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November 9,1999
Volume 101, Issue 51
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University of Oregon
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Missing woman’s body found
Police believe they have recovered the body of Linda Bovee,
who has been missing since Oct. 11. Police believe that she
took her own life.PAGE 3
* Duck defense getting stingy
The Oregon football team’s defense has put together good
back-to-back performances in home victories over Arizona
State and Washington State. PAGE 7
SPOILED -
Scott Barnett Emerald
Alaskan native Erin Pursell opposes the opening of ANWR for drilling by the oil companies. The drilling could have a negative impact on the environment.
Development threatens Alaskan wildlife
■ With the Alaskan economy in a
slump, congress has come under
fire to open the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
The oil industry isn’t merely the main
resource of the Alaskan economy - it has
shaped evpry aspect of the state.
Alaska is a place where the rays of a
six-month-long sunset bounce off oil
wells owned by British Petroleum,
Exxon and other companies, where al
most every part of the state has been
leased, drilled or influenced by the pres
ence of fossil fuels.
But there is one part of Alaska that has
remained relatively untouched: The Arc
tic National Wildlife Refuge or ANWR.
Located in the state’s northeastern cor
ner, ANWR is home to a variety of ani
mal species ranging from migratory birds
to polar bears and caribou. It is currently
divided into 8 million acres of protected
wilderness, 9 million acres of wildlife
refuge and 1.5 million acres the oil in
dustry wants to open for drilling.
Alaska’s governor, senators and a large
portion of its residents want to open the
area, known as the Coastal Plain, in
hopes of finding oil and stabilizing Alas
ka’s slumping economy. Doing so will
require the U.S. House, Senate and the
president passing a bill into law.
Environmental activists, however, are
pushing Congress to keep the largest un
developed part of the United States in
tact.
One activist, Erin Pursell, a junior at
the University, is an Alaskan native
fighting to keep all of ANWR protected.
An environmental studies and politi
cal science double major, Pursell moved
to Alaska when she was five years old
and describes herself as “growing up in
the lap of the oil industry.” Her step-fa
ther worked on the Trans-Alaskan
Pipeline System in 1974 and she went
Turn to ANWR, Page 3
Rape drug
present
in victims
■ Local officials warn women to
beware of drinks potentially spiked
with date rape drugs as multiple
reports arise in Eugene area
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
In the last two weeks, three separate inci
dents of sexual assault in the Eugene area
were reported by women. In all three cases
the women tested positive for Rohypnol, the
so-called “daterape drug.”
The assaults were first reported to the Eu
gene Planned Parenthood, which then
passed the information on to the Student
Health Center, said Annie Dochnahl, peer
health education coordinator.
The Eugene Planned Parenthood wanted
to alert people that a predatory drug is being
used in the area, Dochnahl said.
These assaults are the first reports qf the
date rape drug in the Eugene area in the last
year, said Byron McCrae, assistant dean of
student life.
After Halloween of 1998, two separate in
cidents of predatory drug use were reported
to the Office of Student Life, McCrae said.
Rohypnol, also known as Roofies, Rope
and Ralph, is used in many countries as an
anesthetic or to induce sleep. The drug is il
legal in the United States, said Annie Wein
soft, a peer health educator who recently
gave a presentation about the drug at the
Walton Housing Complex.
“It’s a small pill that can be dissolved in
any drink,” said Weinsoft, a junior general
science major. “It tends to knock you out and
makes it so you can’t remember things in the
morning—that’s the most dangerous part. ”
The drug makes both women and men
vulnerable to violent crimes such as rape, as
sault and robbery.
"It creates an effect which is very similar
to how you would feel when you’re drunk.
You’re slowed down and your inhibition is
low. You’re weaker,” she said.
Protecting yourself from the date rape
drug involves a lot of common sense things
that college students know to do, but forget
Turn to Date rape, Page 5
Ordinance proposes landlords, tenants pay for police action
The Eugene Police
Department has
proposed to fine
tenants and their
landlords if they
are called to the
same residence
more than once in
a 60 day period
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Much to their dismay, tenants and
landlords may soon have to foot the bill
for repeated police responses to disor
derly parties, if the Eugene City Council
passes an ordinance proposed by the
Eugene Police Department.
The ordinance would require tenants
and landlords to pay a “special response
fee” if police are called more than once
within 60 days to an address where
more than 10 people are gathered and at
which police issue more than one cita
tion, said EPD Sgt. Rick Gilliam, who co
wrote the proposed ordinance. The fee
could run as high as $5,000, he said.
After the first visit to an address, police
would issue a warning to both the tenant
and landlord. After the second response,
the tenant and landlord would be jointly
required to repay the cost of the police ac
tion, including officers’ wages, injury to of
ficers and damage to vehicles.
Gilliam said the ordinance, which
would apply to all rental properties in
cluding houses, apartments and taverns,
is in response to an increase in alcohol
abuse and disorderly parties.
“We’re issuing more MIPs this year
than we ever have,” Gilliam said. “We
generally issue anywhere between 75
125 citations for alcohol-related offenses
on any weekend.”
On typical Friday and Saturday nights,
about 25 police officers patrol Eugene, Po
lice Chief Jim Hill said. As many as 10 of
those officers, all paid overtime wages,
work the areas surrounding the Universi
ty and respond to mostly party-related
disturbances, he said.
“When almost half the entire staffing
of the city is going to the University area
to manage the party scene, the commu
nity is at risk,” Hill said.
Though revenue generated from the
special response fee would not put more
police on the street, Hill said he is confi
dent the ordinance would encourage ten
Turn to Fines, Page 5
The ordinance would require
tenants and landlords jointly re
pay the city the cost of police re
sponse to disorderly parties if:
■ Police respond more than
twice within 60 days to an ad
dress
■ More than 10 people are
gathered at the address at the
time of the response
■ Police issue more than one
citation at the first-offense site
SOURCE: Eugene Police Department