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Mayor Kitty Piercy delivers second State of the City speech | 4 An independent newspaper at the University of Oregon www.dailyemerald.com SINCE 1900 | Volume 107, Issue 72 | Monday, January 9, 2006 Leaks damage campus buildings UO student Several campus buildings sprung leaks in recent storms, causing thousands of dollars in damage accused of BY NICHOLAS WILBUR Dana Winitzky each spent possessing NEWS REPORTER about two hours on New The EMU incurred about Year’s Eve vacuuming the $75,000 in damages after near- flood waters. ly 2.5 inches of water flooded Winitzky “popped” the sky- child porn into to east end of the 50-year- light floor to get to the two old building and dripped down inches of sitting water under James Adrian Raasch, 30, was several levels, ballooning and the tiles, Winitzky said. What arrested after a UO technician breaking the wooden floors in students now see is the result several places. of wooden tiles absorbing the found pornography on his laptop Five or six other buildings water, expanding and buckling were damaged, but Agate An- from the pressure. “We got the majority of the BY PARKER HOWELL nex, which requires about EDITOR IN CHIEF $25,000 to fix basement flood- sitting water, but the damage ing, and the EMU, are the two had already been done,” A University gradu- most costly. Winitzky said. ate student was arrest- Students’ incidental fees of- There are several large ed Wednesday morn- ten help pay for emergency re- bulges in the floor outside ing after Eugene police pairs, but because of the severi- of the EMU ticket office and found child pornogra- ty of the damage, the state’s two in the skylight room phy on a laptop com- insurance is expected to pay that stretch more than 12 feet puter he brought to a the majority of the bill. in length. campus computer lab The EMU leaks happened af- The University is working on for repair. JAMES A. RAASCH ter 2.5 inches of rain fell on assessing the damage and get- James Adrian SUSPECT Dec. 30, causing the drain on ting an exact estimate on the Raasch, 30, was the third floor terrace to over- cost of repairs from state insur- charged with one flow into the skylight and the ance adjusters and contractors. count of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse II two floors underneath. The University Senior Director of for possessing a video file depicting a sexual current door seals from the Public and Media Relations act with a child who appeared to be 6 to 9 third-floor terrace to the EMU Mary Stanik wrote in an e-mail years old, police said. Raasch was lodged at skylight have almost no lip to that the $75,000 in damage is the Lane County Jail until Friday evening keep out water and the outside the University’s estimate for the when he was freed after posting $40,000 bail. drain isn’t located at the EMU, but that wasn’t the only A computer technician servicing Raasch’s terrace’s lowest point. building found in high water. laptop found the file and alerted police, The University will be look- She said there are five or six EPD spokeswoman Kerry Delf said. An ing into door seal repairs or re- other locations on campus that officer viewed the file and decided to obtain a placements and alternative have flood damage. search warrant. TIM BOBOSKY | PHOTO EDITOR drainage options. “After the EMU, the next Police arrested Raasch at his apartment Building leaks caused damage to the EMU’s hardwood floors in the Skylight Lounge EMU Director Dusty Miller most troubling site is the Agate near campus on Wednesday. during the break. and EMU Facilities Director DAMAGE, page 10 Police confiscated the laptop, and comput- er crimes experts are examining it further, RAASCH, page 10 Progressive-minded store a fit for Eugene Freshman An alternative clothing store opens near campus, charged with selling clothes made without using sweatshop labor dealing pot BY EVA SYLWESTER Apparel,” American Apparel proj- SENIOR NEWS REPORTER ect manager and site selector Scott Allen was arrested when police company known for mak- Tacee Webb said. “It’s the quin- found four ounces of marijuana, ing all of its colorful knit tessential ideal of what American money and a scale in his car Aclothing in the U.S. with- Apparel should be and where out the use of sweatshops now American Apparel should be.” occupies an often-vacant spot on While many store chains might BY PHILIP East 13th Avenue. ignore Eugene, Webb said Eugene OSSIE BLADINE HASANG CHEON | PHOTOGRAPHER NEWS REPORTER American Apparel moved to — and more specifically, the Uni- American Apparel, a new clothing shop, is now open on East 13th Avenue. 