Oregon Daily
THURSDAY. APRIL 21, 1994
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 95. ISSUE 136
Victory in the Primary
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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
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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
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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
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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
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