Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, APRIL14, 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 135
Candidates differ on issues during first debate
j Tickets disagree on
experience, agree on
students’ apathy
By Tammy Batey
Oregon Daily fmerM
The 1993-94 ASUO Executive
candidates disagreed Tuesday
night about ea(.h ticket's quali
fications to do the job and about
how to pay for student services,
including a multicultural c enter
But at a debate that only 50
students attended, the candi
dates did agree apathy is a key
campus problem.
The first ASUO Executive
candidate deflate was sponsored
by the greek system.
Eric Bowen and Diana Collins
Puente, running together for
ASUO president and vice presi
dent. respectively, said their
present positions within the
ASUO Executive give them an
edge over their opponents.
Bowen is ASUO programs coor
dinator, and Collins Puente is
ASUO multicultural advocate.
Leslie Warren and Mark John
son. ASUO president and vice
president candidates, respec
tively , are not part of the AS!!()
Executive.
"As ASUO programs coordi
nator. I deal with disabled stu
dents, " Bowen said. ”1 deal with
lesbian, gay and bisexual stu
dents. I deal with students of
color It's only through working
in the ASUO that you have this
knowledge "
Warren and Johnson said they
want to make the ASUO more
accessible to students They
plan on having town hall meet
ings and Saturday office hours
to meet one-on-one with stu
dents
"Mv agenda is your agenda."
Warren said. "I'm not a politi
cian I'm willing to listen to
your issues."
The pair don't have experi
ence in the ASUO Executive,
but "we care, which I think
comes shining through," John
son said.
Warren and Johnson said they
believe it's unfair to expect stu
dents to pay incidental fees for a
multicultural center and a Sex
Assault Exam Fund. Bowen and
Collins Puente collet ted about
1,000 signatures to put the two
measures on the up» oming bal
lot.
The multicultural center
would cost each student a one
time fee of $2 45 per term The
exam fund would cost 17 cents
per term The fund would
enable rape victims to receive
free sexually transmitted disease
tests and treatment.
Warren and Johnson said they
believe students shouldn't la*
expected to pay higher inciden
tal fees to fund the center
"The multicultural center is
worthwhile, but funding should
come from outside the Universi
ty." Johnson said "It's unfair to
expect students to pay fees for
Turn to DEBATE, Page 4
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About SO students attended a Tuesday night debate between the ASUO Executive candidate tickets of
Leslie Warren and Mark Johnson (standing), and Eric Bowen and Diana Collins Puente (back)
Gunman robs local supermarket
j Armed robber held manager at
gunpoint and stole about $500
By Matt Bender
(.Megan Ot**v tm&ata
A man armed with u revolver walked into a
campus-area supermarket Tuesday afternoon
and forced the store's manager to give him
alxmt $300 In cash out of the store's safe.
The man entered Food Value. 1900 Franklin
Blvd . about 12:50 p m and demanded to see
the store's manager, Russell Strome The store's
imokkeeper. who refused to give her name, saitl
the man said he wanted to see the manager
because he had a customer complaint.
"He said something about his daughter being
cut on the lip by a bottle in the parking lot," she
said.
Strome. who told the Hmt-mld he didn't want
to talk about the incident, came to the front to
meet the man The bookkeeper said Strome and
the man then went hack to the manager's office.
Once in the office, the man pulled out a
revolver and pushed the gun's barrel against
Slrome's ribs Store employees said the man
then demanded Strome take him to the safe to
get some cash.
Strome and the man walked to the safe,
which is located on the east wall in the front of
the store. Employees said Strome opened the
safe ami gave the man about $500 in cash,
which was pul in a brown paper Food Value
bag
The man then fled the store on foot, and no
one saw which way he went. After the man left.
Strome called ‘11 I and reported the robbery.
Store checker Laurie Hahn, who was ringing
up groceries a few feet away from the safe, said
none of the employees in the front of the store
had any idea what was going on. The slure's
bookkeeper said it is not uncommon for the safe
to bo opened during business hours.
"We didn't think anything of it." said the
Turn to ROBBERY. Page 4
Beating trial judge
warns court artists
□ Judge says sketches of anonymous jury
members are too “accurate for comfort”
U)S ANGELES (AP) — Barricades went up around the courthouse.
Marines practiced storming a town Tuesday and a congresswoman
pleaded with constituents to "cltiU'' us jurors tn the Rodney King
healing case ended a fourth day of delilierntions without a verdict
The federal jury wound up for the day at 4 15 p in., and delibera
tions were to resume this morning The pirors have deliberated for
22 hours; there was no indication how close they were to a verdict.
Sketch artists were admonished by U.S. Dislrii t lodge John Davies,
who said they were "too accurate for comfort" in their portrayals of
the anonymous jury deciding the fate of four police officers accused
of violating King's civil rights.
Any drawings of jurors or alternates must contain minimal detail
and must not render them ret ognizahle." the judge wrote in on order
posted in the courthouse press room.
The city, meantime, moved to bolster security.
A crane lowered three-foot-high concrete harriers into place out
side of the federal building, blocking the entrance to crowds and
Turn to TRIAL. Page 4
WEATHER
Expect a 60 percent chance
of rain lotiay and a high near
60. Increasing clouds, scat
tered showers and a high of SO
degrees am forcasted for
Thursday.
Today in History
In 19S6, Ampex Corporation
demonstrated its first commer
cial videotape recorder
TOY TROUBLES
IRVINE. Calif. (AP) - Taco Bell Corp. asked i.uslomers Monday to return
promotional finger puppets and balls after complaints that some puppets
stuck to children * tongues and that blowing up the balls caused dizziness.
There were complaints that the Richard Scarry character puppets "Lowly
Worm" and "Huckle Cat" got stuck on the tongues of three youngsters, the
company said in a statement.
It citeo several complaints about children getting dizzy trying to blow up
the 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' inflatable balls
The Company announced the recall "to eliminate any possibility of future
customer discomfort and inconvenience." spokeswoman Jane! Smith said.
_SPORTS
BIRMINGHAM, Fngland (API - Her teammates nic k
named her "Awesome,"
And Tuesday, Dominique Dawes showed the world why.
The 16-year-old gymnast from Silver Spring, Md . regis
tered an awesome set of scores to win the first of si* rounds
of qualifying at the World Championships.
l,oud cheers from Ibe mostly British crowd greeted Dawes
as she approac hed eac h piece of apparatus And she justi
fied the overwhelming support by scoring the highest
marks in each of the four disciplines
First came 9.712 for her floor exercise, then 9.618 for the
vault and 9 75 on the asymmetric bars.