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Delano Strike Pune 5 OREGON DAILY EMERALD Ambassador To Visit Page 3 Vol. LXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1966 No. 100 STUDENT VOICE' AIRED As Stadium Site Flemming Firm On North Bank By PHIL SEMAS AiMclalr Editor University Presfdent Arthur S. Flemming remains firm in his commitment to build a football stadium on the north bank of the Willamette river. He met Monday with those most critical of the University's plans to put the stadium in North Bank area: members of the Cen tral Lane Planning Council (CPLC), which is composed of 10 local municipal agencies. And Flemming made it clear that he thinks many of these people are raising their objec tions too late. He made that point most clear ly in an exchange with Lane County Commissioner Kenneth Nielsen. Earlier in the meeting Flem ming had agreed to have archi tects work with a committee chosen by the CLCP in planning the stadium. “What if the committee says the stadium can t be built on that site?” Nielsen wondered. “We feel that bridge has already been crossed," replied Flemming. "Well, the rest of us don’t feel that way," said Nielsen. Stadium to Be Built “As far as the University is concerned," Flemming said, his voice firm, “we’re going to con struct a football stadium on that site." Friday Last Day To Pay Fees Friday Ik the last day to pay registration fees for Spring term. Courses may be added or dropped through April 15. Aft er April 15, course changes may not be made unless special per mission is granted. II'; iiiiiiiiiitimiiiiHiiiiiiiuiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuiimmiiiitiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiuiun fiiiMiMmiimiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiii.. Sports .page 4 i | Editorials ...— Classified . I Campus Briefs Index page 7 page 4 page 6 page 7 At the other end of the ta ble Nielsen leaned forward. “The scuttlebutt is that you can't han dle the people there.” “We can do it and we are go ing to do it. That's final." Flem ming said. “We’re not going to ask for more land over there." Later in the meeting Flemming said, “If we run up against an impossible brick wall, I hope we'll be reasonable enough to admit that the brick wall is there. But I don't anticipate that situation would develop.” What about the problems of access roads for the stadium? .Several people had raised that question earlier, especially about whether Lane county would have I to play a major financing role in the construction of roads. County to Cooperate ‘“I he county commissioners, said Flemming, ‘‘indicated that they would co operate with us on building access roads.” He add ed that the county had agreed in the Aug. 30 meeting with him that the stadium would be built on the North Bank site. At that time the commission ers, the city of Eugene, and Flemming agreed to a statement which said, “the county stands ready to work with other public agencies to facilitate access to the park from the surrounding area, and it will work with the state highway office in develop ing suitable connections between major surrounding highways and the road system in the North Bank area.” The statement also declared that the commissioners agreed to put the stadium on the North Bank. ‘ Good Faith” “The University has proceed ed in good faith on the basis of that commitment,” Flemming add ed. “I have had no communica tion from the county commission ers indicating a change in that commitment.” “I don’t see how you read into that state'ment that the county has full responsibility for build ing access roads,” Neilsen said. “I’m not reading that into this,” Flemming said. “I’m willing to (Continued on page 2) Goldschmidt Leads Talks; Faculty, Students Speak By BOB CARL Managing Editor More than 600 students and faculty gathered around the Free Speech Platform Wednesday afternoon to hear ASUO Presi dent Steve Goldschmidt, students and faculty members argue for student partici pation in the decision-making processes of higher education. The crowd was silent, except for bursts of applause, as the four students and three faculty members scheduled to speak at the rally outlined their views. It was not until these seven speakers had finished and stu dents opposing involvement in higher edu cation went to the Free Speech Platform that the crowd became restless and began to move away. NOT A THREAT Goldschmidt explained that the rally was not intended as a threat to faculty members, but de scribed it as "an opportunity for all students to discuss the problems of higher education.” “We can develop a better education through dis cussion. This is not an attempt at force or vio lence," he said in keynoting the rally. ASUO Senator Henry Drummonds, drafter of the ASUO Senate’s bill asking the faculty to admit two students to faculty meetings, said the Senate’s request will allow the students’ point of view to be represented to the faculty. Originally, the rally was timed to coincide with the April Faculty meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday. But President Flemming post poned the faculty meeting one week to allow more time for discussion of the Senate’s request. FACULTY SPEAKERS Kenneth Polk, professor of sociology said he was “very glad to speak in favor of the motion to allf.'W student representation in faculty meetings.” However, Polk cautioned the students to re member that “the university today is a very sick animal. It hasn't responded to the twentieth century yet.” “The problem is the way the University is or ganized, and the faculty has control over the organization,” he said. “Every major improve ment in the organization has come from the out side,” not from the faculty. “It is fundamental that the students be in volved" in improving education, Polk said. Louis Breger, assistant professor of psychology, agreed with Polk, saying: "Any significant change in an institution like this is most likely to come about by pressure from the outside—particularly from students.” Breger said he supported the program students are fostering, as outlined by ASUO Senator Mar vin Feucrberg. Fuerberg said "what students are really after is a say in curriculum.” He said that University students now have a say in some of the decisions that are traditionally reserved for faculty and administrators, but that students want more in volvement in those decisions. Some of the proposals outlined by Feuerberg include more pass-or-fail courses, achieving de partmental autonomy on the language require ment for doctoral candidates, and an interdisci plinary approach to more courses at the Univer sity. Breger encouraged students to become more active, claiming that “it doesn’t take much to get a voice." However, he said: “Until recently, you’ve been powerless; nobody worries about student reaction.” SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES “What it will take is for the students to take advantage of their opportunities," Breger said. "You don’t have to riot—right away. Use reason able means: if they don’t work, try other ways.” Chuck Pruitt, another ASUO Senator, said "We are a new people. We have to decide whether we are going to make decisions or merely endure others’.” “We are not asking a favor from the faculty in asking for a voice,” he said. “We are saying that this is our University and we have a right, a responsibility” to be involved. Daniel Goldrich, associate professor of political science, the third faculty member to speak, said: “I was going to greet you as fellow members of the academic community, but I quesion whether this is an academic community.” HOPEFUL FOR RECOGNITION “I hope you get student representation, par ticularly in curriculum formation,” he said, add ing that he thinks students will get what they want "for a variety of reasons.” However, he told the students that unless they want to participate in a University recognized for its "pursuit of truth and rejection of bankrupt ideas,” student involvement won't be particularly important. "Tangibly you’re interested in too many three credit courses, not in the gut issues,” Goldrich charged. He said that if students are really interested in reforming the University it will be “very worthwhile; an enormous challenge, but very worthwhile.” Goldschmidt concluded the organized part of the rally by saying that "this is the time when students have to think about the educational processes. "This is a good day because it is the beginning of a new era, because many of you are concerned, (Continued on fage S)
