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Vol. LXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1369 No. 131
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HB 1880 change
includes trespass
of public property
SALEM (Special) — A bill
that hurried through the Ore
gon House with unusual speed
and then slowed down in the
Senate Education Committee
may leave the committee
amended to extend beyond the
original intent of the bill.
House bill 1880, which
aroused the concern of students
and legislators for its speed in
passage and content, may be
amended to result in a public
property trespass law.
The amended version of the
bill would extend the right of
the Governor to declare a state
of emergency when a clear and
present danger exists to all
public property. The original
bill limited the Governor to de
claring the emergency to state
college and university cam
puses.
The Senate Education has or
dered the bill re-engrossed and
will probably take action on it
Wednesday. Monday the bill
was introduced and discussed.
The proposed amendment re
quires the Governor to consult
with the public official, such as
the university president or
other officer in charge of the
state building involved, and the
police before any emergency
period is declared under the
bill. The Governor would have
to put the bill into effect before
anyone could be prosecuted by
it.
The public property would
have to be described in the
emergency proclamation and it
would have to be publicized.
Any person excluded from pub
lic property under the provi
sions of the amended bill would
have priority in circuit court
for review of their case.
Other action by the Legisla
ture may liberalize punishment
of marijuana violators. The new
law would allow judges the op
tion of treating the possession
or use of marijuana as a felony
or a misdemeanor. Present law
provides for punishment as a
felony. The bill has been passed
by both houses unanimously.
The House approved a bill
which could create a 15-member
board of education to supervise
all public education. The bill
passed the House, State and
Federal Affairs Committee de
spite objections from educators.
The bill would become effective
Jan. 1, 1970.
No action has been taken by
either house on the plan.
Athletics, music cut for new programs
Changes affect ASUO budget
By ROBIN ROY
Of the Emerald
The 1969-70 ASUO budget, in
cluding an amendment dras
tically altering University prior
ities, was approved Monday
night by the ASUO Senate.
The amended budget was ap
proved by a 23-3 vote.
Areas seriously affected by
the amendment were the ath
letic department and and the
music department. Eleven other
departments were affected.
Four new areas emerged
from the amendment: Ethnic
Studies, budgeted at $75,000:
Conflict Center, $25,000: Visit
ing Professor Program, $18,000
and Ombudsman, $10,000.
Money for the Ethnic Studies
would go toward a center for
the study of Blacks, Mexican
Americans and American In
dians. Funding would also be
available for a scholarship pro
gram. This area represents the
highest increase in the budget.
Incidental fees available total
$1.17 million. The Fiscal Com
mittee presented its proposed
budget Thursday night. The
amendment, which passed 20-6
originated Sunday in what one
senator termed, "a sort of ad
hoc committee.”
"A number of people met last
night (Sunday) to go over the
material presented by the fiscal
Amended HB 1880
Editor’s Note: The following is a copy
of the proposed amendments to House
Bill 1880, the campus disruption bill.
House Bill 1880 would be amended to read:
Relating to public property; providing penal
ties; and declaring an emergency. Be it enact
ed by the People of the State of Oregon:
Section 1. As used in this Act unless the
context requires otherwise: (1) "Police”
means the municipal police and the county
sheriff of the political subdivision in which
the public property is located, and the De
partment of State Police.
(2) “Public official” means the state officer
or employee who is the administrative head of
the board, commission, state agency or division
or department thereof which has jurisdiction
over any public property, or his designate.
(3) “Public property” means state lands,
premises and buildings including but not limit
ed to any building used in connection with
the transaction of public business or any lands,
premises or buildings owned or leased by the
State of Oregon.
Section 2. After consultation with the pub
lic official, or his designate, and the police,
the Governor may proclaim an emergency per
iod if he finds that there exists on any public
property a clear and present danger of in
jury to persons, damage to property or denial
of or substantial interference with ingress or
egress from public property. The proclama
tion shall describe the public property affected
by the proclamation. He shall cause his proc
lamation to be publicized. When the Governor
finds that the danger has ended, he shall pro
claim the end of the emergency period.
Section 3. During tlie emergency period pro
claimed by the Governor under section 2 of
this Act. the public official shall order ex
cluded from the public property described in
the proclamation such persons who in the
judgment of the public official are contributing
to or aggravating the danger which the Gov
ernor has proclaimed to exist.
