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Ninkasi Brewing Company’s production facility is embarking on a year-long construction plan that will add more than 70,000 feet to it’s structure and result in a tremendous increase in output.

“For Ninkasi, this is a great step because it allows us to build a new administrative building and more production space and a warehouse to store our beer. We’re really excited, we’re going to be able to do a lot of things we’ve wanted to do for a long time but now have the resources to actually implement,” says Ninkasi Brewing Company founder Nikos Ridge.

Ninkasi currently produces 95,000 barrels a year, but after construction is finished production will increase to 295,000 a year, more than tripling their output. The new facilities and resulting increase in production will also benefit the local community.

“Locally we’ll be able to create a lot more jobs which will be positive and engage more people directly within our community as a part of our company,” says Ridge.

The construction site is just behind Ninkasi’s current facility and is scheduled to be up and running by November 2013.

On October 6th, UOPD was notified of a woman being forcibly fondled outside Autzen Stadium during a football game. Duck TV News finds out how you can stay safe during these events.

Communications Director and Public Information Officer, Kelly McIver states that police presence after the game is prevalent – but it’s always a good idea to stay aware of your surroundings, and to walk in groups.

McIver said, “We’ve got emergency call boxes all over campus with the little blue lights and also people should have a you know, it’s good to have a charged cellphone with you if you feel some sort of dangerous situation or even something that doesn’t feel quite right go ahead and make that call go ahead and make that report.”

UOPD encourages a fun but safe time at Autzen Stadium.

On Thursday October 11, Oregon students celebrated “National Coming Out Day.”   Love.Commitment.Marriage joined campus organizations like LGBTQA, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, questioning and allied, to promote the freedom to marry rather than just domestic partnerships or civil union.

This grassroots group promotes civil marriage rights in Oregon hoping for committed gay and lesbian couples to have the freedom to take the next step together whether its at a courthouse or in a church.

With elections just around the corner, Love.Commitment.Marriage is hoping to get Oregonians talking about equality in civil marriage.

An issue under the spotlight is Eugene’s new measure. The ordinance will try to reign in out of control parties that are negatively affecting Eugene neighborhoods.

The ordinance that was brought to the City Council this past may went through revisions during the summer, and was revisited last week. It would be a citywide crackdown, but it comes in response to parties in neighborhoods around Eugene.

If there was a gathering of five or people with alcohol, and there were two additional offenses, such as a minor in possession or noise complaint, this would result in a violation and the students would have to pay a fine.

Property manager Gordon Anslow believes that this ordnance might be just the thing to get students to behave more responsibly. He said, “They need to grow up and if some fines coming their way from the city helps them along the way, then I think that’s probably a good thing.”

However, with the current language of the measure, property owners might also be fined if multiple violations occur at a specific location under their management. The original proposed fine for students was $500, but this was deemed to high a price for them to pay. Sarah Reiter, a UO senior, said, “Students don’t have that kind of money and the fines obviously aren’t doing anything. I don’t think the punishment of finding someone is going to make them not have another party.”

A public hearing will be held on November 19 to allow further discussion of the ordinance and the City Council is expected to vote on the measure by this December.

The number of sexual assault incidents in the city of Eugene has been increasing over the past year. The associated student body at the University of Oregon is creating a task force in hopes of decreasing these incidents. According to a survey taken by the U.S. department of justice, every two minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. To localize it down to Eugene, the situation becomes even more problematic. Detective Ben Hill with the Eugene Police Department claimed, “Sexual assault is up at 38%, which is an increase from last year.”

The ASUO is taking initiative with their new committee called, “the sexual prevention task force.” President Hinman’s goal for the task force this year is to observe and identify all types of sexual harassments, and once the problems have been identified, to then recognize what procedures of policies need to advance in order to avoid future sexual assaults. The most important goal for the task force is the long-term sustainability of prevention that they hope to develop overtime.