Street safety — it’s
everyone’s choice
By Susanne Steffens
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Fall term is lien-, meaning that
thousands of students are return
ing with their bicyc les, cars,
motorcycles, mopeds. skates and
skateboards
With more than 15,000 stu
dents, plus fac ulty, the Univer
sity community should start the
new school year recognizing the
number of vehicles and pe
destrians mingling uround the
campus area
Fast year, several serious ac
cidents took place on campus
because of un-cautiousness and
breaking of rules and regulations.
This year the challenge should
he to decrease this number to
zero, by following common sense
and University rules.
In order to increase the safety
of people, the University Office
of Public Safety is starting new
bicycle enforcement this fall.
Hie vdes will only lie allowed on
marked hike routes on campus,
which should prevent the every
dnv "almost-a< tidents” to occur.
A new brochure will also he
issued from OPS with the rules
and regulations for bicyclists,
answering questions concerning
equipment and registration
The University requires bikes
ridden on campus areas to lie reg
istered. so all faculty, staff and
students who operate, store or
park bicycles on campus shall
have attached to them a valid,
Universitv-issued lii.ense-regis
trntion tag OPS registers the bit s
cles free.
The primary reason for reg
istermg is to help with the prob
lem of hike thefts A thief will
always look at the hike twu e if it
is registered hec a use there will
he a record on it and if the bike
is stolen, then- is a wav to fill out
the police report l! will go into
the national i omputer with its
serial number
Parking spaces for cars are al
ways a big problem for students
yvho believe in coming two min
utes liefnre class to begin looking
for a parking place
There are about 2,900 parking
lots spaces on campus, which
means that not everyone can find
the dream spot just in front of the
building their class is held in
OPS Director Carey Drayton
advises both old and neyv stu
dents to leave the i nr at home,
bet ause the time to find parking
spai es often tafc,*‘s mom time than
to yvalk
Por returning students, facul
ty and staff, the new information
and parking kiosk on East I llh
Avenue and Meet h Street will
cause a lot of questions, thoughts
and opinions.
The main idea behind this ki
osk is to provide a safer and mom
user-friendly environment for
pedestrians and bit vciists w bile
pros iding a more centralized and
identifiable location for the park
ing and i arnpus information
The i hanges entailed are that
the remaining parking on this
sto-et has moved to the north side
of the s!n,ot, and the bicycle lanes
have been moved to either side
of the street to flow in synchro
nization with the city of Eugene's
hike routes
The following incidents were reported to the University ()ffii e of
Public Safety and the Kugena police department Aug 19 to Sept 2
• A .11-vear-old man from Indiana was arrested for criminal Ires
pass on the 500 block of Fast 13th Avenue Aug 20 At cording to
police reports, the man was walking around in an area with "no tres
passing” signs and had been warned several times Indore When an
officer came to the address, the man tried to esi ape, but the offii er
grabbed him and fie was charged for resisting arrest Out e arrested,
tlie man told the officer. "F— you. s -
• A 22-y ear-old man was arrested for unlayvfu! possession of a con
trolled substance on East 14th Avenue and Kincaid Street Aug 20
According to pole t* reports, when police offii ers attempted to arrest
him for drinking in the street, he started to run. but the offii ers unigfit
up with him At t ording to police reports, he was i arrving HI perfo
rated squares of i olored paper One square tested positive us LSI).
According to police reports, he was also carrying marijuana
• A University student yvus cited for criminal trespass on the 1 tot)
block of Franklin Boulevard Aug 21.
• Two men from Portland were arrested for robbery on the 1700
blix k of Uilyard Street Aug 21 According to police reports, the sus
pei ts grabbed u man on the street, forced him into the darkness,
and stole $50 from his pocket The victim yvus then allowed to go,
and later, a witness saw the two suspects exchange the money out
side of a building Offii ers in the area arrested the two men inside of
the same building after the victim had identified them to the police
• A 19-year-old man was arrested in West University Park Aug 22
for drinking a bottle of Wicked Ale Ai i ording to police reports,
the man was a fugitive, apparently lie yvus wanted in Oakland, (lalif..
for the sale of drugs.
• A i t- vear-old man was cited for criminal trespass Aug 22 at
Autzen Stadium
• A 11 -vear-old mail was cited for unlayvful possession of a i on
trolled substance Aug 22 According to polii e reports, the man yvas
caught by the footbridge by Autzen Stadium with less than an ouni e
of marijuana on him
• A burglary yy.is reported at Lawrence flail Aug 2t> at H p m
According to police reports, more than $5,001) m computer equip
ment was stolen, but apparently no damage was done to open the
doors of the computer room
• A Lane ('.ommunity College student reported a burglary on the
1H00 blot k of Harris Street Aug 2H Ac cording to police reports,
the student's doorknob hail (icon tyvisted off. and a television and a
video were taken. The missing items were valued at a total of $204
• A lt>-ye.ir-old man yvas arrested for criminal trespass and resist
ing arrest on the 500 block of Fast 13th Avenue Aug 2H According
to police reports, he was sitting outside of a guest house when the
officers approai lied him The man tried to get away, and the offi
cers fiail to take the suspei t to the ground and spray him with pep
per mace Inside of the police i ar. the suspei t spat on the window
screen and knocked his legs and arms around in order to get out
— Compiled hv Susanna Staffans
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