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Pauling Art Gallery present sculpture show THE PRINT Oregon City, OR 97045 Clackamas Community College January 28, 1987 SG maintains Knight’s position by Lyn Marie Thompson Ihoto Editor ■ I January 22, the Associated ■ indent Government held an ex- < jmtive meeting regarding the 1 psition of entertainment coor- I inator and the qualifications t lereof. Bill Knight, the current I xrrdinator was under review for | le possible failure to meet GPA Endards for his position. Two weeks previous to this «ting, the advisory board had ftund that there was not suffi- ■ent information to make a final gecision on Knight’s standing, ight had an incomplete in a ass and the council’s constitu- tion said nothing on how to count an incomplete in the determining of GPA and officer standing. Upon the advice of Debbie Baker, ASG advisor,President Pattie Groombridge suggested, with no objections from the council, that a two week period be taken to gather more informa tion before reaching a final deci sion. Because he was already on pro bation from the previous term, Knight did not have the option of appealing and gaining a proba tion period. The constitution states that when a individual is under proba robable cause: Dean Grey litor SCENARIO: Two young men ive been hanging out at a near- I 7-11. One that they frequent iring the week. They were Were, buying pops and playing Hdeo games for about an hour, wien they noticed a policeman ■ter the premises. Feeling that tley had overstayed their ■elcome, the two men left. ■ Outside they noticed that a Alice car was parked directly in ■ont of them. As they turned to Eave, they saw another car park ed across the street. < ■ Knowing that something was B, they headed their car down the back way toward home. Just oui of town the police made their move, pulling over the men for having no light over their license ■ate. ■The police informed the two men of the violation and had them step out of the car and emp ty their pockets. While one sear- died the car, two others question ed the men about a magazine that the 7-11 worker had claimed that Iiey had taken. In this particular incident the en were innocent, but that dn’t satisfy the police. They ■arched the car, glove box, and Emk; finding nothing, they con ned accusing the men of other mes of which they had no pro- qt. I Finding nothing to substantiate an arrest, the police let them go with just a warning about the Ight. ■ When did the police overstep their bounds? How do we, the or- Bnary citizen know when they, lion that: “If an official fails to meet the requirements the follow ing term he/she will be removed from office, with no considera- tionzfor appeal.” Controversy arose within the council on whether or not the two week period should have been taken. Since there was no clear cut information dealing with in completes in regard to officer qualifications, ASG formed an advisory board out of the appeals committee to investigate whether or not Knight had been enrolled in a class that didn’t show up in the registrars computer. The pur pose of the advisory board was to interpret the constitution in this matter. In this time period, Knight was able to receive a pass grade from his instructor and therefore meet his requirements as entertainment coordinator. After the executive meeting had been adjourned, the question of how a pass affects a GPA arose. In the old Constitution, a pass counts as a 2.0, in the new constitution it does not affect the GPA at all. The problem occurs when questioning whether the new constitutions simply had a copy error, or if deleting the pass as a 2.0 was actually an approved where is the line? the police have gone too far? ■ The Oregon Regulatory Statute (ORS) 133.535 states that, “The following are subject to search and seizure under 133.525 to 133.703: (1) Evidence of or information concerning the commision of a criminal offence; (2) Contraband, the fruits of crime, or things otherwise criminally possessed; (3) Property that has been used, or is possessed for the purpose of being used, to commit or conceal the commission of an offence; (4) A person for whose arrest there is probable cause or who is unlawfully held in concealment.” The 7-11 worker had called the police and said that she thought that the two men were going to rob the place. Although she call ed under a non-justified reason, the fact that they were dressed in Hack, drinking coke, and playing video games, the police had no choice but to investigate. With this information and the ORS 133.535 section 1 they are given their right for search and seizure. The police should have stop ped at the initial cause of the search, the complaint. In this instance it seems that the police overstepped their bounds when they started questioning the two men about whether or not they had committed any other crimes to which they had no probable cause to suspect. Probable cause, that’s where the confusion comes in. What is it? Under ORS 131.005 pro centimeters SN: OL0055 Colors by Munsell Color Services Lab bable cause is defined. “(11) Trobable cause’ means that there is a substantial objective basis for believing that more likely than not, an offense has been committed and a person to be arrested has committed it.” Who determines it? Probable cause is determined by the police involved in the situation and how they interpret the facts. However, it is ultimately up to the judge or jury who is trying the case. Search and seizure hinges on whether or not they have enough reason to believe that you are doing something wrong. Editors Note: Due to the con troversy involved with probable cause, I would request any response to this article. ] revision to the constitution. In May of 1986 a ballot was voted on by the students and passed. Change K, Article V, Section III had been passed, in fact. Whether or not it was in tentionally written to exclude the pass clause or not is known only to last year’s council. As it stands now, the pass dause will remain as is, and Knight will remain in his posi tion of entertainment coor dinator. The council is, however, reportedly going to discuss the pass clause, it s relevancy and whether or not to revise or leave it as it stands. Threat suspect traced by handwriting by Mary Prath Staff Writer Phil Garver, Girls’ Basketball Coach and his assistant Jim Hill received a threat on their lives Jan 2. The note was on a piece of notebook paper which was burn ed on the edges. The note was pasted together with letters cut out of a magazine or newspaper. The context of the letter can not be released. Garver said that he had an idea of who it was but could not reveal their idenity. The suspect put the letter in an envelope, then wrote on it with his own handwriting. Garver suspected that it was a former student; therefore, Detec tive Howard of the Oregon City Police Department got a court order to obtain the file on him. Howard then presented this to the assistant to the Director of Admissions and Records, Mary Dykes. Dykes turned over the former student’s records. The next step was to take the envelope with the handwriting on it along with the file, to the crime lab in Salem Officials will have the results by Feb. 1. Garver and Hill are almost positive that it was indeed a former student but it will be a relief to them to know for sure. Stan Johnson, chief of Public Safety here on campus, said this kind of thing isn’t that unusual. “Some kid doesn’t make the team, they’re disappointed,” said. Johnson.
