Oregon Daily
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1.1993
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 44
IFC may lose control of EMU operating budget
j Administration wants
control of $2 million budget
By Edward Klopfenstein
Oogon Daily Emerald
The Inc idental Fee Committee
announced nn emergency meeting Friday
after the I Iniversitv made a surprise move
to switch the KMU operating budget away
from 1FC control.
The move to amend the IFC's operating
rule s - called the Clark Doc urnent - could
switch more than $2 million awa\ from
student control and possibly allow the*
administration control even more of thn
$4 r> million student fee. an ll'(' offit ial
said
The IFC will moot in the AM 'O confer
ence room. Suite 4 of the KMU. .it 4 to
p m today
IIC. Chairman |ian I.iu said the admin
istration notified the committee at p.m
Kridav of the proposed changes, offer
lively giving the group three hours to
respond in writing before the Nov 1
deadline on proposing amendments
The II C must also include a written
response to the proposal Indore the dead
line
'Base ally. he s (University President
NUlt>s Brand) given us over the week
end said I.in. adding that those terms
mils work against the I! <
Administration oflU nils were not avail
aide (or comment Because offices were
closed for the weekend
111 the I His letter issued to the admin
istration Friday. the IFf said it would not
support any amendment where the com
mittee wasn't given an adequate amount
of time to respond, l.iu said
The FMU ret fives its operating Budget
of about $- million after approval v the
I Ft
the proposed amendment would allow
funds to li\ pass the li t and go dirts !l\ to
the t Mlshutting student t ontrol out of
nearly halt ot the jnt tdenlal fee tnonev
I’he iiiiendinent also would allow the
Oregon State Hoard of Higher I dot ation
control ot even more of the II I ! money hv
giv mg the hotird authorization to hit reuse
the I Ml budget, lau said.
I he •>.: million budget lot I Ml oper
ating expenses reprt-senls nearly halt of
<i11 IF( funds t ollet ted
UW players
arrested
j Three Washington
athletes arrested for
attempted rape and
burglary
Three University of Washing
ton athletes have been charged
with first-degree burglary and
first-degree attempted rape for an
incident in Eugene on Sunday.
Charles Barnes, 20. Jason Shel
ley, 19, anil Prentiss Perkins, 21,
were arrested in the incident
Barnes and Shelley are football
players at Washington, and
Perkins is a basketball player.
According to police reports, the
three men entered the alleged vic
tim's room at the University Inn.
1000 Patterson St., uninvited
through the door at approxi
mately 2 p.m. Two 18-year old
female university students were
in the room and asked the men
to leave.
The suspects refused to loavu
and began looking through some
items. After one of the alleged
victims left, one of the suspects
closed and locked the door and
closed the curtains. Police said
the three men then exposed their
genitals and made threats to the
alleged victim. They were arrest
ed by police near the Ferry Street
Bridge after a chase.
The alleged victims were not
harmed.
Shelley and Perkins were
arrested.earlier this month in
Seattle for obstructing u police
officer. Shelley was also cited for
an alcohol infraction.
The three are currently in cus
tody in Eugene.
Dancin' with the Duck
—i
Junior Japanese major. Kerry Howard dances with the U of O Duck
during a rally by the EMU Friday at Friday noon
Foreign students
raise questions
over gun-controi
j Student's memory prompts
solutions beyond gun-control
By Shin Yasul
fot fht> < Vtstfiin LKify i t
Many foreign visitors admire freedom in the United
States and international students at University are no
exception However, questions have been raised by Asian
students about one partii uInr freedom the right to
boar arms
" The U S should have stricter gun < ontrol lows," id
Rika Wutonaba. a University student and president of
tfie (apanese Student Organization "There shotthi be
something wrong with a c ountry w here people, even
kids, have a higfi degree of a< i essifiility to guns "
hast year on Halloween night, a Japanese exchange
student. Yoshihiro Hatton, was shot to death when lie
mistakenly entered the wrong house in Louisiana
The parents of Yoshihiro last week sent 1 f>5 million
signatures to President Bill Clinton to call for stronger
gun control laws JSO took part in collecting the signa
tures, responding to their call.
Memorial events took plat e throughout the United
States Oct 17. and several cities designated the day as
"Yoshi day." Mosaichi Hatton. Yoshihiro's father, sent
a message to the United States asking for a transforma
tion of America’s "gun society.”
There are about 200 million guns in circulation, and
more than fit).000 people have been killed with guns
in tfie past five years.
There has tieen a rising voice for strengthening gun
control laws. New Jersey and Virginia passed gun-con
trol measures, and in a federal level, the Brady hill has
fan ome a centerpiece for Clinton's plan to fight crime.
There are some students who think gun-control is not
a solution at all.
"The U.S. is historically a gun-oriented society," said
Shingo Furukawa, a Japanese student "There is an
atmosphere of tfie society to make people consider a gun
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Bookstore comes out behind Smith Family despite effort by University
Student horrified with "buy
back” prices
By Leslie Weinstein
For 'he Oregon Daily l met aid
Holly Bullock has a "horror” story to
tell.
No, it didn't happen once upon a mid
night dreary. It happened at the end of win
ter term 1993 in broad daylight — at the
University Bookstore.
"The course wasn't being offered until
next fall." Bullock said, “so they offered
only $7 for a Sou textbook. When I heard
that I told them, No thanks. 1 sweated too
much over this hook, to take only $7
"I have many friends with similar hor
ror stories.” she said
Most students buy and sell their hooks
at the University Bookstore or Smith Fam
ily Bookstore. An unscientific comparison
of the selling price between the stores
appeared to give a simple answer to which
store sells for less.
Of eight used course books sold by both
stores, the University charged a total of
$132.78. with discount Smith's charged
SI 15.35 for the same books.
Which store pays more and why is less
clear. Chris Standish, course book man
ager for the University bookstore, says the
University buys books from students and
used-book wholesalers.
It pays students tit) pen ent of the new
selling price, selling books at 75 percent
of the new price. A ‘.i percent dis< mint giv
en to members (students, staff, faculty)
loaves fi percent profit.
Standish added that students are giv
en priority at "buy-back” time Huy back
runs from Wednesday of Dead Week
through Saturday of Finals Week. If the
bookstore can't meet an instructor's request
through its inventory or buy backs, it buys
from book wholesalers.
But if the bookstore receives more Ixxiks
than are needed next term, or if the course
is not Ih)imk offered until a later term. only
10 percent to 30 percent will be given.
Just a couple of blocks wust of tin* Uni
versity, down 13th Avenue, is the Smith
Family Bookstore.
Owner Nancy Smith said she buys all
types of Inioks all year round on spe< illa
tion. If she can't sell hooks locally with
in a "reasonable " lime, site sells them to
book wholesalers If she can't sell them to
a wholesaler, then she is stuck with them
Smith said books with u list price of $11
or less are sold at 50 percent. All other
course books are sold at B5 percent of the
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