Events will focus on assault issues By Daratyn Trapp* OtQan Oa>\ l I'WH.t .1 The stale’s first conference dealing solely with sexual assault issues will take place at the University this week The events will focus on the safety of women not only in this area but around the world. Erin Collier, program coordinator for Sexual Assault Support Ser vices, whit h is sponsoring the conference, said it has been "a life long dream” of many of the SASS staff members to have a confer elit e just on sexual assault issues. With such a defined focus, those who attend will !«• able to get a great deal of information about very spet.ifit issues, she said The events for "Empowering Survivors of Sexual Assault Stir vices for Change." ns the t (inference is called, begin Thursday at noon and com lude Saturday night Participants tan attend part or all of the conferent e. Thursday 's m hedule int hides several workshops and two forms of entertainment The plat Parallel Lives will lie performed, and Irene Farrera will sing Friday's events begin at H am and go on through 11 p m with two panel discussions on diversity and hacklnsh. workshops and the annual "Take Back the Night" march Self-defense instructor Nadia Telsey will give the keynote address at 12:30 p.m Telsey runs her own business, called Self Defense From the Inside Out The march, which will begin after a 7:30 p.m. rally on the steps ol Prince l.ncien Campbell Hall, has its roots in San Fram is< o. Col lier said. In 1<I7H. 5.000 women man bed through that cilt demanding respect and an end to violence They managed to shut down the city's pornography strip fora night. Collier said. Locally, the march is also organized to give women a sense of empowerment "We do this to give women and children a taste of freedom." she said, "We want to be able to walk at night and not lie afraid about going to placet! that on* traditionally dangerous to go to ' The conference {.loses Saturday vv dh attention turned to Bosnia Workshops begin at 9 a in and im lude a forum on the rapes and murders of women in Bosnia "For people who work in the movement of violence against women, we know we can t lust look at the United States (.oilier Tor people who work in the movement of violence against women, we know we can’t just look at the United States. It’s part of a global movement to stop violence. What's happening in Bosnia is the same thing that happens every day in this country.’ Erin Collier. SASS program coordinator said 11 s pari ol a global mint' meat to slop violent e What's happening in Bosnia is the same thing Ihal happens every dav in this i ounlr\ So working to help them is part of a global commit' ment 1 he i unfertile e i loses Saturday night with .1 dinner prepared bv B*'t t v Tumlja. .1 native of Botin in Writer Susan Conley will share her ns ent experiem es m Bosnia Ihe dinner wilt he in the IAU from 7 to 9 p in I he money raised at the dinner will tie used to send an adv ih ate to Bosnia to help the women who have heed victimized and that person will train others to do the same sort of work (.oilier said All events e\iopt the Saturday night dinner will tie at the Casanova Center SASS prefers that [MHiple register ahead of lime, but tickets can bn purr hosed .it the door eat ft day Tin* fee for the tmtm' i onferenc e. excluding the Saturday night dinner. is S III'. I-or one day only, excluding tin' dinner, the cost is $40 I he dinner is $25. For more details or lo register, rail NASS .it 4H4 07*11 Nicaraguan leader to talk today at EMU A member of the Ni< araguati National Assembly and loader of a grass roots farming and nuu h ing assiM tation yvill speak at 7 p m today in the LMU Cum wood Room Rentgna Mendiola w ill address property issues, is oiiomii alter natives and the work of yvomen i imperative farmers Women play a great role in Nicaraguan politic s. particular ly on the issue of land owner ship " said I rit Latham, spokesman for the ( aunmiltee in Solidarity yy itli tfie (enlral Alltel u an People Henigna Mendiola will idler insight on the pnlitii a I and e< o noiitii situation in Nicaragua. Latham said Mendiola. a leader in the San dinista party. was tortured hy the Somu/j National (iiiard and ■ up lured lyyiie hy (.outra rebels Mendiola yyas elected to the assembly in loot) A reception will follow Men dtoiu's presentulton I'he event is sponsored liy ( ISLAI’. the I Ml Cultural I'orum and the Nicaragua Network Kduiation I mid as part of the annual Hen Linder Memorial Commemora tion. POLICE BEAT The following incidents were reported to the Univer sity Office of Public Safety and the Eugene polii e depart ment May 1-7. • A 46-year-old man was arrested for attempted theft of a bicycle on the 2000 block of Franklin Boulevard May t. An EPD officer observed a man lying under a Ini v< le that was locked to a bike rack The officer noticed that the cable locking the bike to the rack had been cut and saw a pair of wire cutters lying between the suspet t's legs. The man admitted to trying to steal the bike and told the officer, Look I have three kid . Give me a break The suspect told the officer he was trying to take the hike because he was out of work and needed money, accord ing to police reports • A 22-year-old man was cited for theft of a Universi ty parking sticker May 5. An OPS officer contacted the suspect when the stu k er. which was reported stolen April 2f), was seen on the suspect's vehicle The suspect told police he received the stii ker from a woman lie said he could not remem lair the woman's name and had no reason to believe the sticker was stolen Police said the suspect was not a student but was using the sticker to park in University lots. •Two University students were arrested fur theft on the 800 block id East t5th Avenue May •> Police i ontacted the two students in connei lion with a series of hike thefts that were reported May 5. When officers contacted the suspects, they found stolen prop erty in the suspects' residence. Police found a $WI5 hicy i le. a $20 motorcycle helmet and a compact disc, all of which had been reported as stolen property • A 4 1-year-old man was arrested for burglary and criminal mischief at the Outdoor Program, Room 37 KMU, May tl The suspec t entered the KMU ahout 1 a m through an unlos ked door and discharged a fire extin guisher in the Outdoor Program's uffii e The snsjas t told l>olice he sprayed the extinguisher to attract the attention of the polo e and said he "just gives up. The chemical dust from the extinguisher caused S500 damage to the office's computers. • A 37-year-old man was cited for disorderly conduc t on the 12t)() block of Alder Street May 7 An off-duty polit e officer and his wife were walking from their car on Alder Street when the suspect approached them and said. "Excuse me, cun I guard your hubcaps7” The officer said the susprn t was trying to get money fur watching the hubcaps of cars parked on the street The officer said he wasn't interested, and the cou ple tried to pass the suspect nil the sidewalk Tht* siisptM ! blinkrd I hi* sidewalk and rt?pt*<il«’ulv asked to guard I he < uuples hulx a [is. ai i urdmg lo [Kiln >■ reports As titc offi< er ordered ihe man to move, three friends of the suspect approached the couple from behind The offit er said the men were transients and appeared lo lie intoxicated I lie officer and Ins vvife were allowed to pass after the men recognized the officer, who had cited them in the past Tile man was cited w hen the offii er t ante to work Ihe next day and disc overed the stixpei I was in jail for another c harge I he offic er added the disorderly (.(induc t charge while the suspc* I was lieing detained • A 72-year-old man was i iled with furnishing alcohol to minors on tin* 'too bloc k of hast I 1th Avenue May 7 Police were responding to a loud party at the address When offic ers arrived, they saw people outside of the house drinking I he offic ers said many ol the peopla were less than 71 years of ago The officers contac ted the man who lives at the address and cited him after he said he knew underage drinkers were at the party. an ending to polic e reports • A University student reported a theft .it Lawrence flail. 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