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Graduate Teaching Fellow Federation in its on
going contract negotiations with the University.
Whether passing the resolution was
against the rules is unclear, Moreno-Villamar
said, and the Senate should not rely on inter
pretations of vague rules when dealing with
issues that may be of importance to students.
"On the one hand we do not want to con
flict directly — and I know there are argu
ments against that — with the printed note
book, but at the same time if we during the
summer do not have a body that protects stu
dent interests, who's going to do it?"
Moreno-Villamar asked.
The resolutions presented at the July 15
and June 24 meetings are issues that need the
Senate's immediate attention, he said.
Day disagreed.
"I just don't see why breaking our rules is
just, no matter what the issue is," Day said.
Day expressed many frustrations with the
way the Senate handled the GTFF resolu
tion, most notably with its inability to pro
vide the administration with documented
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minutes upon request.
The lack of documented minutes was a re
sult of technical difficulties with the recording
microphone and not blatant irresponsibility
by the Senate; Day said, but it still tarnishes the
Senate's image as a competent body.
"It doesn't make us look competent in
what we are doing, and if we don't look
competent students are not going to trust
us," Day said.
As of press time Wednesday, document
ed minutes for two of the three summer-ses
sion Senate meetings were unavailable.
Oregon Public Meetings Law requires that
documentation of meeting minutes be made
available to the public within a "reasonable
time" after each meeting, which is generally
considered three weeks.
"If we don't have minutes, everything we
do or not is null and void," Day said.
According to Oregon Public Meeting Law,
"The court may void the governing body's deci
sion if the governing body intentionally or will
fully violated the Public Meetings Law..."
ASUO Accounting Coordinator Jennifer
Creighton-Neiwert was able to provide a copy
of the July 15 meeting minutes and said either
Moreno-Villamar or George would know the
locations of the previous meeting minutes.
Emerald attempts to contact Moreno-Villa
mar were unsuccessful.
George said in a phone interview he wasn't
sure whether Moreno-Villamar had complet
ed the documentation for the June 24 and
July 8 meetings, adding that he did the min
utes for the July 15 meeting.
"I'm not sure whether he's done it or if I'm
going to have to do it again," George said.
Meghann M. Cuniff is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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released by FFC Chairman Timothy J. Muris Monday.
"I am not aware of any instance in which the Federal
Trade Commission has investigated the slogan of a
news organization," the statement read. "There is
no way to evaluate this petition without evaluating the
content of the news at issue. That is a task the
First Amendment leaves to the American people, not a
governing agency."
On campus, several students voiced the opinion that
false claims by any news media organization should be
strictly curtailed through regulation.
"I think they should restrict all broadcast and cable
news from making any false claims," said Tracey Beck,
who recently graduated from the University with a de
gree in German.
Kristin Gheen, a sophomore education major, agrees,
but said she thinks each news channel should be evaluat
ed for false claims on an individual basis.
Youm disagrees.
"The First Amendment doesn't guarantee a fair press,
just a free press," Youm said. "Freedom of speech is a
calculated risk."
Michael A. Booth is a freelance reporter for the Emerald.
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7 p.m. Friday. Dobson will also offer
a free public talk called "Reach for
the Stars."
University researcher LiLi Weldon,
Dobson's current host in Eugene,
joins him on his outings to make his
telescope available to the public.
"It's fun to see," Weldon said. "Most
people are so thankful, most have nev
er seen Jupiter like that before."
Although astronomy is Dobson's
passion, he started out on a different
path. Dobson graduated with a de
gree in chemistry from University of
California, Berkeley and joined a
monastery. He built his first telescope
in the monastery in 1967. He made
telescopes out of cardboard, wood,
and glass from the bottoms of five
gallon jugs. He also used a 12-inch
ship portal to make a larger telescope.
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"When I saw the 12-incher, I
thought, 'My God, everyone must see
this,'" Dobson said.
He said he hauled his telescopes
80,000 miles in public service, shar
ing it with America.
"I hauled it through national parks,
the reservations, the state parks, over
the continental divide, up to Canada
and down to Mexico," Dobson said.
The idea has since spread all over
the planet, he said.
Dobson said he thought up the
Sidewalk Astronomers in 1968 after
he helped a nine-year-old boy make a
telescope bigger than anyone else in
San Francisco. The boy was five years
too young to join the San Francisco
Astronomers, and wanted someone
to talk about astronomy and tele
scopes with, so he formed the club
with Dobson and a third member.
"When the amateurs were still tun
ning around with their little
f
telescopes, we were running through
national parks with telescopes built 24
inches across the glass," said Dobson.
Dobson is credited with inventing
the Dobsonian mount, which Dob
son describes as "similar to a can
non." His namesake mount swivels
around with the touch of a hand, and
does not track across the sky, making
it much simpler and less expensive.
"I made a 24-inch telescope for
$300," Dobson said. "You can't even
buy one of those little ones for $300."
Dobson said that now even profes
sionals use the Dobsonian mount be
cause professional researchers have
computers that are able to track the
sky for them.
"Half of the telescopes on the plan
et have my name attached to it," Dob
son said.
Dobson is proqd^pf the large tele
scopes he builds.
"Newton and Galileo never made
a telescope worth looking through,"
Dobson said. "At least Dobson made
a telescope worth sleeping in."
Dobson said he has slept in two of
his telescopes. The 12-inch sleeps
two people and three have slept in
the 24-inch.
Eliassen said Dobson's telescopes
have revolutionized amateur
astronomy.
"(Because of Dobson) you can see
amateurs with 30- to 40-inch tele
scopes that rival the ones in the obser
vatories," Eliassen said.
Dobson also teaches a cosmology
class twice a week at Weldon's house,
discussing theories of the universe
and refuting the widely accepted big
bang theory.
"I'm allergic to the big bang," Dob
son said. Dobson explained that the
big bang model does not have the big
bang taking place in space and time.
Dobson's theory revolves around a
"changless, infinite and undivided uni
verse" and recycling model involving
hydrogen. Dobson said the big bang
theory did not account for hydrogen.
"My replacement [of the big bang)
sticks to the observations," Dobson said.
'The big bang people have to include
new physics to make their model run."
Dobson has written a science fic
tion book about a girl who knows
her physics.
"So far as 1 can tell, none of her
physics is fictional," Dobson said, ex
plaining that the character's views on
physics reflect his own.
Dobson believes building your
own telescope will take you places.
"It takes a long time to make a Mer
cedes, and it'll only get you to the
Grand Canyon," Dobson said. "You
can make a telescope in about a week
and it'll get you to the moon."
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