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ALBERTO!
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Section B
Wednesday, May 16, 1984
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 85, Number 156
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Elections
at a glance
Vote totals are according to Associated Press reports
•US President
Gary Hart 57%
Walter Mondale 33%
Jesse Jackson 8%
•US. Rep., 4th Dist
Republicans
Bruce Long 57%
Gene Arvidson 16%
James Peterson 15%
John Newkirk 12%
•Secretary of State
Democrats
Barbara Roberts 56%
Jim Gardner 29%
Steve Anderson 8%
Jack Reynolds 6%
Republicans
Donna Zajonc 59%
Thomas Hardwick 23%
Wilbur Bishop 18%
•State Treasurer
Democrat
Bill Rutherford 53%
David Chen 34 %
David Cargo 8%
John Smets 4%
•Ballot Measure No. 1
Yes 46%
No 54%
•Ballot Measure No. 2
Yes 34%
No 66%
Local vole totals are from final tally of the Lane County
Elections Office
•State Rep., Dist. 39
Democrats
Ron Eachus 3,398
Doris Hall 2.457
•State Rep., Dist. 40
Republicans
Mitchell Hammerstad 2,777
Robert O 'Reilly 1,105
•Supreme Court 1
Hans Linde 29,169
David Nissman 18,286
Albin Norblad 9,442
•Dist. Court Judge 3
Winfrid Liepe 32,742
Thomas Meehan 24,936
•County Commissioner 3
Jerry Rust 6,763
Tonie Nathan 3,262
Jack Craig 2,556
Shirley Whitehead 1,837
Barbara Keinlen 1,302
•County Sheriff
David Burks 29,685
Dave Salyers 13,411
Ron Ciasullo 11,486
Ken Larsen 7,151
Waymon Poole 5,278
•Mayor
Brian Obie 16,586
Michael Gravino 4,175
Wheatgerm Campbell 4,047
George Stathakis 2,590
Dave Sweet 1,568
•City Council
Ward 2
Ruth Bascom 2,459
Katherine Eaton 1,634
Ward 3
Debra Ehrman 1,643
Joyce Nichols 1,097
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IFC trims athletic department's funds request
By Doug Nash
Of the Emerald
The Incidental Fees Committee held
firm against the athletic department
Tuesday, cutting about $128,000 from the
amount the department had originally re
quested in student fees.
The committee unanimously approved
giving the department $722,439, which is
about $100,000 more than last year's
allotment but substantially less than the
department's $850,000 request. The IFC
figure amounts to about $18 per student
per term, as opposed to about $17 this
year.
"Last year, a motion for less than this
was made and voted down because it
was too high," IFC member Marc Spence
told Assistant Athletic Director Chris
Voelz, who was filling in for Athletic
Director Rick Bay. "I think this is about as
high as you're'going to get."
Throughout the IV2 hour meeting, IFC
members expressed the sentiment that
the athletic department should more
seriously try to get funding from the
Legislature.
"There's a growing sense that students
cannot bear the kind of burden the
athletic department is asking them to
bear," IFC Chair Julie Davis said. "There
is no guarantee to us that the situation
will go forward and the problem will be
addressed at a more serious level."
"I doubt that I will ever vote for
$850,000 for the athletic department,"
IFC member Lois Day said. "If we did, we
would be condoning another year where
the athletic department would not be
seeking funding from the Legislature."
But University officials said it has not
been politically feasible as yet to request
athletic department funding from the
Legislature, though they said they would
make an effort to do so next year.
"That's a worry we have," University
Vice President Dan Williams said. "What
happens when we fill Mac Court and we
fill Autzen stadium and we still come up
short? For those reasons, we're very
seriously seeking state aid.
"It's hard for me to say what's going to
happen next year," he continued. "But if
.you say 'no' this year, we don't have any
other alternative."
Voelz said the $850,000 is necessary in
order to make up for higher costs
resulting from inflation, the Legislature's
withdrawal of support, and the legal
mandate to support women's athletics.
But the students were not convinced.
Bill Hallmark, the ASUO's finance and
administration coordinator, had his own
proposal, which would have given the
department $631,084 in incidental fees.
The figure comes from a 40 percent sub
sidy for coed sports, men's minor sports
and women's sports, and a $120,000
ticket subsidy for men's football and
basketball.
"We will give them the support in the
areas they need, ' Hallmark said. "Men's
football and men's basketball are
revenue-producing sports.
