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Party’s over for EPD’s focused weekend patrols ■ Budget constraints forced the elimination of regular campus party patrol teams By Rebecca Newell Oregon Daily Emerald With the first weekend after win ter break looming, revelers may be celebrating more than just being back among friends. The three-year-old Eugene Police Department party patrol will be eliminating their weekend focused patrol team because of budget con cerns. Instead, patrol shifts will be restructured to use more officers during busier shifts to offset the ab sence of the focus patrol. The program is not being cut, said Becky Hanson, EPD patrol cap tain, though overtime officers will no longer be used. However, in case of specific events, such as athletic events or homecoming, a focused patrol team will still be used. The program, created to respond to numerous parties on Friday and Saturday nights, met with dissen sion from students. And a dispute regarding the particulars of re sponse fines and the definition of an out-of-control function saw a heated debate in front of the Eugene City Council. “I thought the program was faulty because of the motivation be hind it,” ASUO community out reach director Christa Shively said. “Just because they’re not able to fund a special program doesn’t mean they won’t crack down when they go to a party.” Shively said though there may not be constant patrolling on streets in West Eugene, there will still be calls on parties. She has been work ing with the police on student-re lated issues for more than a year, in cluding the ASUO’s own draft of the proposed city ordinance which set the police response fee. “The police and City Council felt the party patrol kept the peace in Eugene,” Shively said. “But they will find another way to do that in the absence of the party patrol. I don’t think this is the end of the sto ry.” Without the focused patrol con centrating solely on University par ties, the effects from the new pro gram BUSTED [Beginning Under age Success Through Educational Diversion] has yet to be. deter mined. BUSTED is a 10-hour course offered to University stu dents as an option for those cited for permitting consumption of alco hol by minors or being a minor in possession. “The program is one we believe makes a difference,” said Miki Mace, administrator of the Univer sity substance abuse prevention program. Whether or not the party patrol has effected the numbers en rolled in the program, BUSTED has been successful, she said. “When we get students for the BUSTED program, we don’t know if that’s a direct result of the party patrol,” Mace said. “If our numbers drop dramatically, we’ll know they had an impact.” In lieu of a weekend team of offi cers dedicated exclusively to the party patrol, Hanson said that par ty complaint calls will be priori tized with other calls. The response time will be dictated depending on the size and noise level of the par ty Emerald The party patrol, shown here in October 2000, will continue to canvass campus on weekends when special events are occurring. “We’re stepping back and allow ing people to manage their parties responsibly,” Hanson said. Students will provide the answer to the question of whether the dis bandment of the weekend focused party patrol will result in more par ties and drinking, Mace said.“I think students are pretty much go ing to do what they’re going to do,” she said, “whether there is some one to catch them or not.” 16 states see tobacco settlement payment amounts reduced ■ Reduced market share for cigarette makers participating in the settlement caused a loss of $200 million nationally By Timothy D. May The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — The most recent payments to 16 of the 46 states that settled lawsuits with the tobacco industry were cut by a total of almost $200 million. Officials in some of the states say (i We are dealing with such enormous figures here that what appears to be a fairly small shift ends up being a relatively big adjustment Sue Ellen Wooldridge National Association of Attorneys General they already are planning measures to obtain the money, which was set aside in escrow. The payments were cut because those states and five American terri tories failed to pass a law, required by the settlement, that is designed to protect the tobacco companies from losing too much market share to other manufacturers. The industry feared that the non participating manufacturers might gain an advantage because they would not be restricted by the set tlement’s ban on billboard advertis ing and other marketing tactics, such as cartoon images like Joe Camel. In all, the tobacco industry with held $197 million from last month’s biannual payment. California’s De cember payment was $44 million less than it expected. Pennsylva nia’s was $19 million lower. Delaware took a hit of $900,000. “We are dealing with such enor mous figures here that what appears to be a fairly small shift ends up be ing a relatively big adjustment,” said lawyer Sue Ellen Wooldridge, who represents the National Asso ciation of Attorneys General. The group is working with states to get the money back. Previous settlement payments from the tobacco industry to the states — expected to total about $206 billion during the next 25 years — have been lower than pro jected because of declines in the volume of cigarettes shipped, slow er sales and inflation. Payment amounts are deter mined by an independent auditor, not by the industry, said Tom Ryan, a spokesman for Philip Morris wiurEn ZOOl Jjp CRAFT CENTER ' 7?ey/s/e/' Q\Cow ofor more information or to have our brochure mailed to pou call, 346-4361 U.S.A. Under the settlement, withheld money will remain in escrow until an independent market analyst de termines how much, if any, market share the industry has lost, accord ing to attorneys for the attorneys general’s association. It was unclear how long that might take, they said. Some states, including Pennsyl vania, are considering litigation challenging whether any market share was lost. “We’re confident we’ll prevail,” said Sean Connolly, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania attorney gen eral. The other affected states, accord ing to the National Association of Attorneys General, are Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Ken tucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The American territories are American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Four states — Mississippi, Flori da, Texas and Minnesota — signed separate deals with the tobacco in dustry for a combined $40 billion and are unaffected by the so-called model act provision. n £Ije New Dork Zime$ DELIVERED TO YOUR CAMPUS DOORSTEP. 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