By talking, perhaps students and police can work out the recent problems. Apparently, they were wrong. During the weeks following each event representatives from the University and the community met to try and find solutions to the party problem. Columnist Jonas Allen offered his take on the dialogue in 1997. Partiers blame police for showing up in riot gear.
Police blame partiers for being too rowdy.
The public blames students for not restraining themselves. The University blames the media for blowing the isolated incidents out of proportion. Measure 5 Fallout Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 5 in November 1991. The measure lowered property taxes for Oregon residents but forced the state's public colleges and universities to raise tuition and make deep cuts in programs. At the University, several programs were axed or reduced, including the School of Education.