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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1963)
OREGON DAILY Vol. I,XV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1963 No. 17 New Code Working Court Studies Traffic Problems, Rules (editor's Note: This Ik the first ci a two part article concerning the t Diversity's new traffic court, and parking regulations. It was written from information sub mittecf by Mike Detlcfsen. The second article will cover other parking regulations.) The University's new traffic court, established by the recently approved discipline code, is al ready in operation and studying the University traffic situation The court takes over the re sponsibilities of the Campus Hanning Committee involving c: mpus parking They will rule on petitions annealing traffic tick ets, and make recommendations on future parking facilities among other duties Five students, recommended hy ASUO President Phil Sherburne and appointed by University Pres ident Arthur Flemming sit on the committee Francis Nicker son, associate dean of students, is a non voting adviser of the group. Appointed for Two Years Members are Hoger Qualman ichairman i; Mike Detlefsen; Pem Humphreys: and Jeff WycofT Th«* fifth member has not been ap pointed yet. All are sophomores and will serve for two years. The traffic court can also rec ommend to the physical plant any changes in the University traffic situation With the new colirt, the faculty will have no vote on traffic regulations al though they will do administra live work. Court Decides Cases Students may petition the stu dent traffic court for the waiver of any University ticket which they feel is unjust Petitions must be received within five days of tiie ticket date at the University business office or at the physical plant office. (Juilt or innocence will he de cided by the co'irt. After orient ing themselves to traffic rules at the first' meeting, the Traffic Court studied petitions apoealing traffic fines at the second. I.ater this month they will study the campus parking situation. The physical plant distributed about 18,000 copies of the parking regulations, but the court is receiving peti tions for waivers of tickets which are clearly against these regula tions. Safety Promotion Enforcement of University Parking regulations is not in tended to make money, but to prevent traffic congestion and preserve a margin of safety on campus. The first duty of a car or scoot er owner is to register his vehi (Continued nn paqr 5) Colleges to See $19 Million Cut Somehow the $404 million gen eral fund budget must be cut to $358 million. How much of this cut education will have to bear is 1 still unknown The State Department of Fi nance and Administration has ten tativciy planned to reduce by $6. 196,214 the Board of Higher Ed ucation budget of $80,000,283 set by the Legislature. It also plans to cut $37,364 from the $533,770 budget of the Scholarship Commission There is still unspent money for a Portland State College sci ence building appropriated by the 1961 legislature Gov. Mark Hat field wants to stop the construc tion and use the money for this biennium. The governor also wants to eliminate some $10 million for building construction for the 1963-65 biennium. The State Department of Fi nance and Administration has also cut $1,350,000 for aiding com < Continued oit pai/c 5) Mandolin Concert Set for Tonight A full orchestra featuring man dolin; will apocar at 8 p m to day in McArthur Court when the Japanese Mandolin Orchestra makes its first University appear ance. The program will include Ital ian classics, semi-classics, folk songs, Latin, European. Ameri can, and Japanese music. The orchestra is made up of several sections, including first and second tenor, contralto, gui tar, cello, and double-bass. There are also fluios, clarinets, and per cussion instruments. Because the United States has no mandolin orchestras, the group was brought to this country by the Society for International Cul tural Exchange. The orchestra hopes to promote understanding and international friendships and to increase American familiarity with mandolin music. In Japan, the mandolin orchestra is an ex tremely popular form of music. Tickets for the concert are on sale at the main desk of the SU and at the Mattox Pipe shop. Price is SI. The concert is being sponsored by the SU Board KELLY ANN McCORMMACH, seen above in the 100-yard dash, was one of fifty young ladies who competed in the women’s track and field meet Saturday. The meet was sponsored by the Emerald Empire Athletic Assn. Photo: Bigham Senator Disputes Constitution Vote By RON COWAN Emerald News Editor ASUO Senator-at-large Raul Soto-Seelig has charged that the recent ASUO Senate vote on constitutional revisions was unconstitutional, and is working to have the matter reconsid ered by the group, possibly preventing its appearance on the Oct. 30 ballot. Soto-Seelig is requesting a special Senate meeting to ap prove appointments to the constitutional committee. The committee would then rule on the constitutionality of the vote. ASUO President Phil