Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1992
Jury finds senator
guilty on 15 counts
j State Sen. Peg
Jolin may lose seat,
faces prison
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Editor
State Sen. Peg Jolin is guilty
on 15 of 16 counts of using un
due influence to raise money
for her campaign fund and of
stealing from her constituents
through deception, a Lane
County Circuit Court jury ruled
Tuesday.
The jury found Joins guilty of
csight counts of using undue in
fluence to raise money for her
) campaign fund, six counts of
second-degree theft and one
count of third-degree theft.
The verdict followed a seven
dav Inal in which the utlornevs
argued about whether John
misled her constituents in a
fund-raising letter.
The prosecuting and defense
lawyers will meet Thursday to
set a sentencing dale Jolin. first
elected in 1067, may lose her
job in the Legislature. She also
faces a prison term.
The state charged Jolin. I)
Cottage drove, in May after
c (aiming she sent an "emergen
cy fund-raising letter" to 270
Individuals and interest groups
In the letter, Jolin, who repre
1 sents Distric t 21. allegedly said
* she needed $10,000 to pay for a
S5.000 "immediate” campaign
debt and a $5,500 repair cost
for a vehicle damaged while a
campaign worker was placing
signs for her campaign
According to records the
prosecution introduced in court
Nov 1. Jolin actually had
Peg JoJm
S2H.OOO m her account w hen
she wrote the letter
jolin received about SI.000
in contributions after receiving
the letter She returned the
money after state officials
raised questions about the eth
ics and the legality of the letter
In his closing arguments
Tuesday afternoon. Byron Chat
field of the state attorney's of
fice said he believed John was
aware ol how much money was
in her account and intentional
Iv deceived her constituents.
“Did the defendant know
how much was in her account'
You better believe it. (.halfteld
said “How do you know how
much money you have when
you go out and buy lawn signs'
You have to know how much is
in your at count '
“She obtained money by co
ating a false Impression." he
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University senior Silas Davis works 12 hours a week in the f.MU Fishbowl s deli, a fob ho holds lo
help pay expenses
Students say jobs necessary
j Studies occupy time, but most
work to make ends meet
By Tammy Baley
Emerald Associate Editor
Students can argue until they're blue in the
face and may still never solve the mystery of
how to juggle work, and si hool
Hut most University students agree their
time is valuable and their jobs are necessary
Students vary, however, on whether they pay
their tuition with jobs. I'm.irx ial aid or goner
ous parents
Senior Silas Davis works 12 hours a week
making sandwichs in the KMl' ITshbowI s
deli Davis said tie makes ttlxiul Slt>() a month
A st holarship and a loan pay for the remain
der of his expenses
"I think it's very diffirult. espei luliy with tu
ition increases." he said "This is mv hardest
year That's why ! have to work "
The transition from high school, a time
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Students not immunized will be turned away next term
jMore than 1,600 still must
show measles vaccine rec
ords to health center
By Sarah Clark
Ermratd Reportef
Mon: than 1,600 students will not be
abli* to register for winter term unless
they show University Student Health
Center officials before Nov to that
they've been vaccinated twice for mea
sles.
An Oregon administrative rule imple
mented in August requires the health
editor lu makt- sure students lior n a ft «*r
l<tMi are immunized twice for measles
before the end of full term, health center
direr lor Gerald Flcist lilt said.
Last year, the health center allowed
students without measles immunization
records to register for fall term but not
for spring term But the state law has
forced the health center to follow u strict
er policy, said nurse Ginger Sands
As of Oct 2H, \,U.i7 students hod not
submitted records of immunization
Those students were notified when they
enrolled and were mailed another notice
this fall, Fleischll said.
"We deflated whether we were being
too harsh (in not lotting students regis
tor)," Fleischli sail) "But the other side
is that if we were to have an outbreak of
measles which i an lie filial it would
he tragii to think we hadn't done even
tiling m our power to prevent it
Sands said many of the 1 .till7 students
have been immunized twice tail haven't
notified the health center
Students can simply fill out a health
center immunization ( ard i! they know
the dales of their shots. Sands said
Copies of immunization records are
helpful hut not required, she said
The health renter offers measles im
munization for St> Students can come to
the health center Mondays, Wwlre -sdavs,
Thursdays iitui I'ridavs from » 10 a in to
noon and ! to •! j> in or Tuesdays from o
u.m to riiKin and 1 to I p in No appoint
ment is necessary Students should allow
at least a half-hour lor the procedure.
Sands said
Students i an also pay S 17 for a blood
test proving their Immunity to measles
However, students may have to wait 10
days for results
Students with medical exemptions
must gel their physic laris to fill out an
exemption form Students with religious
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WEATHER
Eugene residents should
(■specs axil temperatures fur the
nest few days with highs in the
mid-50s
Today in History
Today is Veterans Day
In 1918, fighttng in World War
I came to an end with the sign
Jing of an armistice between the
Allies and Germany
s SKATEBOARDING
UPS AND DOWNS
They're grinding, sliding and flip
ping aruumi campus |usi searching
for a piece of (he concrete
Pon t worry they're |ust state
boarders - dodging the authorities
that seek to protect private and pub
lic properly
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SPORTS
PORTLAND (API ■ Portland run* imen VanofclieondKod
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TralHaren to a lOO-ifri vktors :wef the Phornu Suns n T .' viis
night.
The battle of Pacifit Division i on tenders looked like an ii'irm
Confm-ro e slugfest as neither team i «uld hit consistently from the
outside
Hie. who voted id of his 17 points in the final quarter, sank a J
pointer with 2 19 to play to put Portland ahead ’H Hfi Phoenu was
never doser than seven again.
Both Hie and Stockland signed with Portland as flee agents during
the offseason