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Residents debate park measure
Somefrom the Bethel commnity say
they worry the city will not keep up
additional parks/PAG E 4
Ducks take on Portland
The volleyball team hopes to
regain momentum before
facing Washington/PAGE 13
An independent newspaper
Volume 100, Issue 26
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Nick Medley/'Emerald
Surfing Club members Paul Alderson and Bryan Bates load up their boards for the Third Annual Rhyn Knoll Longboard Competition held last weekend in Crescent City,
Calif. Bates made the quarterfinals of the competition.
Surfing club breaks Oregon’s waves
The Club Sports group helps
novices and beginners alike get
their feet wet on the Oregon Coast
By Peter Breaden
Oregon Daily Emerald
Freshman Curt Rands has trouble sleep
ing when surfing is on his mind.
“Every time I go and stay at the beach, I’m up
at dawn.” Rands said. “I just get so excited. ”
The University surfing club was a sim
ple idea sprung into motion over breakfast
at Deb’s Family Restaurant.
Seated inside was surfing couple Betsy
Jensen and Brian Bates. They were wetting
their feet to organize the club that has con
tinued this fall.
“We were talking about surfing, our need
to meet more people who were into surfing,
and she said, ‘Let’s start a surfing club,”’
said Brian Bates, surfing club coordinator.
The welcome vibe filled the club’s roster
with 50 names and about a dozen regulars
last spring, Bates said, adding that novices
are encouraged to join.
“Everyone at one time or another is a be
ginner,” he said. “I want everyone in the
club who has experience to hel p everyone
without it, to help them ‘duck dive’ better,
to tell them where the channel's at.”
The surfing club held an organizational
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Amendment
would allow
notification
If passed, the law would let schools
notify parents of minor students'
alcohol and drug violations
By Teri Meeuwsen
Oregon Daily Emerald
The U.S. Congress has approved an
amendment that would allow universities
to notify parents when their students
younger than 21 commit an alcohol or drug
violation.
The amendment, which passed the U.S.
Senate Sept. 2!) and the House of Represen
tatives the day before, only needs President
Clinton’s signature to become law. Clinton
said he is likely to sign the measure, accord
ing to a Sept. 30 Washington Post article.
Current federal law prohibits universities
from disclosing educational records of stu
dents 18 years and older. The University in
terprets this to mean that they can not notify
parents about a student’s drug and alcohol
use, said Elaine Green, student conduct co
ordinator.
University officials have not met to deter
mine action regarding the amendment if it
is passed. The amendment would encom
pass state law, local law or institution policy
regarding alcohol and drug violations.
If the amendment is passed into law, it
may spark debate between student safety vs.
students’ rights to privacy.
“There are very strong concerns on both
sides of this issue,” Green said. “There is a
life and death concern and there are strong
feelings of students’ right to privacy. It can
be good or bad to students.”
University Housing director Michael
Eyster said the proposed amendment would
help housing officials enforce housing con
duct codes, but would need to be dealt with
wisely.
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UO student faces incumbent Susan Castillo in candidates’ forum
Junior Scott Austin and the
former KVAL anchorwoman
face questions from local voters
By David Ryan
Oregon Daily Emerald
Susan Castillo sat down with her first po
litical campaign opponent Monday night.
Scott Austin, her opponent and a junior at
the University, is looking to become your
state senator instead.
Austin is a political unknown facing
Castillo, the incumbent and a former
KVAL-TV news anchorwoman.
Monday night, the two faced citizens
of Eugene’s Bethel neighborhood along
with two candidates running for state
house district 39. During the hourlong fo
rum, the candidates introduced them
selves and answered questions from the
audience.
Austin, by far the youngest of the candi
dates, introduced himself as a hardworking
student at the University.
“I work 35 to 40 hours a week (at Burger
King), sometimes more than that,” he said.
“I go to classes. I earn my way, and that’s
just the kind of person I am.”
Austin, a self-proclaimed fundamentalist
uuru-again cmrisuan,
said he stood for teach
ing high schoolers right
from wrong, which is
why the Thurston shoot
ing didn’t catch him off
guard.
“I was not shocked
he said. “I was wor
ried about whether my
cousins were all right,
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but I wasn’t surprised. Students in high
school don’t think there are any conse
quences for their actions. We’re not telling
students that there are consequences for
their actions.”
Austin said his parents taught him to
think about consequences.
“I have parents that are God-fearing and
who raised me to believe that when you do
X you get Y," he said.
Austin said he was in favor of tighter
government spending.
“I tend to think that less taxes are better,”
he said.
Castillo introduced herself as a former
TV anchorwoman who became interested
in politics while covering the State Legisla
ture. Castillo filled a vacant seat, fighting
for issues such as more funding for public
education.
“We’re going to be having another battle
for how we are funding schools in Janu
ary,” she said.
Castillo also believes in getting more
people involved in the governing process.
“When I was reporting, there were a
number of times when I would go out and
do interviewing, and there were people
who had a lot of ideas (about government),
but they had to wait in long lines," she
said.
“I really firmly believe that we [Democ
rats and Republicans] work for the same
things,” Castillo said. “We all want good
schools, good jobs, a healthy environment
and safe neighborhoods.”
When the questions came from the audi
ence, one resident asked about how each of
the candidates would prioritize the local
measures such as the library or parks mea
sures.
“For me, programs that invest in chil
dren and families are most important,”
Castillo said.
“I'm totally biased as a student because
I’d say a library,” Austin said. He told a sto
ry about how his family couldn’t buy a tele
vision set until he was in high school, mak
ing the library the place he went to
entertain himself.
“My personal opinion is irrelevant as far
as I’m concerned,” he said. “If the commu
nity wants to fund social programs that’s
their right.”