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www.daiiyemerald.com An independent newspaper The language of music 4 Pianist Valerie Zamora opens Beall Concert Hall’s series with an extra special performance PAGE 5 Since 1 900 University of Or Tuesday October 3,2000 Volume 102, Issue 25 Exchanging ideas ldeaExchange.com lets students buy; sell and trade their creative thoughts online PAGE 4 Weather today high 65, low 40 Southworth yields more questions than answers mifjur idiu Supreme Court decision has student groups wondering about future distribution of incidental fees oy tmuy uusi Oregon Daily Emerald A year ago, student groups such as Justice For All, College Democrats and College Republicans didn’t receive a share of the student incidental fee money that goes to support a variety of student programs on campus. Before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last March in support of the incidental fee system, there was a possibility that no other student group would get any money either. However, the unanimous decision handed down by the Court in South worth vs. the University of Wisconsin upheld the fee system, quelling worries that universities around the country would have to rethink the way they fi nance their student programs. It has also done something else — even though this year's budget process will begin later this month, no body is exactly sure how the Southworth case will impact the procedure. Questions abound about who will get fee money, how much more students will pay and how it will change the entire process. The fee system as a whole had been questioned since the 1995-96 school year, when University of Wisconsin students Scott Southworth, Amy Schoepke and Keith Bannach objected to their money going toward student groups with views opposed to theirs. Before the decision, the University’s system barred student organizations that endorsed political or religious views from receiving money through the incidental fee. Wisconsin's incidental fee system, however, was already more liberal than the University's. No distinction was made between educational and politi cal student groups, allowing College Democrats, College Republicans and WISPIRG — Wisconsin's version of OSPIRG — to receive funds for politi cal purposes. But the decision should bring the University on par with Wisconsin’s more liberal system this winter, when the ASUO begins the process of financ ing student athletic tickets, EMU pro grams and a number of student groups. This will include the power, and possibly the obligation, to administer funding to student organizations with controversial views. Graduate English student Scott Austin said Southworth opened up the campus forum so that groups with dif Turn to Southworth, page 3 New faculty enthusiastic about teaching in Eugene ■The University welcomes several new professors this fall, who have traveled here for reasons ranging from the weather to the football team By Kristy Hessman Oregon Daily Emerald New students aren’t the only ones trying to find their way around campus this fall. New faculty members are also getting used to the atmosphere. The University has welcomed 42 new tenure-related in structional faculty members, who will teach in a variety of de partments, from anthropology to dance to women’s studies. Like students, the new faculty members are just getting settled into new positions, daily routines, and class sched ules, and for the most part are excited to be here. I have always had a desire to move here and into the University’s geography department,” said geography pro fessor Susan Hardwick. Hardwick came to the University from Austin, Texas, where she taught at Southwest Texas University for three years. “The first week of classes went really well,” she said. “I was impressed with the caliber of students, as well as the campus.” Hardwick also said she has noticed differences in the way research and teaching are integrated at the University. “It relates to classroom teaching and really makes a dif ference,” she said. "The other big difference is that it is hot there. I’m looking forward to the rainy weather. ” Of the 42 new instructors, 15 are women and 27 are men. Seven of the new faculty members have been identified as Kevin Calame Emerald members of minority groups, and 11 are non-US citizens. Dr. Susan Hardwick, one of the new professors starting at the University this Fall, advises Brook Geffen Monday in Condon 153. Turn to New faculty, page 6 Police bust parties, marijuana ring over busy weekend Lots of activity in the campus area keeps EPD officers on heightened patrol Friday and Saturday By Andrew Adams Oregon Daily Emerald The Eugene Police Depart ment’s campus detail spent much of last weekend responding to calls that ranged from loud parties to armed robbery. In addition to breaking up 10 parties and citing 49 University students for drinking-related of fenses, the police also dealt with a possible sex crime and a “marijua na distribution business,” accord ing to various police reports. Lieutenant Pete Kerns said the department’s “party patrol,” which heads out on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the school year looking for loud and disorderly gatherings, wrote most or the citations. Despite all the vic tory celebrations stemming from the football game Saturday, Kerns said the weekend’s flurry of “mi nor in possession of alcohol” and “allowing the consumption of al cohol by a minor” citations was about average for this time of year. One party, however, yielded more than just alcohol-related tick ets. Kerns said that while officers were busting up a loud party at 1922 Emerald St., they noticed evi dence of marijuana distribution. "We saw marijuana-packing ma terial that just reeked of green mar ijuana, and we saw cash and scales,” Kerns said. This prompted the officers to re turn the next morning at 7 a.m. with a search warrant, when they discovered plastic baggies, scales, marijuana growing equipment, three shotguns and an SKS assault rifle. In a safe, officers found about three pounds of packaged marijua na, airline tickets to Amsterdam and $47,000 in cash. David B. Soulier, a 19-year-old resident of the house and Lane Com munity College student, was arrest ed for interfering with a police offi cer and unlawful delivery of marijuana. The case is currently be fore the Lane County District Attor ney’s office for review, but Kerns said if convicted, Soulier could face a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison or a $100,000 fine. Kerns said it was not illegal for Soulier to possess any of the firearms, but the fact that he had both weapons and drugs in the same house may “enhance the po tential drug charges.” Because he was not at the house when Soulier was arrested Kerns could not say what exactly prompted the charge of interfering with a police officer, but he said in his experience it usu ally results from a person becom ing argumentative or uncoopera tive with police officers. “When we go to these parties it’s not uncommon that we have a lot of drunk people around thinking they have privileges they don’t have,” he said. Three University students Turn to Crime, page 6 CC We saw marijuana packing ma terial that just reeked of green mari juana, and we saw cash and scales. Pete Kerns EPD Lieutenant}}
