UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1984
Vol. LXV
No. 59
Poll Shows Students Favor Athletic Fee
By EVERETTE DENNIS
Emerald Editor
Mo.t students favor the pres
ent compulsory fee for inter-col
iitp athletics, recording to an
opinion study conducted by the
Emerald Opinion Research Com
mittee.
The study, released late Tues
day by l arry Derr, committee
chairman, indicated that H»B per
cent of those sampled favor the
compulsory athletic fee. Only
4 oer cent indicated opposition
to the fee One per cent did not
respond to the cjurstion.
The l Diversity Faculty Senate
voted last week to oppose the use
of compulsory student fees for
intercollegiate athletics, in spite
of a faculty questionnurie indi
cating general support of the
present athletics program, The
faculty questionnaire did not
concern use of student fees.
A majority of the students poll
ed also indicated ttiat they would
support a voluntary athletic fee
il one were instituted. Over
whelming student support for
compulsory fees used for Student
t'nion and Educational Activi
ties and the Student Health Serv
ice was expressed in the poll.
The Opinion Research Commit
tee was set up during the fall
term to probe student opinions in
relationship to local, national
and international issues. The
committee works independently,
but under the auspices of the
Emerald.
In developing the compulsory
fee questionnaire, the committee
consulted with Cairn Haricot, as
sociate professor of journalism,
and an expert in the area of
mass communications research.
Error Table I'sed
A probability of error table
was used to determine the size
of the sample and the number of
returns necessary for a valid in
dication of student opinion.
Personal interviews were con
ducted by members of the com
mittee with individual administra
tion of th- questionnaire.
Derr said the "number of re
turns was less than we antici
pated and below the number
needed to validate the original
pre determined margin of errors,
but they were still large enough
and consistent enough to he of
some value.” (tut of 240 ques
tionnaires distributed, 83 were
returned.
Information Said Valid
"Recognizing the limitations
imposed by the reduced sample
we still feel that there is valid
information to be gained from
it," Derr said.
Prior- to administration of the
questionnaire, interviewers quer
ied students in order to determine
their awareness of the compul
sory fee breakdown. Those who
were unaware of the fee were eli
minated from the sample.
Responses to the question "from
your e'.perience what do you un
derstand that rompnsory student
fees are b'ing used for'.' are as
follows:
SI' and Ed. Act. 211'
Gym Suit Fee 17 2'-.
Health Service ,13.3'v.
Building Fee 2.4' „
Athletics Fee 63.9'
Breakdowns Told
Actual breakdowns for the com
pulsorj fee* are building fee, $10;
inter-collegiate athletics fee $5.55:
gym suit fee. $1 90: health service.
$7: educational activities, $5.55.
A reduction of the total fee
amounting to $2 was placed back
in the general fund beginning
with the winter term fee.
O t h e r Questionnaire break
downs were as follows:
Do you feel that the $6.50 (now
$5.50) fee for Student I nion and
Edueational Activities is justified
in terms of the benefits you per
sonally receive from these servic
ef and activities over (he period
o: one term?
Yes 76 8%
No 20.7%
So opinion 2.5%
Activity Support Noted
Of the number responding yes,
222 per cent indicated that they
have participated in SL' and Edu
cational Activities committees and
projects. Only 7.B per cent of the
yes respondents had worked on
student publications.
I>o you fee) that the S7.00 fee
(for the Student Health Service)
is justified in terms of the servic
es available to you during the
term?
1 n 7? 3 >
No 21.7%
Would you pay a voluntary ath
letic fee of $6.50 per term to view
inter-collegiate sports?
YeS 63.0%
No . 30.4%
No opinion 6.6%
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Civil Rights Movement Defended
On Communist Infiltration Charge
By DAVE JOItDAN
Cmcrald Staff Writer
A veteran of the integration
wars in the South spoke on
the campus Tuesday night, ex
pressing a series of observations
on subjects ranging from the his
tory of the civil rights movement
to the attitudes of the younger
generation in the South
Bruce Gordon, a member of the
Student Non Violent Coordinat
ing Committee tSNCC) on a
speaking tour of the West Coast,
advanced such comments as:
• "Fifty yeais ago, they called
a Negro who struggled for civil
rights crazy. Now they call him a
Communist.”
