Oregon daily emerald., May 20, 1963, Page Three, Image 3

-By the Editors-—
News of the Week in Review
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Nows of tho Week in Review is an interpretive analy
sis of the news of each week, and is not intended to be
an editorial. It is planned to bring out the significant
events of the past week and place them in the proper
perspective since they are so often ignored or lost in
the crush of other news. This weekly column, appear
ing on Mondays, is written by the editors of the Emer
ald.
Discipline Decision
Probably the most significant aspect of last week’s
news in terms of long range influence on the University
was the faculty motion recommendation on student
discipline. The University faculty released their deci
sion to approve an amended form of the Student Dis
cipline Committee’s majority report.
The faculty motion is based on the premise that the
ture affect on higher education will he since there has
been so little action in an already length session, but
the future still looks somewhat dubious.
The motion sets down guidelines which will aid an ad
hoc committee in drafting a new discipline code during
the summer. The faculty report also recommends the
creation of a new student-faculty committee which
would be available for appeals. President Flemming
will use the report in preparing a statement of policies
which are to be operative during the 1963 64 academic
year.
An Emerald editorial appearing on Friday said that
the faculty motion is very similar to the majority re
port. The editorial stated further that “it (the faculty
motion) is a clear rejection of the in loco parentis
approach which has traditionally governed the discip
line system.”
The report says the primary guiding principle should
be the fulfillment of the most essential functions of a
university “are the intellectual development of its
members and the advancement of knowledge.”
The purpose of the discipline evaluation is to realign
student discipline system along with the objectives of
the University. An Emerald editorial concluded that
the faculty action will provide “for a new system under
which the objectives of the University will carry
through to both the student and classroom.
Building Program
A major decision with important implications for
Oregon college students was made in the state legis
lature last week as the Ways and Means Education
subcommittee approved a building program of $44 mil
lion for the next two years.
This amount would be used for capital construction
in the higher education system and, if approved by the
legislature, would mean library and science additions
and alterations for the University and major building
work throughout the state system.
The Joint Ways and Means subcommittee’s action
was pleasantly surprising and, as Chancellor Roy Lieu
alien commented, “they went further in appropriating
money than I expected.”
Out of the total $44 million approved by the sub
committee, $24 million would be from the general fund
or bonding and $20 million would be from self-liquidat
ing projects paid for out of student fees and tuition
hikes.
This action must yet be approved by the entire Joint
Ways and Means Committee and the House and Senate
of the legislature, but it appears to be a significant in
dication of a favorable future for higher education
building. There are still many undecided questions
which may change this, however.
Chancellor Lieuallen mentioned three major “ifs” in
volved in the subcommittee’s action: first of all, the S30
million bonding plan must be approved by the voters;
second, the future of the federal aid to education plan
pending in Congress may have a significant effect; and
third, the legislature’s tax program may have to win
the approval of the people which could mean the loss
of $12.5 million for higher education if they oppose it.
Lieuallen also presented a plan to the subcommittee
which would increase scholarships for Oregon residents
from 2V2 per cent to 3 per cent of total enrollment to
make up for higher tuition fees. The proposal would
raise the state’s cost in this area by 20 per cent, or
$108,320.
The chancellor’s plan appeared to have definite ad
vantages in the face of an increased number of stu
dents needing financial help. Lieuallen commented how
ever, that “I’m not very hopeful that they will increase
the amount,”
Chancellor Lieuallen’s comments raised interesting
questions on such aspects as federal aid to education,
and the importance of other legislative action yet to be
taken. It is hard to foresee at this point what the fu
ture action on higher education will be since so little
action in an already lengthy session, but the future still
looks somewhat dubious.
NSA and Co-ops
In the wake of the constitutional changes approved
by the ASUO Senate May 9; Co-op Senator Paul 0. Cor
mier successfully circulated a petition to place the
question of an additional co-op representative on the
general election ballot, May 27. The new Senate appor
tionment plan calls for representatives to give equal
representation to all types of living groups, rather than
being based on population figures.
Under the changes approved by the Senate, co-ops
would be the only type of living group with only one
Senate representative.
The long-awaited constitutional revisions will appear
on the same ballot which will elect the University’s five
delegates to the USNSA convention this summer. Raul
Soto-Seelig, a one-time contender for one of the posi
tions, withdrew from the race after being elected re
gional president at the Seattle NSA conference last
weekend.
Soto-Seelig will automatically attend the convention
as president. Interest in NSA seems to be lagging as
only six candidates petitioned for the five positions
Further lack of interest seemed evident when only ten
people attended a forum given by candidates last week
Educational TV
Budget Reduced
SALEM—A plan to change the
policy and reduce the budget for
the state's educational television
was approved last week by the
Ways and Means Education sub
committee.
THE BUDGET, $806,900, is
$57,100 less than what the gover
nor proposed. Also, S70.000 of the
sum approved by the subcom
mittee would be available only if
the higher education system, the
education department, or local
school districts put up $2 for SI
of state money.
The move was sponsored by
Hep Stafford Hansell (R Hermis
ton» with most of the budget fig
uring by Rep. John Mosser (R
Beaverton).
Mosser said the budget should
encourage the state’s school and
college systems to take part more
seriously in educational televi
sion.
UNDER THE approved plan,
$696,000 would go to the general
extension division of the State
System of Higher Education and
would be used for cultural and
general education TV and radio.
