Oregon Daily
TUESDAY. JUNE 1, 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 168
A day to remember
^Krto tjr Armory rom#-,
Ed Kelly, a stall sergeant in World War II, spends Memorial Day week
end placing more than 800 flags on the graves of military personnel at
Lane Memorial Gardens
University won’t enforce
parking bill, official says
j Bill would require proof of
insurance from students
wanting parking permits
By Tonya Robison
For Itw Oregon f-Ar V Emeiak)
House Bill 363H could affect every Uni
versity student who wants to buy a cam
pus parking permit, if it passes and the
University decides to implement it.
The bill would allow high schools, col
leges and universities to require proof of
car insurance, registration and driver s
license before issuing parking permits.
The intent is to decrease the number of
uninsured student drivers. Currently only
the license plate number of the car in the
applicant's possession is required.
Randall Stamm, the University's park
ing program coordinator, said the bill
would not really reduce the number of
uninsured drivers and would fie too
expensive to enforce. He estimated costs
of $100,000 (list to sturt the program at
tin* University Also, he said, the Univ er
sity is not responsible for ensuring that
students are properly registered and
insured.
The bill was originally written as a
requirement for all vehii les parking on
campus, but after encouragement from
higher edui ation officials, it was changed
to request only students to submit proof
when buying yearly or quarterly permits
Stamm said he believes higher educa
tion officials backed down and stopped
aggressively opposing the hill when it
ceased to he a mandate.
"I will be interested to see if any
schools implement this, and it so. how
they do it." Stamm said
One reason the University may i house
not to implement the bill is because
Stamm sees it as an attempt to get higher
education to enforce a law that should lie
enforced by the Department of Motor
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Packwood back on wagon
but says he may jump off
j Senator also says he’s
unharmed by accusations
PORTLAND (AP) — Sen Bob Pack
wood says he's not sure whether lie
will ever drink again, but he has
stayed away from alcohol for the pusl
six months.
"I’ll never promise I'll quit drinking
entirely," Packwood said Sunday on
the NBC program Meet the Press
He also said the sexual misconduct
allegations against him haven't
harmed hts effei tiveness as a senator
ll was Pat kwood's first appearance
on a national interview program since
sexual misconduct allegations sur
faced last November. Ihr**! weeks after
he was elected to his fifth term
Me said in a news conference in
December that he might have a drink
ing problem
The Oregon Republican said on the
television program that the sexual
harassment allegations have had no
impar t on his ability to function in the
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WISTEC experimental campsite for Eugene’s homeless closes
□ Campers scramble for income
sources and new places to reside
By Eden Hopkins
For t*e Oregon Otefy £ mer.ik 1
Sylvia Flynn is on the move again. She walked all of
the way from Salem to stay at the only legal oar ramp ill
Eugene.
Flynn lived at the Centennial ('.ar (jimp for the home
less near the Willamette Science and Technology Center.
Monday, the homeless campers were evacuated from
the experimental three-month camping area next to the
Willamette River.
The Centennial Car (jimp was the only place in
Eugene besides churches and shelters where homeless
people could loyally sleep in their cars or tents
Social Services is currently putting the names of car
tamp families onto waiting lists for transitional housing.
Hut for singles such us Flynn. 36, there are few alter
natives.
Bob Dritz. White Bird Clinic coordinator, said White
Bird established the temporary car camp because there
are few alternative shelters for homeless people who
have been forced to leave their previous campsites as a
result of complaints from community members.
"If they toll people they can't stay, the community has
to tell them where to stay." he said.
When the camp was open, Dritz said, it hud few frills
but was able to provide campers with the basics.
"It was designed as a bare bones set-up,” Dritz said
"It's well-utilized, so down the line I’m hoping it will be
WEATHER
A 60 percral chance of show
ers expected today Hiflhs near
70. Showers expected to contim
ue throughout tne week with
partial clearing on Wednesday
and Thursday.
Today m History
In !967. the Beatles released
their album Sergeant Peppers
Lonely Hearts Club Bona.
LIBRARY EXTENDS HOURS
The University Knight Library will extend hours of service for nine days
during Dead and Finals Week, Wednesday. )une 2 through Thursday, June 10
Circulation service, study spat* and access to the collections will be available,
reference service will be provided until 11 p m except on Friday and
Saturday , June 4 and 5, when the reference desk will dose at 9 p m
The library will be opened Wednesday. June 2.8 a m l a m , Thursday
|une 3, 8 a m.-l a m : Friday, June4 8a m -10 p m , Saturday, June V 10a m -
10 p m,; Sunday, June 6.10 a m l a.m and Monday, June 7, through
Thursday, June 10.8 a m 1 a m
For more information, call the University Library, Office of the Librarian.
346-3056
sol up with lietter resources. including showors and a
conimunily tout with heal."
The car camp facilities included portable toilets with
toilet paper, telephones and a sink, across the street
Clampers could rent a parking space for SI a day in the
30-space parking lot.
The idea of anything beyond essentials was somewhat
extravagant.
"I d like to have a mantle to put my son s picture on."
Flynn said.
Flynn's suggestion of portable showers being brought
in was too complex for the three-month experiment.
Nearby shower use was 50 cents at the Sheldon Mead
ow Community Center.
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SPORTS
WASHINGTON (AP) - All-Pro linebacker Derrick Thomas
has stared down a good many quarterbacks, but on Monday he
told Vietnam veterans that he just wants to live up to tlie
courage of the father he never knew
Thomas was among the speakers who |Oined President
Clinton for the Memorial Day ceremony While Clinton spoke
of healing the wounds of the Vietnam War, Thomas spoke of
the pain suffered by children and parents, spouses, brothers
and sisters - anyone who lost a loved on in the war
Thomas said everyone told him what a good person his
lather was, but that he never found out for himself