• "In the South they’re nuts.
That's just about the only way to
put it.”
• "In the South they call a
white liberal a pig who is too
yellow to Ik* red.”
Cordon, who has spent the last
two years working in SNCC’s
Negro \oter registration drive in
Southern states, opened his talk
by defending the civil rights
movement against charges of
Communist infiltration.
Intelligence Doubted
He said, "They don't think I
have enough sense—they think
that I have to lx- told by someone
like a Communist when someone
is standing on my foot, so I can
tell him to get off."
The Harlem-born Negro then
journeyed into a discussion of
white attitudes in the South.
He indicated that there are
whites in the South who sympath
ize with the Negro, but that their
reaction is "your cause is just,
hut it is expensive and incon
venient."
“Intermarriage is at the top of
the scale for the white man’s ob
Two File for Post
Larr> William*! and A1 Litwillcr
filed petitions for ASUO Senator
at-Large Tuesday.
The final deadline for filing
for the senate seat left vacant by
Merritt Fink, recently named
ASUO vice - president, is 5 p m.
today.
Williams, a senior in journalism
and former business manager of
The Emerald, is chapter president
Speaker Details
ILO Purposes
By MARY STAMP
Emerald Staff Writer
David Blanchard, deputy direc
tor of the Washington , D.C.,
branch oflice of the International
Labor Organization, held an infor
mal discussion in the Dads' Hoorn
last night, instead of his sched
uled spe<*ch on “The ILO and
World Affairs,” because there
was no audience.
In industrial countries, the ILO
is concerned with maintaining
minimum social and economic
standards; but in underdevelop
ed countries, the main aim is eco
nomic and social development, ac
cording to Blanchard.
“The social implications of la
bor and discrimination in seeking
employment," said Blanchard, are
the two most recent problems be
ing studied by the ILO.
Education and training pro
grams are another important as
pect of this organization, Blan
chard commented. ILO sponsors
training programs for labor un
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and national president of Alpha
Delta Sigma, advertising honor
ary. In 1963, he was publicity di
rector for Junior Weekend.
Litwiller is a sophomore in busi
ness administration. He has work
ed on Greater, Oregon, the ASUO
elections board, a Homecoming
committee, and is Winter Carni
val chairman.
Candidates for freshman class
oflicers as well as the vice-presi
dential candidates will be inter
viewed and voted on by the Sen
ate at Thursday’s meeting. They
were interviewed for selection last
week, but had to be re-interview
ed this week due to irregularities
in the interviewing procedure. Of
fices to be filled are class presi
dent, vice-president and repres
entative.
The following candidates were
approved in interviews for the
freshman class offices Tuesday:
Larry Cable and Mike Woodin.
president; Kill Hansel and John
Morrison, representative; and
Larry Helvey, Larry Rosenerantz
and Randy Taylor, vice-president.
Senator - at - Large candidates
will be. interviewed Wednesday
night.
Plans Scheduled
For Peace Corps
Peace Corps activities today
will consist of classroom visita
tions, testing in 315 Student
Union at 8 a.in., 3 p.m. and
7 p.m. The information center
in the SU lobby will be open
between 8 r.in. and 9 p.m.
jection to integration,” he con
tinued.
“This is the true test of the
white liberal—’would you let your
sister marry one?’ ”
Gordon attacked this stand, say
ing, “This shows a lack of confi
dence in your owrn women. Are
you afraid that your women can't
control themselves if they sit next
to a Negro?"
Defends School Drive
Moving to a defense of the
school integration drive, the
SNCC representative said, “Nat
urally the Negro student is going
to be a little slower.
“This is because he is a product
of his environment. And that en
vironment is a product of man."
“The black child has nothing to
identify with. ' he continued. “The
big comic book heroes are white,
the TV heroes are white, the ad
vertisements are ail white-orient
ed. the policeman is white, the
judge is white— he identifies the
Negro with his own little ghetto.
Environment ’Crushes’
“This is an environment which
crushes and smothers.’’
Gordon indicated that SNCC
and its sister organizations are
seeking to change that environ
ment. Their main weapon is the
'demonstration’, by w'hich they I
hope to do three things: “drama
tize the situation, slow down the
normal flow of society in the area,
and create a constructive air of
tension.”