Another $80,000 would go to
the Department of Education and
$60,000 to the State System.
The committee members also
indicated that they may also ap
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Petitions
• Petitions are available on the third
fbior of the SU for anyone interested in
working on the Oregana next year. They
are clue by 5 p.m. Friday.
• Petitions for Greek Week chairman are
dm* in the J FC Office by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Campus Briefs
• Pictures that were turned in with
Kwatna petitions may be picked up in
the petition boxes of the 3rd door of the
SC.
prove S101.000 in state matching
funds to construct the proposed
Mary’s Peak broadcasting facili
ties which would increase the
range of ETV farther up the Co
lumbia River.
MOSSER suggested that some
of the agency money also be used
for experimentation with closed
circuit television for classrooms.
The subcommitte abandoned a
proposal to put educational tele
vision and radio under an inde
pendent council and decided to
leave it under higher education,
where it is a semi-independent
branch.
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Salaries
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years ago (1957).
The governor’s budget carried
$2,400,000 for the one-step in
crease and reduced the Board’s
request for $5,500,000 to $2,000,
000, an amount which is about
$500,000 less than estimated by
the board to maintain the present
lower competitive level. The total
salary increase recommended by
the governor is $4,400,000.
THE WAYS and Means Com
mittee approved $3,900,000, which
is $500,000 less than the governor
recommended.
In earlier action, the Ways and
Means Education Subcommittee
reduced by about 100 the number
of academic staff, and reduced the
total salary budget approved by
the governor $1,700,000. This was
the ratio change from 16.1 to
17.0.
The governor’s budget, by es
tablishing a hiring average for
new staff at $7,600 per staff mem
ber, rather than at the $8,500
present average requested by the
board, had already reduced the
Board’s budget by $500,000.
PE Staff Members
Elected to Offices
Three members of the School
of Health, Physical Education,
and Recreation faculty have been
elected to offices of the North
west District Association of the
American Association for Health,
Physical Education, and Recrea
tion.
Elections were held at the an
nual meeting of the Association
in Missoula, Mont., April 28-30.
Professors Disagree On Discipline Action...
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what they cannot do, but at the
university level it should be of
an exemplary nature, in that stu
dents are told what is expected
of them, and disciplined when
they do not meet these expecta
tions.
The text of the motion adopted
by the University faculty on May
8 is as follows:
MOVED: (1) That the faculty
approve recommendations num
bered 1 through 5 (as set out
below) of the report of the Stu
dent Discipline Committee as the
basis for a code governing stu
dent conduct. In the formulation
and administration of rules of
conduct on the basis of these
recommendations, the primary
guiding principle should be the
fulfillment of the most essential
functions of a university, which
are the intellectual development
of its members and the advance
inent of knowledge. The faculty
recognizes that the recommenda
tions of the Student Discipline
Committee represent desirable
goals rather than absolute stand
ards, and that to approach these
goals will require repeated revis
ion of rules and adaptation of
practices in the light of changing
conditions affecting the social re
sponsibility and maturity of stu
dents. The faculty recognizes fur
ther that the student body of the
University has come to include
persons of widely differing ages
and circumstances, for many of
whom the University has special
responsibilities in varying de
grees, and that no one simple set
of rules can apply to problems
arising, for example, among
freshmen and graduate students,
or among students whp live in
housing owned by the University
and those who live in privately
owned quarters outside the Uni
versity’s jurisdiction.
(2) That a faculty-student com
mittee be appointed to develop
within the framework of the pol
icy established by recommenda
tions T5 a code governing stu
dent conduct and to specify pro
cedures for administering such a
code.
RECOMMENDATION NO. 1:
When student conduct directly
and significantly interferes with
the basic purposes of the Univer
sity, the University appropriate
ly may impose disciplinary sanc
tions.
RECOMMENDATION NO. 2:
The University should disting
uish its proper disciplinary re
sponsibilities from the control
functions of the larger commun
ity. This means that the student
should be directly answerable to
the community for violations of
its required code of conduct. The
University, in turn, should exer
cise its disciplinary powers only
when the student's conduct di
rectly and significantly interferes
with the accomplishment of the
University’s goals.
RECOMMENDATION NO. 3:
The approach to the regulation
of student conduct should be
based on the premise that the
development of responsible be
havior is most effectively realized
by policies that encourage inde
pendence and maturity.
RECOMMENDATION NO. 4:
The rules applying to the conduct
of female students should not
impose greater restraints than
those that apply to the conduct of
male students. In the imposition
of sanctions affecting conduct of
male and female students, gener
al principles of equity should be
recognized.
RECOMMENDATION NO. 5:
Actions taken by the Office of
Student Affairs in its administra
tion of the code governing stu
dent conduct should be subject
to review by the Student Disci
pline Committee or a specially
constituted student-faculty com
mittee. When representatives of
the Office of Student Affairs im
pose the sanctions of expulsion,
suspension, blocked registration,
or informal” requests that a stu
dent leave the University, an ap
peal to the Student Discipline
Committee or to a specially con
stituted student-faculty commit
tee should be available on the
initiative of the student or of the
committee. The student should
have the right to the services of
a member of the faculty as lay
counsel.
THIS IS JUDY KUHNE, another of the Miss Eugene contestants.
She’s a freshman in reacreation management.
Emerald Photo by Bigham