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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.
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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
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