Students petition
hearing panel
About 40 students lined the walls of the Johnson Hall
conference room Thursday morning to defend the existence
of the Department of Classics, Chinese and Japanese on
campus.
The students carried with them a petition which asked
for continuation and expansion of the department. It was
signed by about 330 students.
They were appearing before a meeting of the Hearing
Panel on University Priorities (HPUP), an administrative
group formed to review the budgets of departments on
campus with the purpose of finding places in the budgets
which could be justifiably cut.
HPUP made no decision Thursday regarding the
classics, Chinese and Japanese department.
The appearance of the students before HPUP marked the
first time since the hearing began this summer that a large
group of students has testified before the panel.
The panel consists of University President Robert Clark,
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Harry
Alpert and other faculty and administrators.
The petition presented before the panel began:
“It is with some alarm that we learned that the Depart
ment of Classics, Chinese and Japanese has been scheduled
for early administrative review. As students of Asia, we trust
that the review does not imply any possible curtailment of
these programs.”
Presenting this view, the students met with the panel
for half an hour. Then, the panel met in closed session.
Alpert said of the panel’s closed session Thursday that
‘ ‘the conclusion was that we have to study the matter further.
We have it now under advisement.” The Vice President
emphasized that “I was very much impressed with the
variety of departments represented by the 330 students on the
petition.”
Keith Maloney, student president of the East Asian
Society on campus, who presented the petition to the panel,
said after the HPUP meeting Thursday that the students who
appeared before HPUP were “very concerned with the
survival of the department.”
HPUP has been meeting regularly to review University
departments and has already decided to drop two of them—
the Monterey exchange program and the Bureau of Business
and Economic Research.
The panel has been trying to pare the budgets of various
departments to meet the severely cut budget the State
Legislature gave the University last spring.
The 40 who appeared before the panel Thursday talked of
“efficiency in the reallocation of resources” for the Classics,
Chinese and Japanese Department, rather than cutting down
the program itself.
Clark says campuses
fairly quiet this fall
University President Robert
Clark told members of the
Eugene Lions Club Wednesday
that reports around the nation
show most college campuses are
quiet this fall.
According to Clark, prophets of
higher education feel that the
revolution has been undergoing a
steady decline since 1968, where
it reached its peak in Chicago.
Clark quoted some new writers
as saying
According to Clark, prophets of
higher education feel that the
revolution has been undergoing a
steady decline since 1968, where
it reached its peak in Chicago.
Clark quoted some news writers
as saying that the revolution has
come to a halt “because of the
manner in which radicals are
tearing at each other’s throats.”
Clark stated that he has con
fidence in youth, but has no way
of knowing “whether the worst is
over” for the University.
According to Clark, American
society has assumed that social
conduct cannot be regulated by
the law. He also added that
Scoeity is “self-correcting.” He
feels that even if the militant
phase of the radical movement is
over, it has still brought about
profound changes in American
society.
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Library hours in danger
Award recipiants not on job
Work Study has long been a
popular financial^aid program at
the University. More than
$590,000 in work-study awards
was made available by the
federal government this year.
So far this term, however, 75
award recipiants have not shown
up to be placed on a job. The
Library is short around 20
workers alone, and is in danger of
having to reduce its hours. Ac
cording to Acting Director of
Fianacial Aid, Larry Large,
some of these people may have
chosen not to work during the fall
semester. Large said this is
possible due to the nature of the
work study awards.
The Work Study program
works on an award basis. Each
student who is eligible and
receives an award is allotted a
specific amount of money which
he is required to earn over the
course of the academic year. A
student may work a maximum of
15 hours a week or 63 hours a
month. He does not have to work
every semester nor does he have
to use up the entire sum allotted
for his employment. As a result,
some students take a heavy load
faill semester and plan on
working winter and spring
semesters. Exactly how many
people have done this is not yet
known.
In order to utilize the entire
amount funded by the federal
government, the program is
intentionally over awarded. This
is possible with the help of a
special fund from the University.
According to Large, over $100,000
is available as a “guarantee.”
