Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19,1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 160
Interest in tunnels leads to citation
j Three men were cited for attempting
to enter campus utility tunnels Friday
By Matt Bender
Oregon Daily
Two University students and a 20-year-old man were
cited for attempted burglary and criminal mischief early
last Fridav after attempting to break into the campus'
underground utility tunnels.
Students William Travis Miller and Daniel William
McKenzie told police they got the idea to break into the
tunnels after reading David C. Zartman's May 10 Knutr
aid article detailing an unauthorized exploration of the
underground passages.
"Wo nisi road the Kmtwald article and thought it would
Iw cool to i heck out." said M< Kenzie. act ording to polite
reports
Mt kenzie'* younger brother. Andrew David Mi ken
/it*, was also cited in the incident Andrew Mi kenzie.
20. is not a University student
The three men were using Imll t utters to cut though a
grate on the 1400 block of University Street when a Uni
versity Office of Public Safety officer apprise lied them
about A 24 a m The trio fled into Pioneer Cemetery on
foot, and the Kugene police department was i ailed
OPS and KPP offii ers searched the area and found
Turn !<> TUNNELS Paije S
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Fatherly time
- -—•“' t*rv#a t*Y Arimotiy f om*,
Earl Thibodeaux, a sophomore English ma/or. plays with his two-year-old son Marcel Tuesday in
front of Condon Hall Thibodeaux says he enjoys spending time with his son between classes
Senate votes
Lee to IFC
j Former ASUO president hopes
to implement reforms in committee
By Chester Allen
t-V ( t.i.y f mt'f.ik1
I Respite opposition from i urrent lm idental I t’**
Committee ftiaiminn Sieve Masai, fhe Student Sen
tile voted Tuesday lo con firm former ASUO I’res
nielli Hobby I ee lo I he committee
l.ee resigned .is )iresi(li’iil Monday ami was noni
milled lo (lie committee by former I’resident-elei t
I’.rii Howen, w ho replat e<l t.ee as ASI () president
Although l.ee w ill he .1 committee memher only
mil 11 Mav 25, he told the Senate he plans to swiff
|y Iinplemeiil a series ol reforms designed lo moke
tin'committee more effu lent and responsue lo the
needs of students
l.ee said he would attempt to install a student
fee system where the 1 omiiiltlee determines how
mill h eat It student should pay ill fees before am
motley is alliM aletl
Under ihu current system, the < omit tit lee del ides
what the student fee will he based on how nun It
money it allocated to student groups and programs
fating problems this year's 1 ummiltttv had with
the KMt I Hoard ol I ft ns .tors, las* said he also plans
to create a program th.it w onld ease new members’
entry to the i oinmittee
Mas.it (piestioned what l.ee i mild do in less than
one week on the committee
I 1 an t see where it would 1st m the interest ol
students lo have Hobby on the t ominiltee, M.1s.1t
said What possible impai I could he have on the
1 ominiltee for one or two days''
However, l.ee said, the i orient 1 oinmittee ...
ed help lo finish tills year's work
|,ee told the Senate that the 1 orient t ominiltee s
budget (took IS man urate, and the 1 ominitteo needs
a know ledgable person to bring the II t s budget
allocations into order
(‘urrent 1 oinmittee men liters f.lrem Mehrelab ami
|,iI ( .irson told the Senate l.ee has enthusiasm and
kuowledgeth.it would help the committee finish
tins year's budget
"Bobby would put .1 flame under our feet so we'd
get the huilget hook done and out on time ( at
soil said
Jury awards professor $400,000 in free speech case
j Court says four trustees
unfairly replaced the former
black studies professor
NEW YORK (AP) — A black studies
professor was awarded $400,000 in dam
ages Tuesday by a jury that earlier had
found he was wrongly demoted for a
speech that criticized Jews and whites,
l^onard Jeffries sued City College for
$25 million, claiming he was wrongly
replaced ns chairman of the black studies
department after his 1991 speech. l.ast
week, the court found that school offi
( mis had violated the 56*year-old Jeffries'
constitutional right to free speech.
In its latest ruling, the Manhattan jury
found that four university trustees were
most liable for depriving Jeffries of his
rights.
The jury said Edith Everett, Herman
Badillo. Sylvia Bloom and Harold Jacobs
each owe Jeffries $80,000. though any
damages will t>e paid hy City University
of New York, the state-run parent institu
tion of City College.
The jury assessed punitive damages of
$50,000 against City Univarsity 's chan
cellor. W Ann Reynolds, and S30.000
against City College's president. Barnard
W. Harieston.
A day earlier, the jury found that the
trustees used the speech as a "substantial
or motivating factor" in denying lalfrias a
three-year term as chairman of the black
studies department
"We've been vindicated," a smiling jof
fries said outside of the courtroom
"We're elated that there has been trial,
tribulation and triumph The message is
clear that there is freedom of speech, that
thill umbrella stretches to African Amer
icans."
litl Hiirlmii. spokesman lt>r Attorney
(.enernl Robert Abrams. suid tht» stnlii
will appeal.
"The university still imiiiitiiius that it
acted in good faith, and they should not
have to pay," Bnrbini said
Now that the jury's work is done. U S
District Judge Kenneth (audios will hear
arguments on whether Jeffries should he
restored as chairman in a process that
could take up to a month
Turn to JEFFRIES, Pago b
WEATHER
The spring weather may not
be around mut h longer Partly
to mostly cloudy today.
Scattered showers expected
throughout the day. More
clouds Thursday through
Friday with showers and thun
dershowers in the afternoon and
evening. Highs today near 71)
degrees
PASTA PLAGUES PAPER
GRANTS PASS (AP) - Eighteen reporter* and editor* from the Gmnh Pots
Daily Owner fell ill Tuesday with intestinal ailments, two davs after eating
together at a staff retreat
Gwen Bowman, county health department administrator, said the illness
could come from a variety of sources and may not be associated with the food
at the Galice Resort, w here the staff retreat was held
Courier News Editor |im Mitchell said all of the people who called in sh k
had eaten the pasta salad, and the sis people who felt well had not
"I can't imagine what it was." Cilice Resort owner Mars Lou Thomason said
of the outbreak among Courier employees She added that no other customers
had reported feeling ill
SPORTS
Freshman all-pacific-10 Conference selection Kaths Stahl
and |umor catcher Laura Schmidt were named to M VPs of the
Oregon softball team. Oregon head com h Tami Brown
announced last weekend
On the season. Stahl hit not with 42 hits and five home
runs, and Schmidt led the team with a 411 mark and seven
home runs
Sophomore first baseman Rose Imbnano pu ked up the Mint
Improved Award after having a 978 fielding average and com
mitting only su errors in 277 chances in 1993
funrars Schmidt. Laurie Fleu-haiier and (enmfer Piper were
each handed Tapia in's Awards for their roles as team leaders