860 E. 13th Ave. in mid-Decem- versity area — was chosen be- A University student ber. The company, which already cause it’s progressive-minded and cheese steak restaurant a Lundquist College of Business, will not return to class- has two stores in Portland, was has a large concentration of the couple of incarnations ago. said American Apparel’s sweat- es in Eugene this term founded eight years ago as a mainly young “creative class.” University Bookstore General shop-free methods could after he was arrested wholesale retailer, and has Marian Friestad, associate Manager Jim Williams, who appeal to two groups of people: for dealing marijuana opened more than 100 stores professor of marketing and asso- has been in management at the those who are in favor of out of the Corvallis worldwide in the past two and a ciate dean of the graduate bookstore and observing the buying American-made prod- branch of Pizza half years, American Apparel school, said American Apparel’s changing neighborhood for 34 ucts to support the U.S. econo- Pipeline, according to spokeswoman Alexandra Spunt uniqueness in the campus neigh- years, added that the building my and those who are political- Corvallis police. SCOTT M. ALLEN wrote in an e-mail. borhood will make success more has also been home to a stereo ly active in their opposition to Scott Michael Allen, SUSPECT “I kind of like it here. I think likely for the store. equipment store, a music store sweatshop labor. 19, a freshman who it’s nice,” Eugene resident Priscil- “It’s not another restaurant and many other restaurants “I think awareness of that lived in Barnhart Hall, was arrested by the Cor- la Mills said while visiting the or another coffee shop,” Friestad over the years. He wishes is stronger in university com- vallis Police Department on Dec. 19 after an store with her adult daughter. said. “It doesn’t have any American Apparel well. munities than in the public at anonymous caller said there was drug activity Mills added that while she direct competition in the “As a business person who large,” Kahle said. occurring at the pizza place. Allen identified himself as one of the store’s managers and con- thought the store was aimed at a immediate area.” thinks a dynamic retail district Spunt wrote that the strategy sented to a search of the business and his car, younger crowd, she wouldn’t The location has had many in the campus area is a good of keeping all manufacturing according to a Corvallis police press release. mind buying clothes there. different tenants before thing, I hope they succeed,” he within the company’s Los An- Officers found nothing inside the business, The company is enthusiastic American Apparel. wrote in an e-mail. geles headquarters serves mul- but they discovered about four ounces of mari- about Eugene’s reputation for “That space has obviously had Webb said the store is tiple purposes. socially conscious consumers. problems finding itself,” Friestad already doing well in sales. juana, $960 in cash and a digital scale with “First of all, it is much more “Eugene, I think, is such a said, adding that she last remem- Lynn Kahle, professor of marijuana residue on it in Allen’s vehicle. The fantastic area for American bered 860 E. 13th Ave. as a Philly sports marketing in the APPAREL, page 12 ALLEN, page 10 CommentaryCommentary Monday, January 9, 2006 NEWS STAFF (541) 346-5511 I Editorial PARKER HOWELL EDITOR IN CHIEF SHADRA BEESLEY MANAGING EDITOR STEVEN NEUMAN Building JARED PABEN NEWS EDITORS OSSIE BLADINE RYAN KNUTSON EVA SYLWESTER disrepair: an NICHOLAS WILBUR NEWS REPORTERS SHAWN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR SCOTT J. ADAMS issue that LUKE ANDREWS JEFFREY DRANSFELDT SPORTS REPORTERS AMY LICHTY PULSE EDITOR cannot wait TREVOR DAVIS ANDREW MCCOLLUM PULSE REPORTERS The yellow tape surrounding bulging, AILEE SLATER COMMENTARY EDITOR water-damaged floors in the EMU’s east wing GABE BRADLEY should signal caution both to passing pedes- KIRSTEN BROCK trians and to state lawmakers: Building JESSICA DERLETH ARMY FETH repairs, especially preventative maintenance, COLUMNISTS are not receiving adequate funding. DAWN HELZER MATT TIFFANY With a backlog of more than $123 million COPY CHIEFS in needed repairs (“Campus maintenance ASHLEY CHASE costs total $123 million to date” ODE Dec. 5), JENNY DORNER BRYN JANSSON maintenance needs from broken steam pipes JOSH NORRIS to leaky roofs plague our buildings. Recent JENNA ROHRBACHER COPY EDITORS water damage to the EMU alone will cost an TIM BOBOSKY estimated $75,000, and five or six other build- PHOTO EDITOR ings may have suffered rain damage during HASANG CHEON KATE HORTON the winter break. ZANE RITT Maintenance presents a dirty, costly prob- KAI-HEUI YAU lem, but it’s a burden that nobody wants to PHOTOGRAPHERS pay for. Facilities Services, the department JONAH SCHROGIN AARON DUCHATEU | ILLUSTRATOR DESIGN EDITOR that oversees campus buildings and grounds, MOLLY BEDFORD receives only about $5 million each year from SARAH DAVIS I In my opinion KERI SPANGLER the University general fund to maintain about NATALIE WINKLER 5 million square feet of building space.

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