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ALL DAY TUESDAY §n& ALL St YOU CAN EAT EVERY TUES! includes Garlic Bread 11:30 am-10 pm with student ID pizza pETffr 82673 Willamette • 484-0996 “this location only” f * Help the Environment Please Recycle! (CRIME I WATCH OPS Officer Bob Guse offers the fol lowing crime tips of the week for University students: 1. When you leave your car, look at it asa thief would. Is the parking space well-lit? Is there a tempting item in plain view ? Are the doors locked? 2. Before you lock your $300 bike with a $2 lock, ask yourself: If I were a thief, how long would it take me to break that lock? (Reported Jan. 13 through Jan. 28) ■ Jan. 13: Theft 1,1700 block East 15th Avenue, car window smashed, items stolen. ■Jan. 21: Theft II, 1700 block of Agate Street, wallet stolen from unattended backpack. ■Jan.22: Harassment, 1600 block of High Street, dispute among residents. ■Jan. 22: Unlawful entry into mo tor vehicle, 1700 block of Cleve land Place, no items stolen. ■Jan.27: ShopliftII, lOOblock East 18th Avenue, items stolen. ■Jan.28: Criminal Trespass II, 800 block East 13th Avenue, solic iting money from passers-by. Dead Man Waifring The Journey ♦ 008416 Speaker, Sister Helen Prejean, Csj, author EMU Ballroom University of Oregon Wednesday, February 2, 2000 NOON Co-sponsored by: • ACLU of Oregon • Life for a Life Committee • U of O Cultural Forum • Oregon Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty • U of O Peace Studies Program • Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation • U of 0 Student Activities Resource Office Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Sponsors, Inc. Oregon Peaceworks St. Thomas Moore Newman Center St. Vincent dePaul Society of Lane County, Inc. The Koinonia Center Wesley Foundation Presentation is free and open to the public. OPS offers crime tips ■ The Office of Public Safety stresses common sense and precautionary measures to prevent thefts By Sara Lieberth Oregon Daily Emerald A string of car and bicycle thefts in recent weeks on campus has Eu gene police and Office of Public Safety officials stressing to stu dents the time-held belief that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In support of this, Bob Guse, crime prevention officer with OPS, will provide a series of crime tips that will be published as a regular weekly feature in the Emerald in conjunction with Crimewatch in formation. While Guse said he typically feels that crime tips, per se, are less effective than a self-defense class or prevention program for driving home the importance of self-pro tection, he hopes the consistent re minder to students will be helpful in deterring crimes against them. “If one person can be saved from being a crime victim, then I will feel like we are a success,” he said. The most common offense in the area is bicycle theft, with Guse ref erencing an FBI statistic from a few years ago that ranked Eugene as third in the nation for this type of crime. “There are ways to help allevi ate this,” he said. “Cable locks aren’t good at all because this is not a cable-friendly campus. U-locks are easily cracked too, but there is a specific way to use them that a lot of people don’t know about. ” Officer Guse is available and very much interested in meeting with student groups, sororities, fra ternities and the like to discuss specific crime prevention issues they might face. He said being in formed and empowered are among the most effective tools against be ing victimized. “My main goal is to make sure people know we have a program that can be tai lored for whatever they need,” he said. “The bottom line is that OPS cares, and we’re avail able.” In cooperation with the Univer sity Office of Student Life, OPS of fers a number of credit and non credit safety training sessions throughout the year, including Self Defense for Women and Creating a Rape-Free Environment, as well as campus safety classes during new student orientation. Eugene Police Sgt. Rick Gilliam said students would do well to consider personal safety issues more carefully, especially because a campus community can be viewed as a “ready-made market” for criminals. He noted that a rash of car thefts and break-ins, as well as stolen bi cycles, are an unfortunate reality when students bring high-priced, “status symbols” onto campus. If they choose to bring valuable items, Gilliam suggests taking all the necessary steps to protect them. In particular, he said Japanese manufactured vehicles such as Honda, Toyota and Nissan makes from the mid-1990s and before have been targeted by thieves of late. “I would really encourage em ploying alternative methods such as ‘The Club’ or additional security systems to help protect these stu dent vehicles,” he said. University Public Safety Direc tor Tom Fitzpatrick suggests that the best method for crime preven tion is often the simplest. “It’s the common-sense things that are important,” he said. “Be aware of your surroundings and don’t take unnecessary chances that we all recognize as chances.” Fitzpatrick also said he believes this campus is as safe as any other average campus and that it is main ly unfortunate that “criminals will work toward opportunity,” seeing college students as targets. “Being mindful of these circum stances, understanding risks, these will keep you safe more than any thing else,” he said. Programs Finance Committee % CHANGE $CHANGE ORGANIZATION _1999-2000 2000-2001 FROM LAST YEAR FROM LAST YEAR Athletic Department Finance Committee$104$0-100%-$104 Committee for Musical Arts $4,655 $4,625 -0,64% -$30 Community Internship Program$14,752$14,172 -3.93% _-$580 Philosophy Club $1,342 $1,037 -22.73% -$305 YWCA $3,981 $3,924 -1.43% -$57 Total $24,834 $23,758 -$1,076 Groups get chance to appeal to PFC ■ Four budgets were approved Monday night, some because the group missed its first hearing By Edward Yuen Oregon Daily Emerald Members from the Programs Finance Committee began hear ing budget appeals from some ASUO programs Monday night. The budgets of five ASUO programs, including the Philos ophy Club, Committee for Mu sical Arts, Community Intern ship Program, Athletic Department Finance Committee and the YWCA, were reviewed in the hearing. Members from the PFC ap proved a budget of $1,037 for the Philosophy Club with a 22.73 percent decrease from the previous fiscal year. The group was initially unfunded because a representative failed to turn in the budget on time, according to PFC Chairwoman Shantell Rice. The CMA budget was also fi nally heard Monday night. PFC members previously accused CMA representatives of not be ing responsible when they did not attend their earlier sched uled PFC hearing. Jeffrey Rad cliffe, president of the organiza tion, said he was unable to attend the hearing due to mis communication. The committee accepted Radcliffe’s explana tion and approved a budget of $4,625. The CIP was also originally not funded because the repre sentatives of the program failed to attend the hearing on the first scheduled date. PFC members approved the CIP budget for $14,172. The ADFC budget was re called because PFC members be lieved the budget should be in cluded in the Athletic Department’s budget. PFC mem bers voted not to fund the pro gram after a brief discussion with Jennifer Creighton, an ADFC rep resentative. The YWCA budget was also heard because the representa tives failed to show up on the original day. PFC members ap proved a budget of $3,924, with a decrease of 0.9 percent from the budget of the current fiscal year. In addition, PFC members voted not to fund United Women of Asian Heritage, Whitebird and Sister Universi ty Project in Monday’s hearing. P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Mon day through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates inde pendently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. NEWSROOM — (541) S46-5511 Editor in chief: Laura Cadiz Managing Editor: Felicity Ayles Community: Sara Lieberth, editor. 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