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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1966)
Lawst Weekend Case Sent to Hollis Ity 1*1111. SKMAS Kmrrald r.dllor The question of what to do about I.awst Weekend lias been thrown into the laps of Univer sity President Arthur Flemming and l.aw School Dean Orlando .1. Hollis. The Student Conduct Commit | tec voted unanimously on June 2: to send a letter with its findings to Flemming and a letter to Mol lis asking that he suppress such activities and inform the com-1 initlce of any action he takes on the question. The matter came before the' Conduct Committee when Bob j Researchers Get $1 Million Grant The University will receive $ 1 027,HOO in federal funds for a program to train persons for re search careers in the hehavorial sciences and educational admin istration. The program, funded under Ti tle IV of the Klomcntary and Sec ondary Education Act of 1905, will he conducted from Septem ber, I960, to August, 1971 Di rector is It Jean Hills, associate professor of education. The new program will allow them to train for three careers— as a researcher in the educational specialization of one of the he havorial science disciplines, such as the sociology of education; re search professor in educational administration; applied research professor of educational adminis tration or research director in a school system, college or univer sity, or state department of edu cation. The three programs lead to a Ph D degree in behavioral sci ence, Ph D., or Ed.D. in educa tional administration, and Ph D. or Ed.D. decree respectively. In addition to learning about field applications of behavoria) science research and concepts to education, participants will learn basic skills in research method ology, design, statistics, and com puter technology. During the three-year program, each fellow will receive an annual stipend of $2,400, plus travel al lowances and tuition, and annual allowances of $500 for each depen dent, up to four dependents. Twelve graduate research train ing follows have been named for next year. They include: Jennifer McDowell, Fred Van Noy, Mary Dell C. Smith. Fred H. Corwell, F. Taylor Johnson, George F. Beisse. Brian Bates, Thomas R. Hills, l’aul R. Macbeth, Robert I,. Rose, Donald I,. Sayan, and Mack C.; Fairbanks. Funds Finance Summer Project The university has received a $138,000 federal grant to conduct a two-summer research training program for junior standing stu dents in behavioral sciences and education. The new program is designed for undergraduates interested in becoming researchers in either or both of these fields It is fund ed under Title IV of the Elcmen tary and Secondary Education Aei of 1968. Keith Goldhammcr, associate dean of the School of Education, is director. Fifteen participants have been selected They will receive slip ends of $75 per week plus tuition for each eight-week session. The 198(5 undergraduate re search fellows are Brnddie Ben son, Charlotte DuChamp, Grace Fioretti, Gregory Johnson. David Looney. Larry Price, Linda Reed, Lee Salley, Frank Milanesi, Jan et t.anmes, i nomas .->aies, ra tricia Grego, Robert Benefiel, Stu art Gwin, and Robin Knapp. The trainees will be involved in a research project, discuss cur- ! rent research needs in education al administration, and participate in seminars on the contributions of the behavioral sciences to the study of educational administra tion. They will have first hand con-! tacts with administrators, school hoards, local school district staffs, and specific educational programs. Successful participants in the first eight-week summer program will lie invited to participate for a second summer. Following the second session, they may be eli gible for graduate research train ing fellowships in behavioral sci ences and educational administra tion at the University. ATTENTION Ofl-Campus Students Students paying their own utility bills—that is, living ofT campus where utilities are not included in the rent—should make their own arrangements with EWEB for starting and stopping electric service. An order to start service saves the inconvenience of having your electricity turned off because the previous tenant ordered it stopped. An order to discontinue service saves the inconveni ence of being billed for service after you leave Eugene or move to another location in town. It’s simple; do it by phone! Remember... 