Fall2000
Keynote Speaker
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Career
Don Asher
Monday, October 23
Geriinger Hall Lounge
Noon
A nationally recognized speaker and author
on the subject of graduate and professional school admissions,
Don Asher will be speaking to students and faculty about applying
and gaining admission to graduate and professional school programs.
How to get into that competitive program, how to write a winning
admissions essay and morel
There is no cost to attend this event, and all are welcome.
Fall2000 Career Expo-- "Your future is in your hands."
Sponsored by the Career Center. Call 346-3235 for information.
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Chief Counsel to the U.S. Attorney Peter Ozanne speaks about mandatory
minimum sentencing on Wednesday.
Morse Chair holds
panel discussion
■The Wayne Morse Chair of
Law and Politics sponsored
the event to educate students
By Brooke Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
With the November 2000 election
on the horizon, the University’s
Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Pol
itics held a panel discussion
Wednesday evening to inform the
Eugene community about current
political issues.
The organization sponsored the
“No Way Out? A Forum on Manda
tory Minimum Sentencing” panel
discussion at the Knight Law Cen
ter to discuss the pros and cons of
mandatory minimum sentencing.
One purpose of this free event
was to educate students and faculty
about this year’s ballot measures,
particularly Measure 94, which, if
passed, would repeal Measure 11.
Measure 11, passed in 1994, set
mandatory minimum sentences for
criminals and affects people as
young as 15 years old.
“I am amazed by the array of is
sues in this year’s election,” said
Margaret Hallock, Wayne Morse
Chair of Law and Politics director.
“So a deeper level of understanding
about the issues is critical for first
time voters.”
Hallock, who spoke at the forum
about upcoming chair events,
thinks an in-depth understanding of
today’s issues also helps students
feel encouraged to vote and partici
pate in the community.
Wednesday night’s panel served
as an informational discussion,
complete with professionals pre
senting their research concerning
the effects of Measure 11.
Emily Simon, a private Portland
attorney and principle speaker at
the forum, said she thinks Measure
11 should be repealed because of its
effect on minors.
Simon, who specializes in juvenile
cases, thinks all juveniles are unjustly
punished by the measure. She said
she is not against juvenile incarcera
tion, but she thinks it is unfair to over
ride a judge’s decision in each case.
“Measure 11 shifts power away
from the judge, who should always
have the final say,” she said.
Simon is also against the incar
ceration of juveniles in adult prison
facilities; she created a public-inter
est law project to show how minors
are negatively affected. Her research
shows that juveniles who are incar
cerated with adults are more likely
to commit crimes in the future.
“It is a myth that juveniles under
Measure 11 are put in juvenile facil
ities,” Simon said. “In reality, 20
percent of 16- and 17-year-olds are
held in adult facilities.”
Dale Penn, Marion County Dis
trict attorney and forum commenta
tor, said he thinks Measure 11 offers
solutions that decrease crime rates.
His main concern is that society is
protected, he said.
Penn spoke of gang violence in
Salem through the past years and
how Measure 11 has helped cut
down the city’s crime rates. There
were 75 drive-by shootings in 1998,
but there were only eight in 1999, he
said.
“Ultimately, Measure 11 has pro
vided a tool for dealing with violent
offenders,” Penn said.
The forum closed with the intro
duction of three new Morse Fellow
law students and a reception to cele
brate the 100th anniversary of
Wayne Morse’s birthday on Oct. 20.
Morse, a former U.S. senator and
dean of the University’s School of
Law, was involved in law and fair
labor practices and was adamant
about people having freedom of
speech, said Kim O’Brien, Wayne
Morse Chair of Law and Politics ad
ministrator.
Morse was one of two senators
who opposed the Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution during the Vietnam War.
“He had a lot of political enemies,
but he was very well respected,”
O’Brien said.
Because he was an independent '
thinker and politician, the Wayne
Morse Chair of Law and Politics was
established to provide a venue for
student and faculty inquiry and in
volvement in key issues. By bring
ing distinguished scholars to the
campus, the organization hopes to
further educate the University
about current issues, O’Brien said.
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