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Oregon Daily WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9. 1994 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 95. ISSUE 114 Resident submits recall petition for Hornbuckle Complaint: P-rry tru1 780 valid signatures to oust the Eugene city councilman By Stephanie Sisson • Cut v Eugene (.11v Councilman Kevin Hornbu< kle is nisi ,i controversial person" who is "disruptive, to the (City) < ouncil ' .111 ordinR to a Eugene resident who is petitioning to have him recalled At a press conference Tuesday. loshun r v ltiV) Olive S! announced his intention in gather signatures h his petition ill Ward I the ward ih.d hr* lives n and that Hornbui kh has served in for .ess (full) a term Ward I unlades die I niversilv the downtown area and some of die Kern Street (fridge area north of tfie W illaniette Ksver Kern submitted the reeall |M>tition to the i :tv Mundav 1 he petition savs that I lornfiut.kle has aided "onlj to forward his narrow and extreme politn al agenda t he ;'rillion also say s that Horn but kit* . mil tin* reality m whinli hr. Ward l i onstituents live rat li day hut in utopian rndti at dreams he thinks Kugent* should h< to Hornbin kle said that JJ<*rrv is motivated by personality consider atioiis and that apparently he believed the sensational headlines the Ztegis/e/ (a/on/has run. but he's never i ailed me to say he has any problems' Hornbui kle also said that he gets a lot of (alls from people who em outage him and toll him t<> "keep up ih<- good work T’errv sa\s ho has rei eived a great deal of support from others w ho leel the same way hi* does about Horn Inn kle. hut that lie is alone in Ins signature drive hei ause lie works sporadu ally in Ins father's business, and therefore tie has more tune than most people l.vervone I talk to they are thrilled, I’errv said Tin lost the messenger I'm (list the guv with the Kovin Horn buckle Whitewater Mi HA* l SMIN; l ft* fr-mrmkl University freshman Mark Garbarim takes advantage of the sunny weather Tuesday by riding the Whitewater under the Autzen footbridge In his squirtboat, a special type of kayak made tor rapids GOOD MORNING ► Students and faculty ! rowded mto a law school lecture hall T uesday to watch the Oregon Supreme Court hear arguments on three cases The court's annual visit to the University provided students with an opportunity to observe the state’s highest appellate court at work First year law students were encouraged by their prolessors to prepare (or the court's visit by reading the case briefs Prolessors hoped that the preparatory work and seeing the court in action would lamilian/e students with the working process ol appellate courts "This is a real hands-on learn ing experience (or people." said Dave Frohnmayer, dean ol the law school "They see the strate gies and tactics and how they go about making judicial decisions It takes a lot ol the mystery out ol the process ol what appellate courts do ” First-year student Brian Tal high 60° l O A 43° cott said he enjoyed seeing the court for the first time "It's exciting to have the court down here and to see the argu ments." he said "One of the jus tices spoke to my class earlier in the term but it's not the same as seeing this " Seeing attorneys argue before the justices may inspire first-year law students to improve the ora tory skills they will need for an upcoming law school competi tion Watching the proceedings inspired first-year student John Reichmuth to even greater aspi rations "I was km<l of wishing that I could just jump nght m there and begin arguing " he said after watching the last case of the day "I really think that I would like to do appellate advocacy " CULVER CITY. Calif AP> ! he television drama NYPD Blu<- was ,1 double winner Tuesday 'wjht at the 20th annual People's Choice Awards, and 'Frasier" and "Grace Under I re" tied lor lavonte new TV comedy "Jurassic Park" was the lavonte movie and Garth Brooks was the favorite male musical performer "NYPD Blue" won lor best TV dramatic senes and best new TV dramatic series Tim Allen and Roseanne Arnold were chosen as best male and female TV performers The People's Choice winners were TV COMEDY SERIES "Home Improvement." ABC TV DRAMATIC SERIES NYPD Blue." ABC NEW TV COMEDY SERIES (tie) "Frasier," NBC "Grace Under Fire," ABC NEW TV DRAMATIC SERIES "NYPD Blue," ABC UNIVERSITY ASUO predicts small turnout for election to decide future of IFC Vote: •' •' it* nt- I buci jet it seven : allot measures pass By Edward Klopfenstein ASt () offii tills arc expei ting less (had a "> percent voter turnout Imliis >11 lit I hursdav m iitin of ihf firsi spi'i ml I'lt'i lions in years \l issue is .1 revised student lee ill!(m Iition priii ess that basi i .ills i Injures the stnu tore of student government II students p.e.s the seven bal lot measures, the Im idental I ee ( omniittee which tuns doles out the more than $ 100 that eai h student pass for i atnpus pro grams each school sear, would hei mm' histnrs Mu ~ri It would he replai ed hs ii more powerful Student Senate and three suhi ommiltees that together would decide program budgets, first .0 the mu ro level and then at the m.ii ro Organizers hope this ness sys tern will end sears of political infighting that lias traditionally haunted the fee pro< ess Besides a host of other i hauges. "yes" votes on the bul lot measures would require a greater peri milage ol votes to impede h the student body presi dent and place the ASl'U sue president in a dual role as i hair person of tile Student Senate "Even in a general eleitiou, vse only get 5 peri cut or less." ASUO President Erii liosven said Tuesday about possible voter turnout Chore's no ssay to avoid it Oilii ism is ,ilsu inevitable List weekend. former ASIJO President Hobby Lee said on KWVA's Sunday show Compos Talk, (hnl the constitutional changes will onls i Inrify svhat's in (ho present constitution and docs hide to end (he biggest con cern ill the tee system. budget manipulation Lee called the proposed changes "a big gamble that won’t end the political infight ing seen in former fee bodies Ballot measures will affect many; breakdown he^DS By Edward Klopfenstein . OiUfV Allocating m mtw tun structure tnov not hi* tin* most exi 11iiix issue tins sear. hut it is the one that mil affect the most peo I’l" To help voters under stand the issue, here's a breakdown of the ballot measures up lor a student vote: ballot Measure 1: It students vote "yes" and approve the proposal, the new tee structure goes into effei t May 3S It students vote "no,” the current Incidental Fee (aimuiittee could he dis banded following the elec tion. forcing the Constitution Court to de< ide on tile issue Ballot Measure ’i\ 11ns is the vs hole hall ol wax Approving this ballot measure means that the Student Senate will take over as the fee-allocating body. Turn to MEASURES. P.vg; 3 i he Constitution Court itself has singled out H.illot Measure No. i allowing the AM'O vice president to he the Student Sen ate chairperson. in two separate decisions, the court said tins measure changes the very relationship between the legislative and exei utive branches of student government ’This i hange tips the stales in the direction of the executive." at cording to the March i dei i sum Hut the forces for constitu Tum to ELECTIONS. P;**- 3