The final figure decided upon by the
IFC is somewhat higher than Hallmark's
proposal, because it called for 50 percent
rather than 40 percent support of
women's sports, men's minor sports and
coed sports. In return, students will
receive the same number of reduced
price tickets at Mac Court and Autzen
Stadium as they did this year.
The two sides will meet again Monday
in order to go over the new contract.
University Pres. Paul Olum must make
final approval of the IFC's decision.
Hart trounces Mondale
By David Stone
Of the Emerald
Sen. Gary Hart's campaign for
the democratic presidential
nomination received an important
boost Tuesday as he swept past his
two major democratic opponents
in Oregon.
Hart was the only major
democratic candidate who ap
peared in Oregon; neither former
Vice President Walter Mondale or
the Rev. Jesse Jackson made per
sonnal campaign stops in the state.
A preliminary Lane County tally
showed Hart with more than 53
percent of the popular vote, com
pared with about 30 percent for
Mondale and 10 percent for
Jackson.
Hart's lead statewide was even
more commanding, with more
than 57 percent of the vote cast for
him.
"It's been clear from the polls
that Eugene would go for Hart, that
Lane County would go for Hart and
that Oregon would go for Hart,”
said Susan Sowards, chair of the
Lane County Democratic Central
Committee.
"Anybody active in democratic
politics expected it to be all over by
the time it got to Oregon,"
Sowards said. "And it isn't.”
"I'm not surprised," said Karen
Alvarado, state coordinator of the
Cary Hart for President campaign.
"It's pretty much what we've been
predicting — I'd like to see it
widen."
Alvarado said Hart's win was "ab
solutely crucial" going into the
California primary, where 345
delegates will be committed. There
are only 50 delegates at stake in
Oregon.
Alvarado said the sd-called "yup
pie" vote isn't as important in Lane
County as in other areas of the
country. Rather, she said that a
diverse group of student and
senior citizen volunteers have
worked to gather support for Hart
locally. Students have passed out
leaflets, registered people to vote
and canvassed local areas in sup
port of Hart, she said.
"I always knew we had Oregon,"
she said. "We have a top-drawer,
top-notch organization, and that
makes a big difference."
People who want to support Hart
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Obie, Ehrman take city positions;
Burks, Rust face November run-offs
Brian Obie performed as ex
pected in Tuesday's election, solid
ly defeating his four opponents
and avoiding a general election
run-off by garnering 16,586 votes,
enough to become Eugene's new
mayor.
Jerry "Wheatgerm" Campbell —
a candidate with a unique perspec
tive — provided a close race for se
cond place with his circles of love
campaign, taking 4,047 votes
behind Michael Gravino's 4,175.
In the Ward 3 City Council race,
challenger Debra Ehrman knocked
Joyce Nichols out of the seat she
was appointed to in February with
1,643 votes to 1,097 votes.
When the third set of results
came in at about 10 p.m. Tuesday,
it was apparent that Obie's 53 per
cent would carry him through the
night.
"I want to thank you all for your
patience and your desire to be here
tonight," Obie said at a party in the
Eugene Conference Center. "I'll be
pleased in January of next year to
take the position of new mayor.
"I feel this has been a campaign
for the community, not Brian
Obie," the victor said.
He restated his determination to
help develop and diversify
Eugene's economy, saying "We
have a challenge in front of us that
we have just begun, but with this
support behind us we will be
successful."
Unlike Obie's opponents,
challengers in the contests for
South Eugene County Commis
sioner and Lane County Sheriff
forced November run-offs.
Incumbent Sheriff Dave Burks
captured 29,685 votes, held back by
the other run-off candidate, Dave
Salyers, and Ron Ciasullo, who got
13,411 and 11,486, respectively.
Eight-year incumbent Jerry Rust
was able to capture only 6,763
votes, leaving him in a run-off with
Tonie Nathan, who received 3,262
votes.
Rust said general election voters
will have a better choice of can
didates for his position than
they've seen in 50 years.
“We (he and Nathan) are op
posites in terms of political style,
philosophy and how we approach
the issues," Rust said. “Tonie's
challenge will be to have a platform
that speaks to the issues. I didn't
see this come out during the
election."
Finally, Eugene's ballot measure
authorizing a $190,000 property tax
for a free parking program
downtown passed with 17,651
votes and 10,738.
The tax increase will only affect
property owners ih the Downtown
Development District.