---- __Inside_ ■ Anti-Semitism discussed. Page 3 ■ Local election recap. Page 4 ■ New Zoo redux. Page 3 ■ Cavanaugh catches on. Page 7 Oregon Daily-. , Emerald 'hursdav. May IB. 1989 Kugcne. Oregon Volume 9(1, Number ir>7 Honey condemns 'Secret Team' Christie Institute lawsuit defended By Frale de Gu/man Emerald Associate Editor Costa Rica-based international journalist Martha Honey is on a mis sion She and her husband, Tony Avirgan. also an international jour nalist based in Costa Rica, are dedi cated to “opening up. not covering up, the Iran-Contra scandal and un masking the 'Secret Team’,” Honey told more than 500 people Wednes day in the EMU Ballroom. Honey described the Secret Team as a group of 20 men, who allegedly have participated in former Presi dent Ronald Reagan's administra tion’s covert deals with Iran and the Contras. According to Honey, the group operated from the office of retired I,t. Col. Oliver North, who was re cently convicted on three criminal counts — altering documents, aid ing and abetting obstruction of Con gress in Nov. 1986 and receiving il legal gratuities. These top governmental figures and key figures in th. Iran-Contra scandal including Major General Richard Secord. Theodore Shackley. retired Major General )ohn Singlaub and CIA operative John Hull — have been involved in a "number of years of illegal, off the-shelf foreign policy endeavors, profiteering and terrorists acts that lead right to the White House and Ollie North.” Honey said. Award winning journalist Martha Honey speaks about Oliver North's 'Secret Team' on Wednesday in the EMU Ballroom. These covert activities have shielded a broad range of < riminal racketeering activities. Honey al leged. They include assassinations like the terrorist bombing in lai i’enca. r drug smuggling -11111 illegal arms shipment, th.it Honey -in<l Avirgan. in tlit-ir civil suit filed in May ltlHti. have linen attempting tu unmask Turn to Honey, Page 4 IFC overrides ASUO on all program vetoes By Brian Bloch Emerald Reporter____ The lilt idcntal Fee Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a motion that would in< reuse slu dent fees In jr> umls each term to maintain current levels ol work studv funding next year New federal laws that will cut work study funding In five percent next year requires the committee I" _IFC Review_ raise fees to maintain minimum levels of servile to the University and work-study students. I It members stated ’ It would cripple this building (the I'Atl!) it work study positions are cut In one quarter.' s.iid ASUO President Karen Oaffney “We rely, in this building alone. .1 lot on work study positions In other business, the i ommillee voted to override all four program budgets vetoed by the ASUO F.xei 11 live The ASUO vetoed previously approved budgets from the KMU Outdoor Program. ASUO Executive. University Forensic s and the lournal of law and l.ili gallon According to ASUO Finance Coordinator Costi Silri. the Kxeculive vetoed a budget from I niversitv Forensics liecause the program did not fully spend its last allot ulion this year "In light of last year's increase which was a large amount they didn’t need an ini rease this year." Silri said "We were |usl living sell t onsi ions not to defit it spend our ICC .111 mint.'' said Forensic s representative Matt Taylor. "It was our impression we'd spent our li t! funds The committee voted to override the veto t>-0 t "We had .1 long talk about the ini rease and 1 still feel that the wav we originally voted stands,' said II C Chairwoman Uturnn Norris The committee, hv a unanimous vote, also ovei Turn to Veto, Page 4 Code amendments produce opposition By Chris Bouneff Emerald Reporter Reaction to two proposed amendments to the University s student conduit code was mixed during a public hearing held Wednesday afternoon feedback during the hearing, which attracted just 10 people ranged from hesitant approval of the amendments to the belief that the changes were unneces sary and did not adequately protect students' rights The student conduct code is classified as an Oregon Admin istrative Rule and carries the weight of state law The first amendment consid ered would supposedly allow the code to deal with students charged with academic dis honesty and deemed mentally unstable either at the time of the infraction or during the hearings process. Under the changed rule, stu dents charged with any viola tion of the conduct code would lie required to submit a written document from a University Student Health Center psychia trist if they are to claim mental instability. This change spearheaded op l»oncnts' attacks that students rights would not be adequately served It psychology al evalua lions are limited to Student Health Center psvi hiatrists "What it .1 student is too sii k to submit <i statement and is not represented by civil counsel'" asked third-year law student Willy Mils Itils said he was concerned the hearings officer or the stu dent eondui t office would not be responsive to students needs in the event a prosecuted student was mentally impaired Kvon documents submitted for the record as testimony ex pressed concern over this point In one of the letters sub mitted. Assistant Professor Mary Wood said she dido t see why there should be a punish ment for a mentally ill < ase Another concern expressed by Hils was the fact that the health c enter psyc hiatrists were employed by the University. "(The psychiatrist's) contract might not be renewed if they don't give the report the Uni versity wants." Hils said. Kven alleged criminals claim ing mental incompetence have the right to have an indepen Turn to Conduct, Page 4 Fair conditions One of tho unitiv vendors of this your s Street fair peddles her wares to a throiifi ot student browsers on tilth Avenue between University and Kincaid streets. Students who didn't want to brave Wednesday's wind and rain have another chance today to sample the fair’s food, arts and crafts booths. Photo by Hill Haines