POLICE BEAT The following incidents were reported to the University Office of Public; Safety and the Eugene police department April 8-1 1. •The University reported the theft of a VCR and remote control April 6 The items were tak en from a locked storage cabinet located in the Knight Library between March 14 and March 25. The cabinet was locked, and police said there were no signs of forced entry According to polic e reports. 15 to 20 people have keys to the c abinet The missing items were valued at $5 41 • A 25 year-old man was idled for littering at U S. Bank. 810 K I5lh Ava.. April 7 A police officer observed the man drinking a bottle of Inter behind the bank The officer said he sow the man throw the bottle Into a nearby bush. The officer said the man became agitated and verbally abusive when he was cited for littering. According to (Miln e reports, the man wadded up the citation and threw it on the ground The man picked up the ticket when the officer told him he would get a second citation for littering if he didn’t pick up the first citation. •The University Computing Center. 1225 Kin caid St., reported the theft of a printer April 7 The printer was valued at $2tH) •The University psychology department. 1451 Onyx St., reported the theft of a drill April 7 The drill, valued at $80. was taken sometime during spring break • A University student reported the theft of a bike on the 1200 block of East 19th Avenue April 8 The student left the hike, valued at $60, near a dumpster, and the hike was taken some time between April 5 and April f> According to polic e reports, the student said she believed the hike may have tieen taken by the garbage ser vice. • Romania Chevrolet-Geo. 2020 Franklin Hlvd . reported a theft and incident of criminal mine hief April 9. Someone broke off the anten na and slashed the soft top of a 1993 convert ible. The damage was estimated at $4,t>00. On the same night, a $200 stereo was stolen out of a different car on the Romania lot. • A University student was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol April 9. Polic e officers observed the student staggering in an alley on the 4(Ml block of Host 12th Avenue The student was carrying a full cup of beer and appeared to be intoxicated, ac c ording to police reports The arresting officer said the student became upset and started yelling after he was cited I he stu dent then lunged at the officer arid had to he restrained The student was arrested and hand cuffed. •Sy s Piusa. 1211 Alder St . reported a theft of $95 in cash April 10. The money was token from a desk drawer in a work area in the hack of the building An employee told police he saw a man in the work area and asked him what he was doing. The man said he was looking for the bathroom, and the employee gave* him direc tions. After spending about SO seconds in the bathroom, the suspect hastily left the building and headed north on Alder Street •Police off it ers responded to an attempted suicide on the 1200 block of Alder Street April HI. According to police reports, a woman doused herself with lighter fluid and was threat ening to light herself on fire She told police she was punishing herself for killing a cut file woman was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation. • Police responded lo another attempted sui < ide on the 5(K> block of hast 19th Avenue April II A University student, who told police he was upset about Ins relationship with his girl friend. hod taken some antibiotic capsules and drank some vodka. Alter the student vomited, he was taken lo the hospital, whew he was treat ed and released • A University student was t ited for posses sion of on o|>en container at the Knight Library April tl An OPS officer responded to a com plaint of a man talking loudly to himself in a second-floor bathroom stall When the officer arrived, he found the student in the restroom with a bottle of rum. Panelists discuss myths, harassment By HMtherto Mime* t*r Ow" ^‘V Cm***# Representative* of the Lesbian. Gey and Bisexual Alliance joined homosexual community mem bers Tuesday for a panel discus sion about stereotypes and harassment Jackie Baker, coordinator of educational and support services for the Office of the Dean of Stu dents. mediated the question-nnd anssver session, which was attended by more than 40 people. "There are a great many myths and stereotypes (about homosex uals). and we want people to find out that there are real live human beings behind the stereo types," Balzer said. "We want to move 'queer' from a concept to real people." Panelists said they try to change stereotypes by being very conspicuous as homosexuals and talking openly about their sexuality. "We won't go back in the clos et for anybody," said panel mem ber George l.ink, who is one of the first openly gay deacons at Eugene's Central Presbyterian Church. Panel members also said pub lic discussion of homosexuality is one of the first steps in Iwttling stereotypes. The panel approved of the syn dicated comic strip "For Better or For Worse.” whose cuirent sto ry line involves a gay teen-ager examining Ins sexuality. Panelists said the comic strip may inspire dialogue between readers who would not usually discuss homo sexuality with one another. "This is the first time that this has happened in a nationally syn dicated comic strip that I know of." said Mark Schwier, a com munity member."I think it's great that people are seeing this in the paper os a normal process. I applaud (comic artist) Lynn John ston and the papers that run the strip." Panel members said they some times encounter harassment. "I picked up the phone one night, and some guy yelled 'les bian' at me. so I yelled 'breeder' back at him." said Jodi Mai. a co organizer on the panel. “It's annoying to have to deal with." It is important to report harass ment to the Eugene police depart ment and the Office of Public Safety, said Spencer de Mille, a University student. "Harassment is such a problem because people don't report it, and then no one has the statistics to say that it is a problem," he said. Many people use the Bible to justify harassing homosexuals. Link said. "I'm not going to sit here and answer to every part of the Bible that has to do with sexuality,” Link said. “It's a matter of inter pretation. 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