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Since 1900 \ Volume 106, Issue 118 | Thursday, March 10, 2005
UO grieves
death of
dedicated
professor
Family and friends remember
John Baldwin's life as one of
energy, enthusiasm and passion
BY JARED PABEN
NEWS EDITOR
University Planning, Public Policy and
Management associate professor John Bald
win taught Russians how to resettle the radia
tion-ravaged land around Chernobyl. He
spearheaded a study of the effects of
long-term growth in the Willamette Valley.
And he started the University’s Environmen
tal Studies Program and the Institute for a
Sustainable Environment.
But Baldwin, 54, who died in his sleep at
home Monday night of unknown natural
causes, will be remembered for his optimism
and love of teaching and family, his family
and friends said.
“He was one of the lucky few people who
had found his personal and professional pas
sion and loved his students — he was very
dedicated to his students,” Baldwin’s wife,
Karen, said. “He loved his three children and
his family. ”
Baldwin, a 25-year University professor, fo
cused on sustainable growth and planning, and
connected with his students and coworkers.
“He had many close friendships,” Karen
BALDWIN, page 16
University
student dies
after falling
14 stories
Timothy Bur as was prepared
to graduate in Public Policy,
Planning and Management
BY AMANDA BOLSINGER
NEWS REPORTER
University Public Policy, Planning and Man
agement senior Timothy D. Buras, 22, died
Saturday night after falling 14 stories down a
chimney shaft while visiting a friend at a
downtown Portland apartment complex.
Portland Fire and Rescue found Buras
buried beneath three to four feet of ash at the
bottom of the chimney shaft in the building’s
boiler room at 11:55 p.m. He was pronounced
dead at the scene.
Investigators believe Buras climbed to the
chimney area and stepped onto the covered
shaft, according to the Associated Press.
“There was a ladder leading up to it that
was blocked off,” AJ Jackson, a spokes
woman with the Portland Fire Bureau, told
the Associated Press. “Somehow they took ex
traordinary measures on their own to get up
BURAS, page 3
Tim Bobosky | Photographer
Linguistics freshman Amelia Margetts recycles in the basement of Carson Hall on Wednesday afternoon,
adding to the University's total recycling weight for the RecycleMania competition.
Recycle
THIS
Universities accross the nation
go head to head in the fifth
annual RecycleMania challenge
BY SHELDON TRAVER
NEWS REPORTER
Fierce competition between 33 universities
nationwide intensified this week as Mia
mi University encroached on the Univer
sity of Oregon’s lead in RecycleMania 2005,
coming within one-tenth of a pound of recycled
materials per student, University Housing Re
cycling Coordinator Robyn Hathcock said.
At the end of week five, 21,125 pounds of re
cyclables were recovered at the University resi
dence and dining halls, leaving the University
with a marginal lead. Oregon State University is
currently in fourth place nationally.
“With the competition this close and this up
for grabs, it makes it more vital for each resi
dent to recycle,” Hathcock said.
In addition to gaining bragging rights, the
winning school will be presented with a trophy.
The fifth week of the 10-week contest has
just passed. As the University begins prepar
ing for spring break, residence hall advisors
and student recyclers are continuing to spread
the word about RecycleMania and encourage
students to recycle as they prepare to leave
for home.
“My goal is to encourage as much recycling
before spring break to boost our numbers,”
Hathcock said.
Sophomore Todd Mann said students are
hearing RecycleMania’s message.
“With their advertising everywhere, I think
RECYCLING, page 4
Tim Bobosky | Photographer
Chief of Police Robert Lehner answers questions Wednesday afternoon at City Hall
about the recent audit of the Eugene Police Department.
Hiring policies
among targets in
recent EPD review
Two external groups conducted the inquiry after
two EPD officers were convicted of misconduct
BY EMILY SMITH
NEWS REPORTER
Two outside groups have re
leased a report with 57 recommen
dations to improve the Eugene Po
lice Department’s practices,
management procedures and com
munity relations. The recommen
dations are part of a review
spurred by what City Manager
Dennis Taylor called the “uncon
scionable actions by two on-duty
police officers (that) deeply dam
aged the reputation of the entire
department” in a memorandum to
Mayor Kitty Piercy and the City
Council on Tliesday.
The International City/County
Management Association and the
Police Executive Research Forum
conducted the audit and their final
report was the subject of Wednes
day’s City Council work session.
The City Council had approved
$108,000 in contingency funds to
pay for the audit.
“The most important compo
nent in the recommendations is
that the City Council becomes
more actively involved in estab
lishing priorities and the policy di
rection for the police department,”
ICMA representative Leonard
Matarese said.
One recommendation was to
work on reversing the prohibition
of polygraph testing when hiring
new police officers. The use of a
polygraph test may have prevent
ed Roger Magana, currently serv
ing a 94-year prison sentence for
raping, kidnapping, sexually
abusing and harassing women,
and Juan Lara, convicted of offi
cial misconduct, public indecen
cy, coercion and harassment,
from becoming police officers in
EPD, page 4