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The EyeCenler
After last year’s West
University riot, community
members are working
to prevent another incident
By AM Shaughnessy
Senior News Reporter
In September 2002, approximate
ly 1,800 students flooded the streets
in the West University neighborhood.
Ihe rioters uplifted street signs, defied
police orders and set fire to Dump
sters, street signs and a golf cart.
Many people were unsure of how
to prevent future occurrences of the
destructive chaos, which seemed to
lack a purpose.
But local authorities say the likeli
hood of another riot occurring this
year has decreased, largely due to the
cooperation and determination of
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students and community members.
Pegasus Pizza owner Paul Reader
took action after the riot, meeting
with University President Dave
Frohnmayer to outline things he felt
needed to be accomplished within
the neighborhood.
Reader pushed his ideas and
helped form the West University Task
Force, a team of concerned commu
nity members assembled to tackle
four key points; one of which was
community safety and enforcement.
Since the formation of the task force,
students, community members, the
Department of Public Safety and the
Eugene Police Department have
worked together to create a safer en
vironment in the neighborhood sur
rounding the campus.
Foot patrol officers will now be pa
trolling the neighborhood to meet
students and community members.
The cost for the officers is going to be
split between the City of Eugene and
the University. Reader said it is im
portant to have foot officers making +
face-to-face contact because it will
help create a camaraderie between
police and students.
"It's getting beyond the 'us versus
them' feeling that students have,"
Reader said.
EPD spokeswoman Pam Olshans
ki added that the foot patrollers act as
a liaison between the neighborhood
and the University.
DPS Interim Director Tom Hicks
said he is excited to see improve
ments in the West University neigh
borhood, adding that there are some
basic steps students should take
while throwing or attending a party.
"If you are going to host a party,
have an invited guest list," he said.
This will keep the party under con
trol, he said, adding that the likeli
hood of police interference increases
as more uninvited guests arrive
at a party.
Hicks also advises that students be
cooperative with police. For example,
if the police come to a party and tell
people to disperse, they must leave
and return to their place of residence.
If not, Hicks said they can be cited for
interfering with a police officer and
taken to jail.
Hicks said people are also taken to
jail when they refuse to give their
identification.
"The police do have the authority
to make you give your ID, and if you
refuse, they can take you to jail,"
he said.
University Campus Coordinator
Shannon Tarvin said she felt the is
sues the task force addressed were im
portant for students, although she
wasn't completely involved with the
task force last year.
"There is a lot of fear in that area,"
she said. "We wanted to maintain
safety in that neighborhood."
Along with foot patrols, the Ore
gon Liquor Control Commission and
EPD will be more heavily enforcing
"keg checks." When someone buys a
keg, the police will be notified, and it
is likely they will show up at the pur
chaser's residence to make sure every
thing is under control.
Reader said he thinks the keg
checks and foot patrol officers will
help keep parties more controlled.
"I think there will be more hesitan
cy from people to let things get out of
control, because they know they will
be held responsible," he said.
Contact the senior crime/health/
safety reporter
at alishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.