News briefs Court rules players can sue Two former Rutgers University basketball players and a former team manager who say they were forced to run sprints in the nude can sue their former coaches for vi olating their privacy, a New Jersey appeals court ruled. The decision, issued Tuesday, July 3, overturned part of a lower court's ruling that dismissed the suit from Earl Johnson Jr., Josh Sankes and manager Juan Carlos Pla. The recent decision upheld a lower court's dismissal of sexual harassment allegations against Rutgers University, its trustees and board of governors, universi ty President Francis Lawrence, Athletic Director Robert Mulcahy and former Athletic Director Fred Gruninger. The trio alleges that former coach Kevin Bannon and former assistant coach Tod Kowalczyk forced play ers to participate in a strip free throw contest, where players lost an article of clothing for each shot missed. The players have said they thought the December 1997 drill would end with undershorts. 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Smoking ban continued from page 1 very faithful to us,” he said out side the council chambers. “But they don’t stay there for long. They’ll have one drink and go somewhere else to smoke.” Some other newly smoke-free bars reported little or no change in sales during the past week. The Black Forest Tavern, The Tiny Tavern and the Duck Inn re ported no significant loss in busi ness since they told customers to smoke outside. “We have the usual number of complainers, but I don’t think it’s going to affect us as much as we thought it would,” said Barbara Zybach, who owns the Black For est Tavern. Bar owners and employees men tioned somewhat of a slowdown this week, but said it’s possible more people were drawn to Fourth of July celebrations and to Eu gene’s Art & the Vineyard festival than to smoke-friendly Springfield and Eugene taverns. They say the real test will come this winter, when rain and wind might make smoking porches and parking lots unappealing. “I’m sure that will be different when it gets cold,” said Claire Hutton, a bartender at Good Times Cafe & Bar. Tracy Olsen, the owner of Doc’s Pad, said he plans to build a patio and has begun looking into noise, litter and liquor control issues. He said he’ll hold onto his six month exemption as long as pos sible because he isn’t certain a patio will be enough to retain his smoking customers. “We have the usual number ofcomplainers, but I don’t think it’s going to affect us as much as we thought it would.” Barbara Zybach owner, Black Forest Tavern “It’s still early to tell,” he said. “I hope people can just live with the rule, but that remains to be seen.” Elian Howell, a bookkeeper at Groucho’s Restaurant & Bar, was more optimistic. Groucho’s has been smoke-free since it opened in 2000. “I don’t think it’s hurt us at all,” she said, adding that the bar’s clean atmosphere and live music have drawn a loyal clientele. But that loyalty at other bars might be challenged this winter, said Wes Kelley, who owns the Al ibi Tavern in Springfield. “Some people might be devoted for a while, but they might come drifting over here,” said Kelley, who said he didn’t notice more customers last week. “It depends on how much people want to drive around to smoke.” Bartender Cheryl Welch at The Brick House in Springfield said she saw “a lot of new faces” last weekend. “Usually Saturday nights aren’t too good for us, but this one was better,” she said. Bar owners and restaurant lob byists hoped the Oregon Legisla ture would overturn Eugene’s smoking ordinance, but a late-ses sion compromise only reinforced Eugene’s ban. 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