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University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
An independent newspaper
www.dailyemerald.com
Northwest rivals tangle 4
After two straight wins, the Ducks are back in the race for the
Rose Bowl with odds in their favor of winning Saturday’s
home game against Washington State. Game Day
MusEvenings!
Wednesday evenings, the University Museum of Art offers a
chance for people to take part in organized activities, such as
music or lectures, over refreshments. PAGE 6
Ex-senator
files 3-part
grievance
■ She claims three senators did not
fulfill their responsibilities of holding
summer-session office hours
By Jason George and Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
On Wednesday, former student senator Au
tumn DePoe filed a three-part grievance report
with the Student Senate, outlining her com
plaints with some members of this past sum
mer’s senate session and the current senate.
In her grievance, DePoe claims that sum
mer-session Sens. C.J. Gabbe, Jereme Grzy
bowski, Spencer Hamlin and Jessica Timpa
ny did not hold their
office hours and,
therefore, should not
have received their
stipends.
“There is no rule
saying that if we don’t
hold our hours we
don’t get paid our
stipend,” Hamlin said.
“Even if there was, it
would ex-post facto
The Green Tape Notebook, the reference
manual that contains rules and procedures
of the ASUO, states, however, that senators
must hold their hours to receive a stipend.
It reads, “Senators need not remain in Eu
gene during the summer to retain office, but
will not be paid if not holding office hours
in Eugene,” in title five, section IdA.
After hearing of the rule from the Emerald,
Hamlin replied, “I made a mistake. That
sucks, man. Oh, well.”
“Regardless of the rules, it seems to fall in
line with non-fulfillment in a job that re
quires them to be accessible to students,”
ASUO President W.ylie Chen said.
Grzybowski said he did miss some sum
mer office hours but he spent that time doing
other valuable work for die senate.
“I wanted to spend the time preparing and
researching programs requests. Sometimes
it’s a feeble attempt to sit up there in the third
floor office when I could be out getting my
Turn to Grievance, Page 3A
Student
Senate
discrimination.”
econd
hances
University President Dave
Frohnmayer returns to Eugene
after recovering from a heart
arrhythmia and surgery
in Maryland
Catharine Kendall Emerald
(Top) Family and friends meet at the Eugene airport to welcome home University President Dave Frohn
mayer. (Above) Frohnmayerand his wife, Lynn, speak to the press after arriving.
By Stefanie Knowlton
Oregon Daily Emerald
Family and friends gathered at the
Mahlon Sweet Airport in Eugene
Thursday afternoon to greet Uni
versity President Dave Frohn
mayer as he arrived from Bethesda,
Md., where he spent 13 days in the
hospital recovering from a sudden
heart arrhythmia.
The mood was celebratory, with
green and yellow balloons and Uni
versity flags decorating the podium
from which the president would
speak publicly to his hometown
crowd for the first time since his hos
pitalization.
As the two-engine plane came to a
stop in the private hanger, Mark,
Jonathan and Amy Frohnmayer, the
president’s children, were allowed
onto the aircraft to welcome their fa
ther home from his long journey.
Mark, the Frohnmayers’ oldest son,
had been in Maryland with his father
up until last Friday, he said.
The last few weeks have been hard
for the family, he said.
“It was really scary at the beginning
to be back at the hospital with the
blips on the screen and not knowing
what will happen from one minute to
the next,” he said.
Both Mark and his mother Lynn
spent long hours in the intensive care
unit visiting the president.
“Our family has always pulled to
gether in tough times,” Mark said. “It
Turn to Frohnmayer, Page 3A
Defense focuses on family’s mental history
KINKEL
■ Several members of
Kinkel’s family have had bouts
with mental illness,
depression and alcoholism
By Felicity Ayles and Laura Cadiz
Oregon Daily Emerald
Kip Kinkel sat upright and alert
during his sentencing hearing
Thursday, as defense attorneys pre
sented evidence of a family history
of mental illness and brain abnor
malities that may be responsible for
Kinkel’s behavior.
Dr. Richard Konkol, a pediatric
neurologist at Kaiser Permanente
Hospital in Clackamas, said Kinkel
exhibits some physical characteris
tics that suggest a problem in the
brain. Kinkel’s body is slightly
smaller on the right side, which
would denote a problem on the left
side of the brain.
“If there is a problem in the brain,
it can produce a growth effect on the
body,” Konkol said. The right side
of the body is controlled by the left
side of the brain and vice versa.
Brain scans showed that Kinkel’s
brain has abnormalities, or legions,
on both sides but more seriously on
the right side. The temporal lobe in
the back of Kinkel’s right brain is
not smooth as it should be and has
many areas of decreased activity,
Konkol explained.
Such legions can cause difficulty
in motor activity, sensory interpre
tation and dysfunctional behavior,
Konkol said.
“Damage in these lobes suggests
emotional instability,” he said.
Konkol testified that these abnor
malities could make Kinkel more
susceptible to what defense attor
neys called a “psychotic episode.”
In addition to Konkol’s testimo
ny, the judge heard from Joyce Naf
Turnto Kip Kinkel, Page 9A
Thomas Boyd Press Pool
Kip Kinkel's attorneys, Marie Sabitt (left) and Richard
Mullen, confer in the Lane CountyCourihouse Thursday.