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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1977)
Court improvements being examined Viewpoints interchanged by authorities, citizens By ANA MARIA BELL Of the Emerald "The court system is one of the true safeguards in our democratic system," Oregon Gov. Robert Straub told the Oregon Citizens Conference Thursday at the Uni versity Law School. Straub said he believes the manner in which we select our judges is wrong — that they should not be chosen merely be cause of "name familiarity." He added, "I look for those who share my belief that a judge must have the highest qualities of integrity, wisdom and humility.” Straub insisted citizen involve ment is a vital factor in the preser vation of democracy. The mam purpose of the con ference, which continues through Saturday, is to exchange insights between an assigned panel and citizens concerning a more effi cient court system. The conference was initiated two years ago It is sponsored by the American Judicature Society, the Oregon Judicial Conference and the University School of Law. Problems will be examined by judges and approximately 120 citizens invited from all parts of Oregon These citizens represent a broad cross-section of occupa tions and interests. Four major topic areas are being discussed. These include courts, corrections and the crimi nal justice system, juvenile crime, and the selection of good judges, as well as costs and their alloca tion. The conference features sev eral national and state authorities who will address these topics. Some of the speakers include Oregon chief Justice Arno De neke, Justice Elmer Gunderson of Nevada, Washington Chief Jus tice David Soukup and Larry Berkson, director of educational programs. The conference is primarily for citizens not actively involved or associated with the courts. It is in tended to give the courts an indi cation of what citizens are thinking and to provide a basis for serious review and improvement of the court system. Bicycle registration continues next week Any student who wants to regis ter their bikes with the University may do so next week m the dorms and the following week in the EMU. According to Kelly McKirdy, coordinator of bicycle patrol, free registration will continue Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the University Inn from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Dorm residents and other students can obtain licenses in Carson Hall from 4 to 6:30 p.m., Oct. 26 and Hamilton Hall from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 27. University bike registration will be in the EMU during the week beginning Oct. 31. After that, licenses may be obtained through Campus Security for no charge If a bike already has a Eugene license, it is not necessary to re gister at Campus Security. McK irdy said "One (license) or the rfywwwwwwwwww other is legal on campus,” but the City of Eugene recognizes only the $2 city bicyde license. "The question is to what degree they enforce this,' McKirdy says. “In most cases, the University license is good enough.” According to a University ordi nance. any unregistered bike may be impounded by security per sonnel. Impounded bicycles may be recovered by the owner for a $2 fee. If a registered bike is stolen on campus, it is more easily returned when licensed by the University. If a bike is parked illegally, the re gistration record makes the patrolman s job easier, according to McKirdy A pamphlet explaining Univer sity bike parking regulations will be available at registration. /wwvwwvwuvwwww Photo by Steve Sober Gov. Bob Straub Funds held by Feldman ASUO Pres. Gary Feldman vetoed an allocation of $818 made to Developmental Studies by the Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) last week Developmental Studies had in tended to use the money to help fund its symposium on Sigmund Freud this week. The IFC had al loted the group $450 of its reserve fund and promised the remaining $368 once the supplemental re serve fund for this year was calcu lated. In a letter to the IFC, Feldman said, “I believe that our emergency fund should be used for exactly that — emergencies. As we are all aware, our funds are extremely short and I believe they should be used for existing prog rams and events only." Feldman went on to say, "this is clearly not a time for expansion. I think this symposium does indeed represent expansion and that is something, unfortunately, we cannot afford." The IFC has $2,146 left in its / PSYCHIC can advise on business, love & personal direction Jamil P.O Box 10154 Eugene. Oregon 97401 Phone anytime: 342-2210 484-2441 V___/ MVVWVWVWMMVVVVVV emergency fund. Action on Feldman's veto is delayed until its meeting next week. In order to override an executive veto, at least five of the seven IFC mem bers must be in agreement. At the IFC meeting Wednesday, the committee heard an update on the ASUO radio station project from engineering consultant Sandy Fowler-Hawkins. Fowler Hawkins told the committee that o approximately $2,400 will be needed in order to submit radio applications to two federal agen cies. One application would be made to the Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare for a public radio station grant, Fowler Hawkins said, and another would be made to the Federal Com munications Commission to study the station’s feasibility. --— Watch for the Bookstore’s annual record and book sale. Coming soon. ^WVA/WWVVWVWWWA/VVVWWVUWVWWVVUVWWvwv EMU CuIturaI Forum Presents: StanIey . TurrentIne SuNd/xy, October 25 EMU BaUroom 8:00 PM TicliETs: $4.00 U of O STudENTS $7.70 CeneraI Public Available At Emu Main Desk And The Sun Shop
