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Professor looks to past for answer to global warming I 3 Oregon Daily Emerald An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon unvw. dailyemerald. com Since 1900 \ Volume 107, Issue 54 \ Tuesday, November 8, 2005 University senior raped near campus One in four college women are victims of sex crimes; only 10 percent report it Tim Bobosky Photo editor BY KAJY GAGNON NEWS REPORTER On Sept. 24 around 2:15 a.m., a University senior was raped by a man she did not know. She wants to share her story to raise awareness about sexual assault happening to col lege-age women. This is what she remembers: She was alone leav ing The Jungle, a downtown night club, when two men in their early 20s followed her to her car. One offered her a ride home. She started the engine, but one man held the door open. The man then forcibly laid the student across the front seat of the car and raped her. The second man watched. The attacker ordered the stu dent to move to the backseat, but she refused. Fifteen to 20 minutes later, a middle-aged man “appeared out of nowhere” and asked her if everything was OK. The attacker backed away. With tears streaming, the student mouthed the words “No. Everything is not OK. Please get me help” through the windshield. The man then approached the attacker and the stu dent was able to escape. Moments later, crying hysterically, the student called Womenspace, a domestic violence shelter, and was soon connected to a 911 dispatcher. She filed a report with Eugene police that morning. Excruciating physical pain made the student go to the emergency room for a rape examination later that day. She brought an advocate from the Sexual Assault Support Services, who provided emotional support while the student waited seven “grueling” hours to be examined. “If I didn’t have an advocate with me, I probably wouldn’t have been that patient,” she said. “All I want ed to do was shower — shower and go to sleep.” The student believes her attacker is the same man involved in the Sept. 26 rape on Highway 99 in which a rapist dressed as a police officer. She said her attacker looked like a sketch created by police after the Sept. 26 rape. “When I watched the news, I thought they were de scribing my perpetrator,” she said. However, the police do not believe the two cases are linked, said Eugene Police Detective Jeff Donaca, who is investigating the case. RAPE, page 5 New project studies familial dmg use With a grant from Health and Human Services, the College of Education hopes to protect children from parental drug use BY KELLY BROWN NEWS REPORTER The College of Education has begun re search on the effects of parental drug use on young children and is developing assistance programs that could be put in place by the state to help those families. The project is made possible by a $575,829 grant from Health and Human Services, awarded on Oct. 1. Jane Squires, an associate professor with the early intervention program, will direct the study. She said she hopes the research will ex pose holes in the child protection systems and establish a standard protocol for doctors to quickly identify children who might be affected by familial drug abuse. “The idea of this grant is that hospitals and protective services and treatment programs have procedures that are working together so that kids are getting screened and getting pro tected,” she said. She said she hopes the program will enable doctors to assess children in the first days after birth so that they can get the help that is needed for development and a functioning family. DRUGS, page 3 Construction continues on courthouse The Wayne L. Morse Federal Courthouse contributes to an effort to revitalize downtown BY CHRIS HAGAN NEWS REPORTER The skyline north of Franklin Boulevard near the Ferry Street Bridge has been changing as a giant glass and steel structure slowly rises. The structure is the new Wayne L. Morse Federal Courthouse, expected to be completed next summer. Construction on the 270,000-square-foot courthouse is expected cost the federal govern ment $70 million. Beyond its role as a judicial hub, many hope it will lead to a revitalization of downtown Eu gene. The courthouse is being built on the old Agripac cannery site at Eighth Avenue and Mill Street. The city purchased the land after it w as awarded the courthouse proj ect in 2001 over a riverfront site in Springfield. The courthouse building was designed by Thom Mayne and his Morphosis architecture firm of Santa Monica, Calif. The Eugene courthouse will be more modem than the courthouses of old, abandoning the classic look of Greek columns and square archi tecture for a glass entry with curv ing exterior walls above it. Though Eugene already has a courthouse, with only one court room it didn’t meet the needs of the area, and some had concerns about security at the building. The new courthouse will have separate travel ways for the pub lic, judges and prisoners, a new safety requirement for courts. The current courthouse was built be fore the requirement and doesn’t have separate travel ways, Gener al Services Association Public Af fairs Manager for the North west/Artic Region Bill Lesh said. GSA is the federal agency over seeing the project. “It is considered an insecure The new United States Courthouse in Avenue near the Ferry Street Bridge. A-A Tim Bobosky | Photo editor Eugene is being constructed on Eighth building and very crowded,” said Lesh. “The different courts are very anxious to move already. ” The building will have six courtrooms, chambers for six resident judges and COURTHOUSE, page 5 Parker Howell | Editor in chief Filmmaker Lynch addresses University The award-winning director talks on campus tonight about transcendental meditation BY BRITI SH MCCLENAHAN NEWS REPORTER Usually known as a reclusive artist with a fear of public speaking, cult classic filmmaker David Lynch is visiting the University tonight to spread the word about the practice of transcen dental meditation to aid students in coping with the stresses of daily life. Lynch, the award winning director of “Blue Velvet,” “Eraser head,” “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Dr.,” is visiting the Universi ty as a part of his tour, “Consciousness, Cre ativity and the Brain.” The event will take place today at 7:30 p.m. in 150 Columbia. Lynch has been practicing transcen dental meditation for 32 years, since his sister DAVID LYNCH DIRECTOR DAVID LYNCH'S PRESENTATION WhafcDavid Lynch will be presenting “Conscious ness, Creativity and the Brain: The inside story on transcending and the brain." When:Today at 7:30 p.m. in 150 Columbia. There are no more tickets available for this event, but a live simulcast viewing will be featured in the EMU Ballroom. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early for seating space or standing room. LYNCH, page 4 University discusses plans to sell apartments The Lane County Housing Policy Board reviewed the possible Westmoreland Apartments sale BY MEGHANN M. CUNIFF NEWS EDITOR Lane County’s Housing Policy Board had its chance to hear from the University firsthand Monday about its plans to sell the Westmoreland Apartments in West Eugene. The board was not required to hear the Univer sity’s plans and could not formally rule on any thing, but a member requested that University of ficials discuss the possible sale with the board. The 404-unit apartment complex is considered affordable housing by many, and board members questioned what selling the complex could do to the low-income housing market in the city. Board member John Wagner said one of his main concerns hinges on the effect the sale could have on Eugene’s need for low-income housing. “If the University is not providing for that need, that need will fall on the community,” Wagner said. APARTMENTS, page 8
