Oregon Daily Emerald MONDAY, Millrace in heavy metal ™' 1 1 4— 1,111 ... ■ FRIN HERSHfJVtor ih* tm»WJ Laura Alport 's metalsmithmg casts a bronze sculpture with a ceramic shell outside the Millrace The class is intended to teach metal sculpting Bill would require new notification j Students may be informed about sex offenders on campus By Susanne Steffens i.vpgon 0elieve this is a justified shoot ing.” Both officers were placed on adminis trative leave pending the outcome of an investigation, a standard procedure in such circumstances The two officers were sent to the house shortly before noon by Oregon Children's Services Division. A caller had told the CSD that children were lieing neglected at the house and u woman who was stay ing there was wanted by police. Turn to SHOOTING, Page 6 More sexual assaults than officially reported □ Unofficial forms allow students to remain anonymous By Amy Columbo for the Oregon Daily Emu am Statistics gathered by the Unwanted Sexual Behavior Task Force demonstrate that there is more unwanted sexual behavior occurring on or near the Univer sity campus than the University Office of Public Safety had offi cially reported. University students are not reporting as many acts of unwanted sexual behavior through official means as they are through the anonymous Unoffi cial Report Form. The Unofficial Report Form is sponsored by the University’s Unwanted Sexual Behavior Task Force and allows students to unofficially report sexual harass ment, sexual assault, sodomy, public indecency, acquaintance rape, date rape, stranger rape and gang rape. More often than not, these violations are directed toward women. Nationally, women between the ages of lfi-24 years of age have the highest victimization rate in the country, cited Joanie Robertson, from a 1990 FBI report. “No campus is safe; that’s the reality." said Robertson, a former assistant dean of students and co chairwoman of the Unwanted Sexual Behavior Task Force. Turn to OFFENDERS. Page 6 Housing creates loft system in dorms □ Alternative to bunk system allows for extra space in rooms By Rachel Miller For toe Oregon Deity f me/ekl The first time freshman Kevin Allen saw his dorm room, he thought to himself. "How am I supposed to live here?" Cither students have asked the same question when they opened the door for the first time into their cramped little dorm rooms. But University Housing has come up with a way tc> make efficient use of what limited space there is in the majority of the residence hall rooms. University Housing is in the process of patenting a permanent loft system designed by Gordon Melhy. head of maintenance for Walton Complex. Melby's design will allow students the option to bunk their beds or create a plat form above their bed* for extra storage space. "Since maintenance was established, we'd been asked to come up with an alternative to the hunk systems we had been renting," Melby said. University Housing used to rent more than 100 portable bunks each year, but discontinued the practice because of safety reasons. The new loft system is a better alternative because it is constructed from four posts bolted to the floor and ceiling w ith a movable platform on which the mattress sits, explained Melby. Nancy Wright, University Housing facilities director, said the loft is a fixed unit in the room so the student can move the lied to any height off the floor. With the new lofts, "you don't have to handle Turn to DORM. Page 4