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Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 123
Two EPD
officers
charged
in lawsuit
The plaintiffs say they hope
their lawsuit will protect
fellow Eugeneans froni illegal
searches by local police
- By Jared Paben
Senior News Reporter
* Former University student Phillip Piper
mid Eugene resident Julie Dickenson are
suing several Eugene Police Department
officers for allegedly entering Piper and
Dickenson's apartment without a warrant,
detaining them and combing through
their belongings for more than an hour in
a search that uncovered nothing illegal.
In a complaint filed in federal district
court March 18, Piper and Dickenson
asked for an injunction to prevent similar
searches against them and others; punitive
damages "sufficient to punish (the EPD of
ficers) and deter others from like conduct;"
compensatory damages; and attorneys'
fees and cost.
No trial date has been set.
Piper was registered in the University
community education program during
- winter term, but he is not registered this
term. He has taken classes since fall 2002.
EPD spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said
Piper filed a complaint with EPD's inter
nal affairs department Jan. 10, 2003, but
that the ensuing investigation found no
criminal wrongdoing or policy violations
by the officers. EPD officials would not
Turn to LAWSUIT, page 4
NEWS BRIEF
NOFX, Alkaline Trio,
No Authority to visit
campus today at 3 p.m.
Politics and punk rock will come to
gether in the EMU Amphitheater at 3 p.m.
today.
Punk Voter, a progressive movement of
punk rock enthusiasts bent on preventing
the re-election of President George W. Bush,
is sponsoring a "Meet the Band" event.
Students will have the opportunity to
meet and speak with the band members of
NOFX, Alkaline Trio and No Authority,
who will be signing autographs and giving
away 20,000 free CDs and DVDs.
In addition, they'll also be speaking to
students about why it's important to be
politically active and what opportunities
are available for students to get involved
locally.
This evening, the bands will perform at
McDonald Theatre at 8 p.m.
— Jennifer Marie Bear
Pedaling problems
Increased concerns have prompted a new committee to investigate campus bicycle safety
Adam Amato Senior Photographer
Bicyclists ride on the paved path leading from the Hamilton Complex toward campus Monday morning. According to the DPS Web site, bicycles are not permitted on the path.
By Lisa Catto
News Reporter
With the days getting warmer and the
sun peeking out from the clouds
more often, many students, faculty
and staff will choose to ride a bicycle to cam
pus. But when bicyclists do not follow estab
lished rules and regulations, they endanger
more than just themselves.
While fairly rare, on average, the Department
of Public Safety receives about five reports of bike
and vehicle accidents and two bike and pedestri
an accidents per year, DPS Interim Director Tom
Micks said. He added that the department re
ceived about half a dozen complaints of pedes
trians who were nearly hit by a bicyclist.
Bikes are allowed on all of the main roads such
as University Street and East 13th Avenue. Some
bicyclists, however, stray from the appropriate
paths and ride where they shouldn't. The DPS
Web site says bicycle lanes are marked on cam
pus and those lanes must be used while classes
are in session, Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Hicks said some of the most common places
where bikes are ridden where they shouldn't be is
the pathway from the residence halls to the EMU,
the sidewalk from East 15th Avenue to East 13th
Avenue that runs along Earl Complex and the
sidewalk behind the Knight Library.
"Generally bikes are expected to stay on the
streets," he said.
One of the bicycle-use Riles on campus states
that bike riders must yield the right-of-way to
pedestrians at all times and in all places. Bike rid
ers must also give an audible warning when
"overtaking a pedestrian from behind," accord
ing to the DPS Web site. Another rule dictates
that anyone involved in a bike collision must stay
Turn to BIKES, page 4
Computing Center stresses import of logouts
The center advises students to log out
of e-mail sessions in order to protect
their account from access by others
By Chelsea Duncan
Senior News Reporter
Unauthorized access to a student's University
e-mail account is easier than many realize, and
the University Computing Center is taking steps
to remedy the problem by encouraging students
to log out of their e-mail sessions.
With about a dozen shared computer labs on
campus, students who fail to log out of their
e-mail sessions put themselves at risk of some
one else gaining access to their accounts, Micro
computer Service Manager Dan Albrich said.
"It's just critical that we get people to log out,"
he said, adding that the problem can also hap
pen with Yahoo!, Hotmail and Amazon.com ac
counts. "All users really should be logging out re
gardless of which system they use."
He explained that sometimes when students
are using shared computers, they assume closing
a browser window, such as for Microsoft Internet
Explorer, will automatically end the e-mail ses
sion. But with Macintosh computers in particu
lar, users must quit the Web-browser program to
end the session. If they only close the window
but do not quit the program, another user could
be directed to the last user's still-active session
when attempting to log in.
"They're still in the same session, and they
(could) continue with that transaction as if they
were you," Albrich said.
University Libraries Academic Education Co
ordinator J.Q. Johnson said the issue is also per
tinent to the Blackboard system, which makes
logging out of those accounts and quitting pro
grams just as important, especially since
Blackboard's automatic time-out is set at nearly
Turn to LOGOUT, page 10
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