Oregon
DAIIY EMERALD
f ruliiy. November 2, 1990
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 92. Issue 4S
LUy
Since the beginning of
the year, this election's
four gubernatorial candi
dates have given voters
more than an earful on is
sues affecting the envi
ronment.
And for good reason.
Two controversial en
vironmental measures
will appear on the Nov. 6
ballot: Measure 4, which
would at least temporari
ly close the Trojan nucle
ar power plant, and
Measure 6. which pro
poses a plan to revamp
Oregon's packaging in
dustry1.
See story, Page 4
Two racial incidents
have brought angry and
concerned Oregon State
University students, ad
ministrators and faculty
together several times in
the past few weeks to dis
cuss racial tension on the
Corvallis campus.
See story. Page B
Arnold Mukai
The University Stu
dent Alumni Association
will present two of the
Northwest's finest come
dians in a Comedy Night
tonight at 8 in the EMU
Ballroom
Sharing the limelight
will be lake Johannsen
and Arnold Mukai, two
comedians with very dis
tinct styles
See story, Pages 6-9
One of two streaks will
be broken Saturday at
Autzen Stadium.
UCLA, which has nev
er lost in seven tries at
Autzen. faces No. 22 Ore- .
gon. unbeaten in six
games at home this year
and winners of eight
straight there.
The Ducks have never
finished a season unbeat
en at home since Autzen
was built in 1987. and
Oregon Coach Rich
Brooks has his best
chance ever when the two
teams square off at 1 p in.
See supplement
ASUO comes out against Measure 5
By Daralyn Trappe
tmeraia Reporter
The ASUO Executive lias an
nounced its opposition to Ore
gon state Ballot Measure 5 and
is hoping to draw student at
tendon to the higher education
impact the measure will have it
it passes on Nov (i
Measure 5 would set a consti
tutional limit on property taxes
for schools and local govern
ment and would require the
state general fund to replace
lost property tax revenue used
for local services.
"Ballot Measure 5 will affect
higher education in a very sig
nificant. and unfortunately, in
r
a devastating way." said Traci
Manning. ASIJO State Affairs
Coordinator
In protest of Measure 5.
ASl'O members have con
structed barricades at six main
door entrances to departments
and colleges on campus It will
symboli/.e the potential c losing
of the University and the re
duced access to a college edu
cation they believe will occur if
the measure passes
A press conference will be
held today at It) to a m on
13th Avenue near Kincaid
Street, where ASl'O memliers
will express their anger over
the impact the measure would
have. If it rains, the press con
ference will Ih> held in tht* KMU
Ben Under Room.
"The reason we need to do
something like this is to force
the students to realize that
there will l>e an immediate ef
fect if Measure 5 passes." said
Brian Hoop. ASUO University
Affairs Coordinator "Whole
departments will disappear. 10
percent of the faculty will la1
gone Them will Ire no possibil
ity to inc rease financial aid
support
"Most of the media has been
ignoring the higher educa
tion issue. They keep saying
there are safety guards in this
measure for primary and sec
ondary schools, that the slate
will lie forced to help cover for
primary and secondary schools
"Hut there's no guarantee
that the state will make up for
the loss in higher education
funding," he said. "We're be
ing treated just as another stale
department or office, and we'll
lie getting cuts of 10-30 per
cent ”
Manning said the need for
property lax reform is apparent,
but Measure !i is not the an
swer
"Oregon has not linen able to
pass .1 sales lax {to make up for
the lost revenue)," Manning
said "Now. maylm after seeing
Turn to ASUO, Page 6
1
Colorful Canvas
Nancy Knight, a fine arts .N«*/w'<ir in Professor Ian Reeves' Painting :t!IO class, pots the finishing tom lies on her work of
art.
Photo by S«;an Poston
Forum discusses treatment of campus rape
By Carrie Dennett
Emerald Reporter
Concern about inadequate reporting pro
cedures and treatment of rape victims by
police, hospitals and the legal system be
came the focus of a public forum created to
address concerns about how rape on cam
pus is being handled
Several audience members at the forum,
held Thursday in the EMU. complained
about continuing discrimination against
victims based on "seductive” clothing or
past sexual history
Many people expressed dismay at the
phenomena that the rape reporting and in
vestigation process seems to "rape" the
victim again.
Sgt Mike Cline of the Eugene I’olii e !)••
partment said police are given some son
sitivity training," but that timo is limited
"Wo don't have the porsonnol to take our
people off to got into these things deeply
One of the catalysts for the forum, spon
sored by the (la m [ins Comm unity Relations
task force, was com ern by campus and city
police about rumors ranging from the exis
tence of a serial rapist to the presence of
the Cainsville. Florida murderer rapist in
Fugene
Cline said he heard such rumors at a
safety presentation he gave at the t'niversi
tv Inn earlier this term Two women .it the
presentation reported hearing of several
rapes committed by "a bushy-haired stran
ger." and that they had been reported to
KIM).
Cline, who is contracted by KIM) but
works .it the l Mice ol I'utillc .Safety, s.nit
th.it no such incidents li.nl been reported to
KIM), and it there were indeed a serial rap
1st. there would tie a police investigation as
well as media coverage.
Cline said one campus-area rape has
been reported to KIM) since the beginning
of the school year.
|erri Stanley, of Kape Crisis Network,
said lri rapes have been reported for that
time period, hut that number may include
students who were raped off i atnpus
Stanley said there is diffii ulty in getting
the victims who do report to them to in
turn report to KIM), even with the existent >
of a system that will allow KCN to report
on the vie.tints behalf, if the person n
i houses.