Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1993
Let the sunshine in
Ptuw by Oy«*n Cou*»<
Rachel DiNoto. a senior chemistry major, and Andrew Lee, a
second-year Reality Science major at LCC. try to keep up with their
shadows as they head to the chemistry lab in Willamette Hall where
Rachel works
Neighborhood launches
campaign to curb noise
j Amazon neigriDors seriu
letters concerning parties
and underage drinking
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Associate Ed>to<
University student* living in or plan
ning to move to Kugene's Amazon area
may get n greeting from their neighbors
that includes information about keeping
party noise to a dull roar.
Amazon Neighbors, a new group
formed out of the frustration of many of
the area's non-student residents, is de
signer! to welcome people to the area and
get neighborhood relations started on u
positive note, said Robbie Wright, co
chairwoman of Amazon Neighbors
The Amazon area, located south of the
University, has a high concentration of
students, which results in an ongoing
problem of loud parties and underage
drinking
Wright, who has had her own prob
lems with loud neighbors, said the Ama
zon neighborhood is "very diverse, but
the livability can also t>e very, very diffi
cult."
At a meeting of the Amazon Neightxjr
hood Association last year. Wright said,
some of this frustration was expressed,
and *i suggestion came up that "Projei t
Kugene A Century Coalition" may lie in
terested in sponsoring a program to help
cut down on underage drinking The
Century Coalition is a group dedicated to
reducing alcohol abuse across the United
States
Amazon Neighbors formed after the
ANA meeting and. with cooperation
from a University group and the Kugene
police department, developed a packet
that includes information oIk>uI noise or
dinances in tlie city, the laws on under
age drinking and drunken driving, and
the potential legal consequences of vio
lating these taws.
The University’s Campus and Commu
nity Relations Task Force included a
handout titled. ”How To Throw A Great
'ft's non-threatening, and
it's not a put-down, ft's
fust to say, “Here are the
ndes and the laws '
Robbie Wright.
committee co-chairwoman
Party."
Wright said tint put kiit, which also in
clude* a welcoming letter. is not meant
to set up on adversarial relationship be
tween non-students and students
"It's non-threatening, and it's not a
put-down." Wright said "It's gist to say.
Here are the rules and the laws.' "
|udy Kggers, Project Kugene Coalition
member. said Amazon Neighbors will al
low responsible area residents to unite in
an effort to eliminate "problem areas."
"Project Kugene is committed to seeing
this program through by im|M»sing great
er responsibility on the residents to make
sure they act responsibly and keep their
end ol the bargain." Kggers said
Wright said she hopes students will re
spouri with open minds if they receive a
packet
"My feeling is that probably til) per
cent ol students are basically open to
suggestions." Wright said "If you talk to
them and say. 'Look, I have a high-stress
job. I need a little peace and quiet.' most
of them will say. OK.’ Some are not
even aware that what they're doing is
i uusmg a problem for other residents.
"Maybe lit) percent of them are asses
who are gist there to antagonize you any
way." she said. "The hard thing about
that is it ends up affet ting the people in
the Mix k above and the blea k below that
house; and sometimes it ends up involv
ing the police."
Wright said at least two non-student
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EMU student groups face high phone installation bills
j Groups pay for upgrading EMU
electrical codes, not just phone lines
By Matt Bender
£me»aid Repone>__
Oregon Voice publisher Brad Kolen figured getting
his magazine's phone line moved into a different EMU
office would be relatively cheap.
So Kolen was more than a little bit surprised when he
received an estimate from the University’s Office of
Telecommunication Services for $500
The Voice is just one of the EMU groups that was un
pleasantly surprised by a large bill from telecommuni
cation services Last fall, Chi Alpha Christian Fellow
ship. KWVA Campus Radio, Students For Choice ami
the EMU administration all received similar bills.
Dave Barta, telecommunication services manager,
said the bills were high because the EMU phone wiring
needed to be upgraded to meet electrical codes, a task
made difficult by the design of the EMU.
"The electrical code changed,” Barta said. "It no
longer allows phone wires to do exposer! in rooms and
WEATHER
Morning fog will break down
later in the day to reveal sunny
skies and highis in the upper
50s Lows should only reach
into the 40s.
Toddy in History
In 1845. Edgar Allen Poe s
CThe Raven' was pub
under a pseudonym in
the New York Evening Mirror
OREGANO-HEADS BEWARE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (AP) - Cooking Italian could endanger your freedom
in Arkansas. A bill introduced in the legislature could make possession of
oregano illegal and punishable by up to 10 years in prison
Dried, crumbled oregano leaves look much like marijuana, and the fla
vorful herb has occasionally been passed off as the costlier marijuana.
Supporters of the bill contend that an arrest would occur only if some
one were trying to sell oregano as marijuana.
Conviction could bring a sentence of three to 10 vears in prison and a
$10,000 fine.
says we have to use more expensive metal molding in
stead of plastic for phone lines."
Harta said phone-line molding covers lines that run
along walls in and out of phone boxes and jacks. The
task of rewiring the EMU was complicated because the
building has different sections and thick concrete walls.
"The KMU is a funny building. It was built in two or
three sections at different times." Berta said, "and if the
job requires any drilling, you have to drill through 1
foot thick concrete walls."
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SPORTS
PORTLAND (AP) - Team caplain Clyde Drexler wants Sail
Lake Cilv police to make it dear what players were not
involved in alleged sexual activity between members ol the
Portland Trail Blazers and two 16-year-oid girls.
The police report of the incident listed the first names of
seven people, six of which match the first names of the
members of (he Blazer basketball team.
The guys that were involved, we re going to support them
wholeheartedly because we re a whole team, but the guys
who had no involvement whatsoever, there needs lobe some
kind of statement made to that effect.' Drexler said
Thursday.