News
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Sports
Oregon softball slides into three
disappointing losses over the weekend.
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Since 1 900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 103, Issue 124
Police arrest student on felony theft charges
■ HP. Barnhart resident Benjamin
Kelley is arrested Friday after
allegedly harassing female students
By Jeremy Lang
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eugene police arrested University
student Benjamin Michael Kelley on
Friday morning on a variety of felony
burglary and theft charges after Kelley
allegedly stole more than $2,500 in
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women’s clothing and personal me
mentos from three H.P. Barnhart resi
dence hall rooms.
When Eugene Police Department of
ficers searched Kelley’s room in Barn
hart late Friday, they found between
$2,500 and $3,000 worth of women’s
underwear, swimsuits, personal photos
and keepsakes, all believed to have
been taken from at least five residents in
three rooms, EPD officer Pete Aguilar
said. Officers also found fireworks in
Kelley’s room that appeared to be al
tered or homemade, which brought an
EPD dangerous materials van to the res
idence hall Friday night.
Kelley, 25, spent the weekend in the
Lane County Jail waiting arraignment
today on three counts of first-degree
burglary, three counts of first-degree
theft, one count of second-degree theft
and one count of unlawful possession
of a destructive device. First-degree
Turn to Theft, page 8
Eugene police arrested University student Benjamin Michael Kelley
on Friday on three counts of first-degree burglary, three counts of
first-degree theft, one count of second-degree theft and one count
of unlawful possession of a destructive device.
Anyone with information regarding these or other incidents should
call DBS at 346-5444 or EPD at 682-5121.
information about the case is available on a special DPS hotline at
346-5692, which wilt be updated if additional information becomes
available.
SOURCE: Office of Communteatiofl
“We had a really great first day and a really good turnout. ”
—Jeremiah Chavez, Saturday Market assistant
Adam Jones Emerald
Many people come to Saturday Market for a place to relax and browse among the eclectic goods. This boy, who some
claimed had been staring at himself for more than half an hour, had no comment on his state of meditation.
Eugene Saturday Market:
Worth looking into
By Brad Schmidt
for the Emerald
There was little rain and even less sunshine as Sat
urday Market, the oldest weekly open-air crafts fes
tival in the United States, began its 33rd season
Saturday.
After nearly a week of sunny weather in Eugene, Saturday
Market’s booths nnRrmrl fnr hnsinpsc tn orav cHqc
showers, which
led to many
thankful vendors.
“We had fair
sales,” said Chris
Mini, the boy
friend of Barefoot
Pony owner Ann
Huntington. “But
it hasn’t been as
busy as a sunny
opening day.”
Jeremiah
Chavez, a market
assistant for six
years, said more
than 5,000 people
showed up for
opening day.
“We had a real
ly great first day
and a really good
Adam Jones Emerald
Gill Dunaway, a veteran of the market, has been participating since
its inception 33 years ago.
turnout/’ Chavez said. “The weather has brought more peo
pie in today. Everybody thought it was going to rain.”
For Debra Klang, who sells mostly jewelry, the weather and
the economy made for a slow start.
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Student faces give seasoned politicians a run for their money
university
alumni offer
their thoughts
about politics
to two students
running
for office
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Oregon Daily Emerald
When students run for public office
outside the University, they can face the
difficult task of fighting seasoned politi
cians with better contacts and campaign
funding. This challenge does not daunt
University students Maco Stewart and
Greg McNeill, who are running for Eu
gene City Council and the Oregon
House, respectively, after losing their
bid ror ASUO Executive in February.
McNeill and Stewart each face an up
hill battle against a political system that
places a priority on prior experience.
But despite the odds, politically active
University alumni urged them to run
for office anyway.
“Students always have a chance
— but if they’re running against a pop
ular, seasoned incumbent, it would be
very difficult,” said State Rep. A1
King, D-Springfield.
King knows exactly how difficult it is
for a student to win a political race.
King was active in student government
when he attended the University in the
1970s but declined to run in an “easy
race” for ASUO Executive, instead run
ning for state representative. King lost,
but he said the experience helped him
later in his political career.
“Even if you lose, you have recogni
tion in the community,” King said.
Sen. Ryan Deckert, D-Beaverton, said
that students often need to pay their
dues in the political system before they
have a chance to get elected.
“It’s very difficult — it’s easier to run
for a more entry-level position. I would
have had a zero percent chance to get
elected to the state Senate as a student,”
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