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■ 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