By Sarah Clark
OeQtyi CMy
At its last meeting of the year,
the University Senate voted
unanimously to make stalking a
campus offense and discussed
the possibility of using secret bal
lots in the University Assembly,
but it took no action on the new
race, gender and non-European
requirement.
Stalkers — people who follow
others around or contact them in
a way that interferes with their
lives — can now be punished
under the University’s Student
Conduct Code
Punishment will range from
warnings to expulsion, depend
ing on the seriousness of each
case, said Student Conduct Coor
dinator Elaine Green.
The senate unanimously
approved the motion.
The senate also discussed the
possibility of using secret mail
ballots for certain motions before
the assembly.
The proposal, introduced by
Physics Professor Paul Csonka,
comes in response to recent
assembly action on the new race,
gender and non-European
requirement.
At the past two meetings,
many assembly members
accused each other of intimidat
ing others into voting a certain
wav. Some assembly members
complained there wasn't enough
time to discuss the issues. Oth
ers wore concerned that the
large faculty turnout made
counting hands difficult when
tallying votes.
Csonka said his proposal
would solve those problems
Under Csonka’s measure, a
motion would Ik* voted on by
secret ballot if 75 or more assem
bly members requested it. All
1,100 members would be allowed
to vote, even if they did not
attend assembly meetings
Assembly members would get
a copy of the motion, a list of
arguments for and against it and
a briof summary of remarks made
during assembly debate, accord
ing to Csonka"s proposal.
But voting by secret ballot may
be against the law, said Univer
sity legal adviser Peter Swan.
If the assembly is a governing
body. Swan said, it must obey
Oregon public meetings laws,
which don't allow secret ballots
Traditionally the assembly has
been considered a governing
body, he said
However. Swan said if
motions before the assembly
were considered Initiatives,
assembly members could vote
on them secretly, like an elec
tion. In that case, he said the
assembly would serve as u pub
lic forum instead of a governing
body.
Swan and law school Doan
Dave Frohnmayer will analyze
(he legal question during (he
summer and report back to the
senate next school year.
Senate memtwrs who have vot
ed for and against the new
requirement supported the idea
of a secret ballot.
But some said they were con
cerned with the way it was sug
gested.
"I'm troubled that this arises at
a time when them is discussion
cn an issue of race," said Honors
College Director Barbara Pope
"The secret ballot is in response
to what some have called an
enforcement of ideology. They're
not looking al the requirement as
about scholarship."
Student Senator Brian Hoop
said the assembly is the best
place to have open, rational
debate on issues
"A secret mail ballot would lx
a good excuse to avoid that
debate." Hoop said
The new race, gender and non
European requirement is cur
rently on the floor of the assem
bly. so the senate could not
amend it. senate President Mike
Hibbard said. The assembly will
resume disc ussion of the measure
{line i, Hibbard said, unless an
emergency meeting is called
before then.
Traditional campus clean-up today
By Katy Moeller
Oregon D&ty Em6f8kf
If you've been cramped up all winter in your
dorm room, watching the rain beet against the win
dow and dying to do something fun outside, then
join the hundreds of volunteers who wdl fie plant
ing flowers, spreading bark dust, painting lamp
posts and cleaning walls and sidewalks on campus
today.
University Hay. which was revived as a Univer
sity tradition in 1990, is a day deducted to clean
ing and beautifying the campus
Volunteers sign up all day at a table between
Condon Hull and Chapman Hall to do one or more
tasks, which usually take about imn half-hour
One of the major focuses this year would have
been painting Dad's Gate, which is near Robinson
Theater, but because of severe rust, painting will
be preempted until the gate turn be re-welded.
Efforts will be rewarded with a free T-shirt anil
ice cream bar until supplies run out. There are
1,000 T-shirts and ice cream bars on hand this
year.
More than 1,100 volunteers participated last
year, up from about 800 the year before
In addition to the comraderv. T-shirts and ice
cream, participants get the satisfaction of a job well
done.
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