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PERFORMANCE Hitting home The FOWL Players, a group of student and staff actors, will explore issues of rape and sexual as sault in tonight’s play ‘Drawing the Shades’ PAGE 6 FOOTBALL Back to business The Ducks ’ victory over Utah could be the turnaround they needed for their return to Pac-10play this weekend PAGE 7 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1997 I I TODAY A conflict manage ment uvrkshop unll be held from 9 a m. to noon in the EMU Board Room WEATHER Today Partly Cloudy High 65. Low 38. Wednesday Partly Cloudy High 65. Low 39. Student Fees MICHAEL CRISP/Emerald Kekai Shimmon, a freshman majoring in journalism, curls free weights in the Harry’ Jerome Weight Room Sunday evening. Feel the bum Students will not have to purchase weight room passes during Esslinger renovations By Teri Meeuwsen Higher Education Reporter Students no longer have to pay an over the-counter $10 fee per term when they use the Harry Jerome Weight Room in Esslinger Hall. Instead, students are paying an inciden tal fee of $23 per term to cover building costs rather than the $10 fee for a term pass.“It gives students something until the new facility is built,” said Janice Radcliffe, weight room advisor and user group mem ber. User group members are people who use the fitness facilities regularly. The weight room is also funded by the bond that will help build and maintain the recreational facility, she said. The bond to fund the new facility was passed by students in 1995. The bond cre ated two collections, project coordinator Gregg Lobissor said. He said $7.75 of the $23 incidental fee will go toward the oper ations of the facility, which includes main taining the equipment and the facility. The other $15.25 will go directly to the con struction fees to build the facility. The estimated $19 million project will add or improve fitness and recreation fa cilities in Esslinger Hall. The first stage of construction will be done by early summer, said Chris Ramey, the University’s architect who is in charge of planning. This stage will include a new weight room, fitness facility, rock climb ing facility, three basketball courts, reno vated locker rooms, an administrative of fice and a sports medicine office. The second phase will be done by spring of the following year. This will in clude some cosmetic work on Esslinger Hall, including new paint and lights, Ramey said. Journalism major Marley Gleason, who works in the weight room, said many stu dents who use the weight room don’t Turn to WEIGHTS, Page 5 &«*» 00 has feiv mmorfiy faculty The study indicates that minority hiring in the state is below the national average By Laura Cadiz Higher Education Editor Veronica Garcia said she of ten sees herself as a speckle in her classes — the only person of color in a sea of white faces, in cluding her professors. "If I don’t see myself up there teaching a class, it’s hard to re late to what the class is about,” said Garcia, a Chicana market ing major. A report released Friday from the Oregon State System of Higher Education regarding fac ulty racial and ethnic diversity in Oregon higher education re flects Garcia’s feelings. It shows that nearly all OSSHE institu tions have improved in recruit ing full-time minority faculty members, but they all have room for improvement. Last school year, 10.8 percent of the University’s full-time fac ulty were minorities, which means it has the highest num ber of minorities in full-time faculty positions compared to all Oregon public universities. However, in comparison to the 17.3 percent national average for all U.S. universities, the University lags in its minority faculty members. The University falls especial ly short in numbers of African Americans: The U.S. average is 9.1 percent, and the University has 1.4 percent. Such statistics sadden Ibrahim Gassama, associate dean of the law school. “It has a depressant effect on me,” said Gassama, who is African-American. "When I see it in print, it’s like a blow, a sharp blow to one’s body, and it makes you wonder if you’re in a community that really cares about things as important as this.” Turn to DIVERSITY, Page 4 Alcohol, attitudes are factors in most arrests Sgt. David Poppe said most problems aren’t caused by students By Jesse Sowa Community Reporter Eugene police relate the total of approximately 125 arrests, including 15 incidents of physi cal resistance and attacks on of ficers, near the University area in the last three weeks to a change in attitudes and a large amount of drinking. Sgt. David Poppe of the Eu gene police department said he believes some people feel they have the right to go above the law. Incidents such as walking down the street with an open bottle of beer have contributed to the arrests. Four people were arrested following the Oct. 4 riot near 17th Avenue and Hilyard Street. Four other students were arrested and issued citations for furnishing alcohol to minors at a party during the riot. One of the four students was also charged with false swearing on the Oregon Liquor Control Commission form when buying kegs of beer. Poppe said about half of the 125 arrests have been Universi ty students. However, he said he believes University students are not causing the majority of the problems. Poppe said there have been about 15 incidents since the start of the school year involv ing physical resistance or at tacks on officers. "There’s more of a challeng ing attitude,” he said. In a recent news release, Poppe said arrest charges, rang ing from interfering, resisting arrest and excessive noise, come from an "in your face” at titude sometimes resulting from drug use and/or excessive alco hol consumption. Poppe said it will take a lot of work by a lot of people to find a way to resolve the problems. “It’s such a major issue,” he said. "There is no easy answer.” Poppe said he believes the size of the problem will require a joint effort by the police and the community. He said the problem can only be handled with input from a large number of people instead of small com munity groups. The increase in alcohol-relat ed problems has created a situa tion where police have been un able to devote a reasonable amount of time to normal inves tigations, the release states. According to the release, the University’s Office of Public Safety, the Eugene police de partment and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission are working together in response to the many complaints ranging from loud parties to fights.
