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Oregon Daily TUESOAY, JUNE 20.1995 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 97. ISSUE 1 Juvenile pulls gun in campus robbery Crime: No Umver--. ty students were involved in the Friday incident Sherry Rainey Three juveniles were arrestod last Friday night in connection with an armed robbery that o«:i urred in front of Gilbert Hall on the University campus The victims, a in year-old male front Portland and o 14 year-old male from. Eugene met one of the susjtet the !>er\ on Hast 13th Avenue in a possible attempt to buy mari juana. according to a report from the Eugene Department of Puhlii Safety. About 10 minutes later, the pair was approached by one of the suspects as they were walk ing through the campus north of Gilbert Hall. According to the police report, a 15-year-old suspec t pulled out a 32-caliber revolver and said. "I'm front the Northwest 'Hood and this is what you get for messing with the Northwest Hood ” Then the suspect pointed the gun at the Eugene hoy s head and said, "Gimme your money.” The suspect took $22 in i nsh and a broken cigarette lighter The suspect also demanded money from the 16-year-old, but he didn't have any. The victims reported the incident to an Oregon Public Safety officer at the corner of 13th Avenue and Kincaid Turn to ROBBERY, Page 3A If it’s still raining... ' Video games are available in the EMU's basement Recreation Center during the cen ter's limited summer hours: noon to 11 p.rn , Monday through Friday, Frohnmayer is president, permanently Administration: St e f< : i decides not to seek other candidates Scan M Smith Of00&t A-l'V t n<&taxl Stair Board t>( tli^ti rr f ilm atom iiimoum mi th« |mnti«in*>rU appointment of Uavi* irohnmoyer as Uni versity president Juno U>, miikim; flint tilt? Uilh presi dent in flu? t hiiversitys t to year history Tii(> board approved Frohninayer s position fol (owing the recommendation of OSS UK < ham idlor |oe f ROHNMAYER Cox. who nu t wilt) Univer sity students. faculty, alumni and community members l>efore addniwii^ the board "There is extremely high confident e in him as a human being and a very reassuring level of comfort with his management sty hi. his relations with employees of all typos, and iht openness, frankness and lamdor witfi which ho approaches ths president v. Cos said in a news release Fri day The board's decision ended speculation about i nationwide search for it permanent replace tnwnt for .Myles Brand, who vat a ted the position last year to accept the presidency at Indiana Uni versity Frofuimavor, who had boon the dean of the I'inversify School of l aw sinc e 1002, was appointed interim president on May It, l‘MI-1 University Provost and Vue President fot Aca demic; Affairs |ohn Moseley applauded tfie deci sion "If rotmmaverl is really committed to this I hit versdy and this state Moseley said lie has received very broad support, and well-deserved support, from our external constituents, and his ability to represent this University and Ins lead ership have I Mien outstanding I d Bergeron, president of the University Alumni Assix uition. agreed Tvo known four University presidents, and Turn! . PRESIDENT. P.t ‘,A Runge signs four-year contract Sports: The ^women's basketb til coach gets a base salary of $80,000 Mark McTyre The wail is over Oregon women’s basketball bead coach Jody Runge signed a new deal with the University eight days ago. that insures that the 1903-94 Pat 10 coach of the year will remain at Oregon for at least another four years. The contract, which was agreed to in principle in April, allows for an annual base salary of $90,000 and includes additional incentive claus es that could raise her pay by another $10,000 Tlie deal nearly doubles the salary for Kongo, who has on overall ret ort! of 38-19 during her first two seasons Last year, Range — who was hired by Oregon after eight seasons as on assis tant coach at Florida, Alahanm-Birmingham. Col orado State and Missouri — signed a contract worth $48,000 "under protest.” "It {die new contract) helps us market our pro gram through recruiting Itetause it shows a com mitment by the University," Rungu said. "I really love Oregon and I'm glad 1 have the opportunity to stay ” Issues under protest were parts of the contract that Kungu and her attorney felt violated Title IX of the education Amend ments An of 1972, the fed eral legislation that prohibits sexual discrimina tion at institutions receiving federal funds Kunge's attorney. Alan Manheirn of Atlanta, had threatened to file a niulti m ill ion-dollar lawsuit against the University On tint sumo day that HUNGE Kunge signed her contract, she announced the hiring of a new assistant coach to her staff Fred Lit/.enberger, who has accumulated i:t years as a men's basketball assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level in addition to possessing \2 years of head coaching experience, will replace Joe Jai kson. who held the position for the past two seasons He’ll join assistant coach Stephanie Osborn and graduate assistant Kelly Ki'ln* on Range's ••t.iif The successful 4H-year-old has been associat ed with collegiate programs that have won five conference championships, advanced to the NCAA tournament Jt) times and made three National Invitation Tournament appeararii es He Turn to COACH, Page 3A GOOD MORNING ► PALO ALTO, Calif <AP) — Kirsten Frohnmayer received her degree m human biology at Stanford University just one week after arriving home from a six month battle against leukemia and a stroke On Sunday, Kirsten wore ,t floppy straw hat beneath her mortarboard, keeping out the sun she must avoid during her recovery She wore a garland of flowers over her black robe Her proud parents watched as she graduated along with the other 1,668 members ol Stan lord's centennial class of 1995 "This is the best Father's Day present anybody could ever have," said Dave Frohnmayer "All these parents here are really proud." said her mother. Lynn Frohnmayer. "For us, there is something else, too — won der, joy and amazement." ► LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bat man Forever delivered at the box office in its opening week end after a marketing campaign that budgeted a dollar to pro mot' - the movie tor every dollar spent making it But the next tew weeks may be the true test tor the Caped Crusader's third adventure on the big screen, and for the $60 million Warner Bros plans to spend turning it into the "must see" movie ol the summer. "The way pictures open these days, they burn through the audience interest quickly," Hal Vogel, an industry analyst at Ci. won & Co., said Monday. "It's very deceptive: You don't know how strong strong is until you gel to the second weekend." Butman Forever sold about $52.8 million in tickets over the weekend, breaking the 1993 Jurassic Park record of $50 2 million tor a debut, Warner Bros, sad Batman Forever debuted in a record 4.300 North American movie theaters and was accom panied by Warner Bros ' most diverse marketing effort yet, the studio said.
