POLICE BEAT
The following incidents wore reported
to the University Office of Public Safety
and the Eugene police department Sept.
6-2B
• A lfl-year-old female was cited for
trespass on the 1000 block of East 16th
Avenue Sept. 6.
• A theft from a vehicle was reported
on 15th Avenue and Alder Street Sept.
7. The theft occurred sometime in the
night, and $2,066 worth of property was
stolen
• A transient was arrested in West Uni
versity Park Sept. 10 for unlawful pos
session of marijuana and mushrooms.
The transient, who was jobless, was car
rying $1,300 in c ash when arrested
• Police officers responded to a fight
on 11th Avenue and Willamette Street
Sept 11 at 1 a m According to police
reports, two men wore punching each
other while 30 to .35 people stood around
yelling. The two men blamed each other
for starting the fight, and both were cited
for disorderly conduct.
• Four transients were arrested in West
University Park Sept. 11 for drinking
alcohol.
• A 29-yoar-old male was brought into
the hospital Sept. 12. According to police
reports, he was found on 16th Avenue
and Arthur Street with a cut on his right
cheek and his lip was split open. When
officers asked him about the incident in
the hospital, he said he didn't remember
anything.
• A 17-year-old University student was
arrested for fourth-degree assault on 11th
Avenue and Willamette Street Sept. 12.
According to police reports, the student
punched a victim on the street and then
ran off. The student was later arrested
after the victim had givon the police a
description of him. When asked why he
assaulted the victim, the student said,
"Me was staring at mu."
• A 20-yenr-old University student
reported damage to her car at the Univer
sity inn Sept. 12 at 1:30 a m. According to
police reports, she was parking her car
when a man suddenly appeared and
kicked the right side of her vehicle, caus
ing $200 in damage. She described the
man as 6-foot-2. black and between 18 to
22 years of age.
• A transient was arrested for drinking
on 13th Avenue and Ferry Street Sept.
12.
• A University student was citod for
noise disturbance on the 1700 block of
Patterson Street Sept. 13. The student
was having a party, and the stereo could
he heard 220 feet away. According to
police reports, the ceiling was moving
and people were screaming The student,
who was given a warning by the police a
year ago. was given a $350 citation.
• A robbery was reported on 15th
Avenue and Kincaid Street Sept 14
According to police reports, the victim
was going home from a restaurant at
12:30 p rn and was suddenly approached
by a group of men He was punched and
blinded temporarily when the men
sprayed him with chemical mace. They
stole S3 from his pocket. A University
professor drove him to the hospital.
• A 31-year-old male and an 18-year
old male were arrested for criminal mis
chief and reckless ondangerment on the
1700 block of Hast 11th Avenue Sept. 15.
The two men wore shooting windows in
a fraternity building with pellet guns
while people wore sleeping inside.
• A 24-year-old mole was cited for sw -
ond-degree theft on 13th Avenue and
Kincaid Street Sept. 16. OPS security
caught the man while he was taking parts
of a bicycle.
• First-dcgroe criminal mischief was
reported on 15lh Avenue and Alder
Street Sept. 7. A victim s vehicle suffered
$500 in damage when somebody threw a
beer bottle through the window of his
vehicle and put scratches on his car.
• University President Myles Brand
reported to the police Sept. 15 that he
was receiving harassing phone calls and
mail from a stranger who was very upset
because the University allowed the Grate
ful Dead to play in Hugene According to
police reports, the phone calls started
about the weekend of Aug. 22, the time of
the Dead shows. The police began the
investigation and found the suspect after
linking him to other incidents of tele
phone and mail harassment*
• A 24-year-old male was cited for
drinking alcohol on 12th Avenue and
Hilyard Street Sept. 18.
• A University student was cited for
drinking alcohol on 16th Avenue and
Mill Street Sept. 18 about midnight
• A 15-year-old transient was arrested
for urinating in public on 13th Avenue
and High Street Sept 19
• A 20-year-old University student was
cited for noise disturbance on the 1000
block of Patterson Street Sept. 20.
• A second-degree burglary was report
ed on 15th Avenue and Kincaid Street
Sept. 20. According to police reports,
someone got into the construction area of
the Knight Library and stole $700 in
tools.