1. Call and apply for service—when you move in. 2. Call and stop service—when you move out. 3. Notifying your landlord that you are moving in or out is not enough. You must notify EWEB! Eugene Water & Electric Board A Municipally-Owned Utility Eugene, Oregon Carl, a student member of the committee, lilod a complaint against the law students for their their actions during their tradi tional Lawst Weekend celebra tion on May 13. The complaint said the law stu dents "did not take reasonable steps, as a group, to prevent vio lations of law or university regu lations,” a requirement stated in the Conduct Code. Drinking The complaint accused the stu dents of drinking on the cam pus and interfering with students trying to go to classes. The law students stopped girls on their way to class, reportedly prevent ing some from taking mid-terms. in other business the commit tee put a rule forcing students to write letters home to par ents into the Conduct Code. In other business the Commit tee put into the Conduct Code a rule on forcing students to write letters to their parents when they have been arrested by the police. The policy which has stood for over a year as a separate policy contains three points: • It allows Associate Dean of Students Francis Nickerson to notify a student’s parents or have the student notify the parents when (1) the student has been charged with or convicted of a violation of a criminal law, or (2) in Nickerson’s opinion, based on an interview with the student and his record, the letter “would serve a useful rehabilitative func tion to protect the student’s edu cation” or would protect his par ents' legal responsibility. • It lists typical cases where the dean may force the student to write such a letter as felony charges or when students arc repeating offenders. ROTC Gives Grant A University sophomore in po litical science, Michael T. Logan, has been awarded a two-year Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship. Logan, an Air Force ROTC ca det, is the only sophomore desig nated to receive such a scholar ship at the University. The Air Force scholarship will pay the cost of tuition, books, fees, sup plies, and equipment, plus $50 per month. i • It says trial the action should not be used if Nickerson ! believes it would have a detri ! mental affect on the student’s | education. The policy has been invoked twice by Nickerson this year. In both cases the student has writ ten the letter. At an earlier meeting Flem ming suggested that the whole matter be dropped by the com 1 mittee, since fhe policy is used so seldom. But he told Nickerson later that it was not meant as a | directive to the committee, only as a personal opinion. Long Debate The committee’s action came only after a long debate in which , they failed to pass another mo tion to put the policy in the Code, a motion to drop the policy com pletely, and a motion to drop the section concerning repeating offenders. Carl argued that the “letters home" policy, as it is called, j "drives students away from the 1 Office of Student Affairs.” “I don’t worry about it now but in 10 or 15 years it could be dangerous," he added. Nickerson responded that | “some of these students are worth saving. I want to be sure we have the means to save them.” He said the policy was necessary. But Carl replied, “We’re not throwing them to the dogs. We will help them But they won’t come to the Office of Student Affairs for that help if we have this kind of policy.” Philosophy Perfect? Jesse Puckett, associate profes sor of physical education and a member of the committee, point ed out that the policy has only been in effect about a year. "Dean Nickerson should have some time to work with it first,” she argued. “It distresses me that students distrust faculty members too much to give them this pow ! er. "You say it contradicts the philosophy of the Code,” she said to Dave McCloskey, a stu dent member of the committee who had made that point earlier, “but is this philosophy so per fect that you have to always go along with it?” A motion by Leslie Anderson, professor of business administra tion, to put the rule in the Code failed 3-3 with Anderson, Miss Puckett, and Chairman Wendell Basye, professor of law, voting yes and Carl, McCloskey, and Jean Palmer voting no. The seventh member of the committee, John Hanson, profes sor of education, was not present. Two Motions Two motions by Carl—one to drop the policy completely and another to leave out the repeat ing offenders section (which he argued was unfair since the Uni versity does not keep policy po lice records)—both failed by the same 3-3 margin. That was the last meeting of the Conduct Committee for this year. Flemming last week appointed four new faculty members to the committee to serve through next ! spring. They are Honors College ! Director Herman Cohen as chair man; John W. Loughary, profes sor of education; Don Van Rossen, assistant professor of physical ed ucation; and Roy H. Rodgers, as i sistant professor of sociology. The terms of McCloskey and Miss Palmer last into next year. A third student will probably be appointed in the fall to replace ! Carl. O0*r 13th Ave. Laundromat 365 E. 13th WASH DRYER Coin & Bill Changers Vending Machines Hair Dryers Weekday Laundry & Ironing Complete 24 Hour Laundry Service The University of Oregon CO-OP STORE SHARE in the PROFITS Save Your Receipts 50c Membership Fee Join at the Co-op Office SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS The Co-op has consistently paid a 10' <' refund for the past 19 years. Patronage refunds are made at the end of each school year; if you leave your receipts at the Co-op Office when you complete your stay, your rebate will be made automatically at the end of spring term. THE BOOKSTORE THE CO-OP 13th & Kincaid
