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Oregon Daily TUESDAY, APRIL 26. 1994 EUGENE, OREGON VOLUME 95. ISSUE 139 Court, Bowen disagree on legality of Measure 3 Election: Constitution Court objects to multiple-year funding for a new recreation and fitness center By Edward Kloplenstoin OtpQon Oatty UnrmrakS Bnllot Measure 3. which asks students to pay for half of a SI5 million recreation and fitness center projei t. is illegal, according to the ASUO Constitution Court, because it allows for multi ple-year funding. But it's the court that's wrong, ASUO President Eric Bowen said Monday, noting that there is a precedent for bnllot measures allowing for multi ple-year financing through student hies "Well, that's a new interpretation of the Clark Document for mo." said Gerard Moseley, vice provost for academic support and student ser vices, in reference to the court's decision. Both Moseley and Bowen said they already agreed to change the wording of the governance document to allow for multiple-year funding for Iwllot humsures. hut this has yet to be finalized I he court was asked hv Bowen to ris ogoize the impending deal between the ASIA) and the I ’m varsity for this election, Bowen said Constitution Court Chief Justice Keith Kramer was not able to return phone calls by deadline Monday. Ballot Measure 3, if passed, would obligate stu dents to pay $37.50 a year, per student, for the next 30 years, in order to pay off a $7.5 million bond for the proposed recreation facility. Moseley said the student money would ropre sent leverage and allow the University and the University Foundation to seek out the other half of the funds from stale and private sources Since the University is one of the few Pat ifit 10 Conference schools without n recreation ( en ter. Moselev said that its existeiu e would prove an asset in recruiting students to the University Some of the proposed fo< ilities include a new multipurpose gym. renovation of the outdoor ten nis courts and, by as soon as next year if the bal lot measure passes, night lighting and Astroturf on the intramural fields. In other election news, Bowen has also blamed the i ourt for making the United States Student Assck iatlon ballot measure, which would dix ido whether the organization remains ASUOrecog nized. a non-binding measure They read a should' instead of a shall' and thus included the wording.” Bowen said Bowen said he didn't have enough time to take out the i la u se Legally, if students vote against the organize turn and drive it off i ampus. Bowen does not have to ro< ognize the vote ami can keep the organize tion here Bowen said that though he has the legal right to do that, the student vote is politically binding " Bowen, who leaves office at the end of May. was an active member of the organization until USNA's funds were frozen by the ASlIO account Tum to ELECfiONTPage 4A 54° l O w 34° GOOD MORNING ► Finalists for the University's top academic post will visit the campus in April and May to meet with members of the campus community and to give public presentations. Law Dean Dave Frohnmayer, who is chairman of the search committee, said each of the four candidates for vice president ol academic affairs and provost has been asked to address the theme. “Institutional Vision for the Future." Everly B Fleischer, executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Riverside, from 1988 to 1993, will speak at 4 p m Wednesday in Room 128 of the Chiles Business Center His campus visit will be Wednesday and Thursday. Next Monday, Wallace D. Loh, dean of the University of Wash ington law school since 1990, will give his presentation at 4 p.m. in Room 100 Willamette He will be on campus May 2-3. Charles R. Middleton, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, since 1988, will speak at 4 p m. May 5 in Room 128 of the Chiles Business Center. His campus visit will be May 5-6. On May 6. John T. Moseley, University of Oregon vice presi dent for research since 1985, will make his presentation at 1 30 p m. m Room 128 of the Chiles Business Center His campus meetings are also set for May 5 6. ► RADNOR. Pa. (AP) — Alexandra Powers, who plays Tonya Harding in an upcoming TV movie, didn't mind the radical change from the Christian lawyer she normally plays on television. Powers, who plays lawyer Jane Halliday on L.A. Law, told TV Guide she was eager to make the switch from the more reserved character. Overkill MICMAEl StON0U(VErT>«»W Chicago's Urge Overkill, which fust finished a stint on tour with Peart Jam, brought Its funky fashion show and some good old-fashioned rock'n'roll to the EMU Ballroom Monday night. -f, ■ UNIVERSITY OSPIRG fair shows kids how to help environment Awareness: Earth Day event uses booths to teach children about pesticides, paper, oil By Delrdre E. Dlttman Ft* the Outyon l Emtttkki OSPIRG hold its annual Kids Fnvi roiimontnl Awareness l air" on Satur d.iv al tint Kugene Mall Sinn* so much of l.artli Day is usually targeted toward older people, tin) lair was n chance to show i liildnm what they could do to help the environment. Ontt of the event organizers. Km.lie) ilewitl, said. "It's to show that kids i nn do stuff too, not just older people." Thu fair consisted of about It) booths arid each one taught a different hands on lesson about saving the Karth “Shoot the Bug" was a booth for teaching kids iiImiuI pesticides and what they do to the environment. Four-year old Wesley Collins learned about pesti cides when ho shot water from u spray bottle, representing pesticides, al the moving plastic hug. A favorite was the paper making booth where children were taught how to make recycled paper out of old OSPIRG flyers. Girl Scouts from troop 514 took their turn demonstrating how to clean up an Oil slic k using water, vegetable oil, a popsicle stic k, soap and a cotton ball. At the end cd their presentation they exclaimed. "Be c areful with oil because it's hard to clean up!" The Recycie/Keuse booth showed dif ferent types of reusable household goods. Kids had the opportunity to make an art projec t out of the items "This is stuff they can actually do themselves." Hewiil said. "This (recy cling) is stuff that they can do every day." Ancient forests, endangered species and letters to the President were sub jects of other booths. Turn to FAIR, Page 4A