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B Chris Miller has just one week to wait Oregon Daily Emerald Tuesday, April 21, 1987 Eugene, Oregon Volume 88, Number 108 Athletic Department allotted 5, not 7 percent increase By Carolyn l.ambersnn Of th«‘ I mrr.ilil With little debate, the Incidental Fee (Committee allocated $817,838 to the Athletic Department on Monday. “Regardless of what tin* product has been here (the ll'C hearing). I've felt good about the process." s.iid Associate Athletic Director Chris Voelz. remarking on numerous conversations she's had with ll(. chairwoman Jodie Mooney and committee member bob Baldwin. In past years. \ oelz has gone to the li t! donned “in armor" to re quest the student fee aspect of the $7 million Athletic Department budget, she said. but this year she left the* weaponry at home. Mooney said it was important for tin? committee to keep in mind the current ballot measure regarding athletic funding, but it should not dominate committee discussion. 'll it passes, what we do tonight is not relevant." she said. “If it fails, what we decide tonight will be what they (the Athletic Department) will get for the 1987-88 fiscal year.” In past years, the Athletic Department's ll'C budget hearing has gone on for days. Mooney said. She would like to do the Athletic Department’s budget in two steps: allocating a lump sum and then negotiating terms of a contract between the; parties involved, she said. I he: 5.5 percent increase won't be: finalized until a contract is signed between Mooney, the: Athletic: Department. ASl If) President Steve Nelson and Vice President for Administration Dan Williams, according to Mooney. I he contract with the: Athletic Department replaces the: budget c ontrols the: ASUO has over its programs, said committee member katv Howard. Turn to IFC, Page 5 Benchwarmer (,t‘iiu tlnrnard. a I Diversity graduate of architecture. tends to paper work in the son Monday during a visit on campus. The sun may not last however, as partly cloudy skies art' predicted for today and there is .1 chance of rain Wednesday. Photo by Derrel llowitt Constitution Court examines its jurisdiction By Carolyn I.amberson Of thr hmrr.ild rhe ASIJO Constitution Court on Fri day heard testimony concerning its jurisdiction over OSPIRC. The Court was asked earlier this month to place a permanent injunction on Oregon Student Public Interest Research Croup by three students who contend the group is inherently political and should not receive incidental fees. Andy Clark, Constitution Court chair man, requested briefs from both sides on the Court’s jurisdiction in the matter before a hearing date was set. Those briefs were submitted early last week. The petitioners in the case, lames Ran dall. former chairman of the incidental Fee Committee. Ron Munion, current member of both the IFC and the EMU Board and Laura Romano, EMU Board member, argue “the first amendment of the l J.S Constitution prohibits requiring persons to aid the desemination of view points with which they disagree. ” Therefore, the use of mandatory inciden tal fees for OSP1RC violates their first amendment rights. The petitioners cite section 2.3 of the ASIJQ Constitution as giving the Court jurisdiction in this matter. Section 2.3 states no agency or program of the ASl!() shall abridge “the priviledges and im 'minifies of any person anti program under the Constitution and laws of the United States or I fit? State of Oregon.” In their jurisdiction brief, tin; respondents (tin? IFC, the KMl! Hoard, Nelson and OS1MRO) argue tin: peti tioners are just using 2.if as a link to federal and state law and raise no issues that tall under ASIIO Consititutional boundaries. ASUO President Steve Nelson argued this on behalf of OSPIKC at the Court hearing. Specifically, he said the Court should not try to interpret broad United States constitutional issues. He made an analogy to circles, saying the ASl!() Consititution was a small oir ( It; within the larger circle of the If.S. (Constitution. "I he little* t:irc:l»* does not have jurisdiction over the big circle.” lie said loin Herrmann, a second-year Univer sity law student, presented the argue ment for the petitioners. "This (Court can accept jurisdiction; it must accept jurisdiction.” In; said, lie said once the (Court accepts jurisdiction, it could deal with the case on the substantive level If the (Court is going to decide not to hear the case, it should do so at the substantive level rather than the jurisdictional. In; said. I he (,ourt is expected to formally release its decision todav. Media publicity may spur suicidal tendencies in teens Graphic by l.orrain<! Kath By Scott Maben Of the Kmerald Suicide, a top contender in causes of teen-age death, should be downplayed in newspapers and on television news pro grams, according to specialists in teen-age suicide prevention. “We should avoid roman ticizing suicides,” said Charlotte P. Ross, director of the Youth Suicide National Center in Washington, The news value the media place on suicide may reinforce suicidal tendencies in teen agers. Ross and other specialists said at a news con ference last month in Washington. A surge of publicity on the issue began earlier this year with four simultaneous teen suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning in Bergenfield, N.J. “Copycat” or “cluster” suicides followed in Illinois, and a chain-reaction of similar events wore reported across the nation. Most recently, two 17-vear old hoys from Virginia died over the weekend from carbon monoxide poisoning in a dou ble suicide in Pennsylvania, police reported. Ross and others cited studies which show some suicidal youth react impulsively to a temporary crisis in their lives, while as many as one-third suf fer from severe depression. Other youth who attempt or commit suicide are too self demanding or may have more profound psychological pro blems. they said. Hut given these formulas, professionals seldom are able to fully explain why teen-agers kill themselves. News stories containing sen sational aspects of suicides — accounts of the victim’s life, contents of a note or even the method of death — could pro vide a teen-ager with a model to follow, according to l)r. Her man Parties, chairman of the psychiatry department at Col umbia University in New York. He also advised against treating teen suicides as front page news because of tin; poten tial glory teen-agers may find in it. Teen-agers might commit suicide to achieve a fame they believed was unavailable in life, Parties said. One fact remains evident: The rate of young people taking their own lives is on the rise. According to statistics from the Youth Suicide National Center, the number of suicides among Americans 15 to 19 years old more than tripled between 1960 and 1984. Oregon vital statistics in dicate suicides for youth 15 to 24 years old quadrupled over the same period of time. Sixty Turn to Suicide, Page 5
