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Oregon Daily TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1993 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 94, ISSUE 134 Candidate may have violated ASUO rules j Vice presidential candidate not enrolled while multicultural advocate By Jake Berg Oregon Ctn/y (wald ASUO Kxecutive candidate Diana Collins Puente mnv have violated the ASUO Constitution fall term l>\ holding!) paid student government position while she was not enrolled at the University The University registrar's office said Monday that Collins Puente was not enrolled fall term Carol Garrison, a ser vice representative fur tile registrar's office, said Collins Puente was "regis tered for absolutely no courses" fall term. Repeated calls to Collins Puente were not returned to the Enirrnld. Collins Puente, who is running for ASUO vice president with presidential candidate Kric Bowen, is the ASUO mul ticultural advocate Under ASUO Constitution rules, mem bership of the ASUO is required to con sist of University students “who have paid the current term or semester student incidental fee." ASUO comptroller payroll records show that Collins Puente was paid for the months of September. October. November and December. Collins Puente received $300 for September and $150 each for November and December, according to the records. ASUO Vice President Karmen Fore said Collins Puente receives a $150 monthly stipend and received that amount in October. Records were not available for October, but ASUO comp troller hbon Brady said the ASUO simply may not have drafted a payroll record for October. Fore said the extra $150 in September was a special re-allocation of funds for yvork Collins Puente did in the Moy-|une pay period ASUO President Bobby Lee said he did not know whether Coliins Puente was enrolled in fall, but if she was not. then the ASUO would "no doubt" take action. "1 would ask her to pay the money back." he said. Collins Puente filled out a payroll form in May for her 1993-94 stipend that should have stated her enrollment status. Turn to CANOtOATE. Page 4 Shine on Teddy Boy takes a break to polish up his original Remington bools m front of the EMU Monday Law school profs address LA’s King trial j Panel member says federal civil rights trial may end with hung jury By Daralyn Trapp© Owptvi tXy.y /'avw.istf Although new approat hes have hotm used by preset ntors in tin- sot oiut trial ut Iht! offn urn <n t list'd ul lii'iiting Kodnev king, thorp’s no iv,iv of prodii ting what vortlit.l tins or am jury will rwlurn. said ii University law professor Monday Wavin' Wustllng. who specializes in criminal law. was on© of six panelists at .in afternoon discussion Ih.il nltrat tori ahoitt 100 ptntplt! T'ht! panel was orga nized hv lh® law si hool to help people understand lilt' trial protet'dings mvolv mg thi* four off it t-rs YVostling, a ftirint'r di'putv ihstrii t altor lll'V 111 I .os Angeles (allllltV. wiltin' the trial is Itt-nigt ondiit It'ti. said several full daint'iila! different os aro apparunt in ihu tallies liomg iisml In thu prosecuting attornovs l ilt- first trial resulted in not guilty ver dil ls for tin* officers, with the exception of an impasse on ono i omit I ho most stg nirn a.it i flange this time around. West ling said, was tho det ision to put King on tllo stand "Thu stalo prosecutors, in Ihoir tat It tail )udginont. thought tho videotape was so good and that King hi instill was so shaky as a witness, that ho was very vul nerable in regards to his prior criminal rot ortl and lh© fat I thill ho was drunk on the night of tho arrest," Wostling said, in regards to thu lirst trial "They thought ho t ouid hide OUt t'ht* downside to that det.ision was that the Jury was never alii© to regard king as a person with an individual identifii a tion I ho pirv did. however, see the ofli i ors, liiroti o! wlioni testified, as "individuals try mg to do a diffit nil joli "I think it was a wise dot ision. this Turn to KINO, Page 4 Greens plan projects, but none for Earth Day □ Southern Willamette Greens emphasize agenda instead of preparing for celebration By Katy Moallar Oregon Oarfy immatO With the 23rd anniversary of Earth Day less than two weeks away, the local chapter of Southern Willamette Greens is not gearing up for a big. highly publicized celebration of the day’s founding. Rather than duplicating the efforts of other local groups, the Greens will be channeling their energies into other projects, said Jeff Land, an active member of the national Green Party since I <*83. The Southern Willamette Greens is a grass-roots organization that is loosely affiliated with the national Green Parly. This year the lotal choplerof Greens sponsored a visit by Wal ler B rosette. a Chippewa Indian, who spoke at the University Environmental law Conference. The chapter was also responsible for organizing a panel of Native Ameruans who shured Nutive American values in rela tionship to land management and living on the lond Another of the Greens' major focuses this year has !>eun exploring the possibilities for a progressive alliance in Eugene and in all of Oregon. Turn to GREENS. Page 4 WEATHER Relatively dry air moved across Oregon Monday result ing in sunshine. Light ram today with clouds increasing through Wednesday as a storm approaches the coast. Today in History In 1870. the Metropolitan Museum ol art was founded in New York. ASUO PROGRAMS FAIR TODAY About 25 student programs and both sets of ASUO Executive candidates will take part in the ASUO Programs Pair from today until Thursday in the EMU Lobby. The Oregon Marching Band . Oregon Voice and the Sure ival Center are among the programs at the fair, which will be from 10 a m. to 3 p.m Eric Bowen and Diana Collins Puente, and Leslie Warren and Mark lohnson, who are running for ASUO president and vice president, respec tively. will answer students questions the fair will help students learn about some of the more than 80 University student programs, said Man Hill, ASUO programs intern. SPORTS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With |h* words. "Udies and gentlemen. welcome to Candlestic k Park.' the first full-time female public, address announcer in ma|or league baseball made her debut Monday Sherry Davis was behind the microphone for the first time for the San Francisco Giants home opener against the Florida Marbles 7m really excited." she said before the game Davis, a legal secretary who beat out more than 500 com petitors for the fob in Man.h. had a busy first day on the lob, swarmed by television cameras and photographers as she read from her sen pi.