Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 79
Bascom talks
about vision
j Eugene’s first woman
mayor outlines her plan
for the city’s future
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Associate Editor
Kuth Bascom used her swearing in
Monday as Eugene's first woman mnv
or to outline a vision for the i ity tfi.il
includes (letter trans|>or1ation, a new
library and an effort to attruc t more
visitors
Bascom took her oath of ottu e at
the Unit (.enter before a crowd ol
about 200 people Also sworn in Moil
day were niw i ity councilors Kevin
Hornbut klr (Ward i). Nancy Nathan
son (Ward H) and Barbara Keller
(Ward 2) Shawn Boles, who repre
sents Ward 7, was sworn 111 (or a se<
ond term
Basconi’s husfiand and six children
joined her on stage as she spoke ahout
her desire to continue the positive
things the city is doing and to put
some new items on tfie city's agenda
In the "let's keep moving" area.
Bascom pointed first to Eugene Dei i
sions. a large-scale opinion gathering
survey conducted by the Eugene City
Council
"Our first initiative lor keeping
things moving is the Eugene Decisions
directive to do tilings differently,”
Bascom said
S’n >. t.) I'f U0M r
Eugene Mayor Ruth Bascorn has a vision tor the city that Includes better
transportation, a new library and increased tourism
Kugoni} 1)»m isions also found sup
port for maintaining corn city st»r
vices Hast urn said Thu restaurant tas
on thn March liallol is a response to
(licit, shi) Saul, ami will ln-l|) with i ilv
Slirvil <• fullllm^ ll |MSM'(1
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Tax reform,
stability top
Roberts’ list
jThe governor delivers
state address, believes Leg
islature will be successful
By Lisa Kneefol
f iner aid Avuk'mU' ( duo*
In .1 stale address emphasizing u need
lor tus reform and longterm stability.
(,ov Itarbaru Rolierts delivered i rallying
salvo In the Oregon legislature Mon das
Rolierts also ( ailed for preserving the
login \ of tin* legislature hv tinkling
those i hullenges in a manner true In the
traditions ol Sali m
lliis legislative session is not |iist
aliout managing today s < riso. Rolierts
said Oregon's national image our repu
tation and our plat o ill history luivo l»nn
carved not by our budgets. lint bv logisla
tors and govomors vs ho i tplured an
ulna, took a risk and turned d into mull
ty
"()ur contributions yours and ininn
will determine thu path wn Iravol
almad and tin- legal v wu leave lielliud
filling innovative past legislation that
omnrgud Irom the legislature such as
thu nation's tirsl ImiMIi* bill, tin* Oregon
Health l’lan and Vera Kat/'s ediiialiou
reform plan. Roberts said though "pre
do lions swill grim" a productive session
lorn to ADDRESS P.uje 6
Break-ins strike two greek houses
j Kappa Sigma, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon burglarized during break
By Tammy Batey
f me*.iid Associate Editor
Fraternities Kappa Sigma. lOttt) Alder St., and
Sigma Alpha Kpsilon, H1J F Nth Ave were vii
tims of w inter-break burglaries. E ugene polit e re
ported
Members of the two fraternities have found
nothing stolen. However. FPI) offn ers Mike
Vanboever and Tern Fitzpatrick found the doors
of one sorority and seven fraternities, including
the two broken into, unlocked on Christinas 1 ).iv
At the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Vanbeever and
Fitzpatrick found a broken window in a mom let
mg the Eugene Millrace The offic ers entered the
unlocked house and saw partial I v eaten food on
tfie kitchen counters said Tim birr. IT’D spokes
man Police susjiect a homeless person may have
broken in to seek refuge from the i old and find
foot!
'As we searched the fratemitv. it was impossi
ble to tell if the house had been burglarized due
to thi1 disarray and mess of the entire area."
Vnnbeever said in tns report
kappa Sigma freasurer Derek ha/ee said frater
llily members ( lean up the house Indore breaks
and did not leave the house in disarray A new
window has (wen installed, whu h ka/ee said
would lust about Slot)
"We've had break-ins before where computers
and stereos were stolen." he said " This is noth
mg to us compared with what has happened in
the past."
Vanlteevor and Fitzpatrick found a broken In,
mg room window at Sigma Alpha Fpsilon At this
house, the pair also had difficulty determining if
anything had !>een stolen tiecuuse dirty dishes
were thrown around the living room and the
house smelted of urine and vomit, according to
the polo e report
Mike Mnhanev. Sigma Alpha Kpsilon memlier.
said he was the only person living in the house
when it was broken into Dei 2:», two days tiefore
Vanbeever and Fit/patru k saw the broken win
dow Mnhanev said he was sleeping in an up
stairs bedroom but woke at 1 a in when he heard
footsteps downstairs
Mahaney said he looker) out his window and
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IT**) t>y OyiJtn C<j
Kappa Sigma President Jonathan Avery looks through the window
intruders entered during winter break.
WEATHER
( ioudv •'kit-', should prevail
over Eugene todav with a 30
percent chance of snow flur
ries
E\p« t snow or freezing rain
overnight and snow flumes are
forecast for VVednevlas
Highs todav 30-35
LATE NIGHT ON CBS'>
SANTA MONICA. Qlif {APi - Hasid Letterman will defcn 1 to ( HS
bt .ms.- NBC won I but!!}.' Tonight Shun host ]a\ Leno in favor of
1-rlierman. CBS Entertainment President ft-ff Saganskv said Monday
We v e lieeri pursuing him for su months and it s all going to pay off.
Saganskv said of U-tterman during the network s winter press tour to pn •
view new programs
NBC where l/itr Sight »i!h [kind Lrttprmon currently follows Thr
Tonight Shim has until Kriday to counter CBS s .ffer Hut Saganskv s|x>ke
Monday as though a l^tterman move to CHS was a done deal
We re going to get him lies our guy. hesaid
SPORTS
MISSION VIKJO. Calif (AP) They will no longer !»•
nomads, living out of a suili aw and eating roomservii e
fare, and they will no longer lx- fort ed lo beg and Ixmtow
a prat lit e field.
The U.S. sot i er team finally has a home
Preparing for what they hope wdl be a drive to the
World Cup title m 1*KM in the Kow Bowl in Pasadena
the young men who mate up the Amerit an team report
ed Monday to the new mio er training site at Mission
Vie|0
For the first time. Amerit an sot t er players will have a
permanent fatality where players t an train daily