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Parties can rock without breaking the legal rules A s a Eugene police off* cor recently assigned to patrol the greater University area. I've made an interesting discovers College students like to party and drink beer OK so it's not exactly a major revelation, but I've discovered that the people who party and drink in the neighborhoods surrounding the University need to be aware of what happens if 1 have to come to their party Violations of city and state liquor laws are a chronu prob lem in this area. The laws are very explicit, and I have writ ten them in short form: 1) False swearing on a keg ret eipl When buying a keg you sign an official form saying where and when the keg will be consumed You shouldn’t move the keg(s) to a different fixation without filling out another form with the distributor or tavern where you bought it. Any incorrect information on this paper con mean a citation and seizure of the keg(s). 2) Selling alcohol without a license — Only businesses with liquor licenses may charge for alcohol If you're serving, don't charge for it. This also means no cover charge, no charge for the hand, no charge for the Inter cup and no donations Any time you serve alcohol and take money it's the same as charging for the alcohol. 3) Furnishing alcohol to minors or visibly intoxicated persons — Underage drinking is strictly a bod deal. If the booze is open to whoever wants it and ! find a "minor in posses sion" who says ho or she got it from your party, you will lie arrested for furnishing. The same goes for people who are already intoxicated. 4) Minor in possession of alcohol (MIP) — For un MIP you don’t have to be physically in possession of a beer bottle. If I smell alcohol on your breath, it's an Mil’ It's known as "pos session by consumption When I go to a party where alcohol is being served, the first people I zero in on are the ones who look younger than 21 and appear to have been drinking. An MIP citation to one of your party guests means I'll be look ing at you for furnishing Any violation of the liquor law s can result in the seizure of "all alcoholic liquor and other property that the persons arrested have in their posses sion or on their premises used to violate that law" (ORS 471.610). That means refrigera tors, coolers, bars and just about anything with a beer sit ting on it. We have a depart ment pickup truck, and it can be backed up to your house and loaded to the brim Next, Eugene has a prohibit ed noise ordinance Contrary to popular belief, this ordinance does not go into effect at 10 pm. nor is there u specific level of noise You may be in violation if you make a noise that "annoys or disturbs a rea sonable person of normal sensi tivities," That's pretty wide open territory and can include music, voices, tar engines, power tools or whatever If I can stand on the street outside your house and clearly hear music and/or voices, and there is someone willing to sign COMMENTARY a complaint. the person respon sible for I ho house will fx< held liable. The first violation hits a $350 bail A return trip within six months is $'50 Any time I receive u noise complaint I can arrest the person responsible and seize whatever was making the noise I don't like to crash parties To bo honest. I'd rather drive around nil night checking out the scenery and the various oof fee spots Have your parlies, invite your friends, drink what ever you want to drink Com plying with the law is not hard. a— I don't like to crash fxtrties To be honest. I’d rather ilrive around all night chei ktng out the scenery and the various coffee spots. 33 and the consequences of violat ing it should not i onie as n sur prise I'll make a deal with all you potential party hosts. I know how a small gathering can grow to monstrous proportions We have roving party-chasers ill tins town. They show tip, drink, start fights and are gener ally lacking in proper party eti quette. If your party gets out of control, call the police 1 will gladly help you clear everyone out with the understanding that the party is over. You won't get any tickets, be arrested, or have any property seized, provided there are no gross violations If 1 come to your party because of an outside complaint, anything is fair game If you see me at your front door, do yourself a favor and cooperate with me How I rea< t and what 1 do is largely deter mined by the level of coopera tion I get from the hosts and guests Resistance, open hostili ty, or aggressive behavior will likely result in a higher level of enforcement. 1 would prefer you turn the music off and tell your guests to go home Then I'll issue you a ticket and leave. However, I will arrest you and seize property if that’s what is necessary to alleviate the problem Being handcuffed and placed in a police car can ins a humiliating experience. Treat me with respect, and 1 will do the same for you Above all. do not lie to rne about any thing. Partying, if done properly, should not result in citations, arrests, seizures, fires, bottle throwing or tear gas. I'd like lo see all of us work together to keep the situation low key and in control. S/eve Williams t.s a police officer with the Eugene Police Depart went He un ites anyone ossoci ated with the University who wants to ride along with him to pick up an application at the front counter of Police Services at City Hall He will contact interested riders to make appointments. LETTERS Generalizations In response in keith Cunning ham’s Women s Studies Closed for discussion” {ODE, Nm 17), mu ami 18 women from Norm Pearce's W'omen’s Studies 101 class would like to toll the truth about what hap pened m hor class Finn, wo would like to address his attni k on Noini Pea mV* character and possible views at unit abortion Her view* on abortion have never been dis c ussed in c lass in the form of a lecture to inspire us to "rally’' for or against abortion There never has or never will be a "rally" within her class, las a use she has stated in the past that she does not and will not include her personal views on any topic: in lee ture This is because of her ethic s whic h we feel Cunningham lac ks To judge a class or its teacher based on second-hand hearsay knowledge is unethical as the luisis of an argument Second, the slide show pre sentation presented by the All Women's Health Servic es that he refers to in his article was c hosen by Pearce to educ ate women on their own bodies and health issues Yes, the abortion proc edure was included in the presentation, hut it was shown if) empower and educate women with the knowledge of what exactly an abortion antailt Pearce staled numerous tunes m the weeks preceding tin1 pre s«>ntation that attending it was on a voluntary basis and infor motion or opinions expressed would ht» those of AU IIS, and not hors Pearce reminded tho < lass Iwifore the lecture that poo pie could leave at anv time if they felt uncomfortable When the presentation reai hod the abortion pros edure set tion. it took a total of 10 nun utes out of a full *10 minutes of lecture time The point of show ing the abortion was to "demys tify" any women who may have had unfounded knowledge about the mode al proi edure Not once, at any time, did a speaker ask for support for a pro choice group or judge a stu dent on a comment or question they asked the panel The picture shown of a woman leaving the office after her abortion (Cunningham referred to her as the "Barbie woman"), is in fact a real woman with real feelings and emotions If she chose to leave the office smiling, how is Cun ningham to know what she real ly felt? No one knows how she felt except the woman herself Her reaction lo having an abor tion was her own personal treat; - tion, not some representation of women as a who In fl<> has no way of knowing how woman f«»el about abortion without talking to a largo mini tier of woman {whit ti he did not do in his article) He should not attempt w riting a trout something hti hasn't oven researched much loss attempt to make generalizations about women. Peart os students or Norm Peart e as an individual Stuart Goodman and 18 co.signors from Nomi Pearce's class LETTERS POLICY the CVeyoe Owiy Emataid will a (tempi lo print all letters containing comments on top *:S Of interti'it to the University community Letters to the editor must be limited to no more than 2f>0 words. leg-two. -.gnis] and the identification ot the writer must be verified when the letter is Stemmed The En>0ral<S reserves the right to edt any letter tor length Or style We'll pay you 60% of the new, student price for books we need for winter term '96! Nov 29-l>CC !) Kt'Kular siorc Hours Dec 4-Dec 8 8::SO-5::SO I ri 8::*<)--* And... You can win $20 Cash! ii you're selling docks rings, you'll win Free Candy Canes! • • • where the alarm clock _$£QCasln ([Donated by Nebraska Books) Computerized Scanning! Calculator Buyback* Models 11-82 & Tl-8r> ONLY! •Calculators must have original manual & cat>l<‘ Calculator Buyback is Upstairs with the Brxjk Buyback.
