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’
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FOOTBALL
Back to business
The Ducks ’ victory over Utah could be the
turnaround they needed for their return
to Pac-10play this weekend
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1997
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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
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&«*» 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.”
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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.