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Police, UO plan to keep this Halloween a treat.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-OCT-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Police, UO plan to keep this Halloween a treat.(City/Region)(Fortified patrols and more party options are planned to keep revelers from scaring up trouble)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard

It's one of those combinations that can dredge up memories, and not all of them pleasant.

Friday night. Halloween. University of Oregon campus neighborhoods.

Actually, it's been a long time since that mix produced much more than a long night of noisier-than-usual parties in the student-dominated apartments near the UO. But after riots erupted two years in a row on weekend Halloweens in 1997 and 1998 - and several other October melees broke out in more recent years - it's a combination that gets some attention.

This year is no different. Police will put beefed-up patrols on the streets near campus to keep parties under control, and student leaders are planning a slate of activities for those who want some fun without the hangover.

"We do not want to see bad things happen," said Sam Dotters-Katz, president of the University of Oregon student government. "We made a realistic attempt to create programming that's...

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