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Since 1 900 Univers ity of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
University refuses WRCs request for dues
Recent
decision by
President
Frohnmayer
may bring
about the
University’s
retreat from
commitment
toWRC
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Acting on advice from
his legal counsel, Universi
ty President Dave Frohn
mayer has announced that
the University will not pay
its membership dues to the
Worker Rights Consor
tium, which has raised
doubts about the Universi
ty’s future commitment to
the group.
Frohnmayer released
his announcement on the
president’s section of the
University’s home page. In
it he states that after the
first meeting of the fledg
ling sweatshop monitoring
group, he began to have
“concerns over the legal
status of the WRC.”
The University and
Frohnmayer have previ
ously contended that the
WRC has not incorporated
itself as a non-profit organ
ization with correspon
ding non-profit status with
the Internal Revenue
Service.
These doubts were seri
ous enough for Frohnmay
er to concur with Universi
ty General Counsel
Melinda Grier to not pay
the membership dues.
“Until the proper legal
concerns are addressed,
we cannot pay dues or af
filiation fees to the WRC
and therefore can not, at
this time, become a mem
ber,” Frohnmayer stated.
Frohnmayer is currently
in the Netherlands and
could not be reached for
comment about his state
ment.
WRC representative
Maria Roeper said the Uni
versity’s claims about the
consortium’s status are in
accurate. She said the
WRC is incorporated in its
home state of New York,
and is currently in the
process of receiving non
profit status from the IRS.
In a legal opinion she
wrote Oct, 9, which is also
posted on the University’s
Web site, Grier argues that
because in the University’s
opinion the WRC has nei
ther incorporated itself,
nor secured non-profit sta
tus, it can not pay the con
sortium any membership
dues. She states because
the University is a public
institution it is strictly
Turn to WRC, page 5A
44 you
can’t just
pay public
money be
cause you
feel like it
Melinda Grier
University
counsel yy
Crashing the party
\
Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald
After gathering partygoers in the living room of a house reported for a noise disturbance, several EPD Party Patrol officers administer field so
briety tests to determine whether minors attending the party have been drinking.
Party Patrol sobers student drinking
EPD’s
continued
efforts to
curb drinking
by minors
may result in
weakened
relations
between
students
and police
By Ben Romano
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eight police cars are parked
on Olive Street between 17th
and 18th avenues. A dozen offi
cers wait for the order to move
toward a house about a block
away. The police can hear loud
music and jubilant voices ring
ing through the night air.
When the entire Eugene Po
lice Department Party Patrol
has assembled, the group
walks to the house. Officers are
positioned by the back doors
and windows in case anyone
inside the house attempts to
leave when the police arrive.
With video cameras rolling,
the police knock on the door.
An officer informs the party’s
host that a noise complaint has
been filed and asks the host for
permission to enter the house.
The host lets the Party Patrol in
and that’s the end of the party.
Underage partygoers who
have locked themselves in bed
rooms or closets are ferreted out
by Party Patrollers. The 15 to 20
people at the party are corralled
in the living room. The police
and the partygoers — a mix of
students from the University,
Lane Community College and
Oregon State University — ex
change questions. A student
asks why the police are video
taping everything. Police ask
who bought the alcohol. The
police note that the partygoers
and the party host were cooper
ative and civil — somewhat of a
rarity, the officers said.
Those of legal drinking age
are asked to show identification
and allowed to leave. The mi
nors are given field sobriety
tests. On this occasion, nine ci
tations for minor in possession
of alcohol are issued. The party
host receives a citation for al
lowing minors to consume alco
hol on private premises, which
carries a fine of up to $1,000.
This scene is played out time
and again on Friday and Satur
day nights at addresses
throughout the West Universi
ty neighborhood and at student
housing complexes near
Autzen Stadium. The EPD Par
ty Patrol is making a concerted
effort to reduce the number of
alcohol related complaints it re
ceives, discourage minors from
drinking alcohol and stop riots
before they start.
“We’re trying to get enforce
ment to a level where the mes
sage gets across that the person
throwing the party will be held
accountable,” said Lt. Rick
Gilliam, the Party Patrol’s com
manding officer.
Curbing a drinking culture
EPD began the Party Patrol
in October 1998 in reaction to
the second consecutive Hal
loween riot.
“That was all alcohol-fueled
— it wasn’t a riot for any known
cause I am aware of,” Gilliam
said. “The drinking problem, in
our estimation, was pretty out
of control in the campus area.”
Predictably, students are not
Turn to Police, page 3A
Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald
In a packed EMU Ballroom Wednesday, Gloria Steinem shares with
the audience 10 reasons to not vote for Ralph Nader in the upcoming
presidential election.
Feminist leader
promotes Gore
■ Gloria Stei nem echoed what is becom i ng a
popular mantra: A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush
By Beata Mostafavi
Oregon Daily Emerald
From being a well known feminist
leader in the late 1960s to dedicating her
life to vital political and social causes in
recent years, Gloria Steinem has earned
her title as an outspoken activist.
Less than two weeks from the presi
dential election, the co-founder and con
tributing editor of Ms. Magazine has a
new cause. She told a crowd of more than
1,000 in the EMU Ballroom Wednesday
that if they support the issue of women’s
rights they must help make one thing cer
tain — keep Texas Gov. George W. Bush
from becoming president.
Steinem, who was a co-convener of the
National Women’s Political Caucus, also
gave the audience a top 10 list of reasons
why she is not voting for Pacific Green
Party candidate Ralph Nader, as a part of
her mission to keep Bush out of the office.
“I’m not against raising money for the
Green Party, but not at the expense of
putting George Bush in the White
House,” she said.
Steinem is also the president of Vot
ers for Choice, a national group support
ing Gore specifically because Gore is
Turn to Steinem, page 5A
(i I’m not
against
raising
money for
the Green
Party, but
not at the
expense of
putting
George Bush
in the White
House.
Gloria
Steinem
author,
lecturer