Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1992
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 120
State leaders debate having Duke on primary ballot
j Secretary of state, Republican
chairman differ on a move to in
clude former Ku Klux Klan leader
in primary
By Gerrit Koeppmg
Emerald Reporter
Although many ; ppose his bat kground. David
Duke deserves ,1 spoi on the Oregon primary bai
lot. Secretary of State I’liil Keisling said Thursday
at a debate In Hugene
brisling debtiti'd Republican Tarty Chairman
Craig Uerkman on whether Duke should Im' on the
10<U Republican primary ballot for president
Under state law. only the secretary of state t an
decide wtio will be on Oregon ballots The de< t
sion. according to Oregon revised statutes is to be
based on whether the candidate is generally ad
vncated or nationally rei ngni/ed in the m wv mr
ilia as a v table candidate
Political parties have nil i nnirol in «t vs tin i>. on
the ballols
keisljng made the controversial anno,ini en . nl
in Januarv that he was likely to put link. on the
Republican primary ballot as a presnienti.i an.il
date i
ilerkman vs hi is opposed. mi.I tin Oregon
Republican Parts does not vs mt its party to be
identified vsijh these rai ists
nerkriian said the media does not see Poke as .1
v i.il'lisa andiiiate tx i ause he has n. inonev little
organ;/.liiun and little support I. : " at o e. n
ilerkman said. Duke siioulil not be [dared m: the
pritnarv ballot
I tilike jerrv brown. he doesn't • •von have .in
HOO number, ilerkman said
but keisling said past campaigns In Duke lor
Turn to DUKE Page 4
Oregon Secretary of State Phil Keialing (left) and Craig Berkman, Or
egon Bepubhcan party chairman, debate whether David Duke thould
be on the Oregon primary ballot
Fossils of ancient Oregon to be on display
jThe Tualatin Mastodon,'
a 30.000-year-old crea
ture, stars in the March ex
hibit at Pacific Hall
By Brian Kelly
Emerald ContnDutor _
If you fool like you're gutting old,
you should visit tin* collection of It) to
50 million year old fovsil* from Ort
gon's prehistorii past that will be on
display in late March
Tho Condon Collection, the Univer
sity's museum of mostly mammal re
mains, has a new home and the gi <.>
ogy department will hold c 't
house to show oil the new ipi.irlers on
March 20
The collection valued ..' nore limn
55 million, is usually open only It re
searr hers and sr ientists During the
open house, visitors will have a
i ham e to sis’ the 40.(XHl spei mien r ol
leotinn and photograph and handle tin
famous "Tualatin Mastodon, a ( ::i
p|«te skeleton of an elephant like iieast
that lived in Oregon 10.000 years ago
The mastodon is currently being put
together by museum personnel, Alter
the open house, it will he permanently
moved to Tualatin s city library
The new facility, which will he
housed in Room 1! I’ar ifir Hall, in
cludes a preparation laboratory and a
new shelving system The system c up
turns up to 45 percent of previously
wasted aisle spai e
Installed hy SpaceSaver S|ier lalists,
Inc of Portland. it was funded bv a
grant from the National Science foun
dation Biotic Systems and Resources
program The facility will tie linked hy
a computer file system to similar col
lections at the University of Washing
ton, the University of California-Berke
lev and the Los Angeles Countv Muse
Turn to BONES Page 3
•”ir* • , ft' a '#V
Robert A. Linder, a volunteer worker for the Condon Collection, assembles the ver
tebrae of a mastodon, which was found in a Tualatin tomato patch. Linder says re
constructing the animal is "is like putting a puttie together
College a time
of questioning
beliefs, church
jSome students leave fold,
others find faith grows
stronger
By T ammy Batoy
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(inn Thry I< -ir? 1 In <|Urslion 1 lit* mini
lions ol Shakespeare Ills { iitisiis ol Eli,
( lu ll W ir .uni I!i.■ ir invn lone be Id hr
I mis .mil v ,i I nos
Religious he Inis are soini’l i mi"
among thiist' 11i.iI students question
University stuclrnls Sharon Sums .uni
Sue (.oliini both grew up involved in i
i huri h umi learned their | .mulls roll
gious I.H-iiofs Tin's s.is attending i ollegr
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ligum m I in* i r lives
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irniiril church sinir age I .mil now ul
tunds .i lum denominational t bun b
Bring s.ivril b.is helped inr ibiougb
nvi rvtliing, ' Snow Mini ' Its vrrv mi
portiinl to ii.ivr ,i rrlillionsillp sviirrr
you lire iomplrlrly .uirjilnl .mil tom
plrirlv lovi'd Its important lo know
[hat though vvr'rr sinnrrs, liirrr s sumr
iinr w ho w us willing In dir for m
bight years ago l.olurn (iropprif util
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up in .mil suit! she's tu rn ii.ipjiirr rvrr
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Colurn s.iiii firr p.irrnls litifn't under
si.mil lirr (in is ion .mil worrirt) ulxiut
hrr children going lo hrll Thry ,iiso
ihoughl stir would rod up on .1 sirrrl
corner selling hrr iiodv for nionrv She
said siir Irfl hrr i hurt it when sir- w ...
frrshm.m in ( ollrgr tin iiusr sir vv.is no
longer forced lo attend
It's one thing lo let i hildren ir.im
'ore. ' i CHURCH P.igo S
SHOT DOWN
The Ducks lost a heart
breaker to USC Thurs
day night at Mac Court.
81-76.
Sn BASKETBALL. Pag* 9
SPANNING THE GLOBE
Speakers from countries such as Chile.
Australia and Russia are in Eugene to take
part m the tenth annual Public Interest
Environmental Law Conference
See CONFERENCE. Page 6
STARSTRUCK
The advanced
I Shakespeare acting
class will perform at the
Planetarium Saturday.
See SHAKESPEARE, Page 8