Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21. 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 140
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Af'Wvjr,
Frank Miles, a graduate m educational policy and management,
casts his vote at the Saferide-staffed voters' booth which is bang run
by Margaret Karen Davis who is a volunteer driver for Saferide
Pair may face charges
for verbal harassment
j Two men blocked a
walkway as students left a
dance, witnesses say
By Matt Bonder
Two University iitmltinti may f« u pros
edition under the Student ( undin t ( ode
for verbally harassing homosexual slu
dents who w ere leav mg a gay pride dam e
in lhi> KMl Saturday morning
The IWo male Students allegedly
harassed gav and lesbian students as they
were walking tint of the dam e at the I Ml
Ballroom about 12 4a a m Philip Horne,
who was walking out of the dam e, said
the men smelled of alcohol and were
veiling at the people leaving tile i Ml
" l llev were veiling things like. Is this
where all the laggots are'1 and Are vim a
faggotHorne said
Steve Dennis a University student who
was also at (tie dam e. said the two men
were bloi king the walkway on the west
side of the KMU that leads to the stairs to
the sis olid-floor ballroom.
Although no lights occurred. Dennis
said people leaving the dance had to hump
into the two men as they made their way
down the walkway
"There were a couple of situations, hut
nothing happened." he said "I think it
was too puhlit of a plat e and there were
too many of us lor them to do anything
Dennis said tlie quick response h\ Uni
versity Office of Puhlit Safety of filers also
prevented the lilt Itlent from esi ul.ltlllg
They were there within two or three
minutes." Dennis said " Th»*\ were very
professional and handled the situation
very well."
Dennis said the I eshian. ('..is and Bisev
ttul Alliance, svhit h sponsored the iliuue,
hired set tints fur the dam e. hut it didn't
help to defuse the situation
I In s hired I Ml set unts and that
set unts does not (.over things outside the
I Ml he saitl It just respond* to things
inside the building
I Ml' set tints presented the same tsso
individuals, along with tsvo other men,
from entering the dam e hours before the
im ident o<i urred. Dennis said
"They svere ill a group of four and svere
drunk and wanted to get into the dam e,"
he said They i on Id 11 t get in. so thus
waited outside When the dam e ended
tsvo of them svere still there
I he OPS officers who arrived on the
si ene took dossn an informational report
of the incident, which ssill he sent to
I lame (.reen, the dean ot student i ondui I
(•reen. who hail not set seen the report,
said the two suspei ts could face a sariels
of i (targes under the University Student
Conduct Code She said they iiiiild he
charged with harassment, unwanted sexto
al behavior, disorderly condtu t ami lewd
and iiulei en! tiehavior
Uri'cii said no at lion would he taken
until all oi the lai ts id the incident svere
reviewed. She also said iiecauso of federal
pris ai s lows, the names of the tsvo sus
peels would not lie released il her oIf11 e
dei idi's to file i hjirges
Horne and Dennis Imth said tlies filed
complaints at (IPS after the im ulent
Harassment rule
defines behaviors
j Today is the last day for suggestions
on proposed discrimination rule
By Colleen Pohlig
Oregon f
University faculty and students will have one last
opportunity today to suggest changes for the proposed
sexual harassment rule introduced by the administration
last month as part of a federal conciliation agreement.
The rule, which hasn't complied with state and feder
al regulations regarding sexual harassment for at least
five years, proposes to redefine sexual harassment, estab
lish record-keeping requirements and define clearer
expectations of administrators.
The proposed rule encompasses all fontis of illegal dis
crimination. which includes sexual harassment, and seeks
Turn to RULE. Page 4
‘ODE’ board names 1993-94 editor
j Emerald news editor
hired to top position
By Tammy Batey
Oregon D&ty Fftjentki
Jake Horn, nows editor of the Ore
gon Daily Emerald, will bo the
1903-94 Emerald editor-in-chief.
The Emerald Board of Directors
Tuesday night named Berg, a 20
year-old junior, to the position,
lie'll begin the post during the sum
mer.
Berg, a journalism major, was the
Emeruld sports editor last year.
Two years ago. he worked as a
sports reporter at the newspaper.
During the summer of 1990, Berg
worked full-time us ,1 sports
reporter ut the Lincoln County
Nets s 7 mws in Newport, his home
town.
Hoard member Gerry Gezlay and
board Chairman Richard Rofsky
said they chose fiery; because of the
varied positions he's hud at the
Emerald during the past three
years.
"We were favorably impressed
by lake's last three years of work
on the ODE. during which ho has
had progressively increasing posi
tions of responsibility and demon
strated his capability and
commitment toward maintaining
the Emerald us a first-class student
Turn to EDITOR, Page 5
Jake Berg
WEATHER
The sun may be bac k this
afternoon! Partial clearing
expected today following morn
ing showers Highs near 60
degrees
Today m History
In 1060. at the Boston
Marathon. Rosie Ruiz was the
first woman to cross the finish
line. However, she was later
exposed as a fraud.
ABORTION ALTERNATIVE
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a breakthrough for advocates of legalizing the
abortion pill Rl'-486. the French manufacturer agreed Tuesday to license the
drug to a population-control group for eventual U S dittibution
But it will still be at least *a couple of years* before the abortion pill cun be
licensed for full commercial use in the united States, the head of the Food
and Drug Administration said
The agreement was announced by FDA Commissioner David A Kessler and
Margaret Cat lev-Carlson, president of Roussel-Uclaf
It a I loses the Population Council to contract with a U S drug manufacturer,
still unchosen, to produce and distribute the pill in the United States Catley •
Carlson also said it would be "probably yean* before RU-4H6 could win full
FDA approval
_SPORTS
'IV Oregon men's golf team concluded a sun essfui trip to
California ny winning the U S Intercollegiate in Stanford.
Calif. Monday
The Ducks shot a final-round <!ttl to pass second-round
leader Washington and win the tournament bs eight shots The
victory was Oregon's se< ond in a row and third in a month
and a half
"This is so big to win two prestigious tournaments hack-to
back" Oregon head coach Steve hosier said "it's wary "
Senior Cam Martin led the Ducks again by firing a final
round 67 to finish tied for first, but he lost to Oregon State's
Kevin iaMair in a playoff