Student accused of trespass released on bail
Arrestedjor trespassing at
Hamilton Complex, Kabril
Matthew Royal pleaded not guilty
By Nicole Garton
Oregon Daily Emerald
A student arrested Monday night at Hamil
ton Complex pleaded not guilty to charges of
Trespass II and Harassment on Tuesday
morning.
Kabril Matthew Royal, 18, was released
from jail on $510 bail Tuesday. His trial was
set for Dec. 8 in Eugene Municipal Court.
Royal was approached by an officer from
the Office of Public Safety around 9 p.m.
Monday while he was waiting outside Collier
Hall, according to a report filed by OPS.
When the officer asked to see his student
identification. Royal refused, the report said.
The officer continued to question him, and
Royal became agitated, shouting and waving
his arms, the report said. When some people
exited the building, Royal ran past the offi
cer, who chased him through the open door.
The officer followed him to the third floor,
where Royal entered a janitor’s closet, and
told Royal to get on the ground. Royal then
made a fist and "appeared to be pulling his
arm back to prepare for a punch,” the report
said. The officer pepper-sprayed him and
took him downstairs.
An OPS officer pepper-sprayed him again
when the student made a threatening com
ment and stepped forward with his fists
clenched, according to the report. When the
Eugene police arrived, a crowd of 40 to 50
students had gathered outside the building.
Students who witnessed the incident said
they didn’t understand why Royal was ap
proached outside the residence hall.
“The consensus is that he was just visiting
a friend he had called from the call [phone]
box,” said freshman Arick Hoops, who was
in Collier Hall when Royal was arrested.
But the officer who filed the report said he
found Royal standing on a handrail holding
onto the roof of the patio that surrounds the
entrance. The officer reacted because dorm
rooms have been burglarized in the past by
people who used the handrail to climb onto
the roof and gain access to rooms, according
to a report filed by Eugene police.
Hoops also said the students in the crowd
were not taunting police officers, but both
police and OPS reports agreed that the crowd
had become disruptive and required the offi
cers to call for backup. The crowd was dis
persed within 10 minutes after the arrest, ac
cording to OPS reports.
After Royal was arrested, students in Uni
versity Housing began a collection to raise
bail money, said freshman Casey Holdahl.
“I think a lot of people know him. He’s a
good guy,” he said. “1 don’t know how you
can be trespassing at your own school.”
! CRIME
WATCH
(Reported from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2)
Oct. 27, Theft II, 735 E. 14th Ave.: bike
stolen.
Oct. 28, Trespass II, Resisting Arrest,
Assault, Starbucks, 801 E. 13th Ave.:
transient resisted officer escort from
business, then assaulted officer.
Oct. 29, Theft 1,724 E. 19th Ave.: bike
stolen.
Oct. 29. Theft 1,1648 Alder St.: bike
stolen.
Oct. 29, Theft 1,1860 Alder St.: items
taken from vehicle.
Nov. 1, Criminal Mischief II, Mother
Kali's Bookstore, 720 E. 13th Ave.: front
window of business shattered.
Nov. 2, Criminal Trespass II, Harass
ment, 1364 Columbia St.: police arrest
ed hostile student.
Software master’s program developed
Four Oregon schools
are jointly offering a
new masters degree in
software engineering
By Sarah Skidmore
Oregon Daily Emerald
In 1994, local Oregon busi
nesses such as Intel, Tektronix,
Sequent and Mentor Graphics
declared industry’s need for ad
vanced training in software engi
neering.
A new master’s degree pro
gram in software technology was
the Oregon College of Engineer
ing and Computer Science’s an
swer.
Four Oregon public schools —
Oregon State University, Port
land State University, Universi
ty of Oregon and the Oregon
Graduate Institute of Science
and Technology — are making
plans to offer a jointly adminis
tered and jointly taught Oregon
Master of Software Engineering
program. Many of the classes
will be offered via distance-de
livery.
A 1994 report from the Oregon
Economic Development Depart
ment stated that many of the
state s leaders in the high-tech
nology felt that Oregon schools
needed a more advanced educa
tion in software technology.
However, no single school has
the capabilities to develop a pro
gram like the OMSE indepen
dently. Each of the participating
schools currently employs two
or three faculty who specialize
in teaching and research in soft
ware engineering. By collaborat
ing with the other schools, a full
program could be established,
according to the OCECS.
Senate Bill 504, which relates
to engineering education and ap
propriating money, allocated
$2.25 million toward the pro
gram. In the future, funding
could also be provided from
within the umbrella of SB 504 or
from within the University Sys
tem, Schaeffer said.
Currently, only four of the
classes are being offered on-site
in Portland. But by the year
2000, the OCECS hopes to offer
all 14 core classes at all schools,
said Bruce Schaeffer, interim di
rector of the new degree pro
gram.
“The goal is, regardless of
where the student is in Oregon,
they can earn the degree,” Scha
effer said.
Presently, both OGI and Port
land State have approved the
program and are prepared to ad
mit students to the program. Re
views are still under way at the
University and at Oregon State,
and Schaeffer said he hopes to
see approval during the school
year. The Oregon University
System Academic Council has
already positively reviewed the
program.
During the past four years, in
dustry representatives and Uni
versity faculty have worked to
gether to carefully develoD a
program that meets the market’s
needs, using research, surveys,
focus groups and reviews.
“The result is a program de
signed to provide both academic
excellence and industrial rele
vance,” said Stuart Faulk, re
search associate at the Universi
ty Department of Computer and
Information Science who
worked on developing the pro
gram.
The goal of the program is to
provide the array of technical
and organizational skills and
knowledge necessary for a suc
cessful career as a software engi
neer, according to the OCECS.
The program will focus on the
following areas: disciplined de
velopment, product-centered de
velopment, use of market-lead
ing technology, professional
competency and understanding
the business context.
"While meeting the needs of
industries is an important pro
gram goal, the University's high
est priority is to meet the needs
of its students,” Faulk said.
Schaeffer estimates that there
will be three types of students
using the program: students who
are pursuing a master’s degree to
develop their knowledge and
their resume, professionals who
will use the classes as a means of
continuing their education but
not for getting a degree and stu
dents who are using the classes
to further their education.
An advanced degree in soft
ware engineering is timely be
cause of changes in the software
industry.
There are a growing needs in
Oregon’s industry for this kind
of training, but no educational
system within the state exists to
meet the needs.
“The sophistication of soft
ware engineering has changed a
lot in the past ten years,” Schaef
ter said.
According to the Oregon De
partment of Labor, 7,000 new
graduates in science and engi
neering will be needed in the
state in the next ten years. On
the West Coast, the growth of
the computer/data processing
industry is second only to
health care professions, accord
ing to the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics.
The growth of new software
businesses is inhibited by the
limited availability of software
engineers, according to local
business representatives.
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