Oregon Daily
FRIDAY. APRIL 16. 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 137
Student sentenced
for role in assault
□ Freshman pleads guilty to intimidation charge
stemming from assault on bisexual man
By Matt Bender
Orggon Datiy f mewkl
A University student was sentenced to two years probation, 72
iiours of community service and was fined $200 in District Court
Thursday after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a bisexual man and a
University student earlier this year.
Freshman Todd Lin wood Pendexter, 18, told District Court judge
Bryan Hodges he was sorry he assaulted Steve Laliberty and Brian
Todd Pendexter
Horne retuiexter men lurneo co me iwo vu.
tims, who were attending the sentencing,
and apologized for his behavior
Pendexter pleaded guilty to second
degree intimidation in an incident where
Borre. a 19-year-old University student, and
Laliherty, a 23-ytser-old bisexual man. were
assaulted on the 1300 block of Mill Street
Jan. 29.
Pendexter was charged with intimidation
because Pendexter perceived that the vic -
tims were homosexuals.
"If you threaten someone on the basis of
rat e, color, religion, national origin or sex
J ual orientation, your have committed the
crime of intimidation." said Tim Birr.
Fustene police spokesman.
Fendexter, who wns originally charged with first and second*
degree intimidation, plea bargained to have the first-degree intimi
dation charge dropped. First-dugree intimidation is a felony and
ot curs when morn than one assailant is involved. S«h ond-degree is
a misdemeanor and is < hurged w hen there is only one assailant.
Hodges said Fendexter took a positive approach to acknowledging
that what he did was wrong and sentenced Fendexter to a signife
cantly lighter punishment than Assistant District Attorney Floyd
Prozanski asked for. Prozanski recommended three years probation,
at least 120 hours of community service and a $530 fine to pay for
Laliherty's medical hills and damage done to 1-aliberty’s eyeglasses
in the assault.
Horre arid lailiberty both said they were upset with the verdict
"The court system doesn't work." Lalibertv said "I am going to
have to pay for medical hills and my glasses even though they are a
result of his doing.”
Rolling Ducks
>**HS*m frr Mhony Putney
David Hubin, director of Academic
t eaming Services (above) shoots a
basket m Thursday night's Ducks on a
Roil 4th Annual Wheelchair basketball
contest (Lett) Duck men’s basketball
player Jordy Lyden drives to the hoop
around ORC player Jim Craft
Candidate to petition for credits
j Collins Puente apologizes,
cites rape as reason for missing
last fall’s enrollment deadline
By Tammy Batey
Oregon LXv/y £ rr*n*k!
ASUO Executive candidate Diana Collins
Puente said she will submit a petition to the
Office of the Registrar Wednesday so that six
credits of practicum work will be officially
added to her lull 1992 registration transcript.
An article in Tuesday’s Emerald reported
Collins Puente may have violated the ASUO
Constitution (all term because she was the
ASUO multicultural advocate while not
enrolled us a student.
ASUO members are required to t>e Universi
ty students "who have paid the current term or
semester incidental fee." according to the ASUO
Constitution.
Collins Puente said she missed the fall enroll
ment deadline because she was "emotionally
overwhelmed" after being raped this summer.
She was unsure if she would remain in school
or in Eugene.
By the time Collins Puente decided to remain
at the University, the deadline had passed. Since
winter term, she suid she's been trying to regain
her financial aid and her Euurul Award, a schol
arship. She's also been working with her
Turn to PETITION, Page 3
University report says
professors productive
j University faculty
compared to those at
other Universities
By Colleen Pohlig
Ornijon D»<fy (
University faculty spend near
ly twice as much time teaching
as they do conducting research,
and they have lower salaries than
for idly at other comparable uni
versities, act ordingtoa recently
published University report.
The University's Of lice of Leg
islative and Community Rola
lions prepared and released a
ruport this spring that compared
findings of six studies about pay,
use of time, contact with students
and support servir.es in an effort
to educate the state legislature
about faculty activities
"Wo wanted to provide legis
lators, who aren't loo familiar
with higher education, with data
so they could use a factual basis
for policy decisions," said Kandy
MacDonald, director of legisla*
live and community relations
Twenty randomly-chosen far
Turn to FACULTY, Page 3
WEATHER
Mostly cloudy today with a
<0 percent chance of rain.
Highs about 60 degrees
Showers Saturday with lows in
the 40s. Highs 55 to 65 degrees
dropping on Sunday.
Today In History
In 1889, comedian and movie
director Charlie Chaplin was
bom in London.
THEM GOOD VIBRATIONS
San Franciscos Good Vibrations is sending representatives to lead a panel
discussion on sexuality and to demonstrate aud offer for sale sex toys, para
phernalia and the best pansexual pornographic magazines Good Vibrations
originated as a female and lesbian-positive sex shop and has now expanded
to include information and toys for heterosexuals and gay men
Presentation will be from 10 to 12 a m Friday. April 16 at the Ben Under
Room in the EMU For those who (.an t miss work. Good Vibrations will
also make a brief presentation at the End-cf-Pride Week Dance at the EMU
Ballroom starting at 9 p.m. tonight
SPORTS
Oregon men's basketball ( tw.lt Jerry Gtwn has been
named as an assistant coat h for the 1043 USA Haskethall
men's 'tinder 22' vjuad
Kansas r oach Roy Williams, for whom Green was former
ly an assistant at Kansas, will be the head coach of the
team, which will play in the International Basketball
Federation |une 14-20 in Argentina and July 24-31 in
Spain.
Connecticut head coach )im Calhoun and («eorge
Washington head roach Mike |arvis were also named as
assistant roaches.