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Security screener Don Dove sits at his checkpoint waiting for the afternoon rush at the Eugene Airport.
Adam Amato Emerald
Airport security runs smoothly
■ The Eugene Airport had
only occasional bottlenecks
at security, even though
new legislation took effect
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene’s airport appeared to run
without problems over the week
end, in spite of employing new se
curity measures designed to keep
airplanes from being bombed.
“ Airhnes and our security compa
ny have had to react and put on addi
tional manpower,” Eugene Airport
operations director Mike Coontz said.
Congress passed the Aviation
and Transportation Security Act on
Nov. 19 in response to the events of
Sept. 11, mandating new security
measures that, at the time, even
Secretary of Transportation Nor
man Mineta publicly said would be
hard to meet.
But the Eugene Airport saw no
significant delays this weekend,
apart from the occasional bottle
neck at security.
“The line goes from real short to
real long, real fast,” Horizon Air
employee David Wilcoxen said.
Employees such as Wilcoxen are
responsible for checking passenger
identification and requesting help
from airport security screeners so
they can randomly check bags for
bombs. While he doesn’t personal
ly take part in any of the security
screenings, Wilcoxen has memo
rized the rules already.
“If you don’t get on the plane,
your bag doesn’t go,” he stated.
Don Dove, an airport security
screener hired three months ago,
said security has followed stricter
procedures for some time.
“It’s no different than yester
day,” Dove said Friday morning.
He doesn’t search every bag, but
when he does, he rummages
through it, taking out all the cloth
ing and looking for illegal and
banned materials.
“This airport ain’t that big,” Dove
said. Right now, he only examines bags
when the airline computer tells him to.
Passengers were aware of the
new regulations Friday and already
had started packing differently.
“My packing doesn’t get quite as
personal,” traveler Marian Hill
said. Several minutes after check
ing her baggage, Hill walked
through security and waited at least
five minutes while officials went
through her purse, examining her
wallet and taking everything out
before letting her proceed.
“It’s not that the regulations
aren’t necessary, I just don’t know
how effective they’ll be,” she said.
Margaret Murphy, a Monday
morning passenger on her way to
California to look for a job, had seen
security screeners go much further.
In California, “they made me
take off my tennis shoes and
checked the soles for gunpowder,”
Murphy said. She isn’t packing any
differently, but she said that new
regulations have made her aware
how important it is to examine
what’s taken on a plane.
Screeners at the Eugene Airport
weren’t examining any shoes, and
Coontz stressed that the airport is
trying to make the transition as easy
as possible.
“Even though there’s more secu
rity required, we want to make it an
easy experience going through the
airport,” Coontz said.
E-mail community reporter Brook Reinhard at
brookreinhard@dailyemerald.com.
CRIME
WATCH
Arrests and Citations
Wednesday, Jan. 16,12:28 a.m.:
Department of Public Safety officers
arrested a man with outstanding
warrants near campus.
Thursday, Jan, 17,9:24 a.m,:
A stalking complaint resulted In DPS
citing someone for trespassing atan
undisclosed location.
Sunday, Jan, 20,12:49 a.m,:
A DPS officer cited a man for criminal
trespassing near Hamilton Complex, one
night after residents saw the man
wandering through the area late at night.
Drugs and Alcohol
Wednesday, Jan. 16,11:52 a.m.:
DPS cited a person for drinking outside
H.P. Barnhart.
Saturday, Jan. 19,1:19 a.m,:
DPS cited four people outside Cloran
Hail for possession of less than an
ounce of marijuana.
Saturday, Jan. 19,1:53 a.m.:
DPS cited six people outside Cloran
; Hall for possession of less than an
i ounce of marijuana.
| Saturday, Jan. 19,1:56 a.m.:
I DPS cited one person for drinking in :
| public outside H.P. Barnhart.
! Saturday, Jan. 19,10:10 a.m.: A DPS
| officer cited a person for drinking in an
| undisclosed public place.
Saturday, Jan. 19,9:36 p.m.:
OPS cited a group of undisclosed size
for open alcoholic containers outside
Robbins Hall.
Sunday, Jan, 20,1:47 a.m.: A DPS
officer cited six people near Collier
House lor drinking In public.
Disorderly Conduct
and Vandalism
Monday, Jan. 14,8:32 a.m.: A person
in Knig ht law Center reported
telephone harassment.
Monday, Jan. 14,8:28 a.m.:
A person in Chapman Half reported
telephone harassment.
Monday, Jan. 14,1:15 p.m.:
A University staff member reported
damage to Qwest Communications
property in Bean Hail.
Monday, Jan. 14,1:2Q p.m.:
A University staff member reported
damage to University property in
Bean Hall.
Tuesday, Jan. 15,10:38 a.m.:
A student reported someone vandalizing
his vehicle in the Bean Hall parking lot.
Wednesday, Jan. 16,1:15 a.m,: DPS
issued a citation tor disorderly conduct
at Riley Hall.
Friday, Jan. 18,9:56 p.m.: DPS cited a
mart for publicly exposing him seif near
the EMU.
Miscellaneous
Monday, Jan. 14,5:38 p.m.:
Several males oh motorcycles assaulted
a University professor outside the
Science Library, resulting in minor
sc rapes and bruises,
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2:31 p.m.:
Staff called DPS after a student
pinched his/her hand in equipment
at the Student Recreation Center
and experienced difficulty
breathing as a result.
Saturday, Jan. 19,4:12 p.m.;
DPS officers chased away an aggressive
panhandler at the intersection of 13th
Avenue and Kincaid Street.
Thefts and Recoveries
Monday, Jan. 14,11:91 a.m.;
A student reported a bike stolen from
Bean Hail.
Tuesday, Jan. 15,5:37 p.m.: A student
reported a stolen backpack from
Gertinger Annex.
Wednesday, Jan. 16,9:03 a.m.:
A student reported a bicycle theft from
Carson Hall.
Wednesday, Jan. 16,10:46 a.m.:
A student reported a backpack stolen
from Knight Library.
Friday, Jan. 18,8:58 a.m.: A man
reported a computer theft from
Allen Hall.
Friday, Jan. 18, 7:19 p.m.:
Someone reported a backpack
stolen from the EMU.
Saturday, Jan. 19,8:17 p.m.:
A student reported a bicycle stolen
from Bean Hall. I
Sunday, Jan. 20,6:44 p.m.: A man |
reported someone breaking Into his car I
in the Bean Hail parking lot. j
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