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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 ’’
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