Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13. 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE
31
It’s a bird, it’s a plane... OK, its a bird
P*0*0 Crf Mk.W
77ws local woodpecker spent its afternoon Tuesday working on a tree outside the
Collier House on the corner of 13th Avenue and University Street
Officials dispute
origin of $337,000
j Administrator says
money may be from
discretionary account
By Chester Allen
£m<wa)d Rec 'lei
A Sd.t7.ooo University in
c oiiiit mnv not hr interest trom
student im ulental fees .is pres i
mi si v thought, .mil thi' Univer
sitv is planning .in audit ol the
.11 i omit to determine where the
immi'i i .imi* from mu! who
should got it ,i University offi
i mi s.nd Tuesday
We re going to keep mi open
mind mid try mid figure out tin'
souri es ol these funds, said
University vice provost (ienird
Moseley These hinds may he
interest im tune from various
in i mints, tml I'm not going to
make a hurried prediction
about this matter "
University offu mis previous
ly said the money was interest
earned from student incidental
fees, hut Moseley said a convor
sation with former lludget I)i
re< tor Ralph Sunderland into
the origins nf the account re
vealed some of the money was
from a discretionary at.count
control led hv the University
president's iillu e
However, student govern
ment leaders said they still he
lieve the money was earned
from student fees, and they
plan to keep asking the I hiiver
sity tor i ontrol of the money
Im idental l ee ( mmmittee
(.hairman Sieve M.is.it said the
University's hud get office
learned the Si 17.000 yy;is
earned from student fees
The study in the budget of
!ii f sav s tho monov is m an 1H
m i nun! and it is from interest
on iiu idonlnl foes." M<isat said
Masat said ho believes the
l 'niversitv is in no hurry to dis
tnbuti- the money and studi-nt
government m.iv Inno to Ido a
lawsuit lo get tho money
I don't think thoro is any in
It-rtial pressure in tho Universe
tv administration to give inon
ov to studonts. Masat said
I’ooplo uro Iveing vorv terntori
al about this monov l lioro s
tho possibility ol a lawsuit, but
that hasn't roallv boon dis
i ussod vot
ASl If) I’losidont [lobby Ion
said lies requesting tho II <
ASl 1) and I Ml Hoard form i
lommittoo to investigate tho or
igins ot tho Si 17.1)1)0
I'm appallod by Ibis confu
sion," boo said l ho idoa flint
tho University i an lose trm k ol
a $ l 17 (1110 line item is bard to
tveliove "
Sunderland said the ai i mint
was originally t rented to bo a
holding account for various
sources ol interest income, and
some of tho monov was used
tor National Merit Si holarslup
roi ipients
"Frankly, when the interest
income first started i mning in.
students used the iniini-v to ce
il in o iin ideuta! loos. and I
don't think there's a lot of mon
ey loll. " Sunderland said
I In- Univorsilv should lie able
lo Ir.n o all the money with a
great deal of n< i iirm v
King festivities begin today
j Poet Essex Hemphill and
activist Mary Francis Berry
help celebrate MLK week
By Mandy Baucum
Eme*aid Reoouo'
The highly acclaimed s|>eakers for the
Martin 1.other King |r Celebration. writ
er. poet. Ksstsx Hemphill anti Man Fran
cis Berry, a renown civil rights activist,
are two good reasons to attend this year's
celebration
Black Student Union member Kricka
Warren expressed how important the
event is to tier and many Americans.
whatever their color
"It's .in important week l»'i ause this
country celebrates rapists and murderers
Hut to celebrate an African Amerii an,
man or woman, is not as widely m i ept
ed." Warren s.nd. "Martin l.uther King
celebrates the rights not iiist of hlai k
people, fnit the rights of all huiminkind
and ! think his memory should be recog
nized."
HSf President Leslie Warren said the
celebration is an important event for ev
eryone
"We hope people ( ome out and show
their dedication to Martin Luther king
Turn to MLK Page 3
Saferide on the road again
j Snow-safety concerns
temporarily close the
women’s shuttle service
Saferide is up and running again
after four days off because of poor
driving conditions. The on-campus
van. tho off-campus van and the off
campus car ran Tuesday night.
Saferide Co-director Keri Levine
said the primary reason the vehicles
didn't run Friday through Monduy
was concern for the drivers' safety.
"A lot of drivers haven't driven be
fore in snow.'' Irvine said. " espc
dally the units from (California.”
All three of Saferide’si vehicles are
now outfitted witli chains, said
Saferide Co-director Amy Neel. Neel
pul up a sign above tfn* Suferide desk
in EMU Suita 3 cautioning Saferide
drivers: “When driving vans with
(bains, stay below :i() mpb. and
pernp the breaks when stopping
Take it slow and easy.”
The service is ospec tally busy in
bad weather. Noel said.
WEATHER
The mercury should begin to
(jeep up slightly over the next
few days
Some light snow is still possi
ble todav. but bv Friday most of
the moisture should be in the
form of rain.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial v:mi.r today for two University students killed in an auto
accident will be at 8 p m. in the EMU Ben Linder Room.
Donald Howard Leff. 19, and Charmaine Tiara Joslin, 20. were killed in a
collision Fridas afternoon on Highway 99 south of Corvallis
Leff. a native of Long Beat h Calif., and Joslin, who was originally from
Beaverton but had rw ently transferred from the University of Maine were
returning from Corvallis when the car Leff was driving slid into oncoming
traffic and hit a tractor-trailer rig head-on
SPORTS
PORTLAND (API - The Portland Trail Blazers .11 rivaled
Clyde Drexler and said he would pia> against Denver
Tuesday night
The all-star guard missed seven games bet atise of soreness
in his right knee Me was plated on the miured list Det 30
Drexler underwent arthruv opu. surgery on (lie knee su
weeks during games, aggravating the so re mm and leading to
a dm ision to rest him for seveul games
To make room for Drexler. the Blazers plat ed reserve guard
Delaney Rudd on the injured list. The team said Rudd had
tendinitis in his left knee