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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Friday. January 30. 1987
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 88. Number 91
IFC turns down proposal
to raise incidental fees
By Sheri Metzier
Of the Kmerald
The incidental Fee Committee voted last night not to in
crease fees and discussed the procedure for upcoming budget
hearings.
"There is no way that groups can ask to raise student
fees," said committee member Jim Randall. "We can’t afford
increases with our government.”
Each group is allowed a 30-minute hearing before the IFC
votes on its budget. The committee decided to first hear the
goals and then the amounts that each group wants. If the
group does not get the amount of money it requests, the ap
peals process will be explained at the end of the hearings.
Kari Rothi, co-director of the Women’s Referral and
Resource Service, asked the IFC to transfer funds from a
defunct women’s escort account and the conference account
into the speaker's account to help fund an upcoming concert.
The committee decided instead to loan the WRRS the funds.
“Incidental fees are not normally spent on fund-raising
events,” IFC chairwoman Jodie Mooney said.
The committee moved to transfer surplus funds into the
deficit Office of Student Advocacy account. That account ran
into debt during October and November of 1986.
The over-realized monies committee, which addresses
funds to physical and cultural interests that benefit students
as a group, asserted that the money should not be used to sup
plement salaries, course requirements or academic needs.
Also, the money is not to be used in any way for ad
ministration because it wouldn’t benefit as many students.
Former University student
files suit against Emerald
By Sarah Kitchen
Of the Emerald
Paul Sturtz, a former Univer
sity student, has filed a lawsuit
against the Oregon Daily
Emerald Publishing Co. Inc.,
claiming the newspaper is guil
ty of wrongful dismissal and
reverse sexual discrimination.
Sturtz is suing for $109,000,
loss of agreed salary, general
damages and punitive damages.
On April 21 last year, Sturtz
was appointed by the Emerald’s
board of directors to be Emerald
editor starting May 1. But two
weeks later, the board reversed
its decision and appointed
Michelle Brence as editor, a
position she currently holds.
The board appointed Brence
after reviewing a grievance she
submitted contesting Sturtz’s
appointment on the basis of sex
ual discrimination, in which
she said she was a more
qualified candidate.
Brence has written for the
Emerald since 1984. She also
has served as editorial page
editor and managing editor.
In response to Brence’s
grievance, the board formed an
independent, three-member
committee, consisting of staff
from the journalism school,
University relations and person
nel services to review both the
hiring process and the qualifica
tions of the applicants.
According to a statement
released from the board, “due
to the committee's criticism of
the selection criteria, and based
upon the direction of discussion
within the board itself, Michelle
Paul Sturtz
Brence has been named editor
of the Emerald with the full sup
port of the board.”
Sturtz had four years’ ex
perience as a freelance writer as
well as two months as an
associate editor with the
Emerald. He also had worked as
an intern research assistant at
Mother Jones magazine.
Sturtz claims he was dismiss
ed without cause and in breach
of the contract into which he
entered. “The Oregon Daily
Emerald Publishing Co., Inc.,
committed an unlawful employ
ment practice in that it
discharged plaintiff (Sturtz)
from employment on account of
his male sex,” according to the
suit.
In the suit against the Oregon
Daily Emerald Publishing Co.
Inc., it is stated the Emerald has
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2 Senate bills introduced to boost
state's chances of attracting SSC
By Shawn Wirtz
Of the Kmrrald
Two bills were introduced in the Oregon
Senate Thursday that may boost Oregon’s chance
at being selected as the site for a federal high
energy atom smasher, said Sen. Mae Yih.
Oregon is competing with 25 other states to
win the Department of Energy’s proposed Super
conducting Super Collider, which would allow
physicists to smash protons into each other and
study the resulting fundamental particles.
Former Gov. Vic Atiyeh's task force recom
mended a site 35 miles north of Eugene near
(.ebanon for the $4 billion project. The bill would
place the siting, development and operation of
the SSC under the jurisdiction of the Economic
Development Department.
‘‘The governor will review the former task
force recommendations and make his own deci
sion," Yih said. The bill would also exempt the
site from land use regulations.
A second bill would authorize tax credits for
contributions to recruit the project and tax deduc
tions for contributions to site acquisition and
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preparation or operation.
" The bill has the effect of getting Oregon
ready for proposals." Yih said. Since the 1X3K
may give states only two to three months to sub
mit proposals when it decides to initiate the pro
ject, "it will behoove us to be ready." she said.
I he two bills will show Oregon’s level of
commitment to the project. Yih said. "When the
Knergy Department usks for a proposal, you have
to make very clear which part will be developed
by the state." she said.
While Texas, Colorado and California have
spent millions of dollars preparing preliminary
studies. Oregon has spent about $101).000 so far
in initial geological studies, said David Fiskum.
deputy director of the state Economic Develop
ment Department.
Dospite the stiff competition. Oregon has a
good chance of winning the project, said Rep.
Tom Mason, one of several sponsors of the hi 11
along with Yih.
"Oregon is objectively a relatively viable site
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rhe use of condoms is being promoted as an effective prevention against contracting the
AIDS virus.
TV stations consider airing condom ads
By Carolyn Lamberson
Of the Kmerald
Last fall, the IJ.S. Surgeon General an
nounced that aside from abstinence, the use of
condoms during intercourse is the best way to
control the spread of Acquired Immune Defi
ciency Syndrome.
Because of this announcement, the latest
in a long line of AIDS-related controversies has
arrived — the advertising of condoms as an
AIDS prevention method on television.
Television station KRON in San Francisco
announced earlier this month that it would ac
cept advertising for condoms on a six-month
trial basis, said javier Valencia, station
spokesman.
But there are a few conditions the adver
tisements must abide by in order to be aired,
he said.
“The ads must be in good taste, and they
have some time restrictions as to when they
can be run.” Valencia said. “They cannot lx;
aired during children's programming and
must mention the use of condoms as a method
of preventing AIDS.”
The station also is donating all of the
revenue generated from the sale of advertising
time to AIDS research and requires the
manufacturer to make an equal contribution.
Valencia said.
Valencia said the reaction from the public
has been mostly positive, with San Francisco
right-to-life groups and the Catholic church
voicing concern against the idea on moral
grounds.
Religious leaders in the Kugene area were
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