Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 119
Rodney King
testifies at
beating trial
j King tells jury he was
“trying to stay alive” while
being attacked by police
ms ANGKL.ES (AP) — Rodney King
took the witness stand Tuesday for the
first time since tiis videotaped beating and
said he was '■attacked" hv police officers,
including one who sc reamed racial insults
and told him. "We're going to kill you."
King, speaking in a soft voice, said he
never attacked the officers ac c used of vio
lating his civil rights.
"I was trying to stay alive," King told
the jury.
King's testimony was his first detailed
public account of the night the black
motorist's speeding c ar was pursued by
police offic ers and he was beaten after
finally coming to a stop.
In c ross-examination, two defense attor
neys c hallenged King's truthfulness in
previous statements about the beating.
King ac knowledged ho had liod to his
parole officer, denying he was drunk and
speeding when police chased him down
"1 was sc ared of going back to prison,"
he explained repeatedly.
He* also said that when he led polic e on
a long chase, refusing to stop, "I was hop
ing the problem would go away. I
stopped at all the stop lights and stop
signs and when I saw the problem
wouldn't go away, I pulled over."
Attorney Michael Stone, who was. cross
examining King when court recessed for
the day. said King's testimony "hurt us n
lot.”
Me promised to undermine the testimo
ny when he resumes questioning King
Wednesday
The testimony in the federal trial of four
white policemen came two years after the
March 3. 1991, beating, which led to a
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Just hanging around
PNJto by Kantly Th*rt*r
Eugene resident Brad Job spends Monday afternoon
climbing and meditating on the artwork outside the Muse
um of Art. between Chapman Hall and Knight Library
5 L
University aims
for increase in
contributions
Fundraising campaign plans to bring
about $150 million in five years
By Sarah Clark
EmeraW Reporter
The University is planning an aggressive fund-raising
i am (slign 11 nit u hi lil i Inn I ill- the ii mount ol pri v ute doilii
lions the 1 Iniversily currently- r«s eivtts, a I .'Diversity v ii w
president said.
Tile campaign, which would begin in lU'H. would
raise $120 million to $150 million during a five year
period, or an average of S.t-1 million to SKI million a year,
said Hrodie Remington. University v ii e president for
puhlii alfiiirs and development
Currently. the University averages about Stfi million a
year in private gilts
Remington said its unfortunate the l Iniversily did not
begin campaigning aggressively for private donations
years ago, like other universities However, he said tins
campaign should bring the University up to fund-raising
par.
"Raising $l:">0 million would put the University of
Oregon in the legitimate big leagues lor institutions ol
our size and type.' Remington said Chore's no reason
why we shouldn't lie to the lug leagues "
The money from the campaign would go to several
areas. Remington said, including strengthening under
graduate edtn alien, faculty researt ii and the proposed
International (‘allege,
"A lot of i ampuses emphasize bricks and mortar in
their fund-raising campaigns." Remington said I bis
campaign will emphasize people-support
The University originally planned to raise $120 mil
lion during five v ears But a ( hit ago i onsulting firm that
surveyed fmlential donors said die l Iniversily i ould raise
$150 million if it could find strong fund raising leaders
The firm. |ohn (irwn/.ebach and Asscm iotes. inter
viewed HO alumni, corporate representatives ami others
who i ould donate $100,000 or more to the University
In confidential interviews, must potential donors said
they'd consider donating to the University. Most
approved of the campaign's objectives, such us raising
money lor undergraduate education, the survey indicat
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Pair makes bid for ASUO office
□ Candidates promise to advocate
increased multiculturalism
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Associate Edtio*
Two ASUO Executive members announced they
will run for 1993-94 ASUO president and vice
president and said their campaign theme will bo
creating a community atmosphere at the Univer
sity.
Eric Bowen. ASUO programs coordinator, and
Diana Collins Puente. ASUO multicultural advo
t.<itti, said if they art* eitHiod ASUO president and
vice president, respectively. they will create a mul
ticultural center In the KMU and create two new
student advocate posts.
The non-traditionul student advocate would
serve disabled students, older students and stu
dents with children. The international student
advocate would serve international students
Too many students now fall under the jurisdic
tion of the multicultural affairs advocate. Collins
Puente said. The new positions would take some
of the pressure off that position.
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ASUO Executive members Diane Collins Puente end Eric Bowen sey
their differences In leadership styles will work to their advantage.
WEATHER
Sunshine will become abun
dant in Oregon as the dry air
progresses southward. Tile dry
sir wiil allow for tranquil
weather, and afternoon temper
atures will be a few degrees
higher than normal Mighs will
be in the upper 60s.
FINANCE BILL STOPPED
SALEM JAP) - The Oregon Senate (ailed to muster enough votes to pass
a $1 billion school finance bill, Tuesday, and sent it to the Joint Ways and
Means Committee instead
Backers o( the measure conceded they didn't have the minimum 16 vote*
needed to pass it Senators then voted 25-5 to ship the bill back to the bud
get panel.
The action followed intense lobbying from parents and educators urging
senators to not approve the bill, which was passed by the House last week
The measure would cut school funds by more than $200 million in the
1993-94 fiscal year.
_SPORTS
ANN ARBOR. Mich (API - Michigan basketball star )alen
Rose may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time,
but he was doing nothing wrong when he was ticketed (or
loitering during a drug raid, the player and university offi
cials said Tuesday.
'I was in that house.’ during an Oct. 4 raid in Detroit, Rose
said at a news conference. "I was there to help a friend."
Rose was given a loitering ticket during the raid at a house
where cocaine and marijuana trafficking was suspected.
Four other people were arrested or ticketed, and their crimi
nal tases are pending.