One step left
After making it through
the regular season
schedule, the Pacific-10
Championships and
the West Regionals, the
Oregon women's golf
team is ready to tee off
in the NCAAs. PAGE 11
The Flash
University represents
at race conference
Joining students from across
the country, 11 University
students will travel to Santa
Fe, N.M., this summer as
part of “The Leading and
Most Comprehensive Na
tional Forum on Issues of
Race and Ethnicity in Ameri
can Higher Education.” Out
of 30 scholarships given na
tionwide, eight were Univer
sity students, including
ASUO President-elect Jay
Breslow. No school or col
lege has ever received this
many scholarships to the fo
rum, which includes 24
hours of workshops and
community outreach work.
PAGE 3
Writers get chance
to ‘hit’ the wall
Graffiti artists or “writers”
have the opportunity to tag
or “hit” a mural thanks to
Art Wall, a program spon
sored by the Lane Arts Coun
cil. A $25,000 grant from the
city supplies graffiti artists,
whose expression has been
persecuted by the law and
businesses whose buildings
are common canvases, a
sanctified series of murals
where they can display their
un^ue style of art. Taggers
who wish to participate can
pick up applications for the
program at the Lane Arts
Council. PAGE 4
Early entomologists
display tools
Proud smiles joined the dec
orative art on the wall of The
Buzz Tuesday as 40 young
sters from University child
care centers were recog
nized for their contributions
to bug collecting. Spectators
were graced with the tots
presence for a short while as
Child Care Coordinator Den
nis Reynolds praised the
artists for the plastic-cup
bug-catchers. PAGE 5
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Torrey re-elected, salary in doubt
■The mayorwinsina
landslide and local school
bond measures appear to
be passing
By Emily Gust and Josh Ryneal
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey easi
ly reclaimed his position in
Tuesday night’s local primary
election and, with only 45.4 per
cent of the total votes counted as
of midnight, Bonnie Bettman led
Tracy Olsen in the City Council’s
I
Ward 3 race.
Voters, however, seemed un
decided on the issue of compen
sation for the mayor and the
council: Measure 20-29 was
barely failing 50.4 percent to
49.5 percent.
Breathless anticipation filled
the election air at the Lane Coun
ty Fairgrounds as about 400 peo
ple awaited the results of the lo
cal primary election. Mayoral
candidate Lazar Makyadath,
whose platform included having
a party every weekend in down
town Eugene, said the overall
voter turnout appeared to be low.
“I guess everyone’s still party
ing and they forgot to vote,” he
said.
Partying or not, voters made
sure that Torrey defeated Makya
dath and five other candidates
by a landslide to keep his posi
tion with 71.2 percent of the
vote.
“We were hoping to get 55 per
cent of the vote,” Torrey said. “If
we had gotten one point over 50
percent, we would have been
very excited.”
Bettman was positioned to
win the race for the Ward 3 seat
with about 57.3 percent of the
vote.
“I want to focus on the issues
of affordability, livability and al
locating scarce resources,”
Bettman said of her anticipated
future plans as councilor. “I want
to continue to insure that all citi
zens have a voice in decisions
that are made in city council.”
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Bush’s Social Security plan: you pick
He says he
would try to
reform the
struggling
system by
giving
workers the
choice to
stay with the
current
system or
invest their
money into
a private
savings
account
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
PORTLAND — Texas Gov
ernor George W. Bush arrived
Tuesday in Oregon to pro
mote his plans for Social Se
curity reform and speak with
employees of Gunderson Inc.
about their company’s 401 (K)
plan, which he said is proof
the average American worker
could handle his own retire
ment funds.
Bush’s visit coincided with
Oregon’s primary election,
which he won by a landslide.
During his afternoon stop at
the rail car factory in the
Northwest industrial area,
Bush participated in a panel
discussion with his financial
advisor, Sen. Gordon Smith,
R-Pendleton, and four Gun
derson Inc. employees. A
crowd of about 30 factory
workers, who came into the
meeting straight off the facto
ry floor in their hard hats, and
at least 30 journalists watched
the discussion.
Bush’s public appearance
came four days after Vice Pres
ident Al Gore, his expected
opponent in the November
presidential election, also
came to Portland to discuss
the Social Security issue. Ore
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Presidential hopeful George W. Bush discusses the problems of Social Security with employees of
Gunderson Incorporated in Portland Tuesday afternoon.
Campus groups angered over rape ruling
The Supreme
Court’s
decision in a
Virginia rape
case leaves
victims with
no federal
statute
under which
they can sue
their
attackers
By Lisa Toth
Oregon Daily Emerald
University groups and
community organizations re
acted in frustration to a U.S.
Supreme Court ruling that re
jected a federal measure giv
ing victims of rape and sexu
al violence the right to sue
their attackers.
Monday’s 5-4 Supreme
Court decision said that rape
victims of “gender-motivated
violence” cannot sue their at
tackers under the U.S. Vio
lence Against Women Act of
1994. The ruling also brought
into question a federal “hate
crime” bill regarding sexual
orientation.
The justices ruled the
measure unconstitutional be
cause only the state govern
ment, not the federal govern
ment, has the right to regulate
a private act, such as rape.
“I think people should be
allowed to sue anyone they
want,” said Gabrielle Hendel,
the co-director of the Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered
Alliance and a senior psy
chology and women’s studies
major. “Rape is so under-re
ported and discredited by the
legal system, the judiciary
system and the police that of
ten times suing someone is
the last option for personal
reconciliation.”
Because of this decision
“women will be less likely to
report violent crimes in the
first place, and I think that is
tragic,” she said.
Associate dean and profes
sor at the School of Law Jim
O’Fallon said the decision
simply means that the partic
ular federal rights remedy on
top of state rules can’t be en
forced.
“The court of appeals,
[which] has in its jurisdiction
Virginia Tech, struck it down
and provided an opportunity
for the court to look at it,” O’
Fallon said.
The justices barred a federal
lawsuit filed by former Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute
student Christy Brzonkala
against two football players
she said raped her as a fresh
man in a dormitory room. Stu
dent athletes Antonio Morri
son and James Crawford were
accused of assaulting Br
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(( I think
people should
be allowed to
sue anyone
they want
Gabrielle
Hendel
co-director
LGBTA