Group receives awards for CD-ROM state atlas A team from the geography department earned “Best in Show” for the animated map computer program Andrew Shipley Freelance Reporter This year, the University is gaining national recognition once again, not for an athletic team, but for a team from the geography department’s In foGraphics Lab. The group recently won awards for creating a CD-ROM version of the Atlas of Oregon, which is a comprehensive guide of the state’s economy, culture, history and natural resources. The CD-ROM was recognized at the 2002 International Map Design Competition, hosted by the Ameri can Congress on Surveying and Map ping, or ACSM, earning both “Best in Show” and “Best in Category” awards. The awards will be presented on March 31 in Phoenix. More than 70 experts from around MIP continued from page 1 been issued so far this term, includ ing the 31 citations issued last week end. Sunday afternoon, a weekend shift watch commander said the weekend was “very active” after offi cers issued more than 20 citations between Friday and Saturday night. Aguilar, who works on citywide patrol, said the recent rise is not an indication of more people drinking but simply a reflection of more is sued citations. Taking into account a variety of factors, from concerts and local events to holidays like Mar di Gras, Aguilar said one factor — warmer weather—has been known to draw more people to the streets. “When it’s cold, people are party ing indoors with doors and windows closed, but when it’s warm they take out the tiki torches and open their backyards,” he said. “People are also more likely to walk from place to place, which increases the chance that (officers) will contact them.” EPD spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said 142 of the 318 weekend MIP cita tions reported to EPD last October were issued in the West University neighbor hood, an area somewhat notorious for parties and increased enforcement. Out of the 1,548 liquor-law violations issued city wide in 2002 — including posses sion, furnishing, purchasing and unli censed kegs — 384 were issued in the area, meaning 24 percent of all citations were issued in a neighborhood holding only four percent of the Eugene popula tion, she said. Despite variations in the most recent statistics because of de layed data entry and case updates, Ol shanski said the numbers convey a sig nificant increase in MIPs compared with winter term 2002. DPS Associate Director Tom Hicks the state contributed to the original Atlas of Oregon, published in 2001. The InfoGraphics team, run by direc tor James Meacham and designer Erik Steiner, then decided to trans fer the data onto a two-disc CD-ROM. “Once the book atlas was com piled and designed, it was a matter of transforming the information from a print medium into a digital medium in a way that didn’t lose any of the value and ease, and which, at the same time, took ad vantage of certain extremely inter esting and powerful aspects of the digital world to present the data in new ways,” Atlas text editor Tom Hager said in an e-mail interview. Interesting features on the CD ROM include an animation that al lows the reader to observe geological change over time. On another page, readers can see Oregon’s trade levels grow and shrink throughout the state’s history, an effect that is impos sible in the printed medium. The Atlas has been hailed by many Alcohol-related citations Jan. - Feb. (weekend) MIP issued by EPD (not including 03/07 through 03/09). All liquor law violations issued in West University neighborhood year round by EPD. DPS MIP cases issued Sept. - March 2003 as compared to 2001/2002 academic year. Scott Abts Emerald SOURCE: EPD and DPS reports EPD and DPS reports reflect an increase in minor in possession of alcohol citations this year compared with 2002, while the number of alcohol-related citations issued in the West University neighborhood during the last two years has shown an increase as well. said DPS has received reports of more than 107 MIP cases — which can include one to several citations per case — since September, equal ing a 23 percent increase from the same time frame last year. In 2002, DPS reports showed MIP cases to be more prominent in October and February than the last three, warmer months of the school year — April, May and June. Although he couldn’t speculate on the February rise, Hicks said October — being the first full month of the academic year — tends to involve more enforcement from DPS officers who are trying to set the authoritative tone for the year. “To some extent, it’s going to have to do with the level of enforcement,” he said, “and that varies throughout the year.” Director of Student Judicial Affairs Chris Loschiavo said he believes the recent warm weather could have increased the atten dance of parties held the last two weekends, but trying to predict wild or quiet weekends is a difficult task. “No one saw the September riot coming, and that happened before classes started,” he said. Although Student Judicial Affairs receives a different, and in most cases higher, number of MIP reports compared to DPS, Loschiavo said one observation can be made by all local officials and authorities: “This year, we’re already ahead of where we were last year.” Contact the reporter at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com. Hje JfoD york (Times Recommended reading for breaking news. Low rates for the UO campus. In-store or home delivery. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BOOKSTORE as a triumph. Allen Carroll, chief cartographer of the National Geographic Society, whose Family Reference Atlas was defeated by the Atlas of Oregon in the competition, said the University’s en try was a “tour-de-force in cartogra phy and design,” according to the University Press Web site. Students are also benefiting from the Atlas. “The book and the CD-ROM have more information in them than I could ever realistically hope to use,” said freshman Zak Bennet, who has used the Atlas. “The CD-ROM just makes it a lot easier to get to.” The hard copy Atlas has already surpassed circulation expectations with sales of 10,000 and growing. To purchase the Atlas of Oregon CD-ROM, which costs $49.95, visit the University Press Web site www.uopress.com. Andrew Shipley is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. ACNE? If you have acne, you may qualify to partici pate in a clinical research study. Advanced Clinical Trials is conducting a research study to evaluate the safety and effec tiveness of an investigational topical medication for the treatment of acne. If you qualify to participate in this research study, you will receive laboratory tests, study medication and study-related medical care by a dermatologist,at no cost to you. Call now. Find out if you qualify. 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