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EMERALD Vol. LXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1968 No. 44 Photo by Low Melson LAW SCHOOL MODEL Construction Starts On Kincaid Building Ground Breaking Ceremony Starts New Law Center Ground was broken officially for the University Law Center Wednesday in a ceremony which Law School Dean Eugene Scoles termed "an historic occasion in legal education.” Some 100 persons witnessed the groundbreaking, including Acting University President Charles Johnson, representa tives of the Law School Alumni Association, the Law School As sociation, and the architectural and planning staff for the center. The Law School dean noted that "a good law school must be the center of activities in which fegal studies touch all areas of society in the functions of teaching, research and serv ice.” The new two-story building will contain classrooms, admin istrative and faculty offices, and the law library. A moot court room is planned that may also be used as an 80-student class room. John Yerkovich, Portland at torney and president of the Ore gon State Bar Association, dug the symbolic first shovel of dirt. He was assisted by Scoles and Michael Phillips, president of the Student Bar Association at the University. t'lioto Dy uean ionn GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY Marks Beginning of Construction Board Studies Dissent Policy By LES BLUMENTHAL Of the Emerald PORTLAND (Special)—After live hours of discussion, the Committee on Academic Af - fairs, a standing committee of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education decided that the question of student unrest and dissent was too important and complex to formulate a pol icy in one meeting. The committee was reviewing a proposed general policy state ment prepared by Miles Rom ney, vice chancellor for academ ic affairs, which called for stu dent involvement on "the formu lation of institutional policies, rules and regulations.” If the report had been ap proved, it would have been pre sented to the state board on Dec. 9. Iits future now is uncer tain. The report has been revised three times and has been sub jected to the scrutiny of an in stitutional executive meeting and a meeting of student body presidents. Contributions "They (the students) have much to contribute to the de liberative processes in many areas affecting academic life,” the report said. It also said that many stu dents, militants especially, will find the "analytical approach of the academic world conspicu ously unexciting.” The report stressed the fact that student involvement should be implemented on the institu tional level to account for the lack of specifics in the report. It challenged all state uni versities and colleges to write up a set of rules and institu tional guidelines, such as the University now has in the Stu dent Conduct Code. The report stated the belief that if these rules are adopted with the agreement of students they will, in actual use, be more effective. Acting University President Charles Johnson said, “These rules already exist at the Uni versity. It is a compliment to us to see our rules reflected in the committee’s proposal.” Elizabeth Johnson, chairman of the committee, emphasized that the state board did not want to interfere in the inner workings of an institution, or propose such statutes as those enacted by the Ohio state legis lature. “We have decided not to is sue ‘thou shalt nets.’ ” Discus sion of the problem has not been underway for some time, we are not going to propose definite specific rule,” she said. The introduction of the re port maintained the belief that for an institution to be effec tive, certain freedoms must be guaranteed. Among these are the expression of academic freedom and the freedom to hold diver gent views and opinions. On Television Forum Press Examines Turmoil Obscenity, freshman living-in and the Students for a Democratic Society domin ated discussion on "Oregon Dialogue,” broadcast over Oregon’s educational tele vision network Wednesday night. Featured guests on the show were State Chancellor of Higher Education Roy Lieu alien. Acting University President Charles Johnson. John Nolan, student body presi dent at Portland State College and Russell Sadler, chairman of the Inter-Institutional Student Committee on Higher Education. Questioning the four were newsmen Wayne Whitehead of KVAL-TV in Eugene, and Don Sterling, editorial page editor for the Oregon Journal in Portland. Moderator of the program was Bob Bruce, Salem correspondent for a number of television stations throughout the state. Impetus for the telecast, according to Bruce, was the recent controversy surround ing distribution of “filth” by members of the Students for a Democratic Society on campus. Bruce, in prefacing discussion, asked Johnson to explain how University stu dents and the administration should react to the SDS effort. “There is no question,” Johnson said, “but that the handbill in question was offensive to a large segment of the public. Policy at the University, however, is that students are adults and responsible for their own actions.” Johnson referred to the Student Admin istrative Board as the organization direct ly in charge of the EMU presses on which the flyer was printed. “What has to be determined on cam pus,” he continued, “is whether an organ ization which abuses the right of free speech should be censored.” Both Bruce and Sterling sought from Lieuallen reason for students’ apparent contention that affairs at the University are not the direct business of the public. “Is the University of Oregon public prop erty?” demanded Sterling. According to Lieuallen, the University and the State System of Higher Education are direct arms of the Oregon Legisla ture, and as such, are public property. "The state system and the University are accountable to the public,” Lieuallen said. When asked if a student-supported rule, limiting distribution of socially reprehensi ble material, would receive support from the administration, Johnson replied, "The University could enforce such a rule, and already enforces rules which are unique to the University area, such as no alcohol in the dorms, and prohibition of firearms on campus.” The problem, Johnson said, was whether students wished to control free expression in that manner. Lieuallen and Sterling at one point en gaged in a dialogue over the Johnson Hall sit-in of last May. Sterling implied the action was an overt takeover of a University department, and (Continued on page 2) “Our aim must be to foster and protect these freedoms for without them education becomes indoctrination,” the report said. These freedoms must be pre served and protected from with in as well as from unwarrant ed interference from without, the report added. Students from the University and Portland State were also present. They expressed the be lief that they were not being represented by Russ Sadler, chairman of ISCOHE, or their student body governments. Those who spoke said that students have some power, such as in the Johnson Hall sleep-in, but they lacked authority. Joe Fashing, chairman of the Uni versity Graduate Student Coun cil said, “students are not al ways taken seriously by the fac ulty and administrators, they need substantive power.” The board was of the opin ion that, the problems of student government can only be correct ed by the students of each indi vidual institution. One member said, “the board can make suggestions stressing the need for more student in volvement, but it is up to the students themselves to take advantage of them." Visiting Hours Plea Suspended Acting University President Charles .1 o h n s o n suspended Wednesday the Student Conduct Committee decision granting Gamma llall 24-h o u r visiting hours. Richard Rapp, assistant dean ol' students, informed Gamma Hall in a memorandum that the Tuesday decision of the Student Conduct Committee to grant the request for 24-htmr open visiting hours has been suspend ed by Johnson “so that, he can review that decision.” To Be Informed Rapp told the dorm that they would be “informed of his de cision as soon as possible” and added that until the final de cision is made Gamma Hall will continue to have visiting hours at 12 noon to 12 midnight Sun day through Thursday and 12 noon to 2 a m. on Friday and Saturday. The hours are “perfectly salis factory,” according to a second floor resident of Gamma Hall. He added that he was “not too disappointed” in Johnson’s ac tion. A third floor resident said the visiting hours now in effect "will be sufficient.” He added that he did not like the idea of being “under the thumb” of Johnson. The Student Conduct Com mittee Tuesday granted t h o dormitory unlimited visiting hours on a experimental basis until the beginning of spring term. At that time a request for continuation of the open hour policy would have to he re-sub mitted for consideration. Decision’s Meaning “Acting University President Johnson's action of suspending this decision means that the de cision of the committee will not go into effect at this time.” The memorandum read, “The acting president will review that de cision and determine whether or not he will approve it.” Another student from Gam ma Hall commented that many of the dorm residents now just want to prove a principle, add ing that Johnson was going to “have to act on the issue sooner or later.” He also said he didn’t think the 24 hour visiting hours would last if granted. 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