Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Mond;iv. November l‘>, I')1*)
l-'UjjciK. Oregon
Volume . Issue V*
Briefly
Six student groups
will not lie funded by stu
dent fees next year be
cause they did not submit
1991-92 budgets by
Thursday's deadline.
The groups that were
zero-funded for 1991-92
are: American Society for
Interior Design. Big Time
Poetry Theatre. Interna
tional Studies Associa
tion. Oregon Pre-Health
Students Association.
Telecommunication and
Film Association and UQ
Song and Dance.
See story. Page 5
The Oregon higher ed
ucation system will have
to wait out the Measure Ti
storm, Chancellor Thom
as Bartlett said Friday at a
meeting of the Oregon
State Board of Higher Ed
ucation.
Because Measure 5
will reduce property tax
es. some higher educa
tion administrators tear
their budget might be cut
to compensate for the
state’s lost tax revenues.
On the other hand,
some administrators have
expressed confidence that
the tax will he restruc
tured and provide a new.
stronger base for higher
education funding.
See story. Page 4
Sports
Bob Brothers
The 35.962 people in
the stands at Saturday's
Civil War matchup saw a
game that pitted two
teams passing each other
in different directions
like cars on Highway 99.
While the 8-3 Oregon
Ducks migrated back to
Rugene with six weeks to.
get healthy and prepare
for the Freedom Bowl.
Oregon State is stuck in
Corvallis, fac ed with a
long winter that is filled
with numerous unan
swered questions.
See story. Rage 9
Dominating defense
Oregon defensive end Jeff Cummins had one of Onion's four sacks of
Oregon Slate quarterback Matt Hoober in Saturday 's Civil War game in
Corvallis. The Duck defense held the Heavers to only IflH yards of total
offense in a ti~3 win. See stories, pages 7 & ft.
Photo by Mark Ylen
Administrators,
law instructor
resolve conflict
By Peter Cogswell
tmerak) Associate i tiaoi
The I 'nivorsity School of l.aw and instructor
Creg lohnson have rent bed an agreement that
puts to rest i|iu‘stions students had coni erning
johnson being toned to read an apology to his
three law classes.
lohnson was forced to apologize to his legal
Keseart h and Writing i lasses hv law si liool ofli
i nils tor discussing his homosexuality after talk
mg about a Supreme Court case dealing with dis
crimination low aril gay s and lesbians
Law school Dean Maurice Holland, lohnson
and .1 group ol concerned students met Friday to
resolve the issue, and overall the parties came
away satisfied that lohnson was not mistreated hv
the law school
"There Inis been .1 controversy that Iras taken
plat e said Cniversity President Mvles Hranil at
a press conference in Ins office Friday afternoon
It has been discussed carefully and worked out
to the satisfaction of all parties
"We are now going forward concerning ques
lions ot sexual orientation "
tlrand Inis asked lor a review of disi rimin.ition
issues raised .it the law si liool by the University s
Office of Affirmative \ctton and Fqind Opportu
nity
lohnson said he is satisfied with the resolution
In a written statement In- said he w ill not hie a
grievance over the matter, and he believes lie was
treated in the usual wav by the law si liool admin
islration when students Ide complaints against
tear hers
In his statement, lohnson said he was part 11 i
paling in "Coining Out Day" by discussing Ins
homosexuality Coming Out Day is a day set
aside tor gays anil lesbians to come out into the
open about their homosexuality and celebrate gay
and lesbian pride
"It is my position that students have the right
to know who their teachers are," he said I ins
was my only intention in telling them what I did
I wanted them to know who I was
lohnson said the discussion that has taken
place to this point with the law school has not
been on any homophobii level "The discussion
has focused more on issues of academic free
dom.'' lie said
The law si liool received a number of com
plaints from students in the i lasses that lohnson s
speech was not related to the class topu These
complaints were disi ussed w ith lohnson by law
school officials, and it was agreed that he would
read a prepared statement to his chesses
Several students in support of Johnson's end
of-rlaxs discussion were concerned he was lieing
mistreated hy the law school after hearing Ins
prepared apology read in i lass
The question is whether Johnson went too far
by putting personal issues into his legal writing
class. Holland said at the press conferem e
Turn to APOLOGY. Page 3
Environmental issues likely to be on ballot again
By Rene DeCair
Emerald Reporter
Supporters of (lie defeated recycling and
Trojan-closure measures have dec la red to
continue to fight for a better environment,
despite their initiatives' losses in the Nov r>
elections.
The Don’t Waste Oregon Committee
which campaigned for the Trojan-t losing
Measure 4. and Consumers for Recycling,
the group that fought for the re< vi ling stan
dards drawn up in Measure t>. remain opti
mistic about future successes, and huth
groups attribute their losses to tin- large
amounts of money opponents of the mists
ores spent during < ampaigning
Measure n wliii h proposed that pack
aging meet spec tfii recycling standards, re
ceived -4 i t otto votes, losing by Ifit).000
votes.
Measure l proposed to i lose down the
Trojan Mucle.tr Power Plant until a waste
disposal site w.is found It was defeated
with more than (>nn non opposing votes and
Only ■) lti.000 supportive votes.
Both groups attribute their losses more to
a lack of the almighty dollar in their cam
paigns ih.m li> .1 liM k of public support
"Money clearly matters.'' said |on
Stulienvoll. press sec retary for (ainstimers
for Kec vc ling, adding that the group's cam
paign was outspent H to 1 by opponents
Stulienvoll said he believes his group's
message was lost in the barrage of negative
ads sponsored by the measure's opponents
Despite the loss. Stulienvoll said he be
lieves his group's campaign helped to build
a strong foundation for further public sup
port
Turn to MEASURES. Page 3