Oregon daily emerald., May 21, 1971, Page 3, Image 3

Co-eds win acquittal,
dormitory dispute settled
Two University students were acquitted by a
student court tribunal Thursday on charges of
assaulting a fourth student.
The plaintiff, aided by Student Prosecutor
Steven Chez, charged that on May 11 the two
defendants and a third girl who has withdrawn from
the University provoked a fight in their dormitory
residence. Referring to a typed statement, the
plaintiff said she was on the telephone when one of
the defendants and the former student demanded
she get off the line so they could talk to her. The
plaintiff said she told them twice not to hang up the
phone, after the defendant had allegedly done so.
The plaintiff said when she would not get off
immediately, a fight ensued in which a waste can
and an ashtray were thrown at her.
After the scuffle, she said she was going to her
room when the second defendant came out to see
what was going on. The other two girls allegedly
followed her. At this point the second defendant was
said to have hit the girl bringing charges in the eye.
The plaintiff decided to go outside the dor
mitory, she said, but the three girls followed her and
“kicked me around.” She said she was told not to
press charges or she would be sorry. She went to the
infirmary where she talked to police. She said she
had bruises on her legs, scratches on her neck and
back and what looked “like a bite” on her arm.
The defendants, aided by counsel of their own
choosing, asked to have the charges dismissed on
the basis the plaintiff was using typed notes rather
than relying on her memory.
The defense contended the point of the con
frontation was that the defendants did not like the
plaintiff’s conduct in having a man in after visiting
hours and allowing him to use the bathroom and
shower facilities intended for dorm residents.
A witness, testified she saw the plaintiff
backing out of the dormitory’s back door, followed
by three girls. She said one of the girls either hit or
pushed the plaintiff. The witness ran to find the
Resident Assistant, who was not at home. She then
sought the head resident, but the scuffle was over
when they reached the scene.
The defendants’ testimony was completely
opposite to that of the plaintiff. The first defendant
said she and another girl wanted to talk to the
plaintiff, who hit the former University student with
the receiver.
The defendant said the plaintiff was the one who
threw the ashtray and that it was she also who took
a swing at the second defendant. She continued by
saying the waste basket was thrown at her by the
plaintiff, hurting her elbow. She said she had done
nothing to provoke the incident. The second
defendant testified she came out of her room to see
what was going on when the plaintiff hit her on the
chin and arm.
After concluding remarks by the student
prosecutor and defendants’ counsel, James Levine,
Associate Professor of Political Science, spoke for
the tribunal in acquitting the defendants.
“No student can be convicted unless evidence is
clear and convincing. Such evidence is not shown
here,” he said.
Legislative pay proposal to limit
faculty member wage increases
Professors, judges and some
2,300 low-ranking civil service
workers may face no wage in
creases or limited increases
under a legislative pay plan
proposed at the legislature
Tuesday.
Introduced by Rep. Stafford
Hansell, (R-Umatilla) in the
salary subcommittee of the Joint
Two on trial
for last year’s
Johnson sit-in
Two persons, one presently a
University student and the other
a former student, will go to trial
today for actions rising out of the
Johnson Hall sit-in of April 1970.
Jeffery Freed and Ralph
Nussbaum will face charges of
disorderly conduct.
The trial will be held in
Municipal court starting at 9:30
a.m. Most of the 63 other persons
who were arrested at the same
time as Freed and Nussbaum
forfeited their bail and will
therefore not appear in court.
There were two sit-ins at
Johnson Hall last year. At the
first police were called in and
over 60 persons were arrested.
During the second demon
stration, protestors were told
they were trespassing although
no police were called and no
arrests were made.
Both complaints were signed
by Special Assistant to the
President Gerald Bogen.
This trial will be the first in
connection with the demon
strations of last year at the
University.
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Ways and Means Committee, the
pay proposal would limit
professors to $400 raises, judges
to $500 raises and allow no in
creases for the civil service
workers.
At the subcommittee's Wed
nesday meeting, opposition to the
measure was widespread. State
System of Higher Education
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen told the
group higher education officials
could not support the idea of
legislatively-determined wage
raise limits for individual faculty
members.
An Oregon State Employees
Association representative
(OSEA) called the ommission of
the minimum 5 per cent pay
increases for civil service
workers unfair.
Hansell’s measure would total
$21.2 million for the two-year
period beginning July 1. The pay
increases for all state employees
proposed by Gov. Tom McCall
totals $37 million in comparison,
including $1.8 million for a new
medical insurance plan.
Hansell’s pay package in
cludes :
$8.2 million for faculty
members, judges, legislators,
executives and other elected
state officials, including three
per cent per year increases for
legislators.
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per cent increases on the first
$10,000 of their first year’s salary
with a maximum of $400, and one
per cent of the available total to
be set aside for additional raises
to be determined at the discretion
of educational officials.
Three per cent “discretionary”
pay increases would go to faculty
members the second year, along
with of one per cent for start
ing a medical insurance plan
and two per cent of the total
toward retirement plan im
provements.
Five per cent raises on the first
$10,000 of salary would go to
judges, executives and other
elected officials with individuals
receiving not more than $500 per
year.
Five per cent wage increases
for up to 75 per cent of the eligible
civil service workers the first
year with an extra one per cent of
the available total for “merit”
raises. This portion would cost
$7.3 million.
Five per cent wage raises on
the average for up to 60 per cent
of the eligible worker the second
year, with two thirds of one per
cent for merit increases, one per
cent of the total for a medical
insurance plan and two per cent
for improvements in the
retirement program. This part
would cost $5.7 million.
Hansell said similar proposals
had been introduced in nearby
state’s legislatures and a com
bination of high unemployment,
low employee turnover and
“strong job applications” in
Oregon rendered his plan
reasonable.
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