daily Emerald
Vol. 82, No. 130
That
ol’ time
religion
It wasn’t a hot August night,
but evangelists Cindy Lasseter,
Hubert Lindsey and Tammy
Clark brought their traveling
salvation show to the EMU Ter
race Thursday. Pres. Ronald
Reagan said Lindsey saved
California tens of thousands of
dollars by breaking up riots at
the University of California at
Berkeley, according to Las
seter. The trio seemed to incite
more riots than they broke up
Thursday, as discussion often
grew heated.
By JEFF BAKER
Of the Emerald
Former assistant basketball coach Ron Billingslea
was acquitted of first degree theft charges Thursday
night.
A jury of seven men and five women deliberated
almost six hours before declaring Billingslea innocent
by a vote of 10-2. Two women jurors held out for a guilty
verdict, a poll of the jury revealed.
Billingslea was accused of stealing $1,680 in
University funds through an account in his name at
Bronson Travel.
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ASUO plans rally
against budget cut
Hoping to rally student support for higher
education funding, the ASUO and the Student
University Relations Council will hold a rally in the
EMU Breezeway at 11:30 a m today
“If we don't show the legislators that we care
about the future of the University of Oregon, then
we may very well be forced to accept an additional
10 percent cut in higher education’s (1981-82)
budget'' says ASUO Pres. Dave Eaton.
Speakers at the rally will include Rep Jim
Weaver, D-Ore . State Sen. Ed Fadeley, D
Eugene, House Speaker Hardy Myers, D-Port
land, State Senate Pres. Fred Heard, D-Klamath
Falls, University Vice Pres. Curt Simic and Eaton.
The ASUO and the SURC will sponsor "U of O
Day’’ in Salem on Monday. Bus transportation will
be provided at a cost of 50 cents per student
Buses to Salem will leave at 8:30 a m from
McArthur Court
The day’s activities will include a rally on the
Capitol steps, and speeches by several state
representatives and senators. Some students will
meet with Gov Vic Atiyeh
For more information, contact Rich Wilkins,
Suite 4, EMU, 686-3724
Eugene, Oregon 97403
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Friday, April 10, 1981
Former coach Billingslea not guilty
The trial lasted five days and was marked by bitter
accusations on both sides.
Billingslea did not deny receiving two checks
totaling $1,680 from Bronson Travel, but contended he
thought the money was a “fringe benefit" from Bronson
Travel and not University funds.
He said he did not question travel agent Peggy
Hamlin when she told him in March of 1978 that a check
was ready for him. Hamlin could not recall discussing
the checks with Billingslea.
Billingslea also said he did not know unused
portions of airline tickets had value. He accumulated
dozens of unused tickets through recruiting trips and
turned them in to Hamlin after former head coach Dick
Harter left the University.
Deputy district attorney Larson stressed the phy
sical evidence in the case, which showed Billingslea
had cashed the first check for $440 and placed the
second check for $1,240 in his checking and savings
accounts, taking some in cash.
Larson told the jury that if they acquitted Billings
lea, they would send a clear message "that no sport
figure should be indicted, because he won't be found
guilty."
Campus bikers may be walking
if new proposal gains approval
A proposal to prohibit bicycle riding on most
campus walkways is under consideration by the tran
sportation subcommittee of the University Campus
Planning Committee.
The proposal, which would restrict pedalers to a
few marked campus bikeways beginning next fall,
stands a good chance of passing, says subcommittee
chairer Al Urquhart.
“We’re trying to resolve the conflict between
bicyclists and pedestrians," Urquhart says.
Plans to regulate campus bike riding are a reaction
to a large volume of complaints from both cyclists and
pedestrians over the dangers of collisions, especially
during class change periods, he says.
Bicyclists are saying they want designated bike
routes, while others complain that they don't feel safe
walking between classes, Urquhart explains.
The subcommittee has scheduled an April 17
meeting and public hearing on the proposal Urquhart
says he hopes to hear from students who ride their
bikes to school as well as those who don't.
The subcommittee will make a recommendation to
the planning committee on the proposal
“I feel quite sure we will be going ahead with some
sort of regulation of bicycles,” Urquhart says.
The current proposal calls for a ban on all bicycle
riding in the “central campus area” except on walkways
and roads specifically designated as bike routes.
Central campus is the area bounded by Kincaid and
Agate streets, and 16th Avenue and Franklin Boulevard.
According to the plan, 13th Avenue and the EMU
breezeway would be left open to bikes, as well as a
route through the science complex to Franklin
Boulevard.
At least one member of the planning committee is
less than enthusiastic about the proposed restrictions.
Steve Brye, who calls himself “the only bicycle
advocate on that committee,” says he is worried that
the proposal may discourage students from riding their
bikes to campus.
“For the two years that I've been on this campus,
I've urged bike-lane legislation,” says Brye, who admits
he has a “real uneasy feeling" about the current
proposal.
"Anytime you regulate bicyclists, it discoura
bicycle use and maybe even encourages an*
use."
Brye is urging bicyclists to attend the hearing to
give their opinions.