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BUSTED continued from page 1 larger than a couple of parties. The Eugene Police Department issued more than 55 MIP citations and 15 citations for allowing consumption of alcohol by minors. But EPD spokeswoman Jan Power said the big football victory last weekend — or anything else, for that matter — didn’t make last weekend espe cially bad for parties in the Univer sity area. “We have a problem with that every weekend,” Power said. “If you look at a three-year history, you’ll see it’s a significant problem most weekends during the school year.” But the one difference that sets last weekend, as well as this com ing weekend, apart from others is that students who get busted can avoid hefty fines with a new Uni versity program — and many stu dents, like Shleifer and Llewellyn, are. BUSTED, or Beginning Under age Success Through Educational Diversion, is a 10-hour course of fered through the University, and it is open to all 18- to 20-year-olds in the Eugene area, said Miki Mace, administrator for the University’s Substance Abuse and Prevention Program. Mace said more organizations like hers are offering proactive choices for those cited for MIPs or allowing consumption of alcohol by minors. “If [people] make choices to re duce their drinking, we take a look at things like what does their sup port system look like,” Mace said. “If the only thing they do when they go out with their friends is drink, we look at if these people are really their friends. If they give them a hard time about not drink { l It appears to us that fines don't work; all they do is punish. Miki Mace administrator for the University’s Substance Abuse and Prevention Program yy ing, they may not be.” The course is also about reducing the debt burden on those cited. "The goal is to give people alter natives to paying fines,” Mace said. “It appears to us that fines don’t work; all they do is punish.” Mace said research done by the program indicates that many MIP recipients have been cited for the offense two or three times previous ly “I think many of them don’t have the information to make different choices,” Mace said. To participate in BUSTED, stu dents must pay a court cost of $50 and a University fee of $35. Partici pants also must have completed Drinking Decisions, a 20- to 30 hour educational course similar to BUSTED. Upon successful comple tion of BUSTED, first-time offend ers can have their citation fees waived, Mace said, as long as they haven’t had any drinking offenses in the four months following the class. The course also offers partici pants the chance to earn college credit. Llewellyn said the $350 cost of his citation will virtually force him to use BUSTED after he goes to court, but he has mixed feelings about the program. “It’s essentially an educational diversion,” he said. “I don’t like it, but it’s kind of good. It gives peo ple with money the easy way out and just pay [the fine]. It sticks it to those who don’t [have enough money].” For Shleifer, whose busted party was broadcast on the local news, the course will make his $350 cita tion manageable. “The class is will be a good ex perience because the vast majority of students at the U of O are ex posed to alcohol,” he said. “The class offers the opportunity to help with that.” Autzen continued from page 1 ford, assistant director of Athletic Media Services, said. The year-long setback of adding seats has also caused a change in the setup of construction. Original ly, the project was slated to take place in three phases. The first phase began last summer, and in cludes work on the north berm of the stadium, removal of raspberry bushes, and complex electrical work that put the stadium on its own power source. “The project has now been ex panded from a three-phase project to a four-phase project,” Williford said. “We have divided the origi nal phase one into two phases.” The second phase will begin af ter this football season. “It will include work on the north side of the stadium, a new ticket building, fences and under ground utility during next spring and summer,” said Steve McBride, assistant athletic director of inter nal operations. Phase 3 of the project, which should be completed by the 2002 season, will be the most noticeable of the four-phase expansion, adding 12,000 new seats, at least 3,000 of which will be located in a new cov ered club section. There will also be 32 new skybox es, a three-story luxury suite and im proved concession stands. The total stadium capacity will increase from 41,700 to 53,800 seats. “Phase four will finish up the rest of the work in the nine months be tween November and August 2002, including completion of suites and renovation work,” McBride said.The entire project should be completed and ready to accommodate fans by the 2003 season. with your GORE-TEX® Coat Purchase Valley River Center 2nd Level Up Escalator 541 343-2300 Buy Any NORTH FACE GORE-TEX' Jacket 00-01 Model North Face 6alathe Fleece Jacket ODE Classifieds... Worth Looking Into! ^£0=0 Authentic Chinese Cuisine RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 947 Franklin Blvtfl. &£0 343-4480 MOOtf FRIDAYS Live Alternative Music It Cocktail Research New Expanded Menu MONDAYS Rooster's Food & Beverage Specials! 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