Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Ihursda) . April 1 1. 1 Wl
t-ugciK. Oregon
\ olumc Issue 12'>
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Several facility COUld
stand to lost! Iht'ir jobs .it
the 1 biiversily m the next
couple ot \e.irs due to ad
dition.il budget problems
brought about h\ Me.isuri
Hec ause of this the
I 'diversity t mi evpei I to
lose luridly not only to
Ihese cuts, but also to
universities .it ross the
countrv tb.it can otter
more set lire and stable
employment
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International
( A!K() ! u' pi I AI")
Sri retarv til Stall' James
A Itakri III is sounding
mil Saudi Arabia and Svr
iii oil an Israeli proposal
ftir M ideas) [)imi r lalks
that drew a posit it e re
spouse from I ns pi
Ant instrument dial
i an lead us In a pent etui
solution t in sure l.gt pl is
it tiling In support
but ptian lureign Minis
lei Ksm.it Midel Mi'nmil
said Wednesday, night at
lei Bate! outlined the Is
raeli plan
Hakei today turned to
Saudi Arabia tor an ap
|ir,ns,il Alter meeting
l.gt pt vv it ft I'rini e Sand
tlie foreign minister he
tiles to 1 lama si Us loi talks
tt itli St nan I’resident I la
bv Assail
Sports
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Jeff Thomason
(fregon's sjn itig foot
ball prar tu i s get under
way Monday and there
,ire several i|uestions that
need in Im‘ answered both
on offense and defense
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ASUO releases investigation documents
By Daralyn Trappe
t meraid Reporter
Ini i(it'ut,il I■(»»• (Committer ( Chairman Mike
( olsn.n said investigation documents re
leased Wednesday will help prove he did
not .liter minutes from an III meeting
ASI’t) Affirmative Ai turn (Coordinator
Uotrhv l ee who rondtic.fed an investigation
into the allfixed note tampering along with
AS!'() President Kirk Hailev said the re
lease will substantiate their i laim (Colson
vv as responsible
Hailev and Lee released their i mu hision
that (Colson was responsible last week \l
that time Hailev stated he had t ompellinn
ev idem e that (Colson was responsible lot al
tenon the minutes of the |an tl li t meet
inn lie also said he would not release the
i ontent of interview s .mil other it(M uments
lor reasons ot t onfidenli.ilitv
( olson. who is ,i candidate for ASl't)
president has repeatedly stated he was not
responsible He plans to file a complaint
with the ( (institution (Hurt stating that the
investig.it ion w .is not legal under A SI'() I a
ei utive Knles
In a press i onferem e last I ridav ( olson
questioned .Hailey s oh|ei tivify ilenouni ed
the procedure with which the investigation
was londuited and questioned how lie
i Ollld adequatelv delend llimsell if specific
information would not be released ( olson
also authorized release ot the contents ot
his in ten lew s with I ee and Hatley
While the A St () lias released most info!
