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* a . m&z. Graduate Council Page tt OREGON DAILY — EMERALD LX VI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1966 Graduate Education Page 3 No. 63 ormitory Fees Raised $50 i Blackout Cause Uncertain m? Lights Extinguished; Campus Goes Berserk' Just before 10:30 p m Monday lights at the University flickered and then went out. A few minutes later students surged out of men's dormitories, apartment houses on the Kant side of campus, fraternities, and even from classrooms on the other side of campus. "I was just studying in Com monwealth Hall," said one crew cut student wearing glasses, “and 1 just went along with the masses,” Those men gathered on the lawns outside women’s dormi tories — first Hawthorne — chanting and jeering, beseeching the girls to throw down their under garments. A few girls complied, and the men shouted with glee as each white gift sailed down from the upper windows. Most of the cloth ing settled on landings—out of the reach of the crowd waiting below. In front of Hawthorne one en terprising youth climbed up on the landing but was led away by a dorm administrator. The crowd went on to Hamil ton Hall, then cut back to Car son where the same pattern was repeated. Carson girls proved to be the most generous with their gar ments. As the crowds left to go from one side of Carson to the other, some girls cried, "Hey, don’t leave!” The men illuminated the sides of the darkened girls’ dorms with flashlights, camera flashbulbs, and automobile headlights. At Carson a youth climbed up on the landing in front, right next to several second floor win dows. But he got down of his own accord. Roth, Gould Can't Hold Two Offices By PH II- SEMAS Associate Editor The ASUO Constitutional Com mittee decided Monday that Freshman Class Vice President Roger Gould and ASUO Senate Graduate Representative Hod Roth must resign their present oflices if they win new positions in the coming elections. The Committee found nothing Election Petitions Deadline Today The deadline for petitions for candidates for the winter term ASUO election is today. Petitions may he picked up in room 306 in the Student Union. They should be turned in to that room by 5 p.m. today. The ASUO primary is Feb. 2, the general election Feb. 9. Positions open are freshman clast:- president, freshman men’s dormitory representative, fresh man senate representative, and eight senator-at-large positions. There will be a meeting of all candidates and their cam paign managers at 6:30 p.m. today in the Student Union. in the present ASUO Constitution that hacked their stand but they cited common law to support their final decision. They decided that Gould and Roth may rutvfor freshman presi dent and senator at large respec tively, but that both must vacate their old offices if they’re suc cessful in the ASUO elections Feb. 2 and 9. The only statement in the con stitution which relates to this question is Article IV, Section III, which states that “No mem ber of this association shall con currently be a candidate for more li!uiiiiiiiiiiiiinii!iniiuiiimiimiHiiiniiiiiuNiiiiuiiiiiiii!ii>!iiNiiii!iiiiiiiiii'iiiiii!| Index Editorials .page 6 Classified .page 7 Campus Briefs page 7 Sports ...page 4 MiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiniiiiiiHmuiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiamiiiiiMin than one office under this con stitution.” Committee Chairman Wendell Basye, professor of law. said the article is "completely unambigu ous,” but noted that it stated nothing about the question the Committee was considering. He offered this background on common law on the subject: “In the absence of constitutional and legislative provisions, common law is generally against one per son holding two offices — if the two offices are incompatible.” One standard for incompata bility, says Basye, is the "super iority" of one office to the other. (Continued on page 8) The girls in the dorms were using cameras, too, presumably to get momentos of the occasion. "The campus has gone ber serk,” screamed one youth as he ran toward the scene of the ac tion One boy yelled • Free speech, free speech!” Police cars patroled the cam pus but they just watched and let the crowds go their way. There wasn’t much they could do. At the beginning the area from Hamilton to the Student Union was a surging mass of students. Estimates of the crowds ran as high as 3,000. In some places the blackout was met more calmly. In the ar chitecture building about 70 stu dents were working late on proj ects. When the lights went out they burned drawings in waste baskets to find their way out through Lawrence Hall’s laba rinth of halls and stairways. At the Physical Plant at 10:45 an Emerald reporter heard a piercing scream from the boil ers, saw lights on in the upstairs offices—but found nobody with ar< answer to what was happen ing Later a Physical Plant spokes man said, “As near as we can figure EWEB (Eugene WTater and Electric Board, the city power company) cut out on us. IVe didn't have enough power in our two turbines to carry the load. This is all I can tell you.” At EWEB's offices the night dispatcher said, "I really don’t know.” This is the third such blackout at the University this year. The University has been using EWEB power since the first blackout in early October. At 11 p.m.