Oregon Daily
THURSDAY, JULY 15. 1993
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95, ISSUE 8
Don Monson
Monson’s lawsuit to be heard today
LI Former basketball coach
is asking for $425,788 in
damages from University
By Martin Fisher
I oriintr Oregon nan's basketball co.it it
Don Monson's lawsuit against the Dm
sorsitv goes to trial today <tt the lane
County Courthouse. Monson is suing the
University over Ins removal as coat li fol
lowing the 1991 92 season
Monson is seeking S42.ri1~HH in dam
agtis from the University The suit t laons
5204.722 in lost wages and henefits and
$22t.Ofifi in lost income from outside
contrai Is
Former alhleli* dim tor Hill Hyrne rc
assigned Monson on Mart h I ~. I‘>4)2 to lx1
mens golf i one li As golf < on* h. Mon son
would have ret mol the same salary and
iM’iudils, including a courtesy i.ir and
membership a! the 1 llgene ( ountry (dub
Monson refused the assignment and
was given another as < ompliam e i oorili
nator lor N( AA Holes and Kegulations
and vs as told failure to report for the job
by May IH would Im- considered his res
ignatioil Monson never reported for the
job.
Monson claims the University had no
right to reassign him and that his i outre* I
< Irarlv i alls lor him In hr employed as
hasketltail i n.u h
However. Attorney (nniernl Ted kulon
goski, replying on hr ha if of Ihr slate of
()regon. whic It is ihr at tual defendant in
thr i asr says Monsun's t ontr.u I permits
to in In Imi re assigned at I hr Univrrsilv s
(list rrllOll
Munsons i on Inn I sv It u h In- signed on
Ian t. inn.:, states. "The position as
offrred is snh)ei I lo Stair ailiiiinistra
live rules " Hie state is relying on an Ore
gun Adminislrnti vr Rule that says
personnel may hr trnnsfrrrrd or rras
signrd within an institution in ai i or
dame with Ihr staff nrrds of Ihr
Turn to MONSON, Pago t
Elections slated for
Westmoreland council
□ Council loses
ASUO recognition
By S.A. Clemens
Oregofi Daily EnwaitS
The Tenant’s Council of West
morelnnd Family Housing has
lost its status as an official ASl/()
program and must elect new rep
resentatives and officers to regain
the benefits of official recogni
tion.
Westmoreland failed to have
elections las! April, and therefore
the council is not legal in the eyes
of the ASUO and Oregon state
laws regarding public bodies
The problem is a result of inat
tention by last year's ASUO Exec
utive and the Tenant's Council,
said ASUO University Affairs
coordinator Thomas Huckaba at
.1 council meeting Monday.
Huckaba said the frustration of
the residents was understood hut
that there were some "hoops to
go through" before the council
could make changes in West
mureland complexes, like < rent
ing new bylaws or building a new
playground
Todd New man-Barnhart. who
has lieell acting as the council's
leader, said he believed elections
would Ire futile leaause the resi
dents were not interested in
working on the council.
"We need to decide on a new
governing body for Westmore
land if that's what people
want. ' said Newman-Barnhart,
adding that he believed the sys
tem currently on the books could
not work.
"We are not saying that the
present administration is not
working," Mohamed Pahnbulleh
said. "It just n«ods a helping
hand. Right now the entire (ten
ant community of) Westmoreland
is not being represented."
The whole situation frustrated
Newman Barnhart to the point
were he left the count il meeting
saying, "The ASUO has taken
this over and I'm not going to
burn myself out over this. I'm
stepping out of the way
tarry Gilbertson was also frus
trated because the work ho has
done trying to get a new play
ground built for the area will Is*
put on hold for even longer Uni
versity Housing has agreed to
give the project $1.00(1 that Uni
versity Housing anti Gilbertson
hoped the Incidental Foe Com
mittee would match Hut the IKC
cannot give money to an organi
zation that the ASUO does not
recognize
The problems of getting the
funds is further complicated In
the fact that the summer IKC only
has about $1,000 left in its
ai ( omit Gilbertson worries that
the playground will have to wait
until the next school year Ixx uuse
IKC funds will most likely lie
spent by the time a new tenant's
council, u group that Gilbertson
desi ribes as being "less than a
dominate Ion e around here.” is
elei led.
As for the new elections, the
ASUO has dor ided that they will
lie on Aug 2. which is the soon
est they can possibly lie, accord
ing to law But because the eight
tenants that attended the meet
ing doubted that volunteers
would come forward to run for
the positions, a group will go
door-to-door in an effort to nwxuil
interested people in the West
moreland Complex tonight.
Basket Weaving 101
PTkjIo by A/Hhony Fo"Wy
Aimee Yogi, a Krvght Library employee, weaves a southwest American Indian coiled
basket on her lunch break Yogi teaches basket weaving at the University 's Natural His
tory Museum
WEATHER
.....
Today should bring some
showers with isolated thunder
storms
Highs should be near 70
THE HEAT IS GONE
PLEASANT HILLS. Pa. (AP) - A fire compoanv turned down the heal in
Us 1993 fund railing calendar and lull money when it publiihed photos of
buildings instead of women
The volunteer fire company in this Pittsburgh suburb raised $90,000 in
1989 with its first calendar. "Blazes of Clory " The nationally marketed
calendar showed scantily dad women cosing with firefighting equipment
But in 1990, 1991 and 1992. similar cheesecake calendars flooded the
market, and with so many competitors, the borough's sequel. "Take the
Heat." made onlv about $10,000 a year
This year, the firefighters replaced bathing beauties with photos of
churches, the borough hall and other buildings
The clean calendar cost about $8 000 to publish. Sales brought in only
one quarter of that sum.
SPORTS
OXNARD. Calif. (AP) - Quarterback Billy |oe Hobart left hi*
baseball ha! in Sarasota. Fla., and reported lo training camp
with the Los Angeles Raiders
Hubert, who was playing minor league baseball with a
Chicago White Sox farm leam for the pas! Ihree weeks, played
quarterback for the Washington las! year
"It was lime to pul the baseball thing behind me and start
making football my focal point." Hubert said
Hober< said his baseball experience was enjoyable, even
though he suffered from a mystifying lack of power
Hobert skipped his final season with the Huskies after being
suspended from the team fir accepting questionable loans