Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Wednesday, October 24. I«)
Eugene. Oregon
Volume *42, Issue 41
Briefly
KKS-1. it rap artist who
is trying to change the
negative image of rap
while confronting drugs,
corruption, hypocrisy
and AIDS, will speak to
night as the concluding
event of the ASUO Fall
Symposium.
See story. Page 3
The removal of an en
vironmental magazine
from a Lane Country
Courthouse information
booth last May has again
raised controversy.
l.ane County Commis
sioners lack Roberts and
Bill Rogers are co-defen
dants in a $50,000 law
suit that may bo brought
by the publisher of the
magazine forest Voico
See story. Page 12
Almanac
Influenza vaccines are
available starting today
from the Student Health
('enter. The shots will lie
Riven to students* tor
$-1.50 and far ulty and
statf for $4.00 from 8 to 0
a.m even Wednesday
Thursday and Triday un
til the end of fall term
Sports
Tlu* (Huh Sports men's
sor cur team will plav its
big match of the vear in
Corvallis today at 3 p m
as Oregon takes un Ore
gon State
Oregon and Oregon
State vv ill battle for the
Oregon Cup in today's
mate h. the trophy that is
annually awarded to the
winner of the Civil War
match
See story. Page 10
Nationally
ATLANTA (AH) -
Ul.u k leaders who had re
garded President Hush ns
“a breath of fresh air”
fuel an ill wind blowing
from the White House in
the form of his veto of a
civil rights bill
”\Ve don't have to
read his lips anymore.”
said the Rev. Joseph Low
cry. president of the
Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, the
Atlanta-based civil rights
group founded by Martin
Luther King Jr. "His lips
have spoken loud and
clear.”
King's widow. Coretta
Scott King, said Bush ve
toed the legislation to
pander to “those who
profit from discrimina
tion and demonstrates
racist attitudes among
those who call the shots
in the White House.”
Racist trial verdict pleases advocates
C.C. (ackson
By Chris Bouneff
Emerald News Ediior
Members of minority com
missions in Eugene ant! Spring
field said Tuesday that they
were pleased by a jury dor ision
finding white suprem.it 1st Tom
Metzger responsible for the
ticeting death of a black man in
Portland two years ago.
"I was very pleased and very
surprised bv the amount of
money awarded." said
lackson. president of tin* Eu
gene Commission on the Rights
of Minorities, at a press confer
ence Tuesday morning
"At the same time. I have to
remind people th.it it's not
over; the fight is not over." she
said
Metzger, his son John and his
White Aryan Resistance organi
/alien were assessed $12.5 mil
lion in damages during a high
l\ publicized civil lawsuit in
Portland for advocating violent
a< ts against minorities
Seravv was beaten to death by
memliers of the Portland skin
head group Past Side White
Pride while returning from a
party One of the skinheads
claimed to lie in i onstant con
tact with Metzger
In finding Metzger liable for
Seraw's death the 12 person
jury ruled Metzger was partly
responsible for the killing by
sending an agent to Portland to
incite tbe skinhead group to
violence
Ceorge Wit kizer. Springfield
Human Kigbts Commission
chairman, said rights groups
will now try to combat racial
incidents by encouraging more
education and monitoring bate
t rimes that don't make offit lal
police reports
David lidantpie. associate th
ree lor of the American Civil
Liberties Dnion in Mu gene, said
the ruling will send a strong
message to white supremacists
Turn to VERDICT, Page 5
hlr (JlXiln
Bob Weir and the rest of The (irateful Dead entertained almut 60.000 fans at two concerts at Aut/en last tune. I University Vice
President Dan Williams said Tuesday that the hand will no longer In' welcome for annual concerts at the stadium In-cause of
concerns about drug use.
Grateful Dead banned from Autzen Stadium
From stall and wire reports
The Urateful Dead will have to survive
without the University.
After a decade of concerts at Autzen Sta
dium, the rock hand has been banned.
Dan Williams, vice president of adminis
tration. said the University received about a
dozen letters after the Dead played two con
certs here in June The writers complained
that the school appeared to l>e condoning
drug use by letting the band play there.
The concerts raised alwmt $200,000 for
the University’s indebted athletic depart
ment
"Times may change, hut right now the
environment is a little hostile for this type
of thing." Williams said Tuesday.
Williams acknowledged that police had
reported little trouble at the concerts
"We had a lot of drug use." Eugene po
lice Cap! Dick l .uvea 11 said in June, after
the concerts." A lot of people were (using
drugs) hut u lot weren't "
"I'm uma/cd that that many people can
get together anywhere and have no prob
lems. " l.ovoall said. "On the other hand
you have a segment ol the police communi
ty that sevs there are just too many drugs
It is the drug issue that has Williams wor
ried he said
"My view is that this activity is not cen
tral to the mission of the University, or the
athletic department for that matter, and to
change public peri option on the issue, even
if it is not correct, is simply not .1 good use
of our time and energy." he said
Williams said other rock groups can ap
pear at the stadium, and added the Dead
may be invited back sometime in the future.
In June, assistant athletic Director Sandy
Walton said the summer shows had present
ed no logistical problems "Prom a logistic s
point of view and the point of view ol the
police there is no reason the Grateful Dead
should not he welcomed hac k," she said at
ter tlm concerts "Everything went unbe
lievably well It was more of a love fesl than
anything else "
A spokesman for the promotions compa
ny that trunked the group in Eugene said
Williams' decision was unfortunate
Mike Cohen of Double Tee Promotions in
Portland said some people may he une.isv
around some of the group's rabid following,
known as "Deadheads."
“They are more intimidated by the way
they dress the* length of their hair, their
modes of transportation." Cohen said
Cohen said he will try to hook the group
somewhere else in Oregon next summer
The Grateful Dead is touring in Europe
and unavailable for comment.