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Oregon Daily TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1992 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 94, ISSUE 30 Mountin’ man P*o«c fty Jk0 Kito, a seven-year-old black lab. visits one ot tvs favorite spots on campus, the Pioneer statue Dave Jacobs, the dog s owner, said he lets Kito loose after his classes at the law school, and the dog runs to the Pioneer without any provocation "I can't give any definite answer " said Jacobs a third-year graduate student m the law school It's his own motivation " From out of state? Out of luck j Proposal would tighten tuition rules By Sarah Clark Emerald Reporter Thu slate Board of Higher Ed ucation will soon consider tighter tuition residency re quirements aimed at letting fewer out-of-state students claim Oregon residency. Uni versity officials said Starting In |uly ltHlll. the rules would deny in state tui tion to out-of-state students who are in Oregon "primarily for educational purposes." ac cording to a draft of the propos al A public hearing on the pro posal will take place Oc t lill at 10 u m tn EMU Cedar Koom C |‘hn OSBHE will \ole on the* proposal ()i t - I According to the proposal, students enrolled in more than seven credit hours per quarter "shall tie presumed to he in Or egon for primarily educational purposes " Since voters passed Ballot Measure 5 in 1 'MO, the Oregon Legislature has pressured the Oregon Stale System ol Higher Education to make sure only irue Oregon residents qualify for in stule tuition, said Melin da liner, director ol legal ser vices fur the OSSHE In-stale undergraduate stu dents receive a 02- to 05-per cent tuition subsidy from the stale, which is why their tui tion is so imu h lower than 'li.it of out-of-state students. said OSSHt: Ihidget director Dave Quen/.er Instate graduate stu (fonts receive about .1 70per coot subsidy. !'•' 'anl 'The purpose of (the propos .11) is in distinguish between thoM‘ people who .irr residents .mil should get ihul support," drier said, "und those who come here mainly for etiol a tion drier said students with more than seven credit hours won't automoticallv i)e disqualified for in state tuition, though there will tie more weight on them to prove they are here lor something other than educa tion |-'ei tors considered in eslab Turn to TUITION. Pago 5 OLCC rule cracks down on IDs j Liquor sellers to check everyone who appears under age 26 By Jacqueime Woge Emerald Pecxyier Like a kitchen floor after a party, the process of buying alcohol is getting sticky even if you're older than li 1 In July, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission passed a new rule requiring sellers and servers to choi k the identification of anyone who appears under the age of i!l> Before. Ol.CC hail issued only a recommendation. Louise Kasper. OLCC public affairs coordinator, said the agency wants people to pay attention to the low She said there are loo many minors who can buy alcohol. "We wanted to give sellers more authority." Kasper said. To add incentive to the rule, the OLCC also strengthened penalties fur not ehei kir»|> IDs Pen allies will range from a minimum $t>'>0 fine or tl) diiv license suspension It) a maximum ul SI,*150 or cancellation ol a business' ulcoliol In ense finding minors in an area prohibited lo them will bring a S455 line or a seven-lias suspension Kasper said sellers tint! servers have the right to appeal, hut appellants will no longer hi able to complain that customers looked old enough Many businesses have carded people who look under the age ol JO for years While the rule won't change much in their general operations, the stiller penalties may make establishments such as the liost 19th Street Cafe anti brewery a little more wary "I'll even tell (the servers) there's a $10,000 fine.'' said 19th Street manager John Me Herron Mi liarron said he believes the rule will he helpful to businesses such .is 7-IileVen, where em ployees may hesitate lo ask people lor ID Turn to OtCC, Pag» 5 Hollywood stars to hit EMU voter registration rally today □ "Vote for a Change” gets students involved in politics By Jake Berg and Pat Maiach Emerald Writers __ What could have been just another voter registration drive has quickly turner! into a proverbial parade of stars. Hollywood rears its head today — the last day to register — when a number of celebri ties will use the "Vote for a Change '‘12" ral ly to urge University studonts to register for the the Nov 3 election. The rally ix-gins at 11:30 a m on the EMU bast Lawn. Robert Patrick (Tttrmlnalor 2: Judgment Day). Charles Dutton (Roc. Aliens) and Dana Delaney (China Dooch) uro on the bill for the event, which will also feature live music from Seattle's The Posies. Actors Andrew Shun {Melrose Place), Nancy Loo Graham [Santa Barbara) and Pe ter Berg, who recently completed filming Fire in the Sky near Koseburg with Patrick, are also exported to make an appearance. The rally is part of u series of nationwide campus events organized by "Vole for u Change” and the Hollywood Women's Poli tical Committee, which has provided celeb rities for other similar college events. Barbu ru Streisand. Ceena Davis and Glenn Close are uII members of the group. Dutton, who plays the loud character in the Fox network sitcom, said this is the first lime he's ever become involved In politics "I never saw the day when I would get in volved.” Dutton said. "But looking over my life, ! thought it was time to make some de cisions concerning our elected officials I'm to it position to huvu some influence over young poop In What but tor wuy to use that influence than to urge people to volt!/'' Dutton, who flints the episodes lor Hot: live every Sunday in Los Angeles, said lie was glad to get a chance to squeeze Ills first visit to Oregon into his schedule "Students have a tendency to feel like ev erything is flne." Dutton said "They're off living young lives anti having a good time. Eighteen to 25 are the greatest years of life, and it's tough to ask people to get serious "But voting is something to take serious ly," he said, adding that it is the only way to make politicians accountable for their ac tions. "The times are difficult enough to put aside some of the fun things and he more ac tive." Turn to RALLY, Page 4 f Robert Patrick WEATHER Conditions today will be part ly cloudy, with a 20 percent chance of ram in the morning Highs should be in the mid 60s Wednesday will bring highs in the low 60s and partly cloudy skies Today in History On Oct. 11.1792. the White House foundation was laid dur ing a ceremony in Washington RACIST ARSONISTS HILLSBORO (AP) - A smali fire was set in St Matthew s Roman Catholic Church early Sunday and anti-homosexual. anti-Semitic and anti Hispanic epithets were painted at the scene A fire alarm awakened an assistant pastor who was sleeping in a bed room of the rectory He escaped without injury The 2am fire damaged a downstairs office, said Marv Koehler, a mem ber of the church's social justice committee She did not have a damage estimate She said vandals appeared to have entered the church by prying open a door a HUH 15 CHICAGO. |AP) - Chicago Bears coach Miu Ditka. a self described 'ultra-conservative' who has backed candidates in political aiLs and at fund-raisers, has voted in only three of the last 17 elections in his county. "I tan endorse anyone I want.' Ditka said Monday in defense of his voting record 'Now. do you want to know about my religion’ Tm for Jesus Christ" Ditka is featured on a TV ad running this week for Republican ICS. Senate candidate Rich Williamson But election records in Lake County, where the coach lives, show that he has not voted in H of the last 17 primary or gen eral elections, said countv Clerk Linda Hess