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DAILY EMERALD
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Volume l>2. Issue 127
Almanac
Today is the List day to
add ( oursos and tho last
day to i hungo cmn scs
from audit It) credit.
( hanges ran In1 made at
((logon I tall
Inside
Thu prosidont ot a na
lional animal rights or
ganiz.itnm said Monda\
night tii.it animal ro
suan ii not only t ausos
pain and suffciing. but is
ust'loss tm studying tho
human condition
Donald damns. \a
titmal Anti \ i visot tion
SiH.iutv president, said in
a pri'simtatiuli in tho
l \M I n Koillli that si loll
tists ait- killing thousands
ol animals t:vorv \oar tin
dor tho lalsu prolonso ot
rostsm h.
Sou stun Pago 4
Iinns tho high number
ot t ainpits t onslmction
jirojot Is havo you t un
tusod ’ I mil out vv ho's
doing what and what s
going uiioro
Sou story , I’ago 5
I i k«• Kntiin I loud. slate
Kf|i Inn I'.dnuinstui says
‘We should tie taking
from the l it li and giving
to tin' poor
At least that is the po
sition the former iiairn.il
isl takes on issues sin h as
Hallol Measure i workers
compensation, health
i overage, campaign ti
nance and his on n renter
relief full, iiftii ii would
fori e landlords to pass on
property las savings un
der Measure fi in rent
charged to tenants
See story. Page !l
Sports
t hiiversilv student
Stan Kflerding began
competitive faid\ inillil
ing m
But it hasn't taken
long fnr suu ess to come
Kfterding's was and the
ultimate slice ess came
over spring break when
Kflerding won not only
the Mr Oregon heavs
weight i ompetition lull
ssas named the overall
Mr Oregon winner
See story. Page U1
The Oregon women’s
tennis team entered this
weekend s match against
Washington without a
win against the Huskies
over the past two seasons
This year the team left
Seattle with tour wins
against l'W and a load of
confident e
See story. Page 16
Big talent, big hair
Sixth's logtuul Arlo thithrir .mil his sun \hnS ImiiiI hnniftht thrii
sounds to tin• l-All Ihillroom \lonil,i\ nil’ll!
Photo !t\ Andri* Kanifri
MSA withdraws
its group status
By Daralyn Trappe
j '■ etal 1 -v; _
Mir Muslim NUiilt'iil Assoi i.itiun rt'inuvid it
srll ,is ,t student tundi'd prugrnm nflri an
\Sl'C) invi'sti)4.»ln>n tiiiiiul ilir ttroup vh>1.11<•<i
t'li'iiiiui rult's .mil luiil tiiiiuiislituiitiii.il In
lan s
riu- investigation found that sonit' Muslim
students had lint been ,illum'd tn vute ill ()i In
hui dli'i iinns and that the In Ian s unrt'usunablv
ii'stru tad membership"
( uuflii t among MSA members prompted a
lomplaint dial sparkl'd the investigation As a
ri'sull several students an* forming a nun i am
pus tjruup
l ast tall Asl t) Programs ( nuidintitur
Killian Andi'isun rtHeived a ininplamt hum
tun mi'inht'rs nf tin- Muslim Studuiit Assoc in
hull, i iaiming i I'rtatn MSA members had hi'i’n
i-vi hull'd trull! voting fur leadership positions
1'he complaint h'd Andi'isun tu investigate
In Miirt h hr « OIK tiiurn m* rirt lions vioiairu
\SI'<) K\er utive Kulfs 11ml tli.it thf group s
bylaws wen' unconstitutional
Tnrik >'i»us«»t and l id.i Mohammad. who
filed the t.oinpl<iiill alleged that non student
members ui tile Islamn Not lets ol I'.Ugelte a
mosque bu Sunnite Muslims ill West 1 ugene
were allowed to vote foi MSA (liter tor while
some Muslim students were turned awa\ Sun
in and Shi’i are the two main brain lies of the
Muslim religion
"There was some uneasiness m the Islamii
r ummiinits lor tile last two years Mob.immad
said A former MSA direi tor. be was not al
lowed to vote ill ( >( lober
MSA i%as dominated b\ the same people
who dominated the Islamii Sin lets of 1 11
gene be said l bes i nine from a particular
si bool of thought r ailed Wahabi I hat was the
of fir. la 1 dogma ol the ISI and anyone who dll
fered from them ssas marginalized
At least til pi'ii eiit of the ISP members al
lowed to vote were not students at the I nivcr
sits the complaint read Anderson said ans
student group election is invalid it a person
ss bo is not a l’diversity student votes, or if a
student member is denied the right to vote
file group’s bylaws state that members must
Turn to MUSLIMS. Page 3
Police bill expands ability to stop suspects
Recent beating
sparks concern
By Gerrit Koepping
f meialcJ Contribute
S A I.!■!\1 The O r e gon
House passed a lull Iasi week
tti.it would greatly expand the
power nf polite officers to stop
and question people in the
state
If eventually made lavs HH
2921 would allow a police offi
tier to detain and question a
person if the off it er reasonably
suspet ts that person is about to
commit a crime
Currently, in order for ofti
cers to sto|) someone, they need
to have "reasonable suspicion"
the person is doing something
Photo tllu»tr4li<»n hv Mjiiitn
II IIH Jll‘1 passes the tlrexon Senate, .liter already passing the House,
polite Ml mill he allotseil In detain anil question people lor reasonable
suspii ion
illegal
111 the 1‘IH'I legislative si's
sion. ii similar bill was passed
m the House hv an even larger
margin However, that hill died
in the Senate when the Senate
)udicial Committee failed to
give it .1 hearing
This House passed this year's
lull by a vote of tl> to HI hut
with the widely publicized
boating of a black motorist b\
four l.os Angeles police offi
cers some legislators have said
the bill b.is ru'ii less of ii
c banc i* of passage this 11mr
around
"Wo sco the film nut of I .os
Angelos and we fool a little
more c autious about the power
we've already given the po
lice said state Kep 11 in
Kdmunson I) Kugene
Kd in u n s o n . w b o v o t e cl
against the lull in the House,
said be believes the bill lias a
slim c bailee of passage
"Historically, the Senate lias
been less motivated to push
lulls like ibis' be said
Kdmunson said other lcgisla
tors were Irving to send .1 mos
sage to criminals by voting for
the lull
" The only message some leg
islators want to send is to their
voters " he said "The message
I want to send to voters is that I
protec t the Hill of Kights
Kep Kevin Mannix, I) Sa
lem. said be sponsored the bill
Turn to BILL Pago 7