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Tuesday, July 10,2001
Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 5
City Council
hears views
on exclusion
■The council heard from
community members Monday as it
prepared to consider renewing the
downtown exclusion ordinances
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
City Councilors listened to public
comment on a proposal to expand the
downtown exclusion zone boundaries
Monday night at City Hall.
Since 1998, police have barred peo
ple arrested for criminal offenses in the
downtown mall from returning to the
area for 60 days. After receiving an ex
clusion order, a person can appeal to
the city municipal court. Disobeying
the order could lead to arrest for sec
ond-degree trespassing.
A person given an exclusion order
also cannot enter the stretch of Broad
way between Willamette and Charnel
ton streets between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
Supporters of the ordinances say they
combat the high crime rate in the area,
while opponents say the orders violate a
person’s right to enter public places.
These arguments surfaced Monday
night as the council took a step toward
considering a renewal of the ordi
nances, which expire July 31.
“It’s an important tool for the police
department to use to keep downtown
free from criminals,” said Mark John
son, an operations manager for the
Lane Transit District.
Johnson said people excluded from the
mall break laws in other areas of down
town. Eugene Police Chief Jim Hill also
supported expanding the exclusion area.
Councilor David Kelly disagreed.
“This is no longer a mall exclusion,”
he said. “This is a downtown exclusion.
I don’t think we should go there ... it
could become a Eugene exclusion. ”
Eugene resident R. Perkins also spoke
against the ordinances. “Culture creates
poverty and pushes people into it. Punish
ing people for social diseases and sham
ing them is not a way to create change. ”
R. Ashley Smith for the Emerald
Saddle bronco rider Audie Reagan from Benton, La., tries hard to maintain his balance on his bucking horse at the Eugene
Pro Rodeo. For additional photos and coverage from the Eugene Pro Rodeo, turn to page 5.
Councilors
may revisit
smoking
ordinance
■The City Council says it will meet
with the city manager’s office to
discuss making the ban fairer to
owners of bars and taverns
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
After hearing a manager of three
newly smoke-free bars say the city’s
new smoking ban has cost him cus
tomers, city councilors said they
would revisit the ordinance to make
it fairer to business owners.
At Monday night’s City Council
meeting, councilors said they would
discuss the law, which went into ef
fect July 1, with officials from the
city manager’s office on a date yet to
be set.
The city gave many Eugene bars
six-month reprieves to allow the
businesses to build outdoor smok
ing areas. Customers at those bars
can still puff away over a drink,
while taverns unable to build smok
ing areas were forced last week to go
totally smoke free.
This situation gives the bars with
reprieves an unfair advantage over
those without, said Councilor Pat
Farr, who cast the lone vote against
the ordinance when the council
passed it Nov. 13.
“Also, people will be going to
Springfield to smoke,” he warned.
Tom Fieland — manager of the
Good Times Cafe & Bar, Wetlands
Brew Pub & Sports Bar and High
land’s Brew Pub — told the council
his businesses have taken significant
cuts since the bars, which didn’t re
ceive exemptions, went smoke free
last week.
“A lot of our customers have been
Turn to Smoking ban, page 4
sunny SUMMER
SCHOOLdays
■With about 8,000 students
enrolled, summer classes at the
University of Oregon are in full swing
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Spring term may mark the end of
the academic year for some, but
for a growing number of stu
dents at the University, school
isn’t out for summer.
Nearly 8,000 students are expected
to enroll in University classes this
term, said Ron Trebon, director of the
University summer session program,.
which is nearly 10 percent more than
last year’s enrollment.
More students are taking classes during
the summer nationwide, Trebon said,
adding that there is a growing number of
18-to 24 year-olds in the country as well.
Trebon also said many students are
eager to graduate early and get out into
the workforce while the economy is
still strong.
An advantage of summer term is the
flexibility of the course offerings, he
said. Three sessions of classes are of
fered: One four-week session, one eight
week session and one 11-week session.
.,. . Turn to Summer school, page 3
Jessie Swimeley Emerald
Pausing outside the
bookstore,
Christopher Fisk
reads his Field
Biology book. Fisk
is also taking an
accounting class
at the University.