CRIME Continued from Page 1 |i'ers Saxon said people rarely eat lum lies, study or play basketball til the park anymore Spring and summer were the \sorst limes, Saxon said "During spring, I noth ed dogs using the (am els and people using the sinks to wash their i lollies along with illegal fires " Saxon said Also I noticed a lot of intoxi cation, a lot of illegal drug trails,u turns and also a mini ta r of assaults During the summer months, Saxon said cultural events m laigem* brings people from other parts of the t ountrv who camp out in the park They filter out to the hast 1 Ath Avenue area looking for loud he said, and get into numer ous fights "()m* night m particular, vyc had to polit >■ olfii ers deal mg vv ith problems in that area ' lie said Saxon vml there were more than 'Hi i itations and arrests issued Inst July and August in or near the park lit- said the street population damaged fat ilities in the park and intimidated the aimmunity I started to get (.omplaints and calls from neighbors. Saxon said "There were people trespassing on their prop erty using their garden hoses ns showers There were peo pie defetaiting on their property This summer it was just awful.' said Vikki Walker, it rnyersity theater arts student who lives at 14th Avenue and Patterson Street "There were people playing bon go drums till really late at night One night at 2 a in . some body yy as hanging on my door trying to get into my apartment What I iii coik erned about is 1 don't feel safe ysith my wife and child in the neighborhood." said Boh Steringer. n West t 'niversits Neighbors txrard member Hu hard (.reen. tfie owner of Rainbow Optic s on f ast ! tth Avenue and a board member of the 1 Iniversitv Small Business Association, said. 1 had an inc ident at work where somebody came through the bat k door and stole one of my employ ees purses We later found the purse among some hushes in the park Saxon, who initiated Thursday's meeting, said one of the problems yy ith layv enfort emenl yy as the v isibilitv of the park from the striM*ts 1 yy.is asking fur suggestions for what we. the < om muiiity i ould do to address the situation," he said 'One thing I notit <*d was the visibility of the park You hay e to look quite n int to see what going on. Talking to differ cn! people in the t (immunity, it was suggested that maybe we could make \ lsihiiity letter " l.ntn agreed. I think it's imperative that the hushes, the shelters and the lattu e work be removed, to improve visibility." he said "We feel strongly about that park legalise of the illegal activitv Residents also agreed at the meeting that removing shel ters will solve the problem of people (limping in the park Hie city will ai t on residents' wishes, Morgan said April 1 would he the soonest we can get the shrub ben out," he said He said the picnic shelters and lattice work also will he removed The shelters will he salvaged for other parks that need them Morgan said the park is a problem from the mainte nanc e point of view as well. "That park is only 0.37 acres." he said. "The time we have to put into that park per a< re has been more than any other park he< nuse of the problems, siu h as litter There were times this summer when we were sending a person over daily Shannon McCarthy, chairwoman of West University Neighbors, said. "We will make these changes and see in a \ear's time w hat the situation is II we feel that we have to make more ( hanges. we will West l 'niversitv Neighbors was formed in the mid- 1970s for the i (immunity to take an active role in improving the neighborhood, uhn h extends from 19th Avenue to the Kugene Millrace and High Street to Alder Street. Beer festival N> Huai, mi yi'i ■ . i - Kimberly Kittredge observes the r.ipidly circulating hopps reacting to yeast in a homestyle beer termenta tor at the Beer Festival at the fair grounds Saturday evening OBSERVANCE Continued from Page t \uteru an ( athoim and Protestant ones i .ill tw? cliffic ;ilt without logal flays off Th<*v make it base ally impossible tor you to jira< tu v vour jaith she said It semis i message that we re not a priori t\ During Kill term, tint JSt asked I he t in versus lo consider using a i onsent form that would give students .1 guaranteed right to observe then own holidays The consent form would allow .1 sin dent to reschedule his or her final or he absent during the first week of i lasses without lielng dropped Currently, students who wish to observe a noii-traditional holiday must take up the matter w ills their professors kinlrergsmd she u .tills the consent forms to jinn ide a guarantee kinberv; -.an! the |St has tried in vain lor the jias! few years to get the admmis trillion’s attention tin the issue livery year we have jirolestod and they haven 1 responded kinberg said It s really hard to get through the bureaucra cy." i bis year was the first year tin* JS1 brought ;ts jirohlem to Marlene Drest h er. ilinn tor of the Office of Student Advo i in v Drest her has sin< e referred the mat ter to Dave Mubin of the president's offit e Mubin, m ting evet ulive assistant to the president said the president's office has to make i-t easier for students to observe Rush Hashan.i during the past few ve.irs But now with tin; )sr s new request, Muhin said he believes there is a chain e a system could Be worked out that is more uniform ,ind equitable. Muhin said the president agrees with the intent of the consent form idea, but there are main issues that need to be addresser) first There s a lot of work before we have it ready to implement. Mubin said "C.er tamlv bv fall term 1 would evpei t some thing to be in place along (the consent form) lines One problem with the consent form is that anyone could i hum that they are lew ;sh and ask (or their exam si liedule to he i bunged, kinherg said However she said the University might have contacts from the community who could inform the University of which days should lie taken off lewish students are not the only ones They make it basically impossible for you to practice your faith. It sends a message that we're not a priority.’ Yohanna Kinberg, Jewish Student Union co-director who must dual with thu problem of taking off thuir own holidays Hunan Kaniahi, a mnmliur of thu Mus llm Student Assoi iation. said she also struggles with thu decision of going to class on a holiday or not It's very important you go to < lass, hut you feel it is out ol the. ignorance of Other people that you go,” she said. Ramahi said she beheyes one problem administrators have with act ommodating noil-traditional holidays like hers is that they follow the lunar calendar, which makes the holidays fall on a different day every year Although the MSA has not asked the administration to guarantee its members holidays, it supports the 1 SI i's efforts, said Mohammed Sami, deputy director of MSA CRISIS Continued trom Page 1 help lor drug-related problems, and tin* majoritv (diallers in iMfrt cut suffer from loneliness, balsam said As another sign of < hanging timi's. Skip said .1 lot of people ( ail the < enter hei ause they 1 an’t find work in till' poor job market ■'The job market is so bad that people leaving si bool now .ire roalU freaking out. ' he said AVo've had a lot of t alls, espe i tally from older students id Mu* (O'- .uni 10s who started over uni .in' realizing now that Ml their age it s going to ho really hard II you would have* hod four years ol i ollege ha( k in the earl) 1‘irtlv you would hove had a good j»h That 's |ust not true any more. and older people are find ing that out More and more people are using tfie ( risis Outer's ser\ n es The number of tails received from |uly rio t to January tuna has im reused by 11 percent over I hi- '■.uni* period last \eai Balsam said Although the Crisis ( enter is ready and willing to help, some times i i alter s problem is bevond the si ope of the stall When that happens, the Crisis Center will refer the nailer to oth er resoun es ill town Hut sometimes staffers i an't help a nailer simply beeause the resoun es aren't there to refer a nailer to. such its the lank of enter gem v housing for people who need immediate help. "Some of the hardest calls I get are (ruin jieople who genuinely need a ser \ iia; !hat isn't out there. Skip said It's frustrating when you fi'i'l like vou want to do some thing for somebody and you (ain't Vou fuel helpless " Counseling rual clients rather than role-play ing a ( ounselor in classes is lienufu ml for students who are i.onsidering a (.areur in counseling A lot of students vol unteer ill the clinic to set- if the\ can handle it," said Balsam. "That's one of the most reward mg things about this — actual!) being able to help people.’' she said "()ther people say, '()h, that must he so stressful. 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