Sports
The brother-sister tandem of Adam and
Rachael Kriz light up the Oregon track.
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News
FBI director to announce a major departmental reorganization. Page 5
Housing contracts don’t have to stop students from taking a term off. Page 7
Wednesday, May 29,2002
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 160
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
Most college students know the sun
is bad for them, yet they like
spending time soaking up rays, es
pecially during spring term when
weather is better in Eugene.
Dr. James Kitterman, a dermatolo
gist in Eugene, said people know that
tanning is bad for them, like smoking,
yet they continue to engage in the
practice even when they know dam
age is being done.
“Anytime your skin tans, it’s in re
sponse to skin damage,” he said.
People have historically wanted to
be tan because they feel healthier, Kit
terman said. In the 1700s and 1800s
in the southern states, Kitterman said
people who were so wealthy that they
did not need to work generally had
“pristine white skin.” But the class
hierarchy is now reversed, Kitterman
said. People with money can now af
ford tanning beds or leisure time in
the sun.
“If you have a tan, it means, ‘I can
afford the time to go someplace (on
vacation) or get a tan,”’ he said. “And
we have come to believe that tan
looks better.”
But the myth that tan is better is
slowly changing, said Paula Staight,
the University’s director of health ed
ucation, who offers preventative ed
ucation opportunities for students on
campus. Last Thursday, the Universi
ty Health Center hosted a “Bad Bar
bie Health Fair” in front of the Uni
versity Bookstore to give information
about skin protection and samples
of sunscreen.
While people may still be spending
time in the sun, they are at least
buying protection.
Wendy Amber, who is in charge of
ordering for Hirons Drug Store on
Franklin Boulevard, said customers are
buying the generic sunscreens over
name brands.
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For best results, apply liberally to all exposed skin. Sunscreen, the modern equivalent of the fountain
of youth, is recommended for all months of the year to lessen sun damage.
City to revise
proposed hike
in liquor fines
■After public outcry, the Eugene city attorney’s
office has decided to clarify alcohol regulations
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Eugene city attorney’s office is revising a proposed clar
ification of city law regarding certain alcohol violations after
an outcry from student leaders and some city officials.
The revised proposal would add new wording to city
code detailing two specific alcohol offenses and the penal
ties for each. In addition, it would increase the maximum
fine for repeat offenders from $2,500 to $5,000 and the
maximum jail sentence from 100 days to one year.
The revision would bring city code up to date with state
standards so more cases could be tried in Eugene Municipal
Court, instead of more stringent state circuit courts, Eugene
Police Department Lt. Rich Stronach said. The new propos
al is scheduled for a vote by City Council on June 10.
The original proposal included a section forcing local
courts to fine first-time violators of two alcohol offenses
— Furnishing Liquor to Prohibited Persons and Allowing
Unlawful Consumption — a minimum of $350. The pro
posal would have made the University’s BUSTED pro
gram, an educational alternative to paying a fine, useless
and unused because of the mandatory sentencing.
The original proposal also called for an increase in the
maximum fine for repeat offenders.
The Eugene City Council was scheduled to vote May 13
on the original proposal. ASUO President Rachel Pilliod
and a handful of students came to the meeting ready to
fight the proposal. But at the last minute, the item was re
moved from the agenda after some city officials, including
Council President David Kelly, voiced concern that the
mandatory sentencing clause would take power away
from the courts.
“It was a miscommunication between the various de
partments involved,” Eugene Police Department spokes
woman Pam Alejandre said.
Student advocates said the original proposal was unac
ceptable because it didn’t allow courts to impose penal
ties on a case-by-case basis. According to Eugene Munici
pal Court, more than 83 percent of alcohol-related cases
result in enrollment in a diversion program that provides
an alternative to stiff fines.
“Basically, we felt this took away the judge’s discretion,”
said Jesse Harding, incoming ASUO Community Outreach
coordinator. “I know people who went to diversion pro
grams, and this has helped them a lot. ”
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Openly gay ex-umpire to hit at workplace issues in speech
University and
community
groups kickoff
Gay Pride
Month with a
speech from
former umpire
Dave Pallone
By Danielle Gillespie
Oregon Daily Emerald
On Thursday, Dave Pallone, a former
umpire for the National Baseball League
will deliver a two-hour speech about
his experience as a gay man in profes
sional baseball entitled “Who’s Really
on First.”
The event is hosted by the Universi
ty’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans
gender Educational and Support Ser
vices Program, Lane Community
College and employees of the U.S De
partment of Agriculture Forest Service.
Pallone’s speech begins at 9:30 a.m.
in the EMU Gumwood Room and is free
LGBT Educational and Support Ser
vices Program Director Chicora Martin
said Pallone will be speaking about
how he handled being a homosexual
umpire in a professional baseball
league, a predominately heterosexual
institution. He will be giving gays ad
vice for dealing with homophobia in
the workplace or in other group situa
tions where they may be the only homo
sexual. He will also discuss how to un
derstand sexual orientation by
explaining the differences between het
erosexuality and homosexuality. In ad
dition, he will talk about dealing with
the personal and professional struggles
of being gay.
“Pallone’s speech is meant to be em
powering,” Martin said. “Everyone can
learn something from his speech.” Les
bian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer
Alliance Issues Coordinator Kristina
Armenakis said she thinks professional
baseball tends to be a homophobic
place and is glad Pallone is bringing
awareness to these issues.
“Queer people are marginalized in
professional sports, and I think to have
someone who is gay be a part of that
program is a breakthrough,” she said.
Pallone is the author of the 1990 New
York Times best-selling autobiography
“Behind the Mask: My Double Life in
Baseball.” He has also been a guest on
“Larry King Live” and has appeared on
“The Phil Donahue Show,” “The Today
Show,” “CBS Morning,” “The Geraldo
Rivera Show” and “The Late, Late
Show with Tom Snyder.”
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