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Tuesday, May 7,2002
Since 1 900 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 143
The/ew, the proud, the yellow
■The Yellow Jackets, a new volunteer patrol
group, experience low turnout for their first patrol
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
University students, never fear: The Yellow
Jackets are here. A few are, anyway.
A volunteer patrol group aimed at making
campus safer, the Yellow Jackets patrolled
the area for the first time Monday night. But a
lack of turnout may stop the group from keeping the Uni
versity as safe as organizers would like.
“Everyone we’ve talked to seems to think that it’s a
good idea,” student coordinator Meghan Madden
said. “A lot of people just don’t know about it yet.”
Few people have been trained as Yellow Jackets so
far. They each will devote at least two hours a week to
patrolling campus armed only with flashlights, two
way radios and bright yellow jackets. The patrols will
take place every night between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m.
The first patrol was mostly uneventful. The jackets
drew stares from students walking through campus
and a few off-the-cuff remarks.
“There goes the safety patrol,” quipped one student.
Another student burst out laughing when she saw
the patrollers.
Volunteers aren’t allowed to confront anyone or at
tempt to stop a crime. If they see anything suspicious,
they will radio the Department of Public Safety and
request assistance.
“Safety is No. 1 here. We want everyone to be as ab
solutely safe as they can be,” said Royce Myers, DPS Of
ficer and Yellow Jackets coordinator, in a Sunday train
ing session. “If someone runs, don’t take after them, but
you can follow them,” he advised the trainees.
According to the bright yellow training manual, the
Yellow Jacket program has two main goals: Report
Turn to Yellow Jackets, page 4
Jonathan House Emerald
(Left) DPS Officer and Yellow Jacket program coordinator Royce Myers runs volunteers through a
brief introduction Sunday evening before their training Monday night. (Above) Josh Mann and
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Anne Leavitt listen to last minute instructions before
heading out to take the first Yellow Jacket patrol Monday night.
Author
to speak
on Green
‘sellout’
■ Holly Swanson, author of
‘Set Up and Sold Out,’ will speak
about the ‘negative influence’
of the Green Party today in PLC
By Robin Weber
Oregon Daily Emerald
For years, perennial Green Party
presidential candidate Ralph Nader has
railed against corporate leaders and
others he thinks have duped the public
and given in to special interests.
Enter author Holly Swanson, who
says in her latest book that the Green
Party itself has “Set Up and Sold Out.”
Swanson will speak at 7 p.m. today
in 180 PLC about the negative influence
of the Green Party.
The University College Republicans
is sponsoring the talk, which includes
topics about the environment, schools,
Earth Day and other issues. Swanson
draws much of her lecture material
from her book.
“While most Americans haven’t even
heard of the Greens, the Greens have
been working away for years, just like
termites, to weaken the foundation of
our nation. Our nation is like our home.
Our safety and comfort depend on a
strong foundation,” Swanson wrote in
her book.
“Last time we looked, our foundation
was in decent shape. We felt safe. We
had the time to focus our attention on
other things. Now there is a visible
crack in the foundation,” she said.
The College Republicans put up
posters around campus advertising
Swanson’s speech with quotes from
“Set Up and Sold Out” comparing
members of the Green Party to commu
nists. The posters caused quite a stir
among some people who thought the
phrases were coming from the College
Turn to Green, page 4
Candidate looks to strengthen economy, undergraduate programs
ROBERTS
■Jack Roberts believes tutu re
investments will bring increased
funding to Oregon universities
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Jack Roberts is serving his second term
as state labor commissioner. He received a
journalism degree from the University of
Oregon in 1975 and a law degree from the
University of Oregon School of Law in
1978. Roberts was appointed as a Lane
County Commissioner in 1989 to fill a va
cancy, then was re-elected in 1990 and
1992. He resigned the position in 1994 to
run for state labor commissioner. Roberts
became the first Republican to serve as la
bor commissioner in Oregon in almost 40
years and was re-elected in 1998. Roberts
lives in Eugene with his wife, Tamara.
Q: Why should students take an interest
in this primary election?
A: I can’t honestly say that in the pri
mary we’ve been working exceptionally
hard to increase student turnout, just be
cause it’s hard to target our efforts. We do
have a growing number of college Repub
licans at the University of Oregon, Ore
gon State University and Portland State
University. Why should students care
what’s at stake? Well, look at your tuition.
Look at the courses being offered. There’s
a lot of issues concerning higher educa
tion in the next several legislative ses
sions. In addition to that, for those of you
who want to stay here and find work and
pursue your chosen fields when you’re
through, you ought to care about where
our economy is going.
Q: Would you back initiatives to raise tu
ition at Oregon universities beyond the 3
percent a year cap?
A: I do not want to. We have a constant
struggle between trying to maintain the ex
cellence we want at our universities, par
ticularly at Oregon and OSU, and make
sure we have the access, which h^s to do
with affordability. I’m not one of those who
thinks we should simply raise tuition and
increase student aid because I don’t have
Turn to Roberts, page 4
Governor race
This is the fifth in a six-part
series featuring the
leading gubernatorial
candidates in Oregon’s
May 21 primary election.
Democrats
April 29: Jim Mill
April 30: Ted Kulongoski
May 1: Bev Stein
Republicans
Monday: Kevin L. Mannix
Today: Jack Roberts
Wednesday: Ron Saxton