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VICTORIOUS Continued from page i head and said that the newspaper had "endorsed Fnntrowitz s work on the Programs Fmarti e ( om " But in actuality, the Fnwmld endorsed Williamson ami Felton, which is where tin* i on troversv began "It was my work. I worked on the PK( anti any thing is open to interpretation." Fantrowitz said in defense of the flier He said that just l«s ause the opposing to ket w is endorsed hv the Fmrmld * odi tonal board, it shouldn't allow them the right to use the masthead If you took an exit poll of the people on this i am pus that felt mislead, I bet you they have on a Zachary and Jen button." he said But others question Kantrowit/'s logit "I think the safe thing to snv is it would lie a vio lation of state campaign laws in that it's a false claim.” said Tim (Henson. University associate pro fessor of journalism who specializes m media law Gleason had not seen the flier hut said despite a subtle language change, it's a false i Jaim il a rea sonable reader gets the impression that the Fmrr aid endorsed Fantrowitz after reading the flier AM-O President l.eslie Warren began investi gating the possible violation Thursday, she t un tai led the Student Press 1 aw Center in Arlington. Va , and received the opinion that the flier violat ed copyright lows Dzeikan also met with Kllonu Foles/ar. an attorney with the ASl () Office of Stu dent Advocacy and l egal Serve es Division "They're assuming guilt before finding out the facts You're innocent until proven guilty in this country Fantrowitz said early in the evening “Until a federal judge says Chris Fantrowitz is guilty of violating a i opyrighl law. I'm innocent and the election should prtx eed as normal he said Before the counting began, Warren said she advised Dzeikan to withhold the results t)f the Km* utive rai e lint she said her tone changed when the issue of voting results as public information arose "In the best interest of the students and to be fair to the (.undulates, we're releasing a tally of what the results w so far with tin* expectation that the results niighi he changed," Dankan said tmfore ail the votes wen* tallied The elections board is awaiting votes from Urn verxitv students at the Oregon institute of Marine Biology before tise election results are of fiend Hut none of the students it OIMB sent in their votes during the primary elec lion and the number of potential votes vviii not < (range the results of the ASUO Executive r.» e Since Williamson and K< lton won outright, the issue of candidate disqualification Ins onus null, as it would not affect the results Vii torv Williamson and Kelton spent the evening at a friend s house waiting for the results kelton referred to it as their "victory or death party " “We knew it w as going to i»> c lt*se ami we're obvi ously very happy, keltoti said We were working our tails off and we were out there talking to every student we could to remind them how important real issues were," kelton said I think students t hose what's realty important to them like finatu ini aid. community involve men! and ns nntment and retention of minority stu dents not tours o( the EMI Williamson said referring to of one of the c ampaign platform ideas of the opposing ticket kelton said they w ill begin their transition into the office of Asm Exec utue starting today when they step into the ofTlt e as AN! it) pres nil'll I and vtt e president elec t and begin to learn the positions l'heir term officially starts May Jri Results W tt rt-:i mi M. m i lac she si mu Id luu- lie- 1 i > w ord as to w hether or not the kenlrorvitz and S< oil tlier would have disqualified them from the race D/eikan said the whole issue lias prompted her to work on batter defining the campaign laws that govern the i andidates who run for all ASl () posi tions. We yvanl to make sure this doesn't hap|wn again and that there's no confusion," slie said Judges urge creation of new juvenile center Samantha Martin bane County judges cnirie together for the first tune since to ptthficly speak out togeth er on an issue In a press conference hosted bv Juvenile Court lodge Kip Leonard Thursday morning, local judges discussed the importance of a new ballot measure that would call fora new juvenile justice cen ter to be built in bane County. The current juvenile detention tenter. Skipworth. is located at 241 l Centennial Blvd , would be replaced fn the new juvenile jus tile t enter, il Measure 20-48 passes on the May ballot Skip worth has the caput it\ to hold u> juveniles, while the proposed facility would tie able to at com modate ltt> Judge Leonard called the cur rent detention center "unsafe, much too small and cannot ade quatelv lie remodeled to fii our needs "We do not have the bod spai us to house those kids that must be detained and placed in shelter care." Leonard said Although thf youth imputation in 1.mitt Counts lias iru reased hv t? pert:ent since 1158, the year that Skipworth was built and violent crime has increased hv 4,800 percent, only minor changes have been made to Skip* worth. "Lvervdnv det lsioris are made at Skipworth to release kids who should be in detention, who make threats to the community or are threats to themselves,” Leonard said "it's essential that the public feel that they're protected and they’re safe,” Circuit Court judge Ann Aiken said Aiken said the wa\ to put bal ance into tite juvenile court svs turn was to indh .it<' to the offend i>r that "them was a bed watting for them to go if they i an not urn form iheir behavior to the com munity norm." From tM'KJ to tS)‘H, violent i rimes committed by juveniles in l-ane County have int reused !>2 percent, while the mimher of available beds at Skipworth has remained the same, in cording to a Juvenile Justice Center fact sheet Total cost to taxpayers for the bond measure to create a new center would 1st $ IM.'WU.OOO and would be paid by I .arse County properly owners "Right now in our communi ty we’re sending a message that you can’t run a stop sign on your bike but its ok to Steal a stereo (out of a car).” Sturm ipal Court Judge Wavin’ Alien said I don'! think that's realty what we wont to send as a message ’’ SmNGftlD SOENTinC j SUPPLIES U/4 *.«<«•( •Nr’ Tennis & Racquetball Restring Specials 50 Ki'K $ t > 00 1 >^ I f>^ K.-y; S.?P.OO ) t (>g Summer Duck Call is Coming\ May 1! ^ Arc you Ready? Black & Decker is the nation's leading marketer and manufac turer in the power tool industry. 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