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October 11,2000
Volume 102, Issue 31
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Students suggest amending ‘Party Patrol’
Members of
theASUO
Executive paid
a visit to City
Council
chambers
Tuesday to
offer their
own ideas on
the police
response
ordinance
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
The ASUO Executive offered City
Council its own draft of a proposed ordi
nance, which would require renters to
pay the cost of repeated police response
to disorderly parties, Tuesday night at
City Hall.
The Executive’s proposal would
make the ordinance more lenient and
would shift fine-issuing jurisdiction
from the city manager’s office to the
city’s court system.
The current draft of the ordinance
would force renters to foot the bill for re
peated police action to out-of-control
parties where more than 10 people are
gathered. On the first police response,
tenants would receive a warning. If po
lice return to the address to break-up an
other party within 90 days, the renters
would repay the city up to $1,500 of the
cost of the police action, taking the fi
nancial burden off taxpayers.
The Executive proposed applying the
fee to parties where more than 30 peo
ple, rather than 10 people, are present
and to addresses to police respond twice
within 21 days, rather than 90 days. The
proposal also included an exemption
from the fine for renters who call police
to break-up disorderly parties at their
own addresses.
A handful of Executive members that
the current ordinance would unfairly
target small parties and worsen relations
between students and the EPD. They
said the proposed revisions would bet
ter target those who regularly throw out
of-control parties.
But Eugene Police Department Lt.
Carolyn McDermed, who helped write
the original ordinance, said that the cur
rent draft before the Council would be
an effective deterrent against raucous par
Turn to Response Fee, page 6A
R. Ashley Smith Emerald
Christa Shively voices her concerns regarding the police response ordinance proposal before the
Eugene City Council Tuesday evening.
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Viewers can
get a
fascinating
peek into
the minds of
office
seekers just
by paying
attention
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By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Many area political junkies plan to watch
tonight’s presidential debate, though they offer
different reasons for watching.
Some say they watch the debates to better un
derstand candidate platforms, while others say
they focus more on the candidates’ performances
and personalities.
State Rep. Vicki Walker, D-Eugene, said the de
bates, with only two minutes devoted to each is
sue, aren’t the best source for learning about can
didate platforms but are nonetheless worth
watching.
“The debates are a chance to see how the can
didates behave when put under pressure,” she
said.
No student groups have reported plans to
show the debates on campus, but Walker said
students should tune in.
“Have debate parties, have fun, drink some
beers — well, drink safely — or just have some
popcorn,” she said. “Young people could get ex
cited about this election if they were to think
about how important it is.”
Students should pay particularly close atten
tion to the candidates’ tuition savings plans and
social issues students care about, Walker said.
While the first debate may have struck stu
dents as boring, ASUO Legislative Organizer
Melissa Unger said they should still listen to the
Turn to Debates, page 6A
Measure 91 could
raise tuition costs
■ If Sizemore’s latest tax cut
passes, higher education and its
beneficiaries may suffer
By Simone Ripke
Oregon Daily Emerald
Despite disagreements over how ex
actly Measure 91 will affect Oregoni
ans if it passes in the Nov. 7 election,
people on both sides of the measure
seem to agree on at least one aspect: It
would affect higher education — more
or less, depending on who you ask.
Measure 91 proposes an amendment
to the state’s constitution that would
remove the limit on the amount of fed
eral taxes that individual income tax
payers can deduct in computing tax
able income.
Proponents of the measure say its
passage would make little difference to
Oregon students, but opponents warn
that less general tax funds would result
in less funding for education and affect
every student — from kindergarten
through college — in the state.“Un
questionably the initiative, if it was ap
proved, would make our universities
less affordable and less accessible.”
said Oregon University System
Spokesman Bob Bruce.
As a state employee, Bruce can nei
ther endorse nor oppose a measure, but
he said the budget cuts that would re
sult from the measure’s passage would
surely impact students at a time when
demand of higher education is on the
rise.
But Becky Miller, executive assistant
to Bill Sizemore, said many of the con
cerns being raised about Measure 91
stem from misinformation. She said
students should not feel any impact on
their higher education as far as existing
programs go, if the measure passes.
“They shouldn’t experience any dif
Tu.rn to Tax measures, page 5A
This is the sec
ond in a three
part series ex
ploringthe
impact of state
Ballot Measures
91 and 8.
Tuesday: An
overview of the
two measures
Today: How the
two measures
will impact
higher educa
tion
Thursday: The
measures’ im
pact on the city
of Eugene