—closing hours—the lights went back on. And the crowds surging in front of the dorms booed long and loud. Then they returned home, their fun over. Students Enjoy Blackout Photo by Walt Biddle Low Cost Dorm Decision Delayed; Breakage Fee Upped By CHUCK BEGGS Editor PORTLAND (Special)—The State Board of Higher Edu cation sent the University’s proposed low-cost dormitory back into committee Monday following a lengthy debate on the merits of the plan. The Board also approved a $50 raise in dormitory fees, raised breakage fees to $25, authorized the University to establish a School of Librarianship, and approved a $10 application fee for all new' and transfer students. The proposed dormitory, to be built east of the Physical Plant between Franklin Blvd. and the Willamette River, would consist of either three or five two-story units hous ing 63 students each. Total cost of the five-unit project is estimated at $1, 360.000. to house 315 students. Cost for three units w'ould be $910,000. Each unit would have separate kitchen, dining, and living room facilities. CO-OPS TO MOVE IN It is anticipated that several of the co-operative houses at the University would move into the units and lease the space from the University. Units not used by the co-ops could ; then be used as regular dormitory space by the University, but at ! a lower student cost than in present dormitories. Elizabeth Johnson, board member from Redmond, expressed concern over "a lot of unanswered questions about the proposal. State Board Action At a Glance PORTLAND (Special)—Major action by the State Board of Higher Education at its meeting on the Portland State College campus Monday included: • Referral of a proposal for a low cost dormitory at the Uni versity back to committee for further study. • Approval of a S50 raise in dormitory fees at all state col leges and universities to meet losses in student building fees. • A raise in breakage fees at some schools of the State System of Higher Education from S15 to S25. • Approval of the establishment of a School of Librarian ship at the University. • Approval of an application fee for all new and transfer students into the State System next year. • Approval of two new graduate programs at the University, one in music, the other in literature. • Authorization for money from the Division of Continuing Education to be paid to student unions on the .various campuses. She particularly questioned the idea of five separate kitchens as opposed to a central kitchen serving all units. University President Arthur S. Flemming said he felt that the University should be "put in a position to provide low-cost housing whereby students can reduce costs by performing their own serv ices." He said that he considered this project "number one on the priority list" for dormitory development. COMMITTEE TO STUDY The question will be studied by the Board’s building committee on Feb. 16 and will be considered again by the Board at its March meeting at the University. The consideration of the low-cost dormitory came to the Board last April, but the body has been unable to resolve the question of whether it should finance.such a structure. Plans are to build the facility of wood frame construction and to use minimum space per student to keep costs down. The Board also acted to require a $10 application fee of all stu dents entering state-operated schools for the first time. The fee will be used to meet the $300,000 the State System of Higher Edu cation says it needs to maintain the present educational quality during the second year of the 1965-67 biennium. ASKED $2.1 MILLION The System had asked for $2.1 million from the State Emergency Board in December, but the Board only allowed the System $18 million, with the provision that the added expenditures be per mitted if the income could be raised. Board member George Layman, Medford, said that the need for the $300,000 was not clear to him, and he questioned the estimate. Flemming, however, pointed out that the quality level of educa tion was already below what the State System had asked of the last Legislature. "I don’t see how we can keep lowering our quality level without hurting our students,’’ he said. The Board also increased the breakage deposit from $15 to $25, effective fall term 1966, for the University, Oregon State University, and Portland State College. Roy E. Lieuallen, chancellor ol the State System, said that past (Continued on page 2)
