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Oregon Daily THURSDAY. APRIL 21, 1994 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 95. ISSUE 136 Victory in the Primary > N, ' rtU Leslie Warren (above) and Mark Rhlnard won the ASUO presidential primary with 642 votes Wednesday UNIVERSITY Two tickets get enough votes to force runoff RUNOFF: Warren/Rhinard win primary, will face Berg/Brennen Rounds next week in election By Tasha Elchcnsoher Ortrgue ( W'V f I eslte Warren and Mark. Khinard have taken the early advantage in the rorie fur the ASt'O prusi dent \, winning the primary elet lion Wednesday "The students have taken a look at the cundi oiiw ana t think may know what thus want ' said Mark Khinani. thi* vic.t*-|m**sidnntinl i andi date running with Warren "Thov want to M't- sunn' of thn things on our platform unplnnmiil tid " l.alo last night tint AS IK) primary slci tton results wore tallind *■ Warren and Rhinard. receiving (>-) I voids. showed to have significantly more support than all tin1 other president’vice president candidates mi the ha I lot Tin glad," e\< luimed a surprised Warren after finding out the elm lion results "I t an’! Ixdieve it Turn to ELECTION. Pane 1 Brand will continue to serve University Successor: Interim president to be chosen by Chancellor Bartlett By Jim Davis Aegon OvJ’V f met ml President Myles Brand gently reminded ntjxirters at a Wednes day morning press conference that ho is still the president of the University "I am still here, folks," Brand said to the reporters at the wake like conference. As such, Brand pledged that he will continue to serve the University to the Iwst of his abil ities, and he promised to name the new provost before the end of his tenure. Brand will be leaving the Uni versity in mid-summer to assume the lop administrative position at Indiana University lie said the decision to leave the University was tough “1 love Oregon. I love the stu dents, I love the faculty. 1 love the challenges," he said, "hut 1 am anxious to face the new chal lenges before mu." Brand said he does have his regrets in leaving the University Me said he will miss running on the track and hiking in the mountains, and also his friends and colleagues at the University. Me further said he would regret not being able to watch Turn to BRAND. Page 4 GOOD MORNING ► PORTLAND (AP) — Gov Barbara Roberts, power compa ny officials and environmental ists gathered before a massive fiberglass wind turbine blade today to launch a new push lor wind-generated power in the Pacific Northwest PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric Co., Puget Power and Kenetech Wmdpower have formed a partnership to develop a wind generation plant in Gold endale, Wash . taking advantage of the steady winds that draw windsurfers to the Columbia Gorge. New turbine technology will allow the project to produce power at roughly 5 cents per kilowatt hour, said Gerald Alder son, chief executive officer of Kenetech Each turbine will be about 80 HIGH 63° . i Q w - 40° leet high The 140-turbine project is expected to produce 50 megawatts by 1996, enough electricity to servo about 9,400 households, he said The San Francisco-based company has also announced plans to build another wind facili ty in Umatilla County in Eastern Oregon Kenetech operates about 4,500 turbines worldwide Roberts lauded the project, calling it an outstanding example of an environmentally (riendly energy source. "Our rapidly growing popula tion and a strong, ever more diverse economy are making new demands on our energy supply, and wind power has important potential as part ot the renewable energy mix that will help us meet those demands over coming decades," Roberts said. WASHINGTON (AP) — Con tributions to Sen Bob Pack wood's legal defense fund totaled $4 <1,000 in the first three months of the year, a sharp increase over the money he raised late last year Much of the $44,(XX) Pack wood, R-Ore., raised between Jan 1 and March 31 came from donors outside Oregon, accord ing to a disclosure statement filed Tuesday with the Senate. Packwood raised only $25,000 late last year during his fight with the Senate over his diaries. Man plans to improve kidney donor system with living donor program Transplants: Opponents say $10,000 payment for organ against United States law By Eron Witz el fix the Oregon Qa-ly Emeren) One kidney poorer and $10,000 richer is how you could emerge from the oper ating room if Michael Jette, president of Donors for Life, has his way. The recipi ent of your kidney, on the other hand. would lie free of the dialysis machine and other treatment and would be able to pur sue a nearly normal life. It is against the law in the United States to sell human organs, hut lette insisted the $10,000 would just be compensation for the risk and hardship of the o[>erution. Uuder his plan, the government would provide the payment to the donors and pay for the operation. |ette said the transplants would remove patients from dialysis and save the gov eminent S') billion a year. Hospitals, doc tors and dialysis manufacturers profit from keeping patients tied to treatment, he said. “Sacred Heart is just making a killing on these people." he said. Dialysis patients' blood is filtered by machines, a task normally handled by healthy kidneys, and the process can leave them attached to the machines for many hours each week. "He's calling it compensations, but under the current law. what he is propos ing is illegal," suit) Mary |ano Hunt, exec utive director of tlie Oregon Donor Pro gram. Hunt acknowledged jetty's good inten tions and said, "1 think he is really try ing to improve the system." She said he should focus on expanding the donor pool in different ways and stressed the need for more education about donor programs and the importance of talking with family Turn to DONORS, Page 4
