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OREGON DAILY Emerald ▼•LIXVII STATE SENATOR SALUTES DRUMMONDS Page 8 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1867 No. 104 Solons Asked To Debate, One Declines Speaker of the House F. F. "Monty" Montgomery (RLane) and State Senator Edward Fade ley (I)l.ane) have been invited to the University to debate the need for new taxes. The request was made in let ters from William Allen, director of the ASUO Department of Speakers and Debate, because of its "prime concern to students." Fadeley, who says he is opposed to more taxes because it would "shift the burden onto the work ing person," has agreed to the dialogue. Montgomery has supported a sales tax to provide property tax relief. Dui- to the work load of the Speaker, however, he is not ac cepting any engagement until the end of the session, hut would then he glad to appear, according to Fred Van Natta, administrative assistant. ASUO Senate Approves Dormitory Visiting Hours By CLIFF SANDERLIN Emerald Anorlate Editor Thursday night, Henry Drum rnonds said he wasn’t going to endorse the ASUO Senate. And then he did—for a few minutes. As well as hearing the ASUO president, the Senate approved his appointments to the "Super Budget Committee” and rejected his appointment of Chuck Pruitt to the Conduct Committee. They also approved a motion for dormitory visiting hours, took a quick look at the Student Activities Budget, and elected a new chairman to replace Lee Bollinger, who is taking over as ASUO president. In his short informal speech, Drummonds told the Senate there were three special areas, in addition to those outlined last week, needing special considera tion: Planners Dislike By LEE O’CONNER F.mi-raJd st»U Wrln r Members of the Campus Plan ning Committee objected Thurs day to a proposal to split the committee into two groups. Under a proposal now being considered by University Presi dent Arthur S. FlemminR, the committee would be split into a Campus Development Commit tee which would take over the long range planning function of the present committee, and a Structures and lirounds Commit tee which would be concerned with day-today planning prob lems. > The committee passed a mo tion by Charles Duncan, associ ate dean of faculties, asking Flemming to give the committee the opportunity to present alter native plans. The majority of the committee expressed the opinion that the formation of two committees would not solve the problems that the committee faces. The original proposal was sug gested to Flemming by several students, including ASUO sena tors and student members of the Planning Committee. It was re fined by John Dallas, the director of planning and Jarold Keiffer, Flemming’s assistant. Several members said that the present plan for two committees would result in arguments over a "balance of power” and that the two committees would result in "more frustaration” in solving problems for everyone. On the other hand, a minority of the committee said that the problem of bringing together long range planning and day-to-day problems could best be solved by the formation of two commit tees. This way, more attention could he given to long range plan ning that cannot be done now by the present committee. One member of the committee said that the Campus Develop man f I Index Sports . pages 4,5 Editorials .page 10 Classifieds page 9 Campus Briefs page 8 Entertainment page 6, 7 Church News .page 8 PL-3 Schedule . page 3 Today's Events page 3 Vlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|Hlll? iiinummtunH»uiui;i;mtmim!i'fltiiiBnRRiii merit Committee now planned, | would be too large. At the pres ent time, the committee will con sist of three faculty members, three students, and three mem bers of the administration. Another member felt that there would be too much disagreement between the .students, faculty, and administration because each would have their own ideas on how things should be done. It was also suggested that President Flemming be on the committee in some capacity to help direct them. The pronosed Structures and Grounds Committee will consist ol the members of the Campus j Planning Committee for the rest (C nntiuuni on punr II) • The motion in the faculty meeting by Robert Summers, associate professor of law, which would allow individual instruc tors to decide whether to allow the results of the surveys of their courses to be published. Drummonds called it a "mean ingless and nebulous motion to reassure the faculty.” • Establishment of a two prong committee to involve stu dents in issues in higher educa tion. One prong would deal with the Legislature and the other would concern itself with the State Board of Higher Educa tion. “It’s important,” Drum monds said, "that wc have a student available to advise Pres ident Flemming whenever he goes to the State Board meet ings.” • Press for an ex-officio non voting student member in the State Board of Higher Educa tion to advise them of student perspectives. He also recommended that the Senate follow up on lobby ing leadership started by Tony Hazapis and Bill Muir. Photo by John Sasaki HENRY DRUMMONDS Committee Explores Pass-No-Pass Proposal By CLIFF SANDEHLIN Emerald Associate Editor Should instructors have the option of deciding whether or not to open their courses to pass-no pass grading? Would group requirement courses be included? Could a student take more than 36 hours of pass-no-pass courses? Should the instructor know if the student is taking his course for a non-letter grade? These and several other questions were ex plored