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Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 114
Revision
planned
for code
of conduct
Student Conduct Committee
members say the changes
to the code are not specifically
aimed at preventing riots
By Chuck Slothower
News Reporter
For the first time in several decades, a
University committee is planning compre
hensive revisions to the Student Conduct
Code, which lays out expectations and
consequences of student behavior.
"We're revamping the whole code," Stu
dent Conduct Committee co-Chairman
Jesse Harding said.
The code has been modified several
times since its inception, Student Judicial
Affairs Director Chris Loschiavo said, but
it has never been completely overhauled.
"I'm not sure the entire code has been
looked at since it was written in the '60s,"
Loschiavo said. "It no longer reflects best
practices in judicial affairs."
The Student Conduct Committee,
which has been in operation for a few
years, is now completing work on the first
sections of the code, which concern its
mission statement and jurisdiction.
Harding said the new mission state
ment "has more of a community aspect.
... We just didn't feel like the old one went
far enough."
The jurisdiction issue has been contro
versial. The riots that have plagued the
West University neighborhood in recent
years have prompted the city of Eugene to
ask the University to expand its off-cam
pus security efforts, which the University
has been reluctant to do, Harding said.
Committee co-Chairman Bill Daley, an
instructor at the Charles H. Lundquist Col
lege of Business, said the committee has
not made any changes to the code specifi
cally intended to prevent riots.
"We're trying to set jurisdiction so it
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SPEAKING OUT
Lauren Wimer Photographer
Wednesday night, Dr. Mary Robinson told a full EMU Ballroom that 54 countries have grown poorer since 1990.
Localizing Human Rights
Former Ireland president Dr. Mary Robinson addressed human rights funding
By Justin Ahrenholtz
Freelance Reporter
Dr. Mary Robinson, former president of Ire
land and former high commissioner of
human rights for the United Nations,
spoke Wednesday evening to a full EMU Ballroom.
The lecture was sponsored by the Wayne
Morse Center for Law and Politics, the Women's
Law Forum and Human Rights for All. University
law Professor Svitlana Kravchenko, who helped
organize the event, met Robinson at a 2002 con
ference in Geneva on human rights and the envi
ronment, where she invited Robinson to come
to Oregon.
"(The lecture was) an absolutely wonderful op
portunity for University of Oregon students to learn
about human rights," said Laura Ramelli, president
of the University Amnesty International chapter.
Robinson opened her lecture, entitled "Human
Rights and Ethical Globalization," by defining hu
man rights as the rights to safety, food, water,
Turn to RIGHTS, page 5
Con Court
decision
attracts
criticism
The decision, which prevents
ASUO from scheduling elections
during the law school's Dead
Week, has drawn controversy
By Jennifer Marie Bear
News Editor
The ASUO Constitution Court is facing
criticism from the ASUO Elections Board for
being inconsistent on the issue of acceptable
dates for student government elections.
last year the court dismissed a grievance
filed against the Elections Board for sched
uling dates that conflicted with the Uni
versity School of Law's academic calendar.
The court ruled that scheduling ASUO
elections during the law school's Dead
Week did not technically violate tire ASUO
Constitution and allowed the elections to
be scheduled for that week.
But this year the court rejected the Elec
tion Board's plan to schedule elections dur
ing the same time as last year. Justices told
the Elections Board on Tuesday that the
proposed dates were unacceptable and the
election would need to be rescheduled.
ASUO Elections Coordinator Stephanie
Day is challenging the court's recent rul
ing, arguing that the court is being incon
sistent with its decisions.
"It's really difficult to work with student
leaders when their rulings aren't consis
tent," Day said.
Chief Justice J. Michael Harris refused to
comment on this issue because the court
is still deliberating on the proposed elec
tion dates.
But law student and ASUO Student Sen.
Colin Andries said that, even though the
Court ruled last year that scheduling elec
tions during the law school's Dead Week
doesn't technically violate the Constitu
tion, the court did instruct the Elections
Board not to do it again. He added that
the ASUO Green Tape Notebook states
that it is " tantamount to dereliction of
Turn to CON COURT, page 5
University professor, same-sex partner will marry in Eugene
The same-sex couple will be among
the first to marry in Lane County
with a Multnomah County license
By Lisa Catto and Jared Paben
News Reporters
This weekend, University adjunct Professor
Gretchen Miller and her partner, Sarah Hen*
drickson, will become one of Oregon's first
same-sex couples to wed in Eugene, according to
the American Civil Uberties Union of Oregon.
ACLU of Oregon Executive Director David Fi
danque introduced Miller and Hendrickson at a
news conference Thursday and presented the
women with their marriage license, which the
couple had obtained Wednesday in Multnom
ah County. Another same-sex couple from Eu
gene, Kent Kullby and Tim Smith, were present
ed with their marriage license as well.
Fidanque said that as long as a person li
censed in the particular county is performing the
ceremony, the entire state must recognize the
marriage, even though the certificates are from
Multnomah County.
Miller, a former Eugene dty councilor, has been
a University professor of planning, public policy
and management for 15 years, and she will teach
Introduction to Public Law in the spring, PPPM
Department Head Michael Hibbard said.
"(Miller is) one of Eugene's and Oregon's
leading citizens," Hibbard said, adding that the
department has employed her for a long time
because they hold her in high regard. "As an in
structor, she is incredibly conscientious. She
takes her job as a teacher very seriously."
He believes that she is comfortable with her
homosexuality, which makes people comfort
able around her. Miller said she doesn't believe
her marriage will affect her job or co-workers at
the University.
Both couples plan to be married Saturday
morning in Eugene. A third Eugene couple re
ceived its license as well, but due to scheduling
conflicts the couple will be wed at a later date.
"We're just delighted to be able to offer to
our family the same kind of protections and
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