, said seniors have successfully fought for
political changes that have Improved their standard of
living.
"The senior citizen lobbies have been successful," Ea
ton said, "and they are a growing voting population.
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Painstaking painting
Pho» by Mm p*ii»
Kevin Trent, of the John Trent Painting Co. works on a
window outside Gerlmger Hall Monday The crew has
been working on painting every window on Gerlinger for
the past two months and is expected to finish by
September
Budget cuts
force day care
to shift policy
j Student-parents will have
to prove greater financial
need to qualify
By Edward Klopfensteirt
Emerald Contributor
Thu ASUO Child Care Task Force re
cently announced that duo to budget
(uts, parents attending tho University
will need to prove greater financial need
this your to qualify for day earn attain
lance.
Tho group also placed a coiling of 2 if)
families eligible for the aid.
Tho move, annount ed in u |uly 2t) let
ter, roquiros parents to show $10,000 in
financial need compared witft last years
$0,000 level Tho dot.talon wus made In
Juno by the task force and u|>|>rovtsl by
the Incidental Fee Committee that
month It took effect July 1, suit! Dennis
Reynolds. FMU chi Id cure coordinator
The move was also intended to guar
antee the amount promised to parents
for the entire year, Last spring, parents
wore notified of a sudden drop in assis
tance funds after higher costs and an in
crease in subsidy need drained the day
cure budget, suid Kristen Parrott, chair
woman of the task force
Though luittling budget cuts unit high
er costs, Parrott hopes the more strin
gent requirements rain keep this year's
subsidies stable
"You cun’! run out of money.” she
said, “because it's too hunt on the par
ents."
Costs at either ww of the ASUO fund
ed day cure programs, or ut an approved
private agency, run between $400 and
$f>00 (air month for two children Subsi
dies foot anywhere from 10 to 50 per
cent of that bill anil have proved a sell
ing point for parents considering the
school, she said.
But that could change us more parents
use the subsidies to speed their gradua
tion Parrott said many recipients are
trying to boat the expected 1903-04 tui
tion hike that would put a term's tuition
around $1.400
Reynolds, whose office is directed by
tho task force, said tho day cure program
hud a record 250 families receiving sub
sidies last your
A "movable coiling” of 210 families
has now been established, he said. Once
the program roaches that number, tho
task forco will reassess the budget to see
if the ceiling can be raised
Tho program's budget is currently set
at about $200,000 This reflects a
$35,000 reduction from lust year Tho
overall budget, one of tho largest ASUO
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WEATHER
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Mostly cloudy skies and
morning drizzle will prevail
today over the greater
Eugene-Spr mg field area
Expect highs in the
mid-70s
Monday's low for the
lower 48 states was 34 at
Truckce, Calif
MEDAL COUNT
Unified Team 78 overall. 32 gold
United States 68, 20 gold
Germany 48,16 gold
01 VINO
Gao Min won on the
sprinaboard for China's second
straight sweep of the women's
Olympic diving gold medals
United States was shutout of the
springboard medals for the first
time
Gao won the event for a second
time by 58 26 points over top
.American Julie Ovenhouse
TRACK
American Mike Conley took
the gold tn a wind-aided
59-leet-7 and one-half inch jump
- second-longest in history in
the triple lump Charlie
Simpkins also from the U S
won silver
Mark Mi Koy of Canada stole
the gold in the 110-hurdles,
while American Tony Dees won
the silver
Quincy Watts qulaified fur the
400 finals with an Olympic
record of 43.71 seconds
Maybe the biggest victory of
the Carnes so far didn't involve
anyone.
On Monday, the International
Olympic Committee announced
that all 1,049 drug tests carried
out to dale in Barcelona have
come back negative.
Now. that's a positive.
BASKETBALL
The Dream Team takes on
Puerto Rico today in the first
medal round
-Oxnptltti firm A P r^mtl