Oregon Daily
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1993
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 97
Noise violators
may pay more
j Eugene City Council proposes
tougher ordinance for offenders
By Vegar Stokset
Eme«aid Contributor
After receiving numerous complaints about noise
and late-night parties, the Eugene (litv Council is
moving to adopt stiffer penalties for repeat noise
violators.
A repeateil offense under the proposed new city
ordinance could result in a St.500 fine, SO days in
jail or both.
Eugene police department patrol Capt Jim Horton
said the penalties under the present ordinance are
too weak Kl'D received more than 2,000 noise com
plaints between October 1091 and Octolier 1992.
und was able to respond to only half of those inci
dents,
"The monetary fines hove been too small to serve
as a real deterrent," he said "The fines have pist
been seen as a cost of doing business "
Under the original amendment proposal, violators
who don't stop making noise within 50 minutes af
ter given a citation or warning would m five up to
$500 in fines and 50 days in jail. They could be
fined $1,500, sentenced to 90 days in jail or liotli if
they create noise again within six months of the
first violation
The council is likelv to approve the amendment
after making several adjustments, including lower
ing penalties tor first-time offenders, but stiffening
those of repeat offenders Councilors favored ( hang
ing the proposed fines for the first violation from
$500 to $200 and no jail time. The limit for being
penalized (or the second violation was changed
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Police investigate
series of assaults
j Police say assaults on women in
North Eugene area may be related
By Meg Dedolph
Emerald Reporter __
Eugene polii •• are investigating a series of assaults
that may indu.ate the presence of a serial rapist in
the North Eugene area.
The incidents, three rapes and one assault during
the past two months, have some similarities, in
cluding the presence of a weapon and the suspect's
general description, said EPD spokesman Tim Birr
However. Birr said police were "not prepared to
say we have a serial rapist in the North Eugene
area."
While the police have no suspects in any of the
attacks, an incident was reported Friday night in
which a man fitting the suspect's description star
tled a woman in the parking lot of a Safeway at
2060 River Road, causing her to flee without her
groceries
According to a witness, the man was a clean
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WEATHER
Sunshine and fair skies will
frevail in the Eugene area
emperaturw may reach into
the upper 60s
Today in History
In 1924 the first execution by
gas in the United States took
place at the Nevada State Prison
in Carson City.
Pfttito by Count*
Anchorwoman Shannon Dorsett sorts through scripts as Zatryn Abidin focuses during a filming ofUolO News
University ‘News’ takes to the air
j Journalism students involved in all
phases of their weekly newscast
By Natasha Shepard
Emerald Contributor_ _
"Kill it!" a voice yelled in the next room. On the
screen, two women appeared poised and composed,
though at the common;ia! break they laughed ner
vously and tugged at their hair
A panicked nv>via reviewer dashed through the
hall with four plastic ducks, one of which was miss
ing a tail, and the air in Studio C was choked with
anticipation.
But when the audience saw **U of O News' flash
on the screen, the picture reflected all professional
ism and none of the high anxiety in the newsroom
Aired on Channel 12. U of O News is entirely stu
dent-produced. The class, which has expanded from
being offered only spring term to include winter, is
made up of 11 students who put together the show.
Students rotate jobs, so each has a chance to be an
chor. director, cameraperson and other various jobs.
The class, advanced TV nows, is "the real world
and then some," student Shelley Ashenfelter said.
The news offers University students a chance to
see the news from a University perspective, student
jodi Kaulukukui said. "It is an opportunity tq look at
your peers and see what they're thinking." she said.
Besides offering comment from students and pro
fessors. the U of O Nows provides spontaneity and
entertainment. The Newrs has covered stories from
African dance to sexual harassment. During one story
on fake identification and shooting on-location at a
f'f»«b, Dyt^CnlSr
Technical director Jody Kaulukukul (left) and director
Brail Cottman work the controls during U ol O News.
bar, a brawl broke out. student Libby Dow soil said.
because of its tight time schedule, the show airs us
it was shot, even if there are mistakes
The first show aired included a shot of the anchor
man in the middle of a commercial break looking
around the newsroom. An equipment malfunction ti
tled President Bill Clinton as Cathy Chevron, the an
chorwoman.
During one show, the director realized there wasn't
enough time to switch tapes between the commercial
and news story. "We told the anchor to try and stall,
and he went on and on. then just sat there and smiled
until the camera went off him," Dowsett said
The IJ of O Nows has to rely on what it already
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FROM
THE
PAST
An 1891 fac ulty meet
ing in then University
President John W.
Johnson s recitation
room, lohnson is seated
second from the right,
alongside the wall
Archi ves Photo
SPORTS
The Oregon women's basketball learn lost its 1(Jth conset titive
game Friday night, falling to Oregon State 67-fit at Me Arthur
Court
Oregon (612.0-9) grabbed a 39-ill halftime lead against the
Beavers and held onto it for most of the second half before the
Beavers took their firs! lead a! M-S3 with 6 49 left in the game
Oregon regained the lead and was ahead 61-66 w ith 5:1'; left in
the game, before Oregon State pulled ahead for good. 64-63,
with 1 36 remaining m the game
The Beavers made five of si* free throws in the final I 36 and
held Oregon scoreless in the last three minutes of the game to
cinch the victory.