Carolina on
their minds
Seven members of the
Oregon track and field
teams aspire to finish
their seasons on a high
note at this week's
The Flash
Thesis project focuses
on Moroccan women
Graduate student Rose Ar
mour spent several months
shadowing women in rural
Moroccan villages to docu
ment their lifestyles and
study ways to improve living
conditions in the western
African nation. Armour’s
findings were presented at a
Geographic Society meeting
for the planning, public poli
cy and management depart
ment. She found that women
thrived more in villages
where a New York-based pro
gram which promotes sus
tainable development was in
practice. Page 4
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Boaters beware,
waters pose danger
Summer means the peak of
boating season on Oregon’s
riverways, lakes and coast
lines. It also means an in
creased risk for accidents and
injuries resulting from debris
in the water and boater neg
ligence. Officials from the
Lane County Sheriff’s Depart
ment and other authorities
suggest a series of precau
tions that could prevent po
tentially serious injuries dur
ing the summer. Page5
DDS searches
for permanent home
Apparently, two’s a crowd
for DDS and the ASUO Execu
tive. After some frightening
incidents earlier this year
that prompted a move from
the broom-closet of an office
to the ASUO Executive’s suite,
DDS longs for a home of its
own. Sharing a space with
the student government is
getting a little too close for
comfort and the shuttle,
which operates from 10 p.m.
to 3 a.m. is looking for its
own space or a shared
arrangement with some oth
er group. Page 7
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Nearly 20 percent of draft eligible men are not
registering, but there are repercussions
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Evan Gordon comes from a military family.
His grandfather was a colonel in the Air Force during
World War II, was shot down and survived a prisoner of war
camp. Gordon’s oldest brother fought in the Army in Opera
tion Desert Storm. Currently, his other brother flies FA-18s
in the Marines.
This military pressure was one factor that.led Gordon, a
freshman majoring in accounting, to register for the draft.
“The main reason I registered was because it is the law,
and it obviously has negative repercussions if you don’t,”
Gordon said.
However, there are more young men around the na
tion and in Oregon who don’t have Gordon’s initiative
to register for the draft.
Nearly one in five young American men are failing to
register for the military draft as required by law, risking
fines and jail time, as well as ineligibility for benefits
including student loans and government jobs, ac
cording to the national Selective Service Adminis
tration. Oregon’s registration rate is 84 percent.
Agency officials said ignorance rather than will
ful resistance appears to be behind the lower com
pliance numbers, which were at 93 percent nation
wide a decade ago.
, “Since 1990 we have seen an erosion of about 1
percent a year,” agency spokesman Lewis Brodsky
said.
Selective Service Director Gil Coronado said
research has consistently shown that the biggest
barrier to young men’s compliance is a simple
lack of awareness.
“It’s tragic to see young men potentially miss
ing out on future opportunities because they just
do not know they are required to register,” Coro
nado said.
SOURCE: Selective Service Administration
Turn to Registering, page 4
among men by state
Animal rights
activists take
jab at teacher
■ Protesters began the day handing out flyers
about animal research on campus, and then
11 of them went to a professor’s home
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
A protest on campus against
the University’s use of animals
for scientific research spilled
over into a residential neighbor
hood in the southeast hills of
Eugene late Tuesday afternoon.
Eleven animal-rights activists
left an afternoon protest on
campus, piled into two cars and
lined the curb opposite the
home of psychology and neuro
science professor Richard Mar
rocco, who has used monkeys
and mice in his research.
When Marrocco’s wife and
daughter pulled into their
driveway at about 6 p.m., the
activists heckled them, shout
ing, “Hey Marrocco, what do
you say? How many animals
have you tortured today?”
The activists, all wearing
masks, also placed two signs on
Marrocco’s front yard, one sign
reading: “Murderer’s House
This Way.”
“When he goes home to his
family, has dinner, watches TV
or whatever the hell he does, he
gets a break,” Geoff, a Eugene
activist at the protest, said. “His
monkeys get no breaks, and he
shouldn’t get a break, at least
not from people’s outrage at
what he’s doing.”
Five members of Eugene’s
Human Rights Commission
were also present outside Mar
rocco’s home observing the
protest. Commissioners serve as
impartial observers and media
tors at protests.
Marrocco, who wasn’t home
during the protest, said that he
wasn’t surprised by the ac
tivist’s confrontational tactics.
“I expected it,” he said.
“They’re jerks. They’re anar
chists and just not nice people.”
Turn to Researcher, page 8
Animal
models are
the only
way to find
the type of
information
we want to
get at No
treatment of
humans has
been discov
ered with
out animal
research.
Tom Dyke
Vice Provost
for Research
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Rental deals abound as summer approaches
As students
depart until
fall, vacancy
rates go up and
rents go down
By Josh Ryneal
Oregon Daily Emerald
The best deals are yet to
come for students looking for
off-campus housing.
While some may complain
about the lack of vacancies and
high rents in the University
area, the Eugene rental market
is surprisingly soft compared to
other cities with universities,
and now is the optimum time
to start searching for summer or
fall housing.
In a 1999 report issued by
Duncan and Brown, Inc., an ap
praising firm that tracks rent
and vacancy rates in Eugene,
the vacancy rate is soft in the
spring and summer as students
move out.
The construction of upscale
housing units like Hilyard
House and University Com
mons have also contributed to
the soft rental markets, the re
port stated.
Dan Puffinburger, an apprais
er for Duncan and Brown, Inc.,
said that the best deals for stu
dents looking for off-campus
housing will happen in the next
couple weeks, after spring term
ends and occupied properties
begin to open up.
In the fall, the Eugene cam
pus vacancy rate hovers around
8 percent, Puffinburger said,
but that rate increases substan
tially when spring term ends.
“In the summer, some man
agement companies report a 50,
60, or even 70 percent vacancy
rate over the summer,” he said.
“It’s dead in July around here,
but starts to pick up in late Au
gust.”
This spells good news for
students looking to secure an
apartment or house, Puffin
burger said, and those who can
make the trip to Eugene in late
July or early August will have
the pick of apartments and fa
vorable leases.
“The early bird gets the
worm,” he said.
Property managers in Corval
lis and Portland, both cities
with major universities, said
that while rents in those cities
are fairly comparable to those
Turn to Vacancies, page 3
ii There
will be a lot
more deals
and a better
selection out
there.
Kent Jennings
owner of Jen
nings Property
Management
Co.
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