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Friday, January 30, 2004
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 89
Taylor’s, EPD defend bar’s reputation
Chuck Hare, owner of Taylor’s Bar and Grill, says defending the reputation of his establishment is ‘frustrating’
By Jared Paben
Senior News Reporter
Eugene police arrested former University
football player Junior Siavii for assault in the
early morning of Jan. 9, making him the
third high-profile University student to be arrest
ed or cited for assault following incidents at Tay
lor's Bar and Grill in the past eight months.
Siavii's arrest — along with the citations issued
to former football player Keith Lewis in May
2003 for punching a track athlete and to ASUO
Vice President Eddy Morales in September 2003
for allegedly assaulting a female student — has
prompted questions about the frequency of vio
lence at the popular night spot in the University
area, which is located at 894 E. 13th Ave.
According to Eugene Police Department re
pons, police recorded a total of 16 calls for fights
or assaults at Taylor's in 2002 and 2003, with a
total of five for non-physical disputes and four
for disorderly individuals.
In contrast, Rennie's Landing, another popular
bar at 1214 Kincaid St., recorded only two calls for
fights, three for non-physical disputes and three
for disorderly individuals in the same time period.
_ Taylor's owner Chuck Hare said fights are un
common at his bar, but they draw attention be
cause Taylor's attracts well-known members of
the campus community.
"It's just been kind of unfortunate that the last
couple of things we've had involved high-profile
people," Hare said. "I can tell you that every other
bar in town has more problems than we have."
EPD spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said
Turn to TAYLOR’S, page 6
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Lauren Wimer Photographer
Taylor's Bar and Grill, located at 894 E. 13th Ave„ recorded 16 calls for fights or assaults in 2002 and 2003.
OSPIRG’s
study dubs
textbooks
‘rip-offs’
On Thursday, OSPIRG held a
press conference detailing the
results of a survey conducted
in both Oregon and California
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
Student activist group OSPIRG report
ed that its recent survey of textbook prices
shows that coursebooks are a "rip-off" at a
press conference at the University Book
store on Thursday.
The Oregon Student Public Interest Re
search Group, along with the OSPIRG
Foundation and the California Public In
terest Research Group, conducted the sur
vey, titled "Rip-Off 101: How the Current
Practices of the Textbook Industry Drive
up the Cost of College Textbooks."
"Our findings confirm what every stu
dent already knows," OSPIRG Affordable
Textbooks Campaign Coordinator Arista
Hickman told a crowd of about 25 stu
dents and community members. "The
bottom line is this: Textbook publishers
are ripping off students."
The survey examined the most widely
used textbooks during fall 2003 at 10 pub
lic colleges and universities in California
and Oregon. About 500 students were sur
veyed at the University, and 287 students
were surveyed at Lane Community Col
lege. A total of 156 faculty members were
surveyed in both states.
Because OSPIRG submitted the final
student numbers too late, they were not
included in the published results, OS
PIRG Campus Organizer Kit Douglas
said. According to an OSPIRG press
Turn to OSPIRG, page 4
College Republicans and Democrats take sides in debate
Ranging in issues from Measure 30
to same-sex marriage, Thursday's
debate of the College Republicans
and Democrats remained civil
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
University College Democrats and College Re
publicans met for a bit of verbal sparring Thursday
night, debating the merits of Measure 30, gay mar
riage and immigration before a small crowd of stu
dents and community members.
College Democrats co-Chairman Randy Derrick
wasted no time supporting Measure 30 as a savior of
necessary public services.
"Measure 30 may not be the measure we all hoped
for, but it is the measure that will make sense," Der
rick said.
College Republican Laura Jenkins said Measure
30 would harm Oregon's economy and relieve state
legislators of their responsibility to run a lean, effi
cient government.
"Clearly, with all this waste and an economy in
recession, Oregon should not be raising taxes," she
said. "That's (the Legislature's) job, to stay within
the budget and not raise taxes and take the easy
way out."
But Derrick disputed that state government is
wasteful.
"The waste has already been cut," Derrick said.
"The easy cuts have been made. The next round of
cuts are really going to hurt."
Turn to DEBATE, page 6
(Left to right)
College
Democrats Brady
Miller and James
VanderZanden
wait while College
Republican Jarrett
White makes his
point during
Thursday’s
debate between
the two groups
in the EMU Ben
Linder room.
Tim Bobosky
Photographer
WEATHER
INSIDE
Campus buzz.6 Crossword.11
Classifieds.11 News Briefs.12
Commentary.2 Sports.7
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