Elections
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tomated, and because the elec
tions board doesn’t actually count
ballots, it was not necessary to al
low media representatives into the
process.
“From the state law last year, we
were in the right,” Hight said.
Student Press Law Center Exec
utive Director Mark Goodman said
ASUO’s interpretation of the law
was worrisome.
Goodman said the public can
only have confidence in an elec
tion system if it is allowed to know
what happens.
“I think any election process is
suspect if it’s conducted in secret,”
he said.
Goodman added that the media
should he allowed to observe and
report the ballot process in a
“nondisruptive” way.
Hight said the DuckWeb voting
system automatically tallies votes
and, once voting is closed, the
elections board merely prints out
the results and posts them.
The elections board also argued
that since posting results doesn’t
require a quorum, it does not
constitute a “meeting” under the
Oregon public meetings law, in
which case the elections board
would be required to allow media
representation.
This year, Jacobson still argues
that unless the ballot count is part of
collective bargaining, personnel
matters or other sensitive issues, die
media should be allowed to watch
the board finalize the election.
As Hall investigates the issue,
Jacobson said the Commentator
will try to gain access again this
year, and didn’t rule out filing an
other grievance.
“We’ll try again this year to pro
vide students with an accurate ac
count of events from their student
government,” he said.
Contact the senior news reporter
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
Clark
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as academic freedom.
The well-known former dean of
ficially retired in 1992, hut came
hack to teach part-time until 1995.
“Virtually every lawyer in the
state knows his name,” Vetri said.
As an active member of the
American Bar Association, Clark
helped the law school several years
ago when the number of University
law graduates passing the bar
dipped, colleagues said. He headed
a committee to develop a plan of
action and write a report.
Law Professor Jim Mooney said
professors analyzed the report to
structure new tutoring programs.
Mooney said these programs were
responsible for increasing student
scores on the bar exam by as much
as 10 or 20 percent.
Clark helped students while he
pioneered new programs for the
law school.
“We always had him in mind as a
great source for this institution,”
Vetri said, “and it’s a great loss that
he’s gone.”
Mooney agreed.
“I never heard anyone say a bad
word about Chapin Clark,” Mooney
said. “He was one of those people
that everyone liked and respected,
and that’s rare. That’s rare.”
Clark is survived by his wife,
Dorothy, and two children, Juli
akay and Jeffrey.
Contact the reporter
atjilliandaley@dailyemerald.com.
Technology
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ments use sensors to tell how fast
cars are going. Etherington said the
Traffic Dodger can be utilized in any
area that has an adequate amount
of these sensors.
Ginsberg said the Web site,
www.trafficdodger.com, is a free
service for now, but he hopes to sell
it to Yahoo or MapQuest.
“We do not want to have to moni
tor how many people are looking at
the site daily — we want someone
else to deal with that,” he said.
Etherington said they created
On-Time Systems as a company to
market technology created at the
University.
“The University fosters the cre
ation of new knowledge but has no
mechanism to sell it to the pub
lic,” he said. “So this is a company
that can find a market for the
technology.”
Etherington and Ginsberg said
they are looking at optimizing the
building of ships and finding opti
mal routes for commercial aircraft
as future projects.
Contact the reporter
at daniellegillespie@dailyemerald.com.
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