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__Oregon Dailyw ¥ Emerald Inside: •More debate on Bork, See Page 2 •Ducks approach top 20, See Page 13 • New dorm celebrates, See Page 7 Tuesday, October 6, 1987 Eugene, Oregon Volume 89. Number 24 Convocation commemorates U.S. Constitution Photo by lira Souforl University President Paul Olum and ASUO President Casey Brooks looked on as Richard Brown (on the far leftI spoke to Stanley Katz moments before Katz spoke Monday afternoon. Electronic conferencing expands for University students on campus By Kelvin Wee Emerald Reporter Electronic conferencing is fast becoming the new mode of communication at universities across the nation. In spring of this year. Universi ty students were introduced to their own con ferencing system called Campus Information Ex change (CIE). GIE was sponsored by the Oregon Computing Association until September this year when it became an independently recognized ASUO pro gram At present, CIE operates out of equipment at the University Computing Center, but will soon need to purchase it’s own computer to run the growing service. "We will ideally be running off our own computer within the next two months, said Steven VanDevender. the computer director for CIE, "and although we are not too picky about what computer we may get. it will have to meet several of our needs.” VanDevender. a senior in Computer and In formation Sciences, added that the computer has to be a time-sharing system capable of handling at least 20 users simultaneously and should have a disk storage capacity of about 100 or more megabytes and a memory of about two or more megabytes. CIE currently boasts a membership of 340 University students, faculty, staff and alumni. For these members. CIE provides a variety of con ferences that caters to different interests and needs. Apart from personal letters that are sent from one member to another, there are con ferences that deal with recreational and entertain ment topics — such as sports, television shows, and humor — and others that provide information on minority issues, school affairs, health issues, classifieds and oven jobs Until recently. CIE was primarily a source of information and entertainment for it's members. A new feature was recently added on the system that will include conferences dealing with academics. “We were approached by a couple of pro fessors who wanted to have conferences where their students could obtain class notes or ask questions about the classes there." said Taimi Ames. CIE's internal director. "We feel that this is good for CIE in that it will not only boost our Turn to Conferencing, Page 10 Large University crowd hears scholar discuss document, its birthday and its intents By Mikt* Drummond Emerald Avan iate Editor The “unique American idea of constitutionalism" came to the fore when Stanley Katz, legal historian and president of the American Council of learn ed Societies, gave the keynote address at this year's fall convocation. The theme of this year's con vocation celebrating the bicentennial of the II.S. Con stitution ilrew a full crowd at the EMU Ballroom Monday afternoon. Flanked by President Paul Olum. ASUO President k.isey Brooks, law professor lames O'Fallon, and I.aw School Dean Mauricu Holland, Katz look the microphone after being in troduced by his friend anil University history professor Richard Brown. Katz., in his speech entitled *' Beyond Confederation: Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity.” offered an historical disserta tion of the American Constitu tion. anil followed its develop ment through two centuries of political and social change Katz, said the document on which this nation was founded had its origins in England's Katz, noted the inherent con tradiction in U.S. constitu lionalism: In retrosjiect the document seems In follow a "fundulmentalist, ant irevolu lionary tradition.” lull the Declaration of Independence evokes the contrary, he said. "The Constitution stands as a bulwark against revolution on thi! one hand and legislative sovereignty on the other." Katz said American response to the Knglish constitution contained a radical change in that laws were drafted hy popular con sent. rather than resting on the dictates of parliament. Katz added Moving from an historical analysis to a contemporary pro gnosis of the Constitution, K.ilz cited two differing views of America's most important document. Katz quoted from President Reagan's Constitutional Celebration address, when he stated, The 1787 Constitution profoundly and forever altered not just these United States, but the world In a very real sense, it was then in 1787 that the Revolution truly began. For it was with the writing of our Con stitution that the hopes and dreams of the revolutionists could become a living and en during reality ' Turn to Convocation, Page 3 Rights commission opposes possible anti-cruising law By Stephen Maher Emerald Associate Editor Although the future of cruis ing in Eugene may bo in doubt, those who partake in such ac tivities received a boost from a Eugene human rights commis sion Monday. The Eugene Commission on the Eights of Youth passed a motion asking the Eugene City Council to examine the enforce ment and social costs of a pro posed anti-cruising ordinance before adopting such a law The proposed ordinance would prohibit the repeated driving of a motor vehicle along or across a “congested public thoroughfare” between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a m. Such roads would be posted with signs notifying drivers of its designation The proposed ordinance is t>eing studied as a solution to the crime and traffic congestion problems which have plagued Willamette Street for years. The City Council is expected to study the proposed ordinance at an Oi l 21 work session. The ordinance is patterned after similar municipal codes around the country, including one in Portland. But Commissioner Mikal krummol said It was important for the city to weigh costs to the community other than enforce ment costs and crime. "Unless the city is willing to look at those other social costs, there's going to be problems elsewhere," Krummol said Commissioner |on Silver moon agreed with Krummel, saying he couldn't support the ordinance unless the communi ty, including the private sector, provided other recreational ac tivities for cruisers "I think there's an issue here about the community providing recreation." Silvermoon said Eugene Police Sgt. Tom Mason, head of the bureau's traffic enforcement unit, disagreed, saying the anti cruising ordinance was necessary because everything else had failed. Turn to Cruising, Page 3
