PLC balconies enclosed
By Jake Berg
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Work was completed at the
end of August on safety tubing
enclosing the outside stairwell
balconies on the south side of
Prince Lucian Campbell Hall,
the tallest building on campus.
The metal tubing, which sur
rounds all nine balconies locat
ed at each floor of the building,
was put up "to prevent any
future jumpers." said Don Fer
guson, the University Physical
Plant project manager
I^ast November, a 23-year-old
woman fell to her death from
PLC's top balcony, Monica Mar
garet Abrams, a Eugene resident,
committed suicide by leaping to
her death last fall.
That prompted concerns from
a number of places, including
the Physical Plant, the Universi
ty Office of Public Safety and
University administration, all of
whom requested that the bal
conies be secured to ensure
future safety. Ferguson said
"Several people were con
cerned after the jumper last
year." he said.
In 1970. Leroy Merritt, then
dean of the University School of
Librarianship. jumped to his
death from the same balcony as
did Abrams in November.
The Physical Plant was also
i.oncerned prior to last fall's sue
cide because several objects
have been thrown from the bal
conies in the past
Full soda pop cans, a couch
and a vending machine have
been tossed from PLC's bn I
conies in the past, creating ;i
hazard to those below.
Because of incidents like
Workers completed welding the metal tubing enclosing the Prince
Luclen Campbell balconies at the end of August
these, several people tried to get
the balconies eni losed; howev
er. at those times the adminis
tration did not see that as ,i
viable solution
Gibson Steel was hired by the
Physical Plant to do the welding
work on the tubing
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