High honor finds top prof ■ The Presidential Medal winner is praised for his research, and co-workers rave about his support By Serena Markstrom Oregon Daily Emerald Intense, busy, practical, aca demic, hard-working, thoughtful. Unselfish, open, creative, fun loving, supportive, wise. These are the adjectives Hill Walker’s colleagues use to de scribe him. Perfectionistic, demanding, in satiable, generous with a good sense of humor. That is how Walker, expert on youth violence and this year’s winner of the Presidential Medal, describes himself. “It’s just a tremendous honor,” he said. “I was very surprised.” Each year since 1991, the Uni versity president and an awards selection committee select a member of the community who has made large contributions to the University. As one of the Uni versity’s highest honors, the medal is awarded to someone who has shown a commitment to higher education. Walker is the first faculty mem ber ever to earn the prestigious award. Walker is a senior professor in the college of education and a na tionally recognized researcher and expert on violence, early in Turn to Professor, page 5 Sting shows store owners lax on IDs ■ The Eugene police and the OLCC found more stores selling alcohol than tobacco products to minors By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald Police and Oregon Liquor Control Commission officers, working with -* underage Eugene Police explorers, cited a total of 44 stores for selling alcohol and tobacco to minors in a sting operation held April 12-14. The explorers, students interest ed in a career in law enforcement and whose ages ranged from 16 to 20, were sent in by officers and at tempted to purchase alcohol and tobacco. Those stores that sold to the minors were cited at once; those that didn’t received an ap preciative letter from the Eugene Police Department. Of the 86 stores checked for ille gal alcohol sales, nearly 40 percent were cited. But of the 75 stores checked for tobacco sales, only 13 percent received a citation for fail ing to check identification. Jan Power, public information assistant for the EPD, said the de partment was disappointed that this year’s results for alcohol were not that much smaller than a sting in July of 1998 that cited 45 per cent of the stores checked. She added, however, that the pro gram shouldn’t be viewed in terms of success or failure as it is more of a “wake-up call for store owners. ” Bail for the citation of selling al cohol to a minor is usually set for $265, and the maximum fine for such an offense is $500, Power said. The OLCC levies fines against store owners who sell to minors. Jon Stubenvoll, the OLCC’s com munications director, said the commission’s fines range from $1,650 for a first-time offender or a 10-day prohibition from liquor sales to the revoking of a liquor li cense for fourth-time offenders. Stubenvoll said the OLCC has be gun a program that reduces fines for store owners who participate in an educational campaign. Robert Rice, owner of Tom’s Mar ket at 1490 E. 19th Ave., said police cited one of his clerks for selling both alcohol and tobacco to the un derage explorers on Thursday. “It happened to a clerk with less than five hours of training,” he said. Although Rice did admit his store is at fault, he said the cita-1 tions he received were because of just one mistake and his store is usually exemplary at refusing to bacco and alcohol to minors. “It makes us look bad, and we . don’t deserve to look bad,” he said. One of the majority of store own ers who successfully passed the test was Sue McGuire, owner of the Alder Street Market at 798 E. 11th Ave. “I have a good solid rapport with the police, and I respect them and know they have a job to do,” she said. But Stephanie Young Peterson, a coordinator for Tobacco Free Lane County, said there are several owners who don’t take much time in educating their employees. “It is hard to get clerks trained when some owners don’t see a point to it,” she said. Calendar Tuesday, April 18 Math professor Gary Seitz will explore the puzzles of “Symmetry, Rubic’s Cube and Beyond” in a public lecture at 4 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge at Ger linger Hall. The program is free and open to the public. Pride Month brown bag: “Queer Women and Sexual Health.” Noon. Suite 34, EMU. Free. For information, browse darkwing.uoregon.edu/~program or call 346-1134. Resume clinic with employer Frank Mossett of American Express Financial Advisers, Inc. will give resume tips from 4 to 5 p.m. in the EMU Alsea-Co quille Room. Sponsored by the Career Center. Interviewing clinic with employer. April Razey will discus interview strate gies from 5 to 6 p.m. in the EMU Alsea-Coquille Room. Sponsored by the Ca reer Center. Make fiter/day Earth Day Support Campus Recycling steel mug ^ plastic mug T-shirt canvas bags ^reusable lunch bags CWV SAILE April 19th & 20th EMU Courtyard 10am - 4pm %. \ # W % if Take the Test [It's free, and you don't have to study!] Practicing safer sex includes knowing your HIV status. For a limited time during spring term 2000, free HIV testing will be ? Available to current University of Oregon students at the University Health Center. Call ’ (541) 346-2770 to schedule a * test with an HIV counselor. Students must present the cou v pon below at the appointment to receive the free test. * Funding for free HIV testing is provided by a grant bv E.C. Brown and is available while funds last. ,-1 i Know Your | | Status | Present this coupon to I the University of Oregon I University Health Center I I at the time of your HIV | | test to receive the free | | test. Call (541) 346- | | 2770 to schedule your | appointment with an | I HIV counselor. I This coupon is not valid to cover other services at the University Heath Center.