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In ASUO committees Faculty group reviews no-pass grade system Different views on grading will be brought up in a seminar of faculty members before win ter term elections. The planned seminar was dis closed at the ASUO Senate Aca demic Committee meeting Mon day. Participants will discuss the pass-fail system, group require ments, lower division courses and will attempt to formulate grading proposals for the ballot. In other action, the committee approved Eric Larson, a senior, and Paul Brainerd, a junior, for membership on the Computer Registration Committee. The two will work with other students and faculty members to implement computer handling of the much-criticized registration procedure. Brainerd conjectured that a random sample of students may test a computer program spring term. Governing The ASUO Governing Com mittee, in a meeting Monday de cided to re-submit to the Senate a bill providing a censure system for Senators frequently absent without excuses. The bill, defeated earlier this year by the Senate, is an attempt to ensure responsibility and ef ficiency within the Senate, the committee decided. In further action ,the commit tee discussed, but did not act on, the proposed office of the presi dent of the Senate. The creation of the new office has been sug gested to relieve the vice-presi dent of some of his duties, leav ing more time for administrative work. The discussion centered on the question of whether the officer should be elected by the entire student body in the winter term elections or whether he should be chosen by the new Senate. ASUO Senator Bob Winger argued that the officer would be more responsive to the Sen ate and would expedite action if elected by the Senate. Administrative assistant Bill Kerlee stated that the officer would be more influential and would not be subject to “the whims of an irresponsible Sen ate” if elected by the student body at large. Fiscal The ASUO Fiscal Committee will aim its efforts this term at thoroughly researching four principal budget areas, Commit tee Chairman Jerry Gauche said at a meeting Monday evening. The four budget areas include student health services, EMU educational activities, athletic department and gym suit and towel services. Gauche said he hopes that each one of his committee mem bers will become well versed in one area. He added that when the budget requests for the next year come in this March, the committee can be sure the budgets are broken down and show exactly how the money will be used. Next week the committee will probably discuss financing win ter term elections, commented Gauche. He said plans are be ing made to use votomatic ma chines for the election and at present those in charge of the arrangements feel they will need paid pollers to effectively oper ate the machines. Gauche said the machines will probably cut printing and tabulating expenses. These sav ings may balance out the money required to pay the machine operators. The Fiscal Committee also intends to study the financial standings of the University fac ulty club, according to Gauche. Gauche commented, in addi tion, he plans to check with Acting University President Charles Johnson for available funds to help the University draft information program and the club sports program which are “badly in need of funds.” Tuesday afternoon 4-7 HAPPY HOURS • Low-Priced Take Home Beer THE COOLER 20 Centennial Loop PAD YOUR WALLET Sell Unwanted Merchandise In Oregon Daily Emerald Classified Ads. Classified ads must be in to 301 Allen Hall by 2:00 p.m. one day prior to publication date. Committee files writ in traffic fine dispute By ROBIN ROY Of the Emerald A mandamus was filed in Lane County Circuit Court by the Faculty Staff Parking Com mittee to force either Lane County District Court or Muni cipal Court to handle Univer sity parking fines. According to Donald Thomp son, head of the committee, the mandamus is directed to give one of the two courts the au thority to handle the cases. At present all three judges in Lane County District Court Frank Alderson, William Beck ett and William Bartle, have re fused to hear cases involving University parking citations. They question the constitu tionality of Oregon Revised Sta tue 352.360, which states that while the State Board of High er Education has the right to make traffic rules for state in stitutions, proceedings to pun ish violators must be made in district court. “I believe that we’re entitled to the services of the district court.” Thompson said. While students can’t take their cases to the local courts, as it stands now, they also have grounds on which to dispute the University's policy of tak ing parking fines from then breakage fees as a result of a Lane County Circuit Court deci sion. Citing ORS 352.360, Paul Nolte, second-year law student, won a case on Nov. 20 con tending that it was illegal for the University to fine him be cause to do so would be in vio lation of his right to due pro cess of law. Nolte said until the district court agrees to take the cases or until the State Legislature changes the law, enabling the University to collect fines, any student can instigate proceed ings in small claims court to retrieve parking fines from his breakage fee, citing the Nov. 20 "landmark” case. Thus, with the district court refusing to hear traffic cases and with the possibility of stu 3,500 people march Activities unhampered by Development Walk Despite the scattered com plaints voiced by various mem bers of the Emerald staff of sore feet, turned ankles and charleyed legs, apparently few people who participated in the 32-mile Walk for Development Saturday were so incapacitated that they could not continue with their regular weekday activi ties or had to have medical aid for their feet. Approximately 3,500 people took part in the walk to raise money for poverty projects in Lane County and South Korea, according to the Walk for De velopment Committee. Each of the walkers gathered sponsors who paid so much a mile for each leg of the journey that his walker completed. A Walk Committee spokesman estimated that between 700 and 900 marchers finished the jour ney. Walk for Development officials estimate that $30,000 was earned by walkers on Saturday. The to tals will not be ready until early in February according to a com mittee spokesman. One would have expected that after trudging through the streets of the Eugene area for 32 miles that many persons would be sporting canes, ankle bandages and other walking aids. Reports did not confirm this as sumption. The District 4 high schools reported that absenteeism was no higher Monday than usual. In fact, one district official said that there were fewer absenses than usual on Monday. Dr. Julian Reinschmidt of the Student Health Service stated that there was no great influx of students seeking medical treat ment for sore or blistered feet. Two downtown pharmacies said that the sale of conventional McCarthy admits possible candidacy NEW YORK (JP> — Sen. Eu gene McCarthy said Saturday night he would not rule out an other run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. The Minnesota Democrat, who said last October that he would not run for re-election as a Dem ocrat, said he would make a de cision on another presidential race well before the 1972 Dem ocratic convention. McCarthy made the com ments in an interview after he urged party reforms of 2,800 state Democrats attending an all-day conference in a Brooklyn hotel. foot remedies saw no increase. Two Eugene podiatrists that were contacted said that their ease load was no heavier than usual because of the walk. State Senator Ed Fadeley was in the state capital despite the fact that he walked well over six miles of Saturday's sojourn, with Sen. Don Willner of Multnomah County and Pendleton District Attorney Joe Smith. dents disputing University lin ing, University parking traffic cases are up in the air. However, as of last week, the business office will not change its practice of collecting fines from a student’s deposit, accord ing to University Business Man ager W. N. McLaughlin. Mc Laughlin said he had not yet been notified in writing of the Nolte decision and he stated that the decision concerned only Nolte's specific case and not the general policy . McLaughlin was not available for comment Monday. Ceramic platters to be displayed A collection of ceramic plat ters by Bob James will be dis played in the Museum of Art on the University campus for a two-week period through Jan. 26. James is an associate profes sor of art at the University. He has been teaching courses in ceramics and design since 1955. Deeply colorful, glowing, pro ducing almost magical images, the platters represent a great technical skill and facility. The glazes are applied in a series, using Chinese paint brushes which James prefers for this purpose, and waxing over each application in order to main tain a clear image. James has exhibited his pot tery both regionally and na tionally with his first one-man show being held in 1963 at the Oregon Ceramic Studio. He pro duced the terra cotta ceramic mosaic mural on the ceramic studio wall facing the court yard of the School of Architec ture and Allied Arts. To A Great "UNIT" On His 21st K. I. BEEMAN HAPPY HANGOVER From all the turkeys
