Oregon Daily TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1992 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 94. ISSUE 40 Campus operators get odd requests □ University's human direc tories say, "Look it up" By Sarah Cody Emerald Contributor If you nord to know how to can to matoes or cook rice, consult u cook book or call your mom. but don't tall the University operators The campus operators, reached by dialing 346-1000, can provide directory Information and dialing assistance in contacting students, departments and faculty, said Dorothy Grover, telephone operator supervisor and a 33-year vet eran of Operator Services Yet occasionally a caller asks a ques tion that is far from routine "One student asked if he could freeze lettuce," Crover said smiling But she was also quick to add that no matter what the question, the campus operators will try to refer the caller to someone who knows the answer When Dorothy Orover first started answering campus phones in April 1959, the University used a I’BX Uurd Phone System, which required 4t> oper ators to handle Incoming calls Since then the system has been upgraded Iwlctt The first upgrade w.is to the Centrex System in 1 ‘J70. and then to the pres ent AT&T System (if> installed in 1 *»♦»(> The new system requires only three op erator* ind makes service* im h as Duck ( all and voire mail available, (’.rover said Diane Nelson, one of two full-time operators, also started working on the old PBX phone system after graduating from South Eugene High School in 1959 "This is the only job I've ever had. Turn to OPERATORS Pa<j« 6A tiy Kim tyupen Lots McDonald hat worked at a campus operator tor 20 year*. "You have to remember that (we) are the University as tar as people are concerned," she said Photo by Jo« PMbry Freshman Brandy Ran fro la ana of eight students living at the Cottage House. Overbooking of dormitories forced some students to live in otf<ampus housing, "ft's kind of like having an apartment,"she said. Dorm students say ‘Cottage’ is more like home jAn old sorority house is turned into a dorm due to lack of housing By Tammy Batey Emerald Associate Eddor_______ A chandelier hangs In the (oyer Paintings adorn the walls, and a c ouple of dried flower arrangement Ml on coffee table's in the mauve and gray living room The three story. 14 hod room house at I'Mti University St Icxiks nothing like a dormitory Hut IH women who signed up for dorm rooms now i all Cottage House their home In August. University Housing officials realized they had overestimated the number of students who would cancel dorm room reservations, said Ron Tundick, hous ing department director of business affairs and family housing About 4*) percent of students who reserve a dorm room usually cancel, Tendic k said This year, however. 17 percent canceled, causing the housing department to overbook, dorm rooms Turn to COTTAGE. Page 5A Child care at University faced with inadequate facilities □ One center has twice as many chil dren as last year By Mandy Baucum Emerald Reporter Evelyn Gould, u University employee and Child Caro and Family Support Committee member, is faced with the task of finding a child care facility for her two-year-old son uftt^r ho turns throe. Could said she would like to put her son into the IvMU Child Cart; and Development Center, but it gives children of students priority over the children of faculty and staff "Although faculty have fi nancial benefits like the fc!m ployec Dependent Child care account, there art! no facilities or programs available to faculty (for their children) after the age of three. Wo should have u model child cure facility." Gould said Gould said oven tho Parent and Child Education Toddler Program hor child goes to is hard to got into because of long waiting lists Tho need for funding and competition for child caro slots were a few of the major complications facing the University's child care sys tem. Coordinators did their best to address these and many other problems at the University Par ent Town Meeting this past Thursday. The Parent Town Meeting was an effort on the part of child care administrators not only to hear parent needs and suggestions hut also to provide a forum in which representa tives from all of the campus child care facilities could ex change ideas and work togeth er. "The feedback loop hasn't been very good. That was the initial mason for doing this in tho first place." said Regina Claypool-Froy, interim co-coor dinator for the Family Center and parent coordinator for the University Parent Town Meet ings. Lar k of space for child care is a major concern among parents Turn to CHILDREN. Pago 6A WEATHER Today will bring fair skies and patchy morning fog Highs will be between 65-70 degrees Tonight there will be a chance of a sprinkle or two along with increasing douds Lows are 40 45 dearees Wednesday will be mostly tJoudy with chance of drizxle Highs will be in the upper 50s KING OF THE ROAD DIES LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roger Miller was mourned Mondav by fellow singers, fnends and hobos They recalled his down-home ch.irm in ihe finger-snapping hi! 'King of the Road", the twangy "Dang Me" and the goofy 'Can'! Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd.' 'Out of his mouth would flow the most unusual yet appropriate lines you would ever hear." said Bill Boyd, executive director of the Academy of Country Music and a longtime friend ‘He was fun to be around. I think Roger was most at home in front of a microphone entertaining people, whether it be five people or 5,000 ‘ The nation's hobos also gneved the weekend death or Miller, whose 1965 song ‘King of the Road* gave rail-riders an anthem SPORTS MIAMI (AP) Nineteen people were hurt, none seriously, when a partition shattered, showering some spectators at joe Robbie Stadium with broken glass near the end of the Indianapolis-Miami game. Excited fans hoping to see the previously undefeated Dolphins come back to win had tieen pounding on the 2-by-S foot divider at the bottom of an upper deck stairway, witness es and officials said Sunday "It's like a tempered safety glass It breaks like a car win dow. it breaks into tiny pieces,' an official said The partition was designed to allow fans dear views of the field but prevent falls over the railing