RHYTHM & REVIEWS
The Relapse
After six years of separation, Jane's
Addiction reunites and releases a musical
compilation titled Kettle Whistle'
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SPORTS
Bring on the Dawgs
Oregon tmi els to Seattle to face the
Huskies, who will be without *Sj
running backRashaan Shehee
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1997
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TODAY
The Oregon Ballroom
Dance will begin at
7:30p.m. in 220
Gerlinger, with lessons
during the first hour.
WEATHER
Today
Mostly cloudy
High 55. Low 37
Tuesday
Partly cloudy
High 55. Low 35.
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Students say campus still unsafe after dark
The University implemented a
plan two years ago in an
effort to improve lighting on
campus
By Doug Irving
Student Activities Editor
It’s 5:30, it’s dark and you’re walking
home alone. Feel safe?
Many students don’t.
“You shouldn’t have to live your life
in a different way just because you’re
scared,” ASUO Safety Advocate Cas
sandra Lautenschleger said. “Nobody —
men or women — feels safe.”
Lighting has been a campus issue for
most of this decade. Students, adminis
trators and public safety officers have
tried to improve lighting on campus,
with some success.
But the problems persist.
The ASUO will soon begin “Night
Walks," where students walk the cam
pus with administrators to point out
where they feel unsafe.
The Office of Public Safety and the
University are trying to implement a
general lighting plan that started two
years ago.
And student groups will soon launch
a safety campaign that will focus on
lighting.
“I think there are definite dark areas,"
said Linda Hoover, assistant dean of
Student Life. "But lighting has been ex
amined for awhile. It's always been an
issue, and it can always be improved.”
Christina Pusel welcomes any
changes. She works at Knight Library,
which means she has to cross campus
after 11 p.m.
She sometimes walks through the
long tunnel of light next to Gerlinger
Hall, between the Knight Library and
University Street. She has the building
on her right and wide masses of shad
ows to her left. And she doesn't feel
safe.
“Better lighting would help,” said
Pusel, events coordinator for the
Women’s Center. "It gives you a fighting
Turn to SAFETY, Page 6A
MICHAEL CRISP/Emerald
rhis call box, located next to Gerlinger Hall, was fitted with a new, easily visible blue light. The light will /lash for eight minutes
after the emergency button is pressed.
OPS may install blue lights on call boxes
MiwiAtL umbK/tmeraia
Almost 37 call boxes like Ibis one are located around campus.
Bhght blue lights adorn the tops of some of the boxes to help OPS
officers locate an emergency.
The Office of
Public Safety
is testing the
effectiveness
of two
emergency
lights on
campus
By Jesse Sowa
Community Reporter
The ASUO has recently pushed to
have blue lights installed on the emer
gency boxes around campus in order to
help victims find the boxes and to assist
Office of Public Safety officers in locat
ing crime victims.
Two lights have already been in
stalled and are being tested for visibili
ty and effectiveness. These lights are
currently mounted on boxes at Muestis
1 Jail and Gerlinger I fall. There are close
to 37 emergency boxes on campus.
The lights on the boxes shine bright
ly during the night. After a person push
es the button on the box. the lights be
Turn to LIGHTS, Page 5A
Student group protests Phil Knight’s $25 million contribution
Students for Action, Labor and
Equity passed out leaflets and
bung banners rejecting the Nike
co-founder’s private gift
By Teri Meeuwsen
Higher Education Reporter
A student group is raising questions
about the use of Phil Knight’s $25 million
gift to the Oregon Campaign last year.
In a recent protest, Students for Action,
Labor and Equity passed out leaflets and
hung banners at the University’s Home
coming game to protest the acceptance of
the Nike co-founder’s private gift.
“It’s important because when Phil
Knight gave the money to [the University],
it gave him better access to [University
President] Dave Frohnmayer’s ear than stu
dents and faculty have,” said Anne Strom,
a graduate student in sociology and a mem
ber of the student group.
However, Jon Jaqua, executive director of
the UO Foundation, said Knight and other
trustees are not trying to influence the Uni
versity with their gifts to the campaign.
“The trustees I work with have very high
ethics and are concerned with the image of
the University,” he said. “They don’t have
influence on the operation of the Universi
ty. They think it deserves to be the best.”
The campaign was created in 1994 to
combat the decreasing state support for
higher education caused by Measure 5,
Jaqua said.
"The lack of public support initiated
work to replace and enhance funding
through other sources to meet a changing
competing environment,” he said. “The
campaign is critical for the University.”
The purpose of the campaign is primari
ly to raise funds for undergraduate educa
tion, including funds for scholarships, fac
ulty support, development of new teaching
approaches, enhancement of the library
system and renovations and construction
projects around the University. For exam
ple, Knight requested that $10 million of
his gift be allotted to the construction of the
William Knight Law School, which will be
named after his father, Jaqua said.
The group is questioning Knight’s law
school request, as well as his contribution
to Frohnmayer’s salary, Strom said.
“There’s a conflict of interest,” she said.
Turn to GIFT, Page 5A
Where it comes from
Breakdown of the sources that gave money to the Oregon
Campaign from July 1,1992. to September 30,1997
“ Foundations
$17,008,848
— Corporations
$21,079,354
~ Other
$7,946,778
_ Friends
$24,506,146
— Alumni
$119,010,458
bUURuE: University of Oregon Foundation
MATT GARTON/Emerald