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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.
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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