Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95, ISSUE 46
Student of
no interest
to officers
in UW case
j Student released after
questioning about his
involvement in case
By Steve Mims
Oregon Daily Emerald
A University student was questioned
by the police Tuesday about his involve
ment in the apparent burglary and sex
abuse at the University Inn Sunday and
was then released
Tim Birr, the Kugene Public Safety
information director, said the student
was interviewed Tuesday morning but
was of no interest to the police, iiirr said
the student met tin* three Washington
athletes who are suspei tx in the case at a
party Saturday night, but "it is < leor he
was not aware of what instances were
going on in the room."
Prentiss Perkins and Jason Shelley are
charged with first-degree burglary and
third-degree sex abuse, and Douglas
Barnes is charged with first-degree bur
glary for the incident. Bail was set at
$38,500 for Perkins and Shelley and
$35,000 for Barnes, but Birr said all three
were still in the Lane County Jail as of
Tuesday afternoon.
According to police reports, the three
suspects entered a room occupied by two
18-year-old University women about 2
p.m. Sunday. The suspects refused to
leave when asked and began looking at
some items in the room. One of the girls
left the room when she was called out by
the Oregon student who was questioned
Tuesday.
After the one girl left, the suspects
apparently locked the door and closed
the curtains, before threatening the
woman in the room and exposing them
selves. Birr said Tuesday that Shelley
and/or Perkins allegedly touched the
woman on the breast, but Barnes did not.
Birr also said the suspects wanted to
engage in sex with her and one of them
said "they would like to get high so the
sex would be lietier." The woman got the
men to leave the room by tolling them
she had a friend in Springfield who could
give them drugs
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Mulch maker
Jf f t PASHA*' t
Eugene Public Works Department employee Bruce Cook feeds branches into the mulcher along Hams Street
Tuesday afternoon Workers will continue to trim overgrown trees in the university area this week
Change in survey raises enrollment figure
j Updated statistics say that more than
half of the freshmen class are state
residents, contrary to earlier reports
By Julie Swensen
Oegon Daily Ermtaki
In a change from earlier enrollment projections, more than half
of the University freshman t lass is from Oregon, ai cording to the
updated figures from the Oregon State System of Higher Educa
tion.
Fifty-two percent of freshmen are state residents, according to
the fourth-week enrollment figures Earlier projections claimed
that more than half of the freshman class was from out of state.
The change in statistu s is Itecause of the enrollment of fewer
freshman international students than expected, said Jim Buch.
University director of admissions.
"The number of international students is what we thought it
would It*), but there are more in the sophomore and junior level
than in the freshman level." Much said.
Enrollment figures for international students art! difficult to
predict because those students aren't required to submit a $200
advance student deposit, because of the differences in foreign
currency, he said.
fewer state residents are enrolled this fall at the University
than last year While 52 percent of freshmen and f>7 percent of
total University students enrolled this fall are from Oregon, 58
percent of freshmen and fit) percent of total University students
enrolled last year were from Oregon. a< cording to enrollment fig
urea.
Although University administrators are accepting more out-of
state students to get more revenue to help replace funding lost
from lflffO's Ballot Measure 5, officials still want to admit all
Oregon residents who want to attend the University, Buch said.
"We re still a public university. Our first priority is to accom
modate all Oregonians who want to study here,” he said.
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KWVA's new assistant manager, James Pierson (left) jams his way
through the lunch hour with disc jockey, Chris Scholl.
New management at KWVA promising
:J New leaders say
method will change,
but the music won't
By Eron Witzel
Fo' the Ckegon Oetfy timniia
An ambitious overhaul of
KWVA. tin? campus radio station,
prom jams to bring it into line with
other stations and give it more
consistency, the newly appointed
general manager said,
KVVVA's board of directors
approved James Pierson for the
position on Oct. 8. Pierson brings
It) years of radio experience with
him. which includes six years at
the Chico Slate station, ranked by
College Music foumal ns the No. I
station of its type in the nation,
vviiere he was music director.
Pierson said the changes are
primarily in the way the station is
managed and that the sound will
not change significantly.
"We’ve essentially overhauled
the whole upper management of
the station," he said.
Response from those involved
at KWVA (88 1 KM) has general
ly been positive, and disc jockeys
seem pleased with their new lib
erties. Pierson said.
"I think there is a lot more free
dom in picking what you want to
piny," said Jity Paranjpe, who is
on® of the hosts of the Modern
Rock Show on Saturdays at mid
night. "If you don't like a certain
kind of music, you don’t have to
play it in your shift."
An eclectic mix of music is a
strength Pierson wants to exploit
"If the students are funding us,
why give them music they i an get
elsewhere for free?" he said, "We
are offering students music they
won't hear anywhere else in
town."
The new music director. Sc ott
Drew, is also a veteran of another
station. He worked at Loyola
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