Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 22
Robert Patrick terminate! no one in hit new film. Fire
in the Sky, a thought-provoking aci-ti movie.
They came
—from
HOLUfWOOD
By Jake Berg
Emerald News Editor_
SUTHERLIN — I-’or Hollywrx>d. it wu* a clow «n
counter of the Oregon kind
And the result i* predicted to fx> u unique sci-fi
movie.
/•'/re In thv Sky. a Paramount science-fiction picture
slated for u March or April HWi release, finished its
filming horn this week io rave reviews from the cast
about tha state and the script.
Kobort Llobermon. director of the film, which is
budgeted around S20 million, said the finished prod
uct will be u UPO story that few will expect when
they enter a theater to watch it.
"It's a humanistic take to a sci-fi," sold Llobermon.
who is better known for directing thousands of TV
commercials. "This is a pretty unusual picture. It's a
film that's never boon made before. Rarely do you sit
down und watch u sci-fi movie that turns Into a dra
ma."
The story depicts a supposedly true 1H75 Arizona
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Homeless families
to be evicted today
□The Division of
State Lands threatens
to obtain a court order
if families don't move
By Colleen Pohlig
Emerald Associate Editor
At least 40 homeloss families
illegally camped near Armitage
Park are being forced lo move
on, with children and bo
longings In tow. in search of
uny place to call home.
The campers, many of whom
have called the land on the Mc
Kenzie River homo since the
summer months, received evic
tion notices lust Monday from
the Division of State Lands
The notice said they have un
til Oct. 1, or five days from the
date notified, to vacate the
premises.
County Commissioner Jerry
Rust planned to visit the camp
this morning at 8:30 to discuss
various options with the camp
ers Also from noon lo 2 p.m.
today, u vigil, organized by tho
campers and tho community,
will lake place at tho encamp
ment.
Many of tho families that
have lived at tho camp for sev
eral months are gripped with
feelings of sadness, despair,
and most of all, uncertainty.
"Wo don't know what's hap
pening from day one to day
two," said Roxanne, who de
clined to give her lust name.
"Whore aro wo supposed to
go?"
Others blame tho system for
its inability to produce jobs or
affordable housing
"The government is not for
the people," said Laurel, who
also refrained from giving her
last name. She comforted her
six-day-old baby girl as her two
other young children played
noisily inside tho family’s old
Converted bus.
Besides no! having anywhere
to go. most said their situation
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Billy (lift) and Jackia Burk, a homalaaa coupia, laca an uncart am tulura a* tha daadllna approachaa lor
lham to laava Armitaga Park.
University could lose journalism grant if Measure 9 passes
□OCA leader says threat
will help state initiative
By Lisa Kneefei
Emerald Reporter
A University alumnus planning to give
money to the School of Journalism said
he believes ho could not do so if Ballot
Measure 0 passes this November.
Randy Shills, a 1975 Journalism school
graduate, said ho had planned to donate
a portion of his new book's royalties to
the school.
The book. Conduct Unbecoming. Is
slated for release next April and deals
with gays In tho military. Shills, a na
tional correspondent for the San Francis
co Chronicle, covers health issues, AIDS
and the gay community.
Shilts is also tho author of sevoral
books, including And the Band Flayed
On and Tho Mayor of Castro Street. Oli
ver Stone is producing a film adaptation
of The Mayor of Cutslro Street that will
star Robin Williams. Gus Van Sant will
direct the film when production com
martens next April.
Shills said as an oponly gay mon. ho
would not sot) fit to endow money to any
agency or institution of the state of Ore
gon should Measure 9 pass.
Tho measure would amend the Oregon
Constitution by declaring homosexuality
abnormal. It would require stato govern
ment and institutions. Including stato
school systems, to discourage it.
"Measure 9, after all. would equate me
with a child molester and order that the
state's official policy toward myself and
people like mo be that I am perverted
ami morally wrong," Shills said about
his mfus.il to givu funds if thu moasuro
becomes law.
"It s jusl so offiinsivo to mu as a human
being," ho said.
Currently, Shills' cast) is an isololod
ono. A University Nows Bureau rnnro
othur grants that are In jeopardy of being
canceled because of Measure H
Jennifer King, assistant deun of the
School of Journalism, said she proposed
scnlativo said the agency knows
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WEATHER
Break out your umbrellas and
enjoy the great food and enter
tainment at the ASUO Street
Faire today through Friday.
Today will be cooler and pos
sibly wet in the Eugene
Springfield area, with a high of
70-75
Friday will bnng a chance of
those well-known showers and
mostly cloudy skies Fall is
here
BUSS AND RIDE
(AP) - A street reopened after 21 years offers romance in downtown
Eugene It's got a Easing lane - for taisses only.
And with the sign posted prominently at the stoplight, it even gives the
driver time for a quick smooch.
Gty officials were a bit chagrined at the sign, positioned over the transit
lane at the south end of a $600,000 street reopening project along the
Eugene mall
'I guess this is buss and ride.’ said Gty Gained member Shawn Boles
Eugene's not an unfriendly town, but aty officials really intended to
suggest that folks should be taking the bus. not taking a buss
Gme is a vehicle The other is a kiss
SPORTS
LONDON (AP) - Vinny Jones, the self-styled toigh guy of
English soccer, was charged with misconduct Wednesday for
starring in a video glorifying violence and cheating in the
sport.
In the video. Jones pays tribute to 'an elite brand of hard
men,' gives a guide to soccer's dirty tricks anti talks about
some of his own on field skirmishes
Jones describes the various ploys used by enforcers elbow
mg opponents when jumping for headers, poking them in the
eyes, raking their calves after the ball is gone and lifting them
by their armpit hair when they are on the ground