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