Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 2. 1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 169
Volunteers want items
donated, not dumped
j Organization will send
unwanted items to Tijuana
By Tammy Batey
OtKjon Da*?y fmerata
Flail on chucking that shirt in that
interesting shade of orange you bought on
a whim? What about that oh-so-foshion
able hat your aunt bought you tor Christ
mas? And don't forget those lamps you
couldn’t stop yourself from buying
because they were a dollar apiece at a
garage sale.
The end of the school year means Uni
versity students will he cleaning then
dorm rooms, houses and apartments and
finding stuff they don't want —- and can't
believe they bought. But University junior
Suzanne O'Shea encourages students to
give her their old junk, instead of throw
ing it away.
O'Shea is helping collect items for the
Mission of |oe Brown, an organization
that collects and donates items to home
less people in Tijuana. Mexico. Items that
Brown, a reverend who began his service
in 1960. can't ship to Tijuana will bo dis
tributed to the working poor and home
less in Lane County.
"For a long time I've wanted a place
where stuff is tor free," O'Shea said
"Even if a pair of blue jeans costs Sr>, if
you’re trying to pay your rent. S5 can be
too much."
In past years, O'Shea has been amazed
at what students throw out She said she
has found sheets still in their packaging
and sweaters that look brand new outside
of greek houses and dorms
"There's this market out there in the
dumpsters.” she said "They throw all
that stuff away. The main thing is i ati fl
ing them before they leave anil letting
them know there's a need
At 19. Brown first visited Tijuana with
a church group. He started up his organi
zation bu(.ause of an an ident
The church memljurs were returning to
the United States when their Inis broke
down. Brown went to get gas and soon
found himself in n garbage dump He
almost stepped on a bain girl c overed
with dirt and maggots
Besides the abandoned girl. Brown saw
other people living in cardboard shacks
and wearing paper sacks. He look the girl
hack to the bus. and a few weeks later she
was adopted. The experience changed Ins
life.
Brown began collecting furniture,
clothes and food to take the homeless in
Tijuana. He now returns every six
months.
"It's a great feeling." he said. "I've
made friends who are like my own fami
ly. They treat me like I'm their brother.
You reach out to help them and they
reai h out and love you."
O'Shea is one of about 350 volunteers
who help roller t items to send to Tijuana
To donate items to be picked up. cal!
O'Shea at OH I 9185 For more information
on the Mission of foe Brown, call Brown
at 206-4333 in Mapleton or write to P C).
Box 537, Mapleton. OK 97453
Buckle up
t*y MR N»wr
Ram leaked into the EMU floor from the building ’s roof and other water
was swept m from the side After the floor dried, the blocks buckled and
formed mounds EMU Director Dusty Miller said the the door would be
torn apart and put back together cither Tuesday night or tonight
F#*p*ok>
Much A TM fraud can be avoided by keeping PINs personal.
ATM fraud can take many forms
j Recent robbery
cases raise concerns
NEW YORK (AP) — M's like a
script from an underworld mas
termind's Mission Impossible
Hifth-tec:h thieves install a phony
automated teller machine at a
suburban Connecticut mall, steal
data from user cards and bilk
bunk accounts nationwide
Or how about this: Crooks in
New York furtively videotape
ATM users as they punch in
their secret access codes The
videotapers use the information
to make t.ash withdrawals
Then there's thu con artist in
Fairfax County, Va.. who posed
as a hank manager, duped bank
card theft victims into revealing
confidential information about
their codes and used it to steal
even more of their money.
These are some recent exam
ples of headline-grabbing cases
that have focused attention on
the safety and security of the
nation's 87,000 ATMs, one of the
most popular ways to get cash.
ATMs have been on attractive
target for robbers ever since they
were introduced two decades
ago Hut I be threat of physical
assault on users bus been over
shadowed by nonviolent, more
sophisticated thievery, hatched
in some extremely clever crimi
nal brains.
"Bankers are naturally con
cernud," said lions I Meluikolf,
tin Atlanta hank executive who
advises the American Bankers
Association on sri ority issues
"It's been an eye opener to the
industry, to say the least."
Yet industry experts insist that
AIM fraud still is relatively rare
— with losses minuscule com
pared with those of the < red it
card industry
They say average hank cus
tomers, especially those gearing
up for some heavy ATM use this
summer, have little to worry
about as long as they guard their
(xtrsonal identification numbers,
or PINs, and take proper precau
tions when using a hank
Turn to ATMs. Page 4
WEATHER
There may be a break, in the
stormy weather today Forecast
calls for partial clearing after
some scattered morning show
ers
Today in History
In 1851. Maine became the
first state to enact a law pro
hibiting alcohol.
RACE, GENDER CONTINUES
The University Assembly will continue discussion of a revised race. Render
and non-European requirement today at 3 30 p m in the EMU Ballroom
Several amendments to the revision are up (or consideration One would
change the proposed requirement's first course hack to addressing African
Americans. Asian-Americans. Native Americans and Latinos/Chtcanos
instead of ‘minority groups in the U SA." which the assembly changed it to
at its May meeting
The assembly may extend study of the issues surrounding the revision and
vote on the requirement in the fall
_SPORTS
DETROIT (AP) - The American League is investigating the
conduct ol Seattle's Ken Grilles |r. who swore and made
obscene gestures at Detroit manager Sparky Anderson while
rounding the bases after hitting a three-run homer in a Tigers
Mariners game
Griffey nad been angry about Tiger pitchers' efforts to keep
him from batting in a weekend series in Seattle
Griffey is batting 285 with 10 home runs and JO KBIs this
season. The homer was his only hit of the three-game series in
which the Tigers mostly pitched around him
Griffey said Monday night that he planned to apologize to
Anderson