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Park Ave. Portland, OR 97201 niRAVELCUIS See the world your way 503-274-2323 800-592-CUTS (2887) portland@travelcuts.com ASK US ABOUT OUR EXCLUSIVE FLEXIBLE FARES www.travelcuts.com run BAR LIVE MUSIC POOL VIDEO POKER DAILY SPECIALS Lunch Tuesday-Friday 11:30-2:00 pm Dinner Tuesday-Saturday beginning at 4 pm Wednesday Feb. 4 • Free Open Mike with Pete Christie Thursday Feb. 5 • Free Christie & McCallum Honky Tonk/Rock Friday Feb. 6 • $3 The Peter Giri Project Blues/Rock Saturday Feb. 7 • $3 J.C. Rico & Zulu Dragon RfilB | (541) 344-8600 • 163.6 Willamette St. You're always close to campus. -- -- » www.dailyemerald.com Concealed-weapons suit creates logistics questions Concealed Handgun License holder Brian Stubbs’ lawsuit has divided campus opinion and brings up safety issues By Lisa Catto News Reporter A University graduate student and Concealed Handgun License holder recently sued the Oregon University System for forbidding him to carry his gun on campus. A trial date has not been set, but Brian Stubbs' lawsuit has stirred controversy in the community, and students and faculty are divided over whether guns should be al lowed on campus. Some students argue that carrying a weapon on public ground is constitu tionally protected, while others say it would make the campus unsafe. In a random survey of 100 Uni versity students, 31 percent said they thought OUS doesn't have the right to prevent someone with a CHL from carrying a gun on campus, 52 percent said CHL holders should not be allowed to bring their guns to campus, and 17 percent said they were undecided. University pre-journalism major Sheldon Traver received his CHL al most two years ago and believes that CHL holders have the right to carry their weapons on campus. "We should be allowed to carry on campus as long as you have gone through the training and you've got the license," he said. He added that even if OUS al lowed concealed handguns, he probably wouldn't carry a gun on campus because it is an attention grabber. However, he said he would carry it in public places like down town Portland, and he is aware of his rights and responsibilities in case he's put in a situation where he needs to pull out his weapon. Traver said society would proba bly be safer if more people carried weapons because it would act as a deterrent to criminals. "If you're a criminal and you know that one in six people are carrying, you're more likely to think first about what you're doing," he said. He also argued that Department of Public Safety officers should be allowed to carry weapons if they are properly trained. "They are put in situations just as (the Eugene Police Department) is, where they might have to use some The Emerald asked 100 random students if Concealed Handgun License holders should be allowed to bring weapons on campus. Kim Premore Design Editor measure of force to keep people from doing what they were doing," he said. Hanna Budan, a pre-computer and information science major, dis agreed with Traver about students There would be too much power when only one group is allowed to carry guns or have weapons. I would feel more comfortable if DPS, who is hired and trained by the University, had guns." / Hanna Budan University student carrying weapons, although she does think that DPS officers should be equipped with guns. "There can be too much power when only one group is allowed to carry guns or have weapons," she said. "I would feel more comfortable if DPS, who is hired and trained by the University, had guns." Budan added that she doesn't have a problem with people having the CHL, she just doesn't think guns should be on campus. "I personally don't really feel safe with a whole bunch of college kids carrying guns around," she said. "Even if they are trained to use them." Budan said she would rather have guns in the residence halls than in KALI'S continued from page 3 said she left a message with a case agent at the Portland NLRB and has yet to receive a response. The staff met Saturday to work on documents the board has requested and to figure out their next course of action, RiversHai ley said. In the meantime, the former employees said they want their sup porters to refrain from acts of vandalism on the book store or the building. "We appreciate your support and are requesting that folks not harm the building because the building managers have been very support ive/sympathetic of our struggle," RiversHailey said. Supporters can e-mail the former staff at mokalsgurlz@hotmail.com. Contact the business/ science/technology reporter at caronalarab@dailyemerald.coni. classrooms if guns were allowed on campus because the residence halls are more like a private home. Economics major Chris Looney disagreed. He thinks concealed handguns should not be allowed in the residence halls but should be al lowed on campus. "I think the problem with the resi dence halls would be the fact that the gun is not necessarily in your control the whole time," he said. "So there are a lot of variables there." Looney added that he would feel safe if a CHL holder with a gun was sitting across from him in class be cause he or she is most likely a re sponsible citizen. "Guns in the hands of law-abid ing citizens are not dangerous," he said, adding that he is not opposed to DPS carrying guns. Sociology Professor Chuck Hunt, a recreational gun-maker and casual opponent of gun control, disagreed, saying DPS does not need to have guns. He added that allowing con cealed weapons on campus is one of the worst ideas he has heard, but he proposed that handguns be kept in a storage unit while students are on campus or living in the resi dence halls. "The idea of having concealed weapons in a 500-person classroom is absolutely ridiculous to me," Hunt said. "I would be very reluc tant to teach under those kind of circumstances." Contact the crime/health/ safety reporter at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com. CAMPUS Tuesday University Libraries Reading and Discussion fea turing a presentation by essayist, poet and Uni versity alumnus Kim Stafford entitled “Poetry and the Life of the Seeker William Stafford on Peace and War,” Browsing Room, Knight Li brary, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Community Conversations featuring a discus sion by University faculty and community lead ers on “Astrobiology: Life in Space,” Dunn Hall Lounge, Hamilton Complex, 7:30 p.m. nREfiON nANYFMFRAin you.r iruleperulertt student newspaper Oregon Daily Emerald P.0 Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is pub lished daily Monday through Friday during the school year by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. 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