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Oregon Daily Emerald Bodybuilders flex their muscles See Page 5 Friday. June 5, 1987 Fugene. Oregon Volume 88, Number 99 [ ■ - ^ „ • Hi' • ;;_ vI Digging a Hole Work on the new science complex began this week with workers preparing for the laying of the foundation. The work has closed Kith Avenue to two-way traffic. Photo by Diana Moy Bill to ban classified research sent back to Senate committee By B.J. Thomsen Of lh« ( mrrtld A hill that would impost' a formal ban on classified research at Oregon's public colleges and universities was sent back to the Senate Education Committee on Thursday after a motion to reconsider the hill. The hill had l>een defeated Wednesday in the Senate 1H 10 .Sen Crattan Kerens. D-Kugene. saved the hill from being killed on the Senate floor when he made a motion to have the hill reconsidered. Legislative issues Koran* originally voted in favor of the bill but changed bis voto to tho prevailing side so bo could make a motion to recon sider. According to legialative pro cod urns. a legislator must vote on the ma jority sido in order to move to reconsider a bill. The bill. SH A22A. was sent back to the Senate Kducation Committee on a nearly unanimous vote, Korans said The bill hit a snag Wednesday, accor ding to Kerens. when groups of both liberal and conservative Narrators opposed the bill for different reasons. The li!>eral group was concerned with the hill's broad language allowing c ertain research to be excluded from the public records law. Kerans said Conservative senators were concerned that sometime in the future the legislation would prevent universities from atlrac ting classified government research pro grams. he said. The bill was specifically designed to do just that, according to the main sponsor of the bill. Kep. Wayne Fawhush. 1) Mood River. Fawhush said the concern with the ex clusion to the public records law came about because of a provision in the bill allowing proprietory research being con ducted for private firms not subject to the state's public records law. vided that sometime in tIn? future the fin dings wocdd be made public, he said, specifically after a patent on fruits of cor porate research had been obtained No "classified" research of any kind would 1m- allowed. Fawhush said. The hill is likely to In- amended in the Senate Education Committee to narrow Turn to Research, Page 4 Rasmussen to step down as ASUO Legal Services attorney By Carolyn Lambereon (X the Kawsid ASUO l-egal Services attorney Karsten Rasmussen informed the ASIJO Ex ecutive on Thursday that he would not reapply for his position when his con tract expires this summer. Rasmussen said he has been thinking about whether or not he would continue the job since the last Executive decided to make the legal services position full lime earlier this spring He currently is at half-time status and operates a private law office in downtown Eugene "The only thing was to do it full time with an assistant or partner, or just to get out of it altogether." he said. "I didn't want to do it full time." Rasmussen said the job has been demanding, challenging and rewarding "It's been a good experience. 1 enjoy serving the student body." he said. "It's satisfying to be able to help those who otherwise couldn't afford a lawyer." The legal services office has been the subject of some controversy this year Rasmussen and then-ASlJO President Steve Nelson went asked to resign in connection with the ASUO health in surance program in February, later in March, the office was under fire from u third-year law student who charged the attorney was paid too much. The student brought her case to the In cidental Fee Committee, but the commit tee voted in favor of the Kxecutive rocommended contract price. The com mittee also approved the change from a half-time to a full-time post Rasmussen said he will lie joining a law firm in town and will handle mainly personal injury and worker's compensa tion cases. These types of cases make up a majority of his private practice now and comprise the area he is most familiar with, he said. The legal services office now handles cases ranging from name changes, mar riage dissolutions, and sexual harass ment problems to landlord/tenant disputes, criminal advice, and wills. Kasmussen has server! as legal services attorney for three years and was original ly hired by the ASUO administration of |ulie Davis in 1<»84 He will continue as legal services attorney until July 31 ASIIO President Kasey Brooks said she hopes to have the new attorney hired as soon as possible. Hrooks already has laigun the search for a new full-time legal services at torney. She is placing ads in both the Oregon and Ijine County Bar Associa tion newsletters, and newspapers throughout Oregon, she said. She will he forming a search commit tee within the next two weeks to help in the hiring process and is currently in the process of putting together an applica tion packet. w if_; Karsten Rasmussen New countv ordinance makes discrimination a crime By |u«( Pauleon MAiImmU Loaders of Lane County's ethnic minority community are encouraged by the county's new anti-discrimination ordinance. The new law makes it a crime to bar entrance to public accom modations on the basis of race. The Lane County Board of Commis sioners voted Wednesday to add a new ordinance to the county code that will prohibit discrimination in public ac commodations on the basis of race, col or. religion, national origin, physical handicap or marital status. Commissioner Jerry Rust said the new ordinance was prompted by an incident earlier this year in which The Pub tavern In Not! displayed three discriminatory signs. Including a sign reading “No Niggers." The Pub tavern is currently under investigation by the Bureau of Labor and Industries for viola tion of the state's public accommoda tions laws. “1 never expected to see the Noti sign." Rust said. “I never expect to see another." The county has not had such an or dinance on its books before, be said. A similar state law exists, but violation of the state law is a civil offense, not criminal. WUlie Polite of the Eugene chapter uf the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People said he | believes the new ordinance will aid in curbing racial discrimination. “People don't want to be pulled on . the carpet. When someone has been discriminated against, they can file suit 1 and face their accuser," he said. ! The new law will take effect in 30 I days. Violators of the law face up to 30 days in jail and a maximum hne of SI .000. Polite believes the possibility of a fine will help deter people from discriminating practices. “You're hitting them where it hurts — hittin* in the pocket book... You'll think twice If you have to give away $500.’’ he said. Twiia Sou ere, coordinator of the 4-f School District's Indian Education Pro gram, said the commissioner’s endorse ment of the law was a bold move. The new law does not fust condemn discrimination, but makes It en forceable, she said. "This is encouraging to the members of the ethnic minority community.” she said. Although the law is “largely sym bolic,'' it is a law with teeth. Rust said. He said the ordinance sends a “very strong message" that Lane County con siders racial discrimination a crime. “Lane County is already a Nuclear Free Zone." he said. “I'd like to see it be a ‘Racial Harassment Free Zone.' as well.”
