Squirrels
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puses were as “squirrely” as others.
So, he decided to post rankings of the
colleges on his Web site,
ww.gottshall.com, awarding more
cartoon “squirrels” to a school de
pending on its squirrel population
and how that population was treated.
Squirrel behavior can tell a person
a lot about the student body, he said.
“If you’re on a campus and the
squirrels are friendly ... it shows a
campus environment where stu
dents hang around more,” he said.
At schools where students spend
less time on campus, he said, squir
rels become less adjusted to human
contact and are more skittish of peo
ple than at schools where they are
around students on a regular basis.
Since Gottshall started the list in
1995, the site has grown to include
rankings for many schools outside
California as well. For information
on these schools, he relies on e
mails sent to him by people who
have visited these campuses.
While California schools can re
ceive a rating of up to five squirrels,
all other schools are ranked on a
scale of one to three squirrels, he
said, because squirrels tend to be
much more scarce in California
than in other parts of the country.
However, he said he is working to
create one uniform ranking.
Redistricting
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Democratic voting blocks stronger
than Republican ones.
Bob Avery, the chairman of the
Lane County Republican party, ac
cused Bradbury of gerrymandering.
“There appears to be a statewide
effort to dilute rural votes,” he said.
“It’s hard to imagine what the Uni
versity of Oregon community has in
common with Veneta.”
Bradbury said at the beginning of
Tuesday’s meeting that his redis
tricting plan was drawn in accor
dance with state law, which re
quired House seats to represent
57,023 people and Senate seats to
represent 114,047 people.
Other state laws require Bradbury
to honor existing geographic and
political boundaries, keep .commu
nities of interest in the same dis
tricts, avoid splitting voting groups,
consider transportation issues,
maintain some sense of continu
ance and to give no favor to politi
cians.
To view Bradbury’s proposed
map, visit: www.sos.state.or.us/re
district/redistrict.htm.
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On the three-squirrel system, a
rating of two squirrels like the Uni
versity’s is “pretty good,” he said.
“It shows your campus is a squir
rel-friendly place,” he added.
But in order to attain the prestigious
“three squirrel” ranking, Gottshall
said those on campuses can’t just say
there are many squirrels on campus
—they must also have a good story re
lating a squirrel experience.
For example, the account sent by a
Williams College student describing
her “out ofbody” squirrel experience.
Or a report by a Penn State observer
who described squirrels that “jump
on unsuspecting students they be
lieve are harboring treats.”
Still, University students seem to
be in agreement that local squirrels
are among the friendliest around.
Senior Ashley Spencer said the
squirrels on campus are very trust
ing of people — maybe too trusting
for their own good.
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“I had a squirrel eat out of my
hand on campus once,” she said.
While feeding squirrels is a com
mon practice — and one advocated
by Gottshall — University grounds
manager Tim King said feeding the
local wildlife only leads to trouble.
Feeding squirrels may result in
overpopulation, he said, which in
turn can lead to a lack of food
sources for squirrels. When that
happens, he said, squirrels may re
sort to chewing tree bark, which can
kill trees. Not only that, he said, but
when people leave food out for
squirrels, they may also be inadver
tently feeding the rats and raccoons
that live on campus as well.
And although squirrels may ap
pear cute and friendly, King said, it
is important to remember that they
are still wild animals.
“There’s been a lot of cases of peo
ple being bitten,” he said. “And they
can carry diseases.”
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