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.
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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
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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.
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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.