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Thursday, July 24, 2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 10
DPS officer on leave after collision with suspect
Jessica Waters Emerald
A Department of Public Safety patrol
vehicle similar to this one was involved
in an accident with a man on a bicycle early Monday morning.
DPS and the Eugene Police Department are investigating the incident.
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DPS has not yet identified either the
involved officer or the injured suspect
from Monday morning’s accident
By Jared Paben
Freelance Reporter
The Department of Public Safety
placed a commissioned officer on paid
administrative leave after his vehicle
was involved in an accident early Mon
day morning with an unidentified sus
pect riding a bike.
DPS Administrative Lieutenant Joan
Saylor would not comment on the
specifics of the incident and did not
who, if anyone, was at fault. She did
the officer was investigating the man
"suspicious activity" near bike racks.
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Saylor would not release the name
of the officer or the individual involved
in the collision.
The incident happened just a week
before the Eugene City Council is ex
pected to vote on whether to extend
DPS responsibilities and allow officers
to issue citations for certain drug- and
alcohol-related offenses.
When asked whether Monday's col
lision would affect the decision, Saylor
said, "I don't know. I really don't know.
It's important that we be honest and
up-front." She added that the actions
of one individual don't necessarily rep
resent the training or the actions of the
entire department.
Saylor said the accident occurred near
East 13th Avenue and University Street
and that the officer was driving one of the
department's four-wheel-drive vehicles. In
additioa she confirmed that there was one
officer on foot one in the involved vehicle
and a third that arrived after the incident
No citations or chaiges were issued to
the man — who is not a University stu
dent — because officers weren't certain
whether the subject was guilty of a crime
Saylor said. She added that it was not
known whether the bike he was riding at
the time of the collision was stolen.
A Eugene Police Department report
filed with the district attorney will help
determine whether any citations will
be issued, she said.
Turn to DPS, page 8
Tuition hikes
may decrease
opportunities
Tuition at the University has increased 49 percent since the
1993-94 school year; some critics argue that increasing costs
are keeping more and more students out of an education
By Ayisha Yahya
Reporter
Does an increase in tuition lead to a decrease in student enroll
ment? The question has become pivotal as student advocates bat
tling escalating tuition argue that higher costs push low-income
students out of the classroom.
PART 4 OF 4
Last Tuesday:
Administrators warn of cuts
without new tuition and fees
standards
Last Thursday: Student
leaders prepare to discuss
implications of tuition hikes
Tuesday: Full coverage of
Friday's State Board of
Higher Education decision
Today: Students weathered
tuition surcharges in winter
and spring
According to the Oregon Student
Association, higher tuition rates
limit accessibility to education. Cit
ing statistics from a Portland State
University study, OSA spokes
woman Amelie Welden said that
0.7 percent of students on a campus
are forced to drop out for every
$ 100 increase in tuition.
"This is typically the figure we use
when estimating how many stu
dents will be lost when tuition goes
up," Welden said in an e-mail inter
view. She added the Oregon Univer
sity System estimated that 12,000
students were denied educational
opportunities when tuition rose
sharply and enrollment was limited
in the early 1990s.
"This is much the same situation we're facing today," she said.
"Tuition is rising dramatically, and the University and other cam
puses have recently raised their GPA requirements as an enroll
ment management strategy."
There are no clear statistics at the University to indicate that tu
ition increases are the main cause behind students leaving school,
however. Registration data shows resident undergraduate tuition
and fees have risen 49 percent in the past 10 years, from $2,916
in the 1993-94 school year to $4,359 in 2002-03. Non-resident
tuition and fees rose 71 percent from $9,285 to $ 15,888.
In the same period, enrollment has also increased. In fall 1994,
Turn to Tuition, page 7
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S FIRE
Jessica Waters Emerald
Scott Stewart from Bend is one of more than 1,000 firefighters battling the Clark Fire
near Lowell. On Sunday many were ‘smoke spotting’ - meticulously searching for
smoke and dousing any burning or smoldering material.
University
living space
15th worst
in nation
Residence hall rooms like the Bean
Complex’s 145-square-foot ones have
given the University a reputation for
‘dungeon’-like living accommodations
By A. Sho Ikeda
Reporter
With plans for a new residence hall in
the works, students may wonder how
their rooms match up to others across
the Northwest.
One of the largest residence halls on
campus is the Bean Complex, which
houses about 700 residents. Though it is
bigger than other complexes, Bean con
tains the smallest rooms of the seven
University residence halls. A room used
to house two students in Bean, for in
stance, has an area of about 145 square
feet. By contrast, the smallest rooms at
Oregon State University have an area of
about 180 square feet.
A typical prison cell at the Oregon
State Penitentiary, incidentally, can meas
ure at about 60 square feet, said Michelle
Whitney, office manager of the prison's
superintendent.
Ravie Mahajan, assistant chief at the
Oregon Building Codes Division, said no
minimum size requirement exists for res
idence hall rooms. The Association of
College and University Housing Officers
International, a group dedicated to im
proving college residential living, sug
gests that residence halls are built and
function in accordance to a university's
mission, but do not recommend any
minimum size.
In 2002, the Princeton Review asked
students from more than 300 colleges
to vote on the quality of their
Turn to Halls page 6
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Campus buzz.12
Classifieds.11
Commentary.2
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