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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1994)
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At that point Gipson, Shedrick and unatoto MtrxntM entered me elevator ana yelled a( the victim for "taking the elevator without them." The victim noted that all wore visibly intoxicated. When Gipson began hacking the victim against the wall of the elevator, she told him to stop, fearing for her safety When he made no attempt to move away, she tried to push him in the chest Gipson then grabbed the student 1 around the n«« k and arm to the point that the vic j tim said she couldn't breathe, according to police 11 msu 1 r,,,K,r1s While grabbing her, Gipson yelled "no one louciies me, no one pushes me." Shedrick then pulled Gipson off the victim. The three males then exited the elevator, according to police reports. The victim fled to her room and called police Responding Kugene police officers reported they found Gipson and Shedrick in another room at the University Inn. where Gipson was taken into custody after offit ers observed a red mark on the victim's net k and multiple bruises on her upper arm. While en route to the Ijtne County (ail. Gipson told the arresting of fit er that "I might have overreacted," au ording to police reports Gipson rci eived the relatively light sentence because be had no prior conv ictions a< cording to Assistant District Attorney John Kim. "lie was treated just like anyone else This is a serious crime." said Kim "Anytime there is unlawful physical contact, we take it very seriously." As a condition of Gipson's probation, he cannot have contact with the vi< tim or use or possess any intoxicants. He must also pay a $500 (omjxmsatory fine to the victim and S3HU in attorney's foes and court costs If Gipson violates parole, he is subject to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine. CURTAINS Continued from Page 1 policy" for the KMU. after he decided to place eight-foot-tall black curtains o<’t>r the sexually explicit art exhibit in an KMU hallway Sept, 14 The board directed Miller at its meeting last week to remove the curtains Miller appealed the decision to the University Pres ident Dave Frohmnayer. who instructed Provost John Moseley to overrule the board's action. "The motion we passed at the last meeting about the curtains treats it like an isolated instance. But what aliout the future? And what about the past? I under stand this sort of thing has hap pened before,” Docherty said Wednesday night "What we've done tonight is refine and articulate that Ithe KMU Board] has the authority to decide on general policy, and give me some direction in defin ing my role as someone respon sible for day-to-day decisions At the same time, there was some acknowledgement on the part of the board that there are certain instances when 1 need to make a decision on the spot." Miller said Compromise solution Docherty amended the origi nal text of his motion after approximately an hour of dis cussion when several board members stated that they thought it went to far in forcing Miller to consult with the board, which meets regularly every two weeks. The amended motion passed 7-3-0. “I'm very- open to the spirit of this motion." Miller told the board at the beginning of the discussion, referring to Docher ty's un-amended motion. “1 believe that this board has the authority that this motion speaks to. I'm concerned, how ever, that the interpretation could he so broad that it will prevent me from making deci sions that address the safety of people in the building, as well as issues of budget and issues of law " "The language of this motion does tie the director's hands a little too much. He still needs the ultimate authority to make a decision when necessary," said hoard member Zachary Kelton, who is the ASUO's university affairs coordinator. Miller explained that he would be left in a "dilemma" if the motion did not allow him to act directly at the request of the University president, who has the authority to override any decision made by any Universi ty board, official or employee. Miller and some board mem bers were concerned that an overly restrictive motion would prevent Miller from taking appropriate action if. for exam ple, the Eugene fire marshal were to order Miller to clear stu dents from the EMU ballroom during an event. Question of expression "I feel this is a really weak statement, like the motion that was passed last week, it's not taking much of an effect," Docherty said after the board passed his amended motion. "We. as students of the Uni versity of Oregon, need to make a statement of what's right and what's wrong. Censorship is def initely wrong, and I believe that Ithe curtains around the 'See No Evil' exhibit are] clearly censor ship," he said. Docherty explained that, as an artist who has exhibited in some of the rooms in the EMU. the curtains that came down last week prompted him to try and limit Miller's authority of stu dent expression. Artists, he said, are "trying to put out an intelligent message, and people come in with biases already made up. and make a dec ision based on those biases. 1 don't think somebody's biases should enshroud that artistic expression."
