Former foriegn students
face possible deportation
By PAUL TELLES
Of the Emerald
Two former University students face possible
deportation Tuesday at an immigration hearing in
Portland.
The U S. Immigration and Naturalization Ser
vice alleges that Ismet Guchan, a former archi
tecture student, and Turkan Erden, who recently
received a master’s degree in psychology, have
allowed their visas to expire.
Guchan arrived in the United States on Jan.
3, 1979, with a student visa good for two months
but failed to re-apply when it expired, according
to INS officials.
Erden, a Fulbright scholar, had a visa good
from September, 1979, to August, 1980, accord
ing to officials.
Erden says she applied to the Turkish Em
bassy for extension of her visa more than nine
months ago and was waiting for the embassy's
response when she and Guchan, her husband,
were arrested at their home in Amazon Student
Housing on April 10.
Erden says she has received permission to
extend her stay since her arrest but has been
unable to complete her application because the
INS won’t release her passport.
Erden is planning to begin doctoral studies in
psychology this summer. As a student’s spouse,
Guchan — who says he dropped out of the
University during winter term because he was
unable to make deferred tuition payments —
would automatically receive visa renewal.
They say it isn’t unusual for foreign students’
visas to expire while waiting for permission to
extend their stay, and that the INS usually takes
no action is such cases.
However, in their case Erden and Guchan say
the government is anxious to deport them
because of Guchan’s alleged communist affilia
tion.
The INS says it is routine to arrest students
who overstay their visas and that the case of
Guchan and Erden is not politically motivated.
“They haven’t been charged with a political
crime,” says Oregon INS Deputy Director Carl
Houseman. “Politics is not an offense.”
However, it is illegal for resident aliens to be
members of organizations advocating "the
violent overthrow of our system of government,”
Houseman says.
Guchan was identified as a member of the
Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade in a
February Emerald article headlined “Cops nab
communist.”
The article documented Guchan’s Feb. 11
arrest on the EMU Terrace for allegedly interfer
ing with police when they arrested RCYB
members John Kaiser and Nancy Whitley follow
ing a ribbon-burning incident during ex-hostage
Victor Tomseth’s University visit on Feb. 9
Houseman says the INS became aware of
Guchan's whereabouts and checked on his visa
status following his arrest. It is routine for immi
gration officials to check newspapers for infor
mation on foreign students, he says.
Portland attorney Ann Witte, who is repre
senting Guchan and Erden, says the article was
introduced as evidence of Guchan’s communist
affiliation during an April bail hearing.
If it weren’t for the article, Witte says Erden
would have been released on her own recog
nizance and Guchan would have paid far less
than the $3,000 he had to post.
“They are seen as enemies of the country
because of your (the Emerald's) reckless report
ing,” Witte says.
Witte has requested that the Emerald print a
front-page retraction of the story. The paper has
refused her request.
The Emerald based its identification of Gu
chan as a brigade member on his prominent part
in brigade activities such as selling the Revolu
tionary Communist Party’s "Revolutionary
Worker” in the EMU.
Grannell
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vote, get the story out to the
communities and make your
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The Revenue Committee has
targeted the first week of June
to conclude their plans. Prior to
that, hearings will take place on
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changes in Gov. Victor Atiyeh’s
recommended budget are
proposals to revise weatheriza
tion tax credits and allow the
political party checkoff to end.
Grannell said it would be
"shortsighted'' to reduce tax
credits for weatherization in
light of possible increases in the
price of energy. And the political
party checkoff has become a
partisan issue, with Democrats
Tignung 10 mainiain n, ne said.
However, after the dust has
cleared, the Reagan budget
cuts may “shatter it all,” Gran
nell said. The effect of the ad
ministration's budget cuts will
have to be dealt with next
November, he said. Tax in
creases will be especially un
popular with legislators then
because of the proximity to
primary elections, he said.
Students should deal with this
by making the Legislature
aware of their political power,
Grannell said.
Coalition hosts event
Fair begins tomorrow
By LESLIE FERRIS
Ol the Emerald
Oregonians can learn about their mountains,
forests, rivers, coast and high desert at the
second annual Wild Oregon Fair and Auction.
The Oregon Wilderness Coalition, which is
sponsoring the event with radio stations
KZEL ;. KBDF and the Willamette Valley Ob
server, will hold the event Saturday in the Lane
County Fairgrounds Convention Center from 11
a m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a m. to 6 p.m.
Admission is $2.50 for the general public, $2 for
seniors and $1 for children under 12.
Over 80 booths representing conservation,
recreation and outdoor groups, government
agencies, commercial and retail outfitters and
outdoor stores from throughout the Northwest will
display their wares and talk with people about
their interest in enjoying and perserving a wild
Oregon. Slide shows, films and workshops will
run continously during the fair.
Films topics include cross-country skiing,
endangered wildlife and wilderness preservation.
Slide shows of forest, river and desert wilderness
proposals, bike touring and wild and scenic rivers
also will be shown Workshops will cover flytying
and flyfishing, beginning backpacking and other
outdoor pursuits.
A number of special events are scheduled,
including a minimum impact wilderness trail, a
flycasting pool, a mountain-climbing exhibition,
alternative shelter displays, a live reenactment of
the days when free trappers roamed the Oregon
country and Sundari, and a 9-month-old Bengal
tiger cub from Wildlife Safari.
Over 100 items, including a wide variety of
camping and sporting equipment, wilderness
trips led by experienced guides and outfitters,
Oregon arts and crafts and much more have been
donated by Oregon businesses and individuals to
be auctioned off by professional auctioneers
beginning Saturday at 3 p m. Auction guides are
available at most area outdoor stores and the
goods can be viewed from 11 a m. to 3 p m the
day of the auction.
The auction is OWC’s primary fundraising
event Proceeds are used to protect Oregon's
wild lands and rivers.
An added attraction to this year's fair is a Wild
Oregon Media Festival to be held Saturday at 7
p.m. The festival will feature slide shows taken by
Oregon photographers, with the headline event,
being two 11-projector slide shows: "Mountain
Visions” and "Salmon River Odyssey,” by Gary
Grimm and Katy Flanagan.
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