Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1987)
Oregon Daily Emerald Coincidence or ESP? See Page 6 Thursday, May 7, 1987 Eugene. Oregon Volume 88. Number 118 On a lazy afternoon University student Gregory Wadsworth draws student Kathleen Pender under a Douglas fir Wednesday, as unseasonably high temperatures draw students outside. Photo by Sherlyn Bjorkgren Stolen explosives missing Police say explosives could be in dormitories By Sarah Kitchen Of tkf Emerald Twelve explosive# taken from a pick up truck along with other items Tuesday are still missing, according to Sgl. Chuck Tilby of the Eugene Police Department. A tear gas canister, a 12 gauge shotgun, ammunition, a hand grenade, a gas mask and other military items were stolen from a pick-up truck parked in the Bean complex lot Tuesday morning Police fount! all but the explosives and the tear gas canister in a fourth floor Walton dormitory' room Tuesday morn ing. At about the same time, tear gas powder from the canister was discovered on the second floor of the Wilcox dorm, which was evacuated for a few hours Tuesday while authorities cleaned up the powder. The missing explosives are similar to blasting caps used by the military to ig nite larger explosions. Tilby salt! "They are more dangerous than anything else we found." ho said. While the location of the explosives is unknown, it is possible they are still in side one of the dorms, he said The explosives are yellow cylinders with a white stripe and a protruding green wire. They are about one and a half inches tall and are not wife to handle. Tilby said. "If anyone finds one, they are to call the police immediately so we can dispose of them properly," he said. it is not unusual for this type of ex plosive to spontaneously explode. Tilby said. In another event that may l>e related to the finding of the teur gas powder. Tilby said Wednesday that a small paper folder containing a powdered form of tear gas was discovered by polit e at the Universi ty about three months ago. The substance, found on the driveway area north of the Hamilton dorm com plex. was similar to the tear gas found in Wlllcox dorm on Tuesday. The two forms of tear gas found are commonly us ed by the military, Tilby said "We am looking at the connections between the two cases, but we have no evidence to suggest they are related," Tilby said. However, it is not common to find a powdered form of the gas, and the con nection between the two incidents can not fie ruled out. he added David liaddlo. Osvaldo Miranda and Eric Sagen were arrested on Tuesday afternoon on a charge of first degree theft in connection with the items taken from the pick up truck Hudillu and Miranda are being held in the lame County |ail with a bail of $ to.0(H) each. Sagen was released on Tuesday night after posting liail. Death claims two University fine arts professors 1 .a Verne Krause By Alicia Gano Of I hr Kmrrald The University lost two professors this week when Ralph Baker and LaVems Krause, both from the fine arts depart ment, died Baker. 54. died Monday evening at Sacred Heart General Hospital from lung failure after developing pulmonary fibrosis. He is survived by his wife. Handle, and their sons Eric and Brian. Baker came to the University in 1971 after teaching at the University of Calgary in Alberta. Canada. For many years Baker was the curricular head of painting in the department and taught classes in painting, drawing, watercolor. composition and basic design An active painter throughout his teaching career. Baker was influenced by landscape. "I vividly remember a lecture by Ralph Maker when he first joined the faculty, and he showed these beautiful and powerful landscapes from his Cana dian environment," said Ken O’Connell, head of the fine and applied arts department. Through the '70s and '80s. Maker's art changed, and he began to work more in watercolor. larst summer he started a workshop on watercolor on the Oregon coast at Charleston. Maker's work has been displayed in Salem. Corvallis. Philomath and recent ly at the Hult Center Maker's family is planning a life celebration fur faculty, friends and students this Saturday. Contact the department of fine arts for details Turn to Faculty, Page 4 Ralph Baker Circuit court judge denies parents' attempt to end strike By Janet Paulson OftlM bunU A Lane County Circuit Court judge Wednesday denied a request by Ed and Bekke Reiman for a temporary injunction in the continuing teachers' strike. The Reimans, parents of two elemen tary schoolchildren, filed a lawsuit April 22 claiming the teachers' strike violates the students' right to education as defin ed in the Oregon Constitution. Judge George Woodrich based his rul ing on two considerations, Woodrich ruled that the plaintiffs had not established a reasonable likelihood that the case would win in trial, which is a prerequisite in declaring a preliminary injunction. The judge further ruled he did not have jurisdiction to enjoin the case, that it was a matter to be determin ed by the state Employee Relations Board. Charles Porter, the attorney represen ting the Reimans, maintains that striking teachers are in violation of Article 8. Sec. 3 of the state constitution, which states the "legislature is to establish a uniform and general system of common schools requiring minimum educational opportunities." In order to declare a temporary injunc tion, which in theory would have return ed striking teachers to the classrooms, the plaintiffs had to prove two points. Porter said. First, the plaintiffs had to prove the likelihood of the case winning in trial. Secondly, it was necessary to prove injury on the part of the plaintiffs. Woodrich did not believe the plaintiffs could sustain their claim that the strike is unconstitutional. Porter strongly disagreed and stated, "This is a violation of the constitutional rights of every stu dent in the 4-J District." Woodrich said Oregon State Statute 243.72H allows leathers to strike. Accor ding to Kii Reiman, the judge plated more weight on the state statute than on the constitutional rights of the students. Keiman said ho simply dries not agree with the judge's decision and does not believe any state statute should override constitutional law. "Education is a constitutional right — just like life, limb and property, it is vital to the future of this nation — as vital as breathing Without education we are socially dead.. . .It is a grave injury to Turn fo Strike, Page 4
