At State Board meeting
Mosser proposes dormitory survey
PORTLAND—University students may soon be
allowed to have a say as to what kind of dormitory
facilities they like.
State Board of Higher Education member John
Mosser, a Portland attorney, proposed such a survey to
sample public as well as student opinion, during a one
day Board meeting on the Portland State University
campus Tuesday.
The Building Committee directed Chancellor Roy
Lieuallen to prepare a proposal for the survey for
presentation to the full board at its next meeting Jan. 25
in Portland.
Mosser’s suggestion came after the committee had
reviewed an annual report on student occupancy in state
system-owned housing. The report showed that only 88.5
per cent of the state-owned dormitories are occupied
during the 1970 fall term.
Carl Paetz, a member of the state system facilities
planning staff, told the committee that occupancy rate in
previous years ranged around 98 and 99 per cent. He
asserted that this shift is a “new thing,” but is also
happening on campuses across the nation.
The dormitory report showed that University has
the lowest occupancy rate, 73.8 per cent. Oregon State
University in Corvallis was reported having its dor
mitories 95 per cent full.
Mosser recommended limiting the survey to the
University to “get at the greatest problem first.” He felt
that the drop in dormitory occupancy is the beginning of
a problem, not the end. He expected that the occupancy
at other State universities and colleges will drop further
as more graduate and upper class students are ac
cepted.
Mosser said that dormitory living has not been
happy in recent years and that this may mean the in
stituting of new rules or the renovating of attractive
dorms.
University President Robert Clark said he agreed
completely that such a survey is needed. He said he was
involved in a similar project while president of San Jose
State College in California and the results were ex
cellent.
Clark said that the reason University has not done
such a survey is the lack of money. He said he presumed
some state board funds would be available to help run
such a study.
Clark cited the major reason for the decline of
dormitory occupancy on campus is the desires of
students for more independence. He said the con
tributing factors have been excessive noise, elimination
of the freshmen live-in rule and state system-imposed
enrollment limits on out-of-state freshmen.
Committee member Loren Stewart of Goshen noted
that “the University figures are way out of line,” adding,
“I think there’s more than meets the eye there.” He said
the report he received showed that students cannot
study, that the rules of order are such that nobody wants
to live there. He added that this could be only a rumor
but that is what went to him.
Mosser, however, felt that the decline is the product
of a “multiplicity of factors.”
On Campus
Packwood address scheduled
U S. Senator Robert Packwood of Oregon will give a free public
address at 3 p.m. Thursday, in the EMU ballroom.
The ASUO is sponsoring the appearance, which will have no ad
mission charge.
Senator Packwood, elected to the U S. Senate in 1968 was the
youngest U S. Senator in the 91st Congress. He was also the Oregon
Legislature’s youngest member, when elected to the Oregon House of
Representatives in 1962 for the first of three terms.
His talk at the University will feature opening remarks on the
‘Pertinent Issues of the 91st Congress,” followed by a question and
answer period. The session will last until 4:30 p.m.
Aikens awarded NSF fellowship
University anthropologist Melvin Aikens has been awarded a
Science Faculty Fellowship for 1971 by the National Science Foun
dation.
Aikens, an assistant professor of anthropology, is one of 213 scien
tists, including eight from Oregon colleges and universities, to receive
the award this year.
Science Faculty Fellowships help college, university, and junior
college science teachers to enhance their effectiveness as teachers,
according to the National Science Foundation.
Aikens says he will use the fellowship to study Japanese ar
chaeology next year in Tokyo. There are a number of universities and
institutions in the Tokyo vicinity doing work of this kind, he points out.
”1 have wanted to do research on Japanese archaeology for some
time,” said Dr. Aikens, “but it is impossible to do it in this country be
r—
cause of the lack of resources on the subject.”
Dr. Aiken’s speciality in anthropology is western North American
archaeology. He has worked in the Great Basin and most recently in
the Northwest.
He will be on leave of absence from the University while in Japan.
Quotations exhibit displayed
A kaleidoscope of quotations will be on exhibit at the University
Library’s circulation lobby through Jan. 29.
Titled Quotations from the Golden Age to the Age of Aquarius,”
the display features quotations on subjects of current interest in
cluding war, peace, poverty, environment, hair and age illustrating
opinions from early times to the present.
The exhibit was prepared by the Library’s General Reference
Division.
UT play auditions scheduled
Casting auditions will be held today, Thursday and Friday for a
new play, “The Profession”, written by a Shubert Playwriting Fellow
Charles Deemer.
Deemer is a Eugene playwright.
Under the direction of Charles Coombs, Instructor in Theatre the
play will be produced March 3-6 and 10-13 in the UT Arena Theatre
Deemer will be in attendance at all rehearsals for final adjustments in
the script.
Roles are available for three men and three women
Audjtoms will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Arena Theatre, first floor of
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10:00 am—OSEA bulletin board meeting
12:00 noon—Political science meeting
2:00 pm—Student Conduct committee meeting
3:30 pm—Faculty senate meeting
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Chess club
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12:00 noon-Librarianship faculty meeting—Faculty club
12:30 pm— U of O Mothers meeting
1:00 pm—EMU staff meeting
3:00 pm -Senator Robert Packwood Lecture
6:30 & 9:00 pm -Survival film series: “Confrontation "—150 Science
7:00 pm—The Christian Science Organization meeting—Wesley Foundation
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6 00 Pm Frosh basketball:Pacific University JV-Mac Court
8-m ™lj!rSiy Rimming: Highline College-Leighton Pool
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Basketball: Stanford University—Mac Court
9:00 pm—After Game Dance
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Oregon State University JV-Mac Court
6 00 pm Frosh Basketball: Lewis & Clark College JV—Mac Court
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