Oregon Daily
MONDAY, MARCH 29,1993
State picking up
after earthquake
j Earthquake damages the Capitol
building and areas outside Woodbum
PORTLAND (A!1) — Many Oregonians breathed easier
after Oregon’s latest earthquake. Others were digging in
to clean up the rubble and look over the damage.
The 5:34 a m. Thursday earthquake, which measured
between 5.3 and 5.7 on the Richter scale, wasn't strong
enough to create havoc throughout the state. Hut it did
damage older structures near its epicenter outside of
Woodbum
The damage to Molalla High School alone was about
S3 million, at cording to Clac kainns County i ommission
ers The county on Friday declared a state of emergency
and asked lor assistance frolh Gov Barbara Roberts
The rotunda area in the state Capitol in Salem was kept
off-limits Friday as structural engineers tried to deter
mine what it would take Kj fix the 55-yenr-oid domed
structure.
"The building is very quiet today, subdued," said Hill
Leach, administrative servic es manager for the Capitol. "I
think the effei ts of the earthquake in the building here
have really opened our eyes to the potential."
"Our biggest c oncern is that, if the earthquake had been
of any longer duration, we could have had serious struc -
tural fuilure in the building." Ia*ac h said.
Sitting on top of the dome is a 23-foot. 10-ton gold-plat
ed statue of a pioneer, which twisted an eighth of an inch
after the temblor, but remained anchored to the building.
Experts will determine whether it will be nec essary to
remove the pioneer so that repairs can he made to the
rotunda.
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Baiting the hook
P*fl*Q by Anthony Fb»n#y
Steve Warren (right) helps his son Chris fix up his line with cheese as Warren's other son Travis
awaits during a trout fishing out mg at Delta Ponds
Disabled sav campus ignorant
□ Students with disabilities say
they are being treated unfairly
By Tammy Batey
Oregon D»Hy F’mrsiUi
Paul Triantafilos was walking with a couple
of friends near Prim e Lucian Campbell Hall
when a group of five or six men walked by The
men snickered and called him names he forced
himself to forget.
'‘Small minds amuse easily.’' Triantafilos
sold to the men. He feared they would attack
him. but they walked away.
Triantafilos is 4-foot-10 with a normal torso
and disproportionately short logs. But he said
he's a lot bigger inside than the people who
make fun of him.
"1 have just as much a right to be here as any
body." said Triantafilos, 33.
Hilary Gerdes. a counselor for students with
disabilities, said she's worked with about 200 of
similar students now attending the University.
Many students complain about ignorant class
mates and unaccommodating professors.
Students with disabilities ask Gerdes to noti
fy their professors of their needs. Professors ore
required by law to accommodate students with
disabilities, but Gerdes said a few professors
she's worked with lack information about dis
abilities. especially learning disabilities
The most common accommodation profes
sors make is allowing students to take exams
awav from class or giving them more time to
complete exams. Gerdes said,
“Once professors understand we're not low
ering our standards, but allowing our disabled
students to have the opportunity to learn like
everyone else, they're willing to make accom
modations,'' Gerdes said
Fellow students can bo the worst nightmare
for a student with disabilities Often students
want to be helpful, but end up doing the wrong
thing, tierdes said.
"We’ve had coses of students grabbing the
arms of blind students and coming up behind
and pushing students in wheelchairs," she said.
"Not only is it inappropriate, but also scary "
Susannah Meininger, 25. said students aren't
mean or patronizingly nice to her. but they are
curious.
“The problem isn't people who aren't nice.
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Eugene shoots down
city restaurant tax
□ Levies approved, but 3 percent tax does not
pass mail-in election during last week
By Meg Dedolph
Oreyort CXttiy EmtucUO
Eugene citizen<; turned down a proposed '1 percent restaurant tax
by a vote of 20,072 to 13.5*12 in the March 23 mail-in elm.lion
However, voters passed both the county law enforcement levy,
supporting correctional programs and sheriffs deputies, and the
county extension levy, funding the agricultural extension service
The restaurant tax was originally selm ted by the Citv Council
las ause it was preferred by respondents in last year's Eugene Deci
sions survey
The tax would have generated $5 :t million for the city’s general
fund in one year, partially alleviating Eugene’s predicted mil
lion budget shortfall The tax would have applied to meals sold by
restaurants, caterers and ready-to-eat foods sold in supermarkets
Eugene Mayor Kuth Bast om said she believed one reason the tax
failed was because the money generated was not earmarked for a
specific area.
"I think that voters are likely to support tax measures that support
a specific need, for example, the law enforcement levy." Bascom
said. "Our vote was for general government, and I think that doesn't
stdl as well."
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I WEATHER
Western Oregon weather
should be fair today with highs
in the 60s and lows in the upper
30s.
Expec t increasing clouds
Tuesday w ith a < bance of rain
late, mainly in the southern
Willamette Valley. ,
Afcruvt Photo
hHOM
THE
PAST
Vietnam War protest
ers burned Esslinger
Hall in May 1970 in
response to ROTC
remitting on campus.
The building was gut
ted. which was the
only way to destroy the
ROTC uniforms stored
in the basement.
SPORTS
Oregon wrestler Kevin Roberts bed the most impressive
showing for the Duck* at the NCAA Championships in Ames.
Iowa
Roberts, wrestling at 118 pounds, won the first two of his
three matches and eventually lost to Purdue s Gabe Zirkelbach
m the consolation bracket
One of Robert s wins came against lOth-ranked Brad Bruhi of
Northern Iowa
Oregon s Pal Craig also won his first round match, but lost
his nest two.
Chris Anderson, Mat Sprague and Corv Sonnen all lost in the
first round of the meet, which was March 17-21