illation certain testimonies were cons id
ert'd loo private l ee said at a press i older
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thr rln turn srtisun
cm i' The itiaionlv of evident r used in de
lemoning ('olson s responsihililv was re
leased. 1 .oe said
The investigation began aftei a Inrinal
inni|)linnl u.is tiled tiv lit note taker I.villa
I erma She stated that tile minutes to the
|an 11 li t meeting had heeii altered The
part nl the minutes that l.erma i.tainted
were altered i iiiii I'rneil an informal i mil
plaint that him Ward, i n-dirts tor of the
Mack Student I’nion had hrought against
(ltd son
l.erma stated she disi oven-d the .liter
aliou on Feb 1 1
lie stated tli.it he never used the t ompn
ter from (I eh i I to 11 l ee said We
found that to he i untradii torv 1'here's a
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Candidates
disagree little
in first debate
By Catherine Hawley
I (TleMlil A'e.Or site f it'IOr
I hree -els ot i andidales hu \SI () presi
dent and vue president differed veiv little
ill their v lews on issues sut h as farttilv
housing polir v and i ampus saielv at the
fust dehate ot the elei lion season Wednes
dav night
The most emotional issue to arise was a
reient VSt '() investigation, vvhn ll tound
Ini ulental l ee ( oinmittee I hairman Mike
l olson. also an ASI 'f) presidential i .null
dale responsible lot altering Ihe minutes
from a lanu.irv li t meeting
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Tagliabue asks Legislature to kill lottery
f lorn sl.iH .mil *!>■;• fepnils
lust \vlu*ii I he Sports At lion
lottery game appears to lie in
the t leal it (mils ltsell hu e to
t.n e u itll yet another t.n kler
National Knot ball League
( annmissioner Paul lagliabue
imtiateii the latest m a long
line of ihdllenges on VVednes
ilas by urging Oregon lass
makers to kill the Oregon l ot
ters game saving It "brings ug
liness" to professional sporting
events
lagliabue. appearing before a
legislative panel in Salem said
the Sports Action game under
mines public confident e in the
integrity of professional toot
hall g.lilies
"It removes the conviction
that the games are tough head
to-head competition
lagliabue told the House State
and f ederal Affairs (lommittee
Oregon Athletic Director Hill
Byrne, a member ol the legisla
five panel called lagliabue s
reasons for banning the game
"preposterous
Oregon football (loach Kith
Brooks said Tagliabues argil
mont was sound philosophic al
Iv hut that the i urrent finani lal
situation doesn't allow him to
Sees Sports Action as ‘undermining'
look (It the Issue tli.it W ,i\
ISpnrts Act ion | is the only
ilU'imi' of support th.it the st.ite
system h.is provided for inter
collegiate athletics brooks
said
I lie best i Ii.iiii e to improve
funding for intercollegiate uth
letii s in (fregnn lies vv ith a lull
that would give the majority of
Sports Ac lion revenue to the
state's colleges and uiliversi
t les Hy me said
I he lull has passed in the
House and is awaiting a hear
mg in the Senate
As it stands now. revenue
from Sports Ai lion is used to
till gaps in the general fund
with only surplus hinds being
distributed to colleges
the Oregon Lottery (aminos
sum began the weekly Sports
Ac lion game two years ago on
orders from tile Legislature to
raise money lor i ollege sports
programs
In the game, a St investment
elloyys players to try to predict
the outcome of some or all of
the 14 weekly \l I. games
against the point spreads set by
a W \.ill.i uddsmaker
Oregon is tlio imlv state tli.it
oilers a lottery game tied to
\l I. games, lint other stales are
considering launching similar
lotteries This lai I is a major
reason Tagliabue is winking so
hard to stop the game, Hvrne
said
I he reason he is opposed to
it here Hvrne said "is be
cause ol the precedent it sets
nationw ule
Appearing with Tagliabue
was Pittsburgh Sleelers line
hacker Bryan Hinkle, who at
tended the I 'diversity on a foot
hall si hnlnrship
Hinkle told the lawmakers
lie's worried that a game like
Sports Action could make his
i hildren and other young peso
pie more interested in point
spreads than in how their fa
vorite team is doing
"I want them to grow up i ol
looting football i arils rather
than worrying about betting on
games " Hinkle said
The testimony by Tagliabue
and Hinkle came on two lulls
that would prohibit lotteries
based on sports events
legliabue lulil lit*1 House
( onimillee thill tin- Nl It onsid
rrs the Sports Action game ,i
misappropriation" nl tin*
league s prodm I
"Uc i ri'.itt* llic great games
and now sumt'oiic else is sell
nig our games he said
Idle Nil. i ominission said
the league's hindamental ills
agreement with the game is
that it puts professional sport
ing eicuts under a i loud
"Oregon's spurts lottery in
e\ itabl\ < n ates a i Innate of
stispn ion about ( oiltroversial
plavs m N'l I games and inten
sifles I s oil ism w ith respei I to
the out) nine ol Nl I. games lie
said
Several members of the
1 louse ( ommittee quizzed
Tagliablle about u hv the league
hasn't taken the offensive
against large si ale football bet
ting that goes on in Las Vegas
lagliabue responded that
gambling is .in entreni bed m
dustr\ in lais Vegas that's been
leg.il for 50 years
"We re not condoning it or
supporting it." lie said Hut
it "s a reality ol life