Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1993
E JGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94. ISSUE 151
Court hears
3 election
complaints
j Students allege
election rules violations
By Tammy Batey
Oi?gon [Xxit Fnwaki
The A SCO Constitution Court
postponed ruling Wednesday night
on three complaints alleging election
rules violations.
The constitution court will release
its rulings on the complaints today,
said Justice MikeOT.ean
Leslie Warren and Mark Johnson,
who lost their bid lor t‘tSKt-‘H pres
ident and vice president respective
ly. filed a complaint against the
ASIJO Flections Hoard for three
alleged violations of rules
Warren and Johnson's first com
plaint was that the elections hoard
didn't act impartially when it
allowed Saftiride members to work
as poll booth members after Saferide
official!) endorsed the Frit;
Bowen/Diana Collins Puente ticket.
The constitution court memtMsrs
spent most of their time on the War
ren/Johnson complaint questioning
Ann** Lyman, a Wamm/Johnson rwp
res*mtative, about Warren and John
son’s second complaint
In their second complaint, Warren
and Johnson said students were not
informed of the absentee ballot
option and therefore were unduly
alienated" from the elections process.
I.vman said she. Warren and John
son knew of students who wanted to
vote but who were out of town dur
ing tin* primary election and didn't
know about the absentee voting
process.
Lyman and Nicolt* Swxiuriu. ©Iim.
tions manager, disagreed on when
students a! the Oregon Institute of
Marine Biology in Charleston
received ballots for the primary elec
tion.
OIMB received the ballots April
23, a Thursday, which is the day of
the week on which many students
am doing fieldwork, Lyman said. The
ballots arrived at OIMB April Tl and
students received them the next
morning, Sabouriu said The liallots
were due by T> p m that day
"There is no stipulation OIMB
must have two or three days to vote
but just that they have the opportu
nity to vote." Sabourin said.
Warren and Johnson's third com
plaint was that ineligible students
Turn to COURT. Page 5
Assembly extends curriculum debate
»»h*3»o Anthony f OWty
Associate Professor Rob Proudfoot and other supporters of the multicultural cur
riculum proposal walked out of the University Assembly meeting Wednesday after
the assembly voted to amend the requirements.
j bupporters walk out ot
meeting after proposal’s
wording is changed
By Sarah Clark
i VnA"*0.»?> f
I lin University Assembly Wednesday vot
i'tl In re< tmsider the urn rai ti. gender and nun
luropean requirement l»ul .uljourmtii before
taking a Rnal vote on adopting the measure
After two hours ol deflate. thu assembly vot
til to postpone further dtv usmuii until tin' next
assembly meeting. June tin* last lui'i'tiugol
tin' vimr
Several amendments to the tvvo-i nurse
requirement will liki’lv lie iIim usM-d at ihi* I Ini
varsity Si'iiatf meeting next Wednesday. said
senate President Mike Hdihard Hut even it a
rev tsod ntquirement passes tin* senate. hr said,
tint assi'inhlv will havu to approve it
Some supporters of tin- requirement. which
passed thu April 7 assembly 175 155, said I hr
reconsideration and prolonged disi ussion ol
Ihr measure is merely all nttri h\ opponents
to drag ihr issue post thr mil ol tin m liool visir
in tin- hopes ol burying it
"This has Iron on thr table * the last three
months, Student Senator Mate llosek told
the assembly "Why i tin t wi i ; • ! take i are
ol the issue
Hut ot hoi's ml thu matter needs careful con
sideratioii anil the llnivei-itv hasn't had
enough time to ilisi uss i osts and other illtpli
< aliens ol the requirement
Ultimately the assembly voted 2IO-1H7 to
ns onsldor the reipnrement, reopening disi iis
sum At brst. vole tallvers counted 12li 1H5
votes against rec onsuleratinn lint student
cheers at the motion's defeat were < til short
when natural sciences Assoi iale Dean David
Mi Daniels demanded a rei mint When the
ret mint turned out to be 2 JO ! H7, tallvers real
i/ed they'd left nut a section ol voters in their
original < mint
With the requirement hai k up for disi us
simi. faculty memliors Istgan suggesting amend
ments.
One amendment broadens the first part ol
the requirement from courses on African
Antonians. Native Americans. Asian
Turn to ASSEMBLY. Pago 5
Legislators slow in addressing Measure 5
j Despite demands, Oregon Legislature has
so far failed to find replacement revenue
By Katy Moeller
OflQan lia-ly f mecaW
Although higher education offic ials have been insisting for the
past two years that the Oregon legislature find replacement rev
enue for money lost because of IflUO's Ballot Measure 5. legis
lators have been slow and cautious in addressing the issue
"We're nearing a turning point. Many legislators wanted to
wait until the cuts were made before they tiegan to consider tax
reform." said Karmen Fore, ASUO vice president.
A few legislators who have supported tax reform since Mea
sure 5 passed are fed up with the actions of the so-called do
MEASURE
[List of three parts
nothing" Legislature
Tve seen nothing to mditale that the
majorit) of legislators ant ready to do I ho
hard stuff tome up with a tax proposal
lor voters.” Rep )■ in Edmonson said.
"There are towards on hoth sides of the
aisle They are stared to death of the shad
ow it might i ast on their re-elet lion.”
Many of those w ho want to reform the
tax system say that the t urront system is
inadeouate to meet live stale's needs, it flm ■
tuales with the economy and is not as equitable as it could Im*
Others say there is too much fat mid inefficiency and that
"reform" is just another word for tax hike.
Turn to REFORM. Page 4
\WEAT HER
A storm system will pass over
head today bringing rain and
possible thunderstorms The
highs will be near titt decrees
Today in History
In 1937, the hvdrogen-fiiled
German dirigible "Hindenburg'
burst into flames and trashed
while docking in Ukehurst.
N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people
on board
BOOKSTORE ELECTIONS
Following are the results from the University Bookstore Board of Directors
eietttons. Winners listed by name, position elected to and total votes received
Zach Fnichtengarten, freshman position. (* voles. Chamra Reang. sopho
more position. % votes. Mark Rhmard. sophomore position. 1 lh voles Krika
Armsoury, studenl-at-iarge position, 78 voles, lason Ashley. graduate (one
year) position. 109 votes. Carl Swanson, graduate (two year) position. 80
votes; Stu Thomas, fatuity position. 92 voles
A total of 310 ballots were cast
New board members will take office on May 25
SPORTS
-1
Two women golfers from the Oregon golf team received
honors from the Pacific-10 Conference Tuesday a* the 1‘Wl
all-conference women's golf team was announced
Shannon Maier and teigh Cases were froth given honorable
mention awards from the conference Maier, .1 senior from
Bend, averaged 78 2 strokes per round to pace the Ducks
Casey, a sophomore from San lose. Calif. posted a 78 1 stroke
average on the season
Wendy Ward, a sophomore from Arizona State University,
was named Par-10 Golfer of the Year, while her coat h, Linda
Voilerstedt, was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year