Thursday when student representatives discussed the ASUO’s pass-no-pass grading pro posal with the faculty Academic Requirements Committee (ARC). "The real problems with the proposal,” said Jordan Utsey, associate professor of education and chairman of the ARC, "are sheer mechanical problems.” The committee, which had been appointed by the faculty to explore the problems of the pro posal, invited student representatives to explain it. According to ASUO Vice President Lee Bol linger, students are asking the right to take 36 hours of non-graded undergraduate courses for credit in any course at the University. The exist ing framework prescribes that out of the 186 hours required for graduation, only 150 have to be graded. What the students are asking then, said Dave McC’loskey of the ASUO's Academic and Cultural Committee, is that “the existing framework be used to expand the options of students and re duce the pressure of the grade.” The 36 hours of non-graded courses, according to the student representatives, should include the undergraduate group requirements as well as "elective” courses. "This would include English Composition,” said Bollinger. Bollinger said the rationale behind the pro posal is to place teaching above evaluating in importance. "We have to decide what our goal is at the University,” Bollinger said. "Is it to judge one student against another or is it to give him more responsibility and encourage him to gain intel lectual ends ... to lessen emphasis on working for the grades and encourage exploration for knowledge.” Edward Caplan, associate professor of account ing, asked Bollinger: “What about the instructor who uses grading as an instrument for teaching?” Later, he asked. "Would providing the option in required courses actually encourage exploration?” Another point raised during the thoughtful luncheon discussion was: "What about the stu dent who uses up his 36 hours in his freshman or sophomore year? Wouldn't that limit his op tions for educational exploration?” Bollinger and Jordan Utsey agreed that the two major issues were whether group requirements should be included and whether instructors should have the option of not accepting the non-lettered grading system. Bollinger pointed out that these were two areas where the students were "standing firm,” while the other details were "negotiable.” The problem of shadow grades was also dis cussed. Bollinger said the practice of giving letter grades as well as the "P” or “N” was part of the student proposal he was personally against. “But,” he said, this is a safeguard to the stu dent who changes his major and has taken courses for no grade.” Other questions the ARC will consider before (Conliinu'il dii i'll!/e V) After the official business, Drummonds told the Senate his position as student body presi dent represented the most meaningful thing he has done in his life. The Senate voted a unanimous thank you from the student body. And he left. Lee Bollinger was sworn in as president, and Phil Barnhart was elected chairman of the Senate. A great deal of debate ac companied the approval of Phil Sernas, Doug Young, and Scott Farleigh to the Advisory Com mittee on Student Activities and Services Budgets. Special Interests several senators protested on the grounds that these three represented special interests and should not have the job of de ciding how student fees should be allocated. However, Drummonds, who made the appointments, defend ed them on the grounds that the job of this “Super Budget Committee” was above the level of the special interests each of the students w«uld represent. He said their dealings with the budget would involve deci sions on how much should go to each of four areas—Student Activities, athletic activities, physical education, and the Health Service. Since all three represent one overall interest—that of Stu dent Activities—there should be no distinction as to individual interests. Sernas is editor of the Emerald, Doug Young is managing director of the Inter national Education Center. Peer Reasoning One senator. Jack Ferguson, opposed Sernas’ appointment on the grounds that he had shown poor reasoning ability” in some of the editorials that have ap peared in the Emerald. Drummonds defended Sernas’ appointment oh the grounds that he "knows, flat out, more about the student budget than any other student on campus . . . and is therefore an obvious ap pointment to the committee.” Errol Hammond said he “hadn't realized Sernas would not be Emerald editor alter a couple of weeks” so would not come so near to representing a private interest as he had thought on an original vote which opposed the appointment. Two Votes on Sernas Sernas was accepted on a sec ond vote. Drummonds’ appointment of Chuck Pruitt to the Conduct Committee was rejected primari ly on the grounds that he was a third-term senior and the ap pointment was for a three-term opening. Drummonds said later he had thought the appointment was to fill out someone's term. In the discussion over a motion by Bob Bartlett to allow dorm visiting hours, the Senate added an amendment. The bill, w'hich would allow members of the op posite sex to visit in living or ganizations Saturdays and Sun (Continued on pai/e 2) 10 Semi-Finalists For Queen Named The ten semi-finalists for Jun ior Weekend queen have been an nounced. They are Bev Bush. Cheri Clarke, Kathi Hilson, Kris Carrol, Clella Winger, Marylin Miller, Jeanie Magnano, Patty Whitting ton, Kathi Weed, and Carol Wright. There will be a meeting for the semi-finalists at 4 p.m. today in room 313 in the Student Union.