Sherburne, who has called the move Immunizations Set For Students, Staff Immunization shots for influ enza will be given this Wed nesday, Thursday, and Friday. Students may receive their shots ail three scheduled days, but Staff members and employ ees must get theirs on Thurs day and Friday only. The shots are SI. Students’ fees will be taken from their breakage deposits. Students should bring their student body cards to the infirmary. The staff and the employees must pay cash. Budget Committee Studies Fund Cuts Conjecture on possible cuts in University budgets was made in Saturday morning’s meeting of the Student Union and Educa tional Activities Budget Commit tee. So definite action can be taken by the budget committee until the State Board of Higher Educa tion is able to give further direc tion to the University The State Board will meet Oct 28 and 29 The discussion of allocations is a result of the defeat of the Oct. 15 tax referendum. Talk at the budget board prin cipally centered around whether a decrease in the budget would best be met by an increase in in come or a decrease in expendi tures. according to A L (Si) Ellingson. Student Union direc tor. He said that after budgets were made last spring most committee members felt that if any more money were cut out some pro grams would be eliminated. So single line items, which would involve specific programs, were discussed at Saturday’s meet ing. The budget committee will meet 8 a m. Oct. 31. a delaying action,” said Sunday that he had not appointed any one to the committee yet. If the move is ruled unconsti tutional. then the question of re vision will not appear on the gen eral election ballot. Sherburne said he could not make any decision on the matter until be conferred with ASUO Vice-President Bruce McKeel who was still out of town Sun day night. He expressed doubt, however, that a special Senate meeting will be called. He anticipated that the vote will go as planned, but said this is not definite. Senator Walks Out The Senate voted, 12-6. Thurs day night to present several con stitutional revisions to the stu dent body in the Oct. 30 general election. Soto-Seelig walked out of the meeting in protest after the vote. Technically the Senate vote could be considered unconstitu tional since a two-thirds majority of the Senate membership is re quired to approve motions involv ing constitutional amendments. Total membership at the time of the vote was 22 with 10 offices re maining vacant until the general election. Soto-Seelig said during the meeting that the 126 vote was not sufficient to have the revi sions placed on the ballot Sher burne said this wasn’t the case since the Senate had approved each of the revisions by a two thirds majority last spring Soto Seelig was ruled out of order. Asks Special Meeting Sunday the senator presented a letter to Sherburne requesting that he "call for a special ASUO Senate meeting to receive approv al of your appointments to the constitutional committee. "The Constitutional committee has a request to rule unconstitu tional the action taken by the ASUO Senate regarding the place ment of a set of constitutional amendments on the ballot. "1 urge you to call for the spe cial meeting at once. If the con stitutional committee cannot meet (Continued on fo<ie 6) Groups Nominate Queen Candidates Nominations for 1963 Home coming Queen have been submit ted by 62 living organizations. Nominees will be interviewed Tuesday in the SU. Interview times will appear in The Emerald on Tuesday. Room number for the interviews will be posted on the SU bulletin board. Candidates include Gail Abrams. McAlister Hall: Sandra Ako, Sheldon Hall; Gale Arnold, Kappa Alpha Theta: Diane Bab cock, Alpha Xi Delta: Diane Bill ings. Pi Kappa Alpha; Kim Bun ton, Bean West Hall; Joan Bus kett, Sweetser Hall; Ann Carter, Delta Upsilon. Barbara Cook. Phi Gamma Del ta; Georgene Cook, Robbins Hall: Sue Crawford, Aloha Omi cron Pi; Peggy Darr, Phi Kappa Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sara Davis, Theta Chi: Sue Hes ter, Chi Phi: Nancy Edling, Boyn ton and DeCou Halls and Carson 2. Rae Engdahl, McClain Hall: Mardell Llewelling, Zeta Tau Al pha: Jeani Forrest, Carson 5; Lynne Francis, Parsons and Wil cox Halls; Louise Garmendia, Moore Hall; Jane Gilchrist, Lamb da Chi Alpha; Sharon Gowdv, Delta Gamma; Alison Hare. Sig ma Kappa. Mary Kay Harris, Phi Kappa Psi: Susan Hildreth, Spiller Hall; Marilyn Howe. Campbell Club; Laura Howells. Burgess Hall; Merrily Jacobson, Henderson Hall; Joanne Janzik, Delta Chi and Sigma Nu; Barbara Jones, Sigma Chi; Carol Kaulukukui, DeBusk and Gano Halls. Ginger Learning, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Margie Long, Alpha Tau Omega and Delta Tau Delta; Gage Lund. Carson 4: Karen Kull berg. Sigma Phi Epsilon; Peggy (Continued on pat/c 3)% Academic Retreats Chairman Sought A position as chairman of aca demic retreats is now open, and students interested in working in this capacity are asked to contact Jim Morton, SU Board chairman. The chairman is re sponsible for organizing the re treats and obtaining faculty speakers.
