Oregon Daily MONO AY, OCTOBER 18,1993 ANTHONY F ONM’ * f "-wkNiJ 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 jwnm i fliwi ■) i-wjm 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 Turn to BIKE, Page 4 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 Turn to COMMENTATOR, Page 4 UNIVERSITY First m a four part scries