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Tuesday, July 21
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 89, Number Q
International friendship
Andrea Hinds paints her sister Iris's face at the Nicaraguan Friendship Day fun
draiser held Thursday at Skinner Butte Park.
The Council for Human Rights in Latin America organized the day to ship food
and medical supplies to victims of violence in Nicaragua.
Photo by Dusty Etzel
University makes exception
in prosecuting law student
By Stephen Maher
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The criminal charges filed
last week against University law
student Willy Bernard Btis for
alleged academic dishonesty
rarely face other students, ac
cording to University officials
and college administrators from
around the state.
Bils. 32, allegedly paid a legal
researcher $500 in November
lftHti to write a federal law
seminar paper for him He
pleaded not guilty to two counts
of criminal simulation, and one
count each of first degree
forgery, second degree criminal
trespassing and tampering with
a witness in lame County Cir
cuit Court on luly 13.
'‘From everything that I
know, and I feel confident, this
is probably the very first time
we've ever had this happen."
University Archivist Keith
Richard said.
"We did have a student
whose degree was withdrawn
because hi* hud plageri/ed his
muster's degree. But that didn't
go to court.” Richard said
Bill Ballnster, University stu
dent conduct coordinator, said
it was not unusual for students
to la* charged by both the
University and the state, but
that in the two years he has been
student conduct coordinator,
none of the cases have involved
academic dishonesty.
A check, with universities
around the stale revealed
similar scenarios.
"We rewrote our guidelines
for academic dishonesty last
year and it has no mention of
criminal prosecution,” said
David Andrews, chairman of
the student conduct committee
at Oregon State University.
"There have been conduct
cases that have simultaneously
been under Investigation by the
courts and the university. But
none to my knowledge that
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Stoops and 'Hobo Queen' discuss homeless
By Mika Drummond
Of th« Kmcrald
The plight of America's
homeless was brought to cam
pus when Michael Stoops,
spokesperson and national ad
vocate for the homeless, and
Beverly Curtis, "Queen of the
Hobos." spoke at a human ser
vices seminar on Friday.
The workshop on the
homeless, held in the Chiles
Center, functioned as both a
forum for the homeless issue
and as a one-unit human ser
vices course.
More than 50 people attended
the seminar, which featured a
slide show, personal accounts
by Stoops and Curtis on what it
is to bo homeless, and a round
table panel discussion.
Stoops is nationally known
fur his unorthodox ways of
highlighting the plight of the
homeless; most notable was his
135-day stint living in the
streets of Washington. U.C. last
year, where he lobbied for a na
tional homeless bill, and more
recently, his 26-day fast on the
steps of the state capitol
building in Salem, where he
pushed for increased funding
for human services.
Stoops, still slightly pale and
visibly weak from the fast,
spoke of his work at Haloney
Joe's in Portland’s Burnside
area and focused his comments
on what could and should be
done at the national, state and
local levels to help people
without homes.
Baloney Joe’s, established in
1978, bewail as a daytime shelter
for the homeless and now func
tions as a comprehensive center
providing food, jobs and shelter
for those in need Baloney Joe’s
currently handles about 1(M)
people a weak.
Friday's seminar brought
Stoops to the llniverisly for the
first time, and he expressed an
eagerness to return.
‘Td like for the University to
use us (Baloney )»e's) as a
resource, and I'd like In use the
University In make presenta
tions because speaking to col
lege students is really impor
tant." Stoops said.
"Oregon has horrible human
services programs and u lot of
people are just one paycheck
away from living on the
streets." Stoops added.
Beverly Curtis, a H7-year-old
protege and friend of Stoops', is
a reformed alcoholic and former
street person
Curtis, or "Ma." has remain
ed sober for the past two years,
but before that her life was an
endless roller coaster of inebria
Hon. fist-fights ami shelterless
nights.
She recounted her story star
ting from when her mother
abandoned tier at a young age
and how she soon turned to
drinking
liy the time she was nine, she
was an alcoholic and always
was finding herself in trouble,
Curtis explained
Bounced from one household
and school to another. Curtis
was finally was sent to reform
school for wayward girls at age
twelve. This, however, didn't
last long for she got caught
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Goldschmidt gives Oregon education a boost
By Mike Drummond
Of Ike kimrald
Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, in a
move to fulfill past campaign
promises, signed four bills on
Thursday designed to
strengthen Oregon's education
system
The four bills, approved dur
ing the l‘»H7 legislative session,
compose a $6 million legislative
package dubbed "Educational
Excellence" that hit on major
areas of the State's school
system.
With the stroke of a pen.
Goldschmidt allocated more
than $1 billion for bask: school
support, allotted $65 million for
capital construction for higher
education institutions, provid
ed money for school safety net
funding and established a
teacher mentor program.
"Nothing could be more im
portant for the future of our
children and for the economy of
the state in which they are
growing up than to provide
them with a quality education."
Goldschmidt said.
Goldschmidt cited US West, a
telecommunications company,
as an example of a company that
wants to construct a research
center in a state with a high
priority for education. US West
has selected Oregon as one of 14
site finalists.
The new research facility
would employ up to 1,500
scientific and technical person
nel and support staff
"Today we are sending a
message that Oregon is commit
ted to excellence in education.
And I believe we have an ex
cellent chance of being selected
as a finalist for this research
facility." Goldschmidt said.
The number one criterion on
US West's list is a "commit
ment to excellence in educa
tion." Goldschmidt said.
Thtt four bills will provide the
follow mu
• House Hill 202(1 establishes
a "Beginning Teacher Support"
program to aid new teachers, an
"Oregon Teacher Corps" to at
tract highly qualified Orego
nians into the teaching profes
sion, and pilot programs for
"school improvement and pro
fessional development."
• House Bill 3379 will iden
tify options to reduce the
reliance on local property tuxes
for funding elementary and
secondary education.
• Senate Hill 555 1 ap
propriates more than $1 billion
for basic school support, the so
called safety net. which will in
crease for the first time since
1980 the percentage the state
contributes to education.
•Senate Hill 1014 allots $05
million for construction pro
jects at the state's community
colleges and universities.
Photo by Angie Mum/
Gov. Neil Goldschmidt in his commitment to Oregon educa
tion signed into law Thursday in Portland four bills designed
to strengthen Oregon's education system