• A theft was reported from the music
building, on the 900 block of Last 18th
Avenue, sometime between Sept. 18-20.
Two trombones and a padlock, valued at
$1,500, were taken. The door to the
building was open, but the lock to the
door where the instruments were placed
had been broken.
• A University student reported a theft
from his car on the 1700 block of Alder
Street Sept. 23. The vehicle was broken
into, and S4.300 worth of properly was
stolen, including a $4,000 computer and
a backpack with identification. 60 cas
sette tapes and $40 in cash.
• Two males were cited for drinking in
public on the 500 block of East 13th
Avenue Sept. 24.
• A 25-year-old male was arrested for
false information and trespass on the 500
block of East 13th Avenue Sept. 25.
• The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
was given a $750 citation for aggravated
noise disturbance at 812 East 14th Ave.
on Sept. 25
• A 21-year-old student was cited for
nudity on 15th Avenue and Kincaid
Street Sept. 25. According to police
reports, he had consumed a large amount
of alcohol before the arrest, and he was
taken to jail for harassment after striking
the officer on the street.
• A University student was cited for
noise disturbance on the 1600 block of
Hilyard Street Sept. 26. According to
police reports, the student was having a
party, where a live band was playing.
• An 18-year-old female was cited for
noise disturbance on the 1700 block of
Mill Street Sept 26.
• A burglary was reported on the 400
block of East i3th Avenue Sept. 26. The
house had an unlocked window, and a
television, stereo equipment, compact
disc* and jewelry were stolen. The prop
erty amounted to $3,000.
• A 43-year-old male was cited for
criminal trespass on the 500 block of East
13th Avenue Sept. 26.
• A University student was arrested for
drunk driving on 14th Avenue and Pat
terson Street Sept. 26.
• A first-degree burglary was reported
on the 700 block of East 15th Avenue
Sept. 27. The door to the house was
unlocked, and a stereo and 20 compact
discs were stolen, together worth $390.
• A 37-year-old transient was arrested
for assault, escape in the first degree and
a parole violation on 14th Avenue and
Hilyard Street Sept. 27. According to
police reports, an officer contacted him at
10:30 p m. because he was drinking in
the area. When the officer realized that
the man was wanted for parole violation,
he arrested the transient immediately.
The transient, however, hit the officer in
the arm with a wine bottle and tried to
run away. The officer received help from
nearby officers, and after a battle with the
transient, they managed to get the man
down to the ground and arrest him.
New Arabic
class starts
winter term
By Ailk HMMktehi
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Most English-speaking people
don't realize they use Arabic on a
regular basis.
Chemistry students use the word
"alkaline” when referring to a chem
ical with a pH greater than seven.
Alcohol was developed by the Ara
bic people when they became inter
ested in chemistry. Algebra was also
developed by the Arabs.
Beginning winter term, a three
credit class in beginning standard
Arabic will be offered by the lin
guistics department, taught by a
native speaker. Abed IGiooli. a
physics graduate teaching fellow
from the West Bank, is planning the
class.
“1 looked around and found that
people don’t really know much
about either the languages or the
culture of the Middle East." Khooti
said. "Arabic is spoken in 22 coun
tries and is the basis of the Islamic
culture, which is shared by more
than a billion people. This is an
international university, and I
thought it would be fun to teach the
language here."
The class will be offered as a spe
cial studies section by the linguistics
department. It will appear in the
w inter schedule of classes as LING
190 and will be limited to 15 stu
dents. Graduate students may take it
as LING 605 with departmental
approval. There is no prerequisite.
The class will use a textbook pub
lished by Cambridge University that
will cost $29. Khooli also hopes to
use computer software to produce
handouts in Arabic for use in class.
“I would like to steer the course
according to what the students
want," he said.
Khooli said English has borrowed
several Arabic terms over the cen
turies. many of them beginning with
the prefix "al-,” which is the equiv
alent to the word "tho." These
include scientific terms in astrono
my. chemistry and mathematics.
Khooli is from the West Bank, a
disputed region between Israel and
Jordan. He completed his under
graduate degree in physics at the
University of York in England.
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