Section 4. After informing the person or
dered removed or excluded from the public
property of the proclamation and order, the
police shall remove or exclude such person
from such public property.
Section 5. Any person ordered removed or
excluded from any public property under sec
tion 2 of this Act shall have immediate access
to the circuit court for the county in which the
property is located for review of the order of
exclusion or removal. Such access shall be in
the form of a writ or review and shall be
given priority over all cases on the docket of
the circuit court.
Section 6. Any person who, having been or
dered excluded or removed from any public
property, knowingly enters thereon or who
remains on such property during an emer
gency period proclaimed by the Governor un
der section 2 of this Act and who refuses to
leave such property upon request by the po
lice shall, upon conviction, be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more
than one year or by a fine of not more than
$500, or both.
Section 7. This Act being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, an emergency is declared
to exist, and this Act shall take effect on its
passage.
committee which was very val
uable. We got to talking about
issues and a group of us came
up with these proposals,” Sena
tor Tom English explained.
The total request of the com
mittee was $1,171,279. A total
of $1,162,880 is available, which
means $8,399 must be cut. In
addition, $23,045 for salaries
and assessments must be in
cluded, calling for a total cut
in the amendment committee’s
proposal of $31,444. As of press
time, no solution had been of
fered.
The amendment proposed:
• Athletic Department:
Eliminating a requested $249,
000 request but supplying a
$100,000 reserve should the de
partment not break even or
make profits.
• Music: Decreasing the sub
sidy by $8,150 dropping t h e
budget from the proposed $18,
350 to $10,200.
• EMU house: Cutting by
$5,000 providing an expense
budget of $111,694.
• EMU foods: Cutting ex
penses by $2,500 and realizing
a $510,941 income,
• University programs: In
creasing the budget by $600,
totaling $10,900.
• W It A and Recreation
Council: Eliminating WRA as a
separate item, putting it under
Recreation Council. The Coun
cil’s budget now stands at
$25,215.
• Rally Board: Cutting the
budget entirely.
• Model United Nations: Re
ceiving an increase of $600 onto
a proposed $25,000.
• ASUO administration: In
creasing by $21,000. Including
the Forensics budget which was
dropped as a separate item.
• Draft Information Center:
Increasing to $3,560.
• International Education
Center: Upped by $1,350 to $5,
630.
• SEARCH: Was rebudgeted
at $7,150.
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Wants responsive student government
Winger-Alpert urge more involvement
BY WANDALYN RICE
Of the Emerald
Bob Winger and Spence Al
pert want to make student gov
ernment more responsive and
get more people involved, while
improving? the image of the Uni
versity with the community.
Winger, candidiate for the
ASUO presidency, is a junior in
history and has been involved in
student government ever since
he started as a freshman at the
University.
His running mate, Spence Al
pert is a first year law student
and "as an undergrad, I wasn’t
involved at all.”
I an interview Sunday, the two
candidates explained their pro
grams, goals and reasons for
running for office.
According to Winger, his in
terest in student government
began very early. “My father has
been a professor at OSU for 30
years. My whole environment
has been one of education and
it has given me an interest in
education and a sense of citizen
ship.
You can learn about yourself
and learn how to handle people.
I intend to go to law school and
the things I have learned by
being committed to goals and
principals will help me.”
Alpert said he became involv
ed for the first time this year
WINGER-ALPERT, ASUO PRESIDENTIAL TICKET
Seeks responsive government, student involvement, improved University image
because "I could see many
changes that needed to be made
in the education system and I
could see that many people who
were trying to make changes
weren’t going about it in the
best possible way.
"1 l'elt that I could try to im
prove University relations be
tween the University and the
community.”
Both candidates feel it is im
portant to get more students in
volved in student government.
To do this, they propose to have
an activity interest card in the
registration packet. On this, stu
dents could indicate interest in
various programs and areas.
Thus, when a committee is
formed to work on a project,
leaders could get names of peo
ple who have expressed an in
terest and make personal con
tact with those people.
In addition. Winger and Al
pert explained, the student body
officers “should show a personal
interest after people get in
volved and try to effectuate the
programs they are working on
so they get some rewards.”
Winger said, "You mobilize
people by not staying on the
third floor of the EMU. You
can't stay even a little bit aloof.
“You have to be personal
enough that they feel you are
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