Wednesday, May 7,2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 104, Issue 148
Senate could expand drug law
The new law would amend Oregon
drug laws to make “consumption” of a
controlled substance a class A violation
Jan Montry
News Editor
Being under the influence of controlled sub
stances without possession of them may soon be
more than recreation for some minors in Oregon
— it may land them in hot water with the law.
The Oregon Senate passed Senate Bill 342 on
Monday, an effort that would amend Oregon drug
laws to make “consumption” of a controlled sub
r
stance a Glass A violation, punishable by a maxi
mum $600 fine.
The new bill would require that suspects cited
for consumption be under 21 years old, be under
the influence of the drug at the time of citation and
have “intentionally consumed” the drug, which
can include marijuana smoke.
Currently, a suspect is only breaking the law if he
or she is in possession of controlled substances. SB
342 adds a new category of punishable offense, simi
lar to “minor in possession,” to Oregon’s drug laws.
Critics of the bill worry that the new minor con
sumption amendment would expand the scope of
Turn to Drag law, page 6
New drug law
If the new law passes the Oregon
House of Representatives and !!
signed by the governor, minors
could be cited with a Class A
Eugene townsfolk
travel by horse and
buggy to dedicate
the new flagpole on
the University
campus in 1892. The
dirt road in the
foreground is now
Franklin Boulevard,
and the small
church-like building
on the far left is the
original University
gym. The building in
the center isVillard
Hall, and to the far
right is Deady Hall.
The seedlings on
the far right will
eventually grow into
the towering fir
trees lining the
avenue to the west
of Deady Hall.
Courtesy
Back in time
Preserving the past
During National Historic Preservation
Week, students are offering movie
screenings and tours of Eugene
Brook Reinhard
News Editor
To some students, Deady Hall is just one
more old building on campus. It’s partially
hidden by trees and overshadowed by the new
business complex that’s being constructed to
the west. But 110 years ago, Deady was one of
only two buildings that made up the Universi
ty of Oregon campus.
This week, graduate students at the Univer
sity have planned a series of events to com
memorate the 32nd annual National Historic
Preservation Week. The Associated Students
for Historic Preservation are offering free
screenings of movies tonight, Thursday and
Friday, and helping sponsor tours throughout
Eugene and the community.
Friday night, for instance, the group is spon
soring a history walk on campus, and then
showing “Animal House” to showcase the build
ings used in the making of the hit comedy.
“Historic preservation allows us to learn the
stories of our past,” ASHP secretary Heather
Goodson said. “Without it, we’d have no idea
where we came from or where we were going
in the future.”
Most ASHP members are graduate students
in the masters program for historic preservation.
Turn to Preservation, page 5
Faculty
debate
Iraq war’s
effects
A three-person panel led
Tuesday night’s discussion on
economic repercussions the U.S.
is facing because of war in Iraq
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
The invasion, occupation and recon
struction of Iraq is having a significant
impact on the United States economy,
lining the pockets of the nation’s
wealthy elite and short-changing the
majority of the population, according
to panelists at Tuesday night’s forum on
“The Economics of War.”
The discussion was sponsored by
the Concerned Faculty for Peace and
Turn to Panel, page 16
University
still won’t
allow ASL
as language
An event on Thursday aimed
at raising deaf awareness will try
to prove ASL is a language and
should be recognized as such
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
Next fall, Jacqueline Hurst will enter
the University to get a bachelor of arts de
gree in education. However, she will not
be able to complete the standard foreign
language requirement because she cannot
enunciate what her instructors say. At age
30, Hurst is slowly but surely going deaf.
With other deaf students at the University,
Hurst is helping convince the University
administration to accept American Sign
Language as a foreign language.
Although many schools around the
country accept ASL as a substitute to the
requirement, and Oregon Statute 351.117
states that ASL satisfies second language
requirements in Oregon University System
schools, the University has balked at
Turn to ASL, page 6
Judge rules file-sharing companies legal
Morpheus and Grokster
celebrated their victories last
week after the MPAAand RIAA
filed a lawsuit against them
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
File-sharing services Morpheus and
Grokster are celebrating a victorious
decision made by a Los Angeles judge
who ruled last week that the two serv
ices are legal.
The Motion Picture Association of
America and Recording Industry Asso
ciation of America had filed a lawsuit
asking for a court injunction to shut
down Morpheus, Grokster and Kazaa.
All three file-sharing companies allow
Internet users to trade various files that
include music, videos and other copy
righted materials.
The plaintiffs represented various
film and music-making companies —
such as AOL Time Warner, Vivendi Uni
versal and Sony Corporations — and
accused the file-sharing sites of allow
ing users to obtain copyrighted materi
als in an unauthorized manner. The
MPAA and the RIAA have already
vowed to appeal the ruling.
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen
Turn to File sharing, page 16
TheMPAA
and the RIAA
plan to
appeal the
court’s
decision on
Morpheus
and Grokster.
Mark
McCambridge
Emerald
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