Oregon Daily
MONO AY, OCTOBER 18,1993
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A sea otter,
one of the
tour rescued
from the
Alaskan
Exxon Valdez
oil spill and
rehabilitated
by aquarium
vetrenarians.
munches on
a snail.
j Vet finds fish
surgery
challenging
By Meg Dedolph
Oregon Daily Emerald
For most people, surgery on
a fish means filets, a hot broil
er and maybe some lemon and
butter.
But for Steven R. Brown, the
on-call veterinarian for the
Oregon Coast Aquarium, oper
ating on a fish is a regular
activity.
Common fish operations
might include repairing lac
erations or corneal ulcers, and
occasional biopsies on fins or
scales.
Brown, who usually works
at a mixed animal practice
treating pets and farm animals,
began working with the aquar
ium a year before it opened.
"There was a certain
amount of anxiety in that for
one were a lot of species we
were dealing with there
weren't any established norms
like with dogs or horses." He
explained that in many cases,
even fundamentals like nor
mal body temperature or
blood chemistry are not well
known.
"It’s often very challenging
to come up with those things,"
Brown said. "We try to imag
ine what would be the most
appropriate as far as mimick
ing nature."
Brown visits the aquarium
Thursday mornings, choc king
on sick and recovering ani
mals
"The curators know tar
more about those animals than
1 do," Brown said. "They work
c.loselv with the animals every
day It would be- impossible
for me to walk through there
without the curators."
Brown said he likes the
challenge of his aquarium job
as well as the |>eop!e he works
with. "It's just an excellent
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Five-year old Tort Weatcott, visiting with her family from Kennewlch. Wash., watches the
California sea Ilona play In the outside aquariums.
Bicyclists
must obey
campus
traffic rules
j Ignorance of riding laws
will not protect students
from being cited by police
By Tamara Jones
I'hoso who opt to ride .1 hit \i le .ire not
exempt from 1 ertain traffic laws
itn \t lists have the same rights and
duties as drivers of automobiles, and if a
law is violated, he or she will he penal
ized the same as if in a 1 ar
Police officers in Luguno have been 1 it
ing many hit yi lists, parte ularly students
who are unaware of riding laws The
e\i use. "I didn't know” usually will not
reverse an officer’s del isioii to < ite a per
son for a traflii violation
|ohn Mueller, a IIniversity student, was
rei ently given a tic ket with a $40 hail fine
for traveling the wrong way on a one-way
street.
"He (the officer) wouldn't give me a
break even when I told him I didn't
know." Mueller said, "lie didn't even cam
that it was my birthday."
An exchange student learned Oregon's
riding laws the hard wav when he was
given a ticket for not making a complete
stop at a stop sign on his wav to school
As daylight hours dwindle, the most
popular tii ket lieing given is to those who
ride without a light at night
To be s.ife and legal in laigene. one
must have a white headlight visible from
500 feel and a red reflector or rear light
visible from ti(M) feet, in the light of a cur’s
low beams As with automobiles, bic y
clists must use lights from sunset to sun
rise. or when vision is otherwise
impaired.
If caught without proper lighting, an
officer 1 an penalize the rider with a $40
line If a headlight works but is not visible
from r><)() feet, one 1 an be giv en a ”li x it
tu ket” and avoid paving a fine if he or she
proves that the light is working proper I v
These laws are enforced not to annoy or
disc ourage those who ride- bikes, but lor
safely reasons Last January, two men rid
mg at night without lights along the
Willamette River were involved in a head
on c oliision, and one of the men died as
a result
Bicyclists not only need to obey the
rules of the road on public streets, but also
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The Oreaon Commentator offers politics, humor
□ Magazine was an alternative
to the "overtly liberal" Emerald
Editor's note: This is the first in a senes of
four articles looking at the three main alterna
tive publications currently on campus, as well
as others that have come and gone Today, the
focus is on The Oregon Commentator.
By Jim Davis
For the Oregon Deity Emerakl
What is the closest thing to the Nazi party on
campus? The Oregon Commentator would la;
the first guest of many.
"We are not fascists,” said Owen Brennan
Rounds. Commentator publisher. "People who
think that we are fascists have not read our
magazine."
The Commentator is a student publication
that focuses upon politics and humor, and
controversy has never been far behind these
two focuses.
In recent years, members of the Commenta■
tor staff have been labeled racist, homophobic
and anti-Semitic. The material printed in the
Commentator has been called trash and drivel,
and the magazine has been nicknamed the
"Commie-hater." It receives enough hate mail
to keep the limiter industry afloat.
All of this reaction to a group that believes
in "free markets, free thoughts and free beer"?
The Commentator, soon to be celebrating its
10th anniversary, began as an alternative to
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