The speaker also gave a few of
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Polley vs. Sabin, Again
Willcox Debate
Still Going Strong
By JOE FRAZIER
Emerald Staff Writer
A onc-and-one half hour YMCA
Dialogue debate ended nowhere
Tuesday afternoon as the over
worked issues involving the fate
of the Willcox building were
again aired before a audience of
about 30.
The two opposing speakers were
Vic Sabin, founder and leader
of the "Save the Side" campaign,
and Jack Policy, self-appointed
representative of the Co-op.
Sabin stated that the Willcox
building, which houses the Col
lege Side Inn, brought over $9,000
a year to the Co-op when open
and is worth saving.
Policy countered that Sabin
had failed to include a number
of things, including utilities, prop
erty taxes, insurance, and a 52
per cent income tax on the rev
enue of the building. These de
ductions knocked the annual rev
enue down to the neighborhood
of S3.000. a figure which didn't
include depreciation, he said.
Complications Expected
If the membership votes Wed
nesday night to save the build
ing. complications are expected
to develop. The City of Eugene
has ordered that the building
either be completely rebuilt, or
destroyed.
To rebuild the Willcox build
ing would cost as much as $250.
000. Sabin stated that his group
wasn't interested in seeing the
building rebuilt at that cast, but
was confident that arrangements
could be made to have it partial
ly restored.
This will require the Eugene
City Council to override the de
ci.sion of the city building commit
tee, and allow the Willcox build
ing to remain standing even
though it lacks some of the re
quirements for a building within
its fire zone.
Restoration Estimate $26,300
Sabin said estimates for the
partial restoration had been set
at S26.300.
He explained that the Willcox
building is enclosed within a
fireproof area, and the walls of
the building contain enough mois
ture to curb any serious fire dan
ger.
Policy claimed that the ex
pressed purpose of the Co-op is
to sell books and supplies to
the students, not to run a restau
rant. He asked why the Co-op
should be expected to keep a
building it could not use. Sabin
answered that a co-op may enter
into any field except those of
banking and insurance.
The Co-op will be faced -vith
a problem if the membership
votes to retain the Willcox build
ing (although the board of direc
tors is not required to abide by
the decision of the vote).
Expansion Long Planned
Policy said the Co-op paid S68,
000 for the building and property
in 1955 with future expansion
planned to put the Co-op opera
tion under one roof.
If the area should be annexed
to the bookstore, the Co-op would
be relieved of over S8.000 annual
rent it now pays for its use of
v hapman Hall. "The erare numer
ous disadvantages under the pres
ent system, said Pollev. “All sup
plies must be brought from the
annex to Chapman Hall by hand.”
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Governor's Day' Brings Hatfield
For First Annual University Visit
Gov. Mark Hatfield will visit
the University today, marking the
first of a series of annual cam
pus visitations by Oregon’s gov
ernor.
Hatfield will be in Eugene in
conjunction with the tirst "Gov
ernor’s Day:’’ an event which
has been scheduled to keep the
governor closely acquainted with
University activities.
The Republican state head is1
slated to meet with deans and
department heads, talk with the
faculty, ami visit some classes.
He will participate in a politi
cal science class on the Supreme
Court in American government j
at 11 a m. and another political
science class, American Govern
ments, at 2 p.m.
Coffee Hour
A coffee hour for students to
meet the governor has been
scheduled from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
in the Student Union Dads’
Lounge.
Ofliicers of all student groups
GOV. MARK HATFIELD
' have been extended a special in
vitation. but all students will be
welcome. Informal discussion will
take place during the hour.
Hatfield will also attend a cof
fee hour at the Faculty Club with
deans and department heads front
9:15 to 10 a.m.
All faculty members have been
invited to attend a luncheon with
the governor at 12:15.
To end the day. Hatfield has
been invited to dinner at the
home ol University President Ar
thur S. Flemming.
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Co-op Members
Meeting Tonight
Students must present their
Co op membership certificate to
be admitted to tonight's Co-op
Board meeting. The meeting
will be held at 8 p.m. in the
i Student Union Ballroom.