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News briefs Jahkuumba to play CAER benefit Saturday The Coalition Against Environ mental Racism is hosting a benefit concert Saturday in the EMU Fir Room. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. and will feature the classical and upbeat reggae music of Jahkuumba. “The reason we are volunteer ing our services is because, where Jahkuumba is concerned, issues about environmental racism and racial discrimination are impor tant,” singer Amha Baraka said. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $5. All proceeds will be used for the 5th Annual Environ mental Justice Conference, Jan. 22 to Jan. 24. Black women’s group sponsors skate party The Black Women of Achieve ment will sponsor a skating party Saturday at SkateWorld, 3188 Gateway Loop, Springfield, from 11 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Admittance is $2 for ages 6 to 11, $3.50 for 12 to adult, children under 5 free. 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Bioadway • 342 6107 THE BIRKENSTOCK STORE Moil Sdt: 10 6, Sllli: 11 5 Winter weather freezes water pipes Apartment managers recommend precautions to avoid damage while students are away By Felicity Ayles Oregon Daily Emerald Freezing temperatures swept through Eugene over winter break, leaving in the wake of their wrath broken water pipes and flooded apartments. Frozen pipes plagued numer ous apartment complexes in Eu gene over the break and left land lords to deal with the problems while students were away. Duck’s Village, a popular off campus home for students on Kinsrow Avenue by Autzen Sta dium, experienced weather-relat ed problems in many apartments, office manager Sandra Stafford said. “Pipes froze and burst in sever al apartments, and we had to de frost and repair them,” Stafford said. In some apartments, they had to dry out the carpet and even have the flooring replaced, she said. Major problems arose because residents were away for an ex tended period of time and turned off the heat. The apartments got colder as the temperature outside dropped and the pipes froze, Stafford said. When pipes freeze and burst, the question of liability is depen dent on the circumstances at Duck’s Village, Stafford said. If the apartment is vacant, and the pipes freeze and flood other apartments, the management is responsible. But if the apartment is occupied, the tenants are re sponsible for all damage, she said. Stafford suggests that residents take extra precautions to prevent possible damage from frozen pipes. “Students should make sure they turn the heat on to 50 or 55 degrees and leave the water run ning at a drip if they are away for an extended period of time,” she said. Just across the street, at Chase Village Apartments, leasing con sultant Kelly Harrington reported no damage. But on the other side of the river, quite a few apart ments experienced weather-relat ed troubles. Stewardship Properties man ages complexes such as Emerald Apartments at 1877 Emerald St. and experienced several broken pipes and even a few flooded basement apartments, said prop erty manager Denise Poplin. Poplin said the complexes no tified all their residents of the dangers of winter weather and suggested they leave the heat on and open the cabinets under the sink in their apartments during winter break. Leaving the cabinets open allows the heat in the apart ment to get to the pipes and helps to prevent freezing, she said. But when pipes burst in one of the apartment buildings of the Stewardship Properties, the ten ant is not held responsible. Poplin said she hopes there will be no damage, but it is diffi cult to take any preventive mea sures. “If it gets down to the 20s during break, nobody has time to do any thing preventative,” she said. “If the students leave when the weather is good, nobody wants to leave the heat on or the water running.” Jennings & Company rents both apartments and houses, and it had problems at many of its prop erties, maintenance department manager Jordan Cowman said. “We had broken pipes and some frozen pipes that burst when they thawed in a few of the rental houses,” Cowman said. In addition to leaving the heat on and the water running at a dribble, Cowman suggests block ing off ventilation vents so the heat can’t get out and wrapping up outside spigots to keep them from freezing. Cowman said there will proba bly be more damage if the freezing weather returns, but the problems won’t be as bad as they were over winter break. “There will probably be more damage, but now that the stu dents are back, tliey are more like ly to be there noticing problems,” he said. Felicity Ayles covers city develop ment, the West University neighbor hoodfor the Emerald. She can he reached via e-mail at fizzer@glad stone. a Oregon edu. Virtual Office Systems Inc. In Partnership with The University ot Oregon Bookstore 2387 West 11th Ph. 343-8633 Open Mon-Sat 11-6 The "Ultimate" Pentium H® 350 • QDIBX Board, 100 MHz •8MB Diamond AGP • 6.4 G Western Digital • 64 MB 100 MHz SDRAM • Yamaha 3D Sound • 36X CD, 56K V.90 •17”.28SVGA Monitor • Ergo Mouse, Keyboard • Win 98 on CD installed • 1 Yr. Parts, 2 Yrs Labor $1389.99 VOS systems are custom built for you. We use brand name parts, not imitations. Why settle for cheap generic knockoffs? Quality matters. It really does. 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