Each year it is calculated so that
at least this amount is recovered.
A reallocation of Work Study
funds cannot be made until this
“guarantee fund” is reimbursed.
Large says the reimbursement
usually comes late winter or
spring term. The money
recovered comes mainly from
awards which are only partially
used or not used at all by
students.
There are 200-250 eligible
students on the waiting list for
Work Study awards at this time.
They will have to remain in this
category until it is clear how
many students will not be using
up their awards, probably about
the same time as the above
mentioned reimbursement.
Large urged that those persons
who hold Work Study awards and
have not shown up to be placed on
a job should see Sue Nelson at the
Office of Financial Aids as soon
as possible.
University administrators should have a decision on a
change in the Library’s hours on Monday, says University
Librarian Carl Hintz.
Hintz said Thursday he met with various administrators
and library department heads about the current problem
plaguing the library-^a bout 20 persons certified and placed
for work-study jobs in the library haven’t shown up for work
since school started.
Consequently, the Library has had to run on a minimal
staff. Hintz said the only option open to the Library in this
situation is to limit the number of hours the Library is open.
And in this case, that means cutting the Library’s hours by
one-third.
“We realize it would be a serious step, taken with the ut
most reluctance,” Hintz said, “but at the moment 1 see little
prospect for additional help.”
If hours are cut, they would be trimmed down both in
mornings and evenings. “The hours would probably be
reduced a little of both” Hintz said, “and perhaps all of
Sunday.”
Hintz said the critical need of the Library for work-study
staffing “engaged a lot of attention and thought” Thursday;
no decision was reached, “but it doesn’t look good.”
“In some respects I’m still hoping for a miracle,” he ad
ded, “but miracles don’t come true very often, and they
surely don’t come true here (at the Library).”
Dune protection legislation
criticized by House members
By TORRIE McALLISTER
Of the Emerald
Rep. John Dellenback’s (R
Ore.) legislation to preserve the
Oregon dunes as a national
recreation area met with
criticism from ranking members
of the House Interior Committee
this week, but Dellenback
remains optimistic about its
chances for approval.
The bill proposes setting aside
40 miles of Oregon coast, between
Florence in the north and North
Bend in the South, as the Oregon
Dunes National Recreation Area.
Developing the recreation area,
which will be administered by the
U.S. Forest Service, calls for the
cooperative effort of the state,
three counties (Coos, Douglas
and Lane), the federal govern
ment and private owners.
Rep. Wayne Aspinall (D-Colo.),
Chairman of the House Interior
Committee, attacked the bill for
failing to establish a final
authority should conflict arise
between governmental sectors.
He believes that the final
authority between the state, who
owns the actual beach area, and
the federal government who will
own most of the remaining land,
should belong to the federal
government.
Dellenback states that he
foresees no such conflicts.
Redwood National Park, under
the National Park Service,
contains three state parks in a
similar set-up to the Oregon
dunes area proposal. There is no
final federal authority, and
Dellenback’s office maintains
that a smooth cooperative effort
exists.
The Dunes area contains two
sectors, the dune sector and the
inland sector. The bill is designed
to maintain the dune sector in its
natural state, and protect
existing use in the inland sector.
Existing use is defined as use
existing prior to December 31,
1970. Any development after that
date must be approved by the
Secretary of Agriculture, and
may be subject to condemnation.
Critics of the bill feel that it is
not strong enough to preserve the
dunes as a natural area. Aspinall
pointed out that Multiple-use does
not provide for the maintenance
of an area in its natural state. If
the possibilities for mining,
grazing, timbering, or water
resource development exist, then
there is the posssibility that
development will occur,
Under the proposed dunes bill,
the Forest Service will set aside
three types of areas: areas in
which vehicle traffic will be
allowed with only safety
restrictions, areas of limited
vehicle traffic where strict
guidelines are in effect, and
roadless' wilderness areas.
The Forest Service will also
designate “Fragile Areas”
which will have limited use and
access.
The hearing record will be left
open for the next seven days.
Those persons who wish to ex
press an opinion on the Dunes
preserve have this time to make
their feelings known.
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