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ment can be seen throughout the
community on a daily basis.
“My son has been proposi
tioned on his way home from
playing baseball.” she said. “We
get targeted when we walk to the
grocery store or park. This ordi
nance is a chance for the police
and the community to come to
gether and do what they say they
will do. And the neighbors who
know who the prostitutes are will
help enforce the ordinance by
calling the police.”
Other members of the commu
nity also feel strongly about the
impact this ordinance could have.
“This ordinance criminalizes
women before they even can take
action,” a local prostitute told the
council. “These women are doing
the best they can to survive. It is
hard to find a job in this town.”
Concerns were also brought up
stating that the ordinance does
not create a long term solution for
the women.
“Eugene has the seventh high
est cost of living in the nation,” an
advocate against the ordinance re
minded council members.
But for the most part, the indi
viduals who spoke were in sup
port of the ordinance.
A Eugene resident who asked
to remain anonymous spoke to
the council about how people
need to believe in the place they
live.
“It is not okay to live in an area
where ’ johns solicit women
guests who come to my home,”
she said. “It is not OK for my 11
year-old son to come home in
tears because he was offered sex
for sale.”
Other community members are
also concerned about the impact
the presence of prostitution has
on their children.
“I moved here just under two
years and I am shocked by the lev
el of prostitution that takes place
literally in my front yard,” Paul
Thompson, a West Eugene resi
dent, said. “I have three daughters
and I feel that they are the real vic
tims in all of this.”
Council members responded
for the most part in support of the
ordinance.
“This is a quality of life issue,”
Councilor Nancy Nathanson said.
“While we understand and sym
pathize with the men and women
for whom prostitution is a way of
life, tonight we need to focus on
managing the quality of life for the
residents in this area.”
Other members who ques
tioned the ability of the ordinance
to solve the entire problem said
they still believe that this is a step
in the right direction.
“I’m not sure if this is the final
or best solution, but I hope that it
makes a difference,” Councilor
Scott Meisnet said. “Prostitution
remains a crime and it is not a vic
timless crime — the children in
these communities are becoming
the victims.”
Mayor Jim Torrey summed up
the discussion by saying “it is not
a clean state or environment for
the residents or children, so at
this point, looking past social
needs, I am prepared to support
the ordinance.”
Drinking
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of alcohol related violations is de
clining is a joke,” said Edward
Tsui, a Eugene police officer as
signed to the campus division.
One reason it may seem like the
number of alcohol-related viola
tions on the University campus is
going down is because most of the
violations take place just outside
the area that is considered “on
campus.”
“When we look at the compiled
statistics for the University and
the surrounding areas, the results
are shocking,” Tsufsaid.
Most of the hardcore crimes
such as assault and rape take
place right on the outskirts of
campus, according to police sta
tistics.
“For example 15th [Avenue]
and Hilyard [Street] is not consid
ered on campus, but it is an area
where parties take place and an
area we find saturated with fresh
men and sophomores," Tsui said.
The most common alcohol vi
olations that actually occur on
campus take place in residence
halls.
“For the most part these are
open container and minor in pos
session violations,” director of
student judicial affairs Chris
Loschiavo said. “All of these on
campus issues get referred to stu
dent conduct.”
An on-campus arrest requires
more than just having possession
of alcohol. It usually requires a
student to be belligerent and un
willing to cooperate with authori
ties.
“On-campus alcohol-related ar
rests usually begin with a [resi
dent assistant] who notices the
student,” Loschiavo said. “If the
student gets out of hand they will
call the Office of Public Safety,
and if the student still does not
comply they will then turn them
over to a police officer.”
After the first time students typ
ically learn from their experience.
{ { When we look at the
compiled statistics for the
University and the sur
rounding areas, the re
sults are shocking.
Edward Tsui
Eguene police officer
Campus Division
“Sometimes there is no rhyme
or reason to their behavior,”
Loschiavo said. “It depends on
their maturity level and where
their focus is.”
In the last school year, the Eu
gene Police Department gave out
around 1,100 MIP citations in the
campus area, which includes
campus and a five-mile radius
surrounding it.
“Enforcement has gone up, but
abuse is still a problem,” EPD Sgt.
Rick Gilliam said. “The number
of binge drinkers is also increas
ing.”
Along with enforcement going
up, so is the dollar amount of an
MIP citation, which tops off at the
$250 mark.
“A large effort has gone into
preventing alcohol abuse,”
Gilliam said. “We are making sure
that violations are consistent.”
Stricter enforcement can be
seen by the way the police officers
now handle large party situations.
“In the past we would just give
verbal warnings,” Gilliam said.
“But it just wasn’t working. The
parties would just get louder and
louder.”
Now, if there is a violation of
the law, the perpetrator will more
than likely get cited.
“Consistent enforcement is just
one piece of the puzzle,” Gilliam
said.
The Office of Student Life is
trying to provide another piece in
the puzzle to prevent alcohol
abuse.
“Interventions and late night
programming with coordinating
activities, which serve as an alter
native to alcohol, are all options
which the Office of Student Life
provides,” said Sheryl Eyster, Pro
gram Coordinator for New View
2000.
A large number of advertising
and publicity campaigns targeted
at curbing alcohol abuse for first
year students has also surfaced re
cently. _ The effort is part of a
$250,000 federal grant that was is
sued by the U.S. Department of
Education to assist in reducing al
cohol abuse in first year students.
“We are primarily targeting
freshman interest groups and
Greek chapters in an effort to re
duce the high risks of alcohol on
campus,” Eyster said.
The impact of the grant’s contri
butions are still unknown at this
point.
“We are still compiling data so
we haven’t received any numbers
to know how much this project
has impacted alcohol abuse,”
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