Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 141
Several ASUO races
remain up for grabs
J Outcomes may hinge on votes from
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
Mandy Baucum
f e* jne Omgvr Cmtrakl
Wednesday's elections proved to lie unfruitful in pro
ilui mg a president and vice president for the 1993-94
academic year.
ASll() election officials said results won't he finalized
until they receive the election returns from Cniversitv
students study ing at the ()regon Institute of Marine Biol
ogy .it Charleston near Coos Ba\
Although eli* lion ollii nils determined that i.ru Bowen
and Andrea Collins Puente are leading h\ 4‘i votes, the
elections board says the two are not leading by a large
enough margin to declare them as official winners
According to elections hoard rules, a tii ket must
receive at.) percent plus one vote to win in the primary
election.
Bowen and Collins Puente received O.ifi votes and
Warren and Johnson received HH7.
Tracy Dennis, elections coordinator, said they were
unable to determine whether the Bowens/Collins Puente
ticket had enough votes to exceed the 50 peri ent plus
one rule. Nicole Sabourin, elections manager, said the 30
OIMB students will play a large role in the election
results bet nuse they will determine the total numher of
students from which the eltstions hoard will detennine
the 50 percent plus one lot tor
"At this point this is a major factor, to students can
swing it either way." she said
Election offii ials said they were unsure of whether the
OIMB group had voted, but offii ials hope to haw the
returns faxed to them today
It Wednesday's primary vote is unable to produce a
winner after taking into account the OIMB ballots die
Warren/|ohnson and Bowen Collins Puente tu kets will
go on the general election ballot next Tuesday
Dennis said that OIMB students traditionally have had
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AsUO vice presidential candidate Mark Johnson hands out campaign literature to a prospective voter Wednesday on
13th Avenue Results were undecided Wednesdtiy night.
Joke is on city after Frog wins appeal
j Court of Appeals rules city
ordinance unconstitutional
By Matt Bender
Oregon Daily
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednes
day that an ordinance the city of Eugene used to
fine a campus-area joke Ixiok seller two yoArs ago
is unconstitutional.
The court granted the appeal ol David Henry
Miller, known as 'Frog” to most Uni varsity-area
residents, in a 5-3 decision.
Frog, a well-known campus personality, was
cited three times in 1991 for selling his joke I looks
without a license on the HIM) block of Fast 13th
Avenue.
The ordinance Frog violated states it is an
offense to sell merchandise on the sidewalks,
streets or any other place where such activity
causes congestion of people or vehicles. The ordi
nance also says that sidewalk vending licenses
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rmg. who got tha last laugh on Eugana attar win
ning his court appaal, plana on suing tha city for
lost wagas. lags I taaa and damagas.
ASUO will ask court
to check IFC activity
J Bobby Lee files
complaint alleging
IFC non-performance
By Chester Allen
frtHjijn CXufy l ftH '.thJ
I hw A SUO will ask I hi’ (ion*
stitution Court tonight to plot e
strict i onditions on the Ini idem
tfil Fee Committee's operations
for the rest of the term
ASUO President Hobby Lee
Hied u complaint with the court
April 15. stating the committee
has failed to conduct scheduled
budget hearings, complete finan
cial paperwork on time and has
not notified the public of its meet
ings as required by state law
However, committee members
said the IFC is working hard to
i ompletn its si hedtilo ill budget
hearings mi 1111m• ,ni<! hi a legal
manner
Him AM i() c oni|ilaiiil asks I he
i mirl tn give the ASI'O authori
t> to take Over the i ommiltee s
duties ol allot ating student tees
to i amptis progr.ims it the i om
illittee i am els another meeting
bec ause not enough members
attend to form a legal quorum
Tfio i omplaint asks the i on rl
to require inn committee to pro
vide the ASUO finance coordi
nator with a record of all
committee decisions within 24
hours of all mootings.
The complaint also asks the
court to set a new deadline lor
the committee to finish hearing
program budgets, pointing out
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WEATHER.
April showers remain likely
today. However, ikies should
partially dear later in the day
Highs 55-60 degrees
Today in History
In 1952. the first atomic test
conducted in Nev ada became
the first nuclear explosion
shown on live network televi
sion
CARNEGIE HALL MOO-VED
NEW YORK (AP) - There was only one way lo describe Ed Burmans perfor
mance Wednesdav al Carnegie Hall utterly moovmg
On a stage lighted by chandeliers and piled with haystacks. Hurman. 41,
won a comoetition billed as the first ever National Moo-Off1 with his imper
sonation ot a "cow with ansiety that's waiting for food "
Nancy Rossow. 51. placed second, putting the |udges in a good mood hv
appearing in a Holstein costume and delivering a convincing "calf caught on
an electric fence "
But Burman took the prize with one standard low moo. one high-pitched
1 meeeeeeeee11 and a final, angst-ridden ' maaaaaaaaa
SPORTS
PULLMAN, Wash (AP) - A pipe homb and a bomb-making
book were found al the home of a Washington State football
player who lost his hand in an esplosion that killed a team
mate, polite said Wednesday
Investigators also were looking for a possible link between
the blast and a pipe homb fount! in an Idaho football player's
car in February
Linebackers Harvey Buddy '' Waldron and Payam Saadat
were riding on a residential street Monday night when a pipe
bomb exploded in their pickup truck
Waldron. H. of Bellevue, died late Tuesday night at Sacred
Heart Medical Center in Spokane