Moms say rules
too lax in dorms
By DEAN WHEELER
Of the Emerald
A delegation of six women from the University of Oregon Mother’s
Club met with University housing officials Thursday to discuss their
concerns of dormitory security and a general “disappointment” on
the information they, as parents, were given on dormitory living.
One of the concerned mothers opened the discussion in Housing
Director Phillip Barnhart’s office, saying, “I feel that children leaving
home for the first time have more adjustment to do than having to
adjust to governing their own lives. I, from Roseburg, wish I could buy
housing for my children that would leave them no options.
“I wish students could be given a dormitory where there will be no
petitions accepted (on changing dorm visitation rules) so that when
housing is purchased, the same conditions will exist at the end of the
year as at the beginning.”
The mothers, none of whom wished their names to be used, all
have children attending the University, and all supported the
Roseburg mother’s request for a dormitory without visitation hours.
Barnhart responding to the request for more stringent controls on
the incoming students’lives, said, “The institution’s philosophy is that
we’re dealing with an adult and dealing with the student, not the
parent.”
The Roseburg mother of a freshman co-ed, said she “would like to
buy a service from the University. My husband and I decided with our
daughter where she would go to school and what kind of housing we
would like and she could go along with us on.”
She reported “we should have preferred to have her right here on
campus, but we opted for off-campus housing because we felt we got
more information about it.”
A representative of the Salem University Mother’s Club told the
administrators, “It is a breach of etiquette to entertain boyfriends in a
bedroom. A bedroom is a bedroom, and I know morals have changed
in the past two years. It seems the University has turned more student
oriented.”
Donald McCarty, Student Conduct Coordinator, replied, “The
University is a large liberal arts institution. You are asking us to do
something this institution does not do. The matter lies with the choice
of the institution.”
A member of the dormitory governance committee attending the
conference, told the mothers, “You may buy peace of mind, but you
won’t buy peace of mind for your child. A system like what you have in
mind is not an education in life.”
Gerald Bogen, Vice-President for Student Services, told the
Roseburg mother, he would gladly review her suggestion for a dif
ferent type of dormitory in more detail if she sent him a written
proposal. He said, “I don’t know if we can maintain that type of
facility legally. It was decided in an Alabama court that students have
civil rights and if they are over 18, they can sign their own contracts I
want to study it, though, but we probably can’t meet all of your
desires.”
The meeting concluded with a discussion of University security,
and the mothers said they were “much relieved” and “satisfied” with
the precautions taken.
“The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, the first to welcome, foremost to defend’’—I^>rd Byron.
Photo by Nick Lacy
Committee on Alternatives:
‘greater voice’ for faculty
Four ideas for “tightening up
certain procedures” at the
University were unanimously
agreed upon by members of the
Committee on Alternatives at the
committee’s meeting Thursday
afternoon in the EMU.
By CLAY EALS
Of the Emerald
Organized about three weeks
ago, the Committee on Alter
natives is a group of University
faculty members, mostly from
ASL'O primary elections will continