Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
h'riday. November 16. 1490
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 92, Ksue 5K
Briefly"™^"
Faye Waltleton. na
tionally known abortion
rights activist, said to a
large crowd in the Eu
gene Conference and
Convention Center that
Oregon voters' defeat of
Ballot Measures B and 10
is a victory for individual
freedom.
“In the state of Ore
gon. the people have
stood up lor choice."
Wattieton said, "You
have sent a very impor
tant message that will for
ever change the face of
the debate."
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The University has added
a new section prohibiting
unwanted sexual behav
ior to the Student Con
duct Code and has updat
ed the document. The re
vamped code was filed
with the Secretary of
State’s office earlier this
week.
Unwanted sexual be
havior includes words or
conduct that threatens
imminent physical harm,
endangers the health or
safety of any person or is
unwanted and causes
emotional distress, said
Maine Creen, assistant di
rector of students.
.See story. Page 9
Entertainment
In a room nestled on
the tlth floor of the Mil
ton comes a new voice
that can be heard 45
miles away.
Adjoining that room
lie three others, filled
with a number of not-so
long-distance voices, but
still as Important.
KAVF radio. Eugene's
newest station, makes its
home here.
See story. Page 8
Nationally
WASHINGTON - Sen
Mark Hatfield. R-Ore..
has been diagnosed by
physicians at Walter Reed
Medical Center as having
gastroenteritis. • virus
caused inflammation of
the stomach and intes
tines. an aide said Thurs
day.
The senator was feel
ing better Thursday, but
was expected to remain
hospitalized until Friday,
aide Bill Calder said.
Hatfield. 66. felt ill
when he arrived back in
Washington on Monday.
He was hospitalized for
observation Tuesday
night.
Lighten Up
Kelly Merlin of C H. Morris Electric puts a higher
wattage hulh in .1 light standard between Kenton and
Deady halls as part of a long-term plan to improve
lighting on campus.
Photo by Kri«: Kvans
Apology provokes
law school debate
Reprimand given
for class remarks
By Cathy Peterson
fmerald Reporter
l.iiw school Dean Maurice
I loll.out will inert today with
Instructor (Irrg |ohnson and a
small group ot students to cl is
i uss an apology made In |olm
son at the reipiesl ol the admin
istration
Johnson was asked several
weeks ago to apologize lor ills
cussing Ins homosexuality dm
ing his legal researi It and writ
mg i lasses the week, of Ot I lt>
An undisclosed number of
Johnson's students complained
to the school administration at
ter the class sessions
Holland cut short a meeting
lie Itad st hrduled in a law
school lecture hall Thursday
morning to dist uss the school s
reprimand, saving it would he
"clearly impossible and highly
inappropriate before the media
and a crowd " Follow-up, invi
tation-onlv meetings will bt
scheduled with interested par
ties, he saitl
Holland refused to comment
further and left the room bettor
audience members could ask
questions
The meeting had been st bed
tded It) talk to students con
cerned about aptdogies made
bv lohnson last week ill Jus le
gal researi li i lasses The con
i nurd students cm (dated peti
lions this week m support of
Johnson and in support id
"candid discussions of issues
relating to diversity
Students supporting Jolmson
saitl Thursday the instriu tor
ti.id disc ussed ins personal ex
perient.es in t lass in mid-Octo
bri during tile week ot National
Coming Out Day. .1 day for
gays, lesbians and their sup
porters to affirm their sexuality
Johnson's personal state
mrnts were made at the end of
a i lass disi iissiun on the How
ers v Hardwick law case, a
U S Supreme Court decision
ruling tJiat llte right to privacy
Maurice Holland
docs not apply lo men or worn
cn engaging in homosexual
at is
HI.ike Hutchins, a first year
student who met Wednesday
with Holland, said he didn’t
find out about the reprimand
until Johnson read the apology
in class
"I tell indignant at the ohvi
oils embarrassment he had to
go through Hutchins said I
wanted to express nn < oni ern
for Creg
Hull.hius said he inferred
from the Wednesday meeting
and from Johnson’s apology in
i lass that the students who
complained about Johnson
were intimidated by the in
sirootnr's discussion and that
lhe\ believed that he had been
"strident" about his homosex
uality
Assim late Dean and Professor
Chapin (’lark slaved in the
room after Holland left the
meeting Thursday However,
he said he i ouldn't provide
comment trom the administra
lion.
"I’ve got a handicap Itecause
the dean said he wouldn’t pro
ceed with the media present."
Clark said "I will not he able
to address the issues
Several professors said John
son was acting under the Ore
gon Administrative Rules,
whit h allow teat hers academit
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Socialist lawmakers son attends University
By Jeremy Kemp
Emerald Contributor
For University history student !.evi Sanders.
Nov. t> was an Election Day he will long remem
ber.
Not only was it the first election Sanders voted
in. but his father. Bernard Sanders, was elected to
the U S House of Representatives from Vermont,
becoming the first sot ialist to hold offit e in Con
gress in more than 60 years.
Bernie Sanders spearheaded what Ins oppo
nent. incumbent Rep Peter Smith, called a "mas
terful campaign" with the promise to "(live 'em
hell in Washington
The older Sanders has taught .it Harvard and
fiist started getting involved in state politu s near
Iv 20 years ago. He was elected mayor of Burling
ton. Vt . where he served four terms before being
elected to (Congress
As the race for a Vermont seat in Congress
brewed thousands of miles away. Iasvi Sanders
was adjusting to life as a freshman at the Hniver
sity
"Kugene is a progressive community, a lot like
Hurlington." larvi Sanders said.
Sanders was attracted to Oregon by the recom
mendations of a few friends and bv the reputation
of the University's history department
"The history department here seems to center
more on disi ussion and less on regurgitation of
information." he said
While Levi Sanders' father pledges to turn
Washington on its head, the younger Sanders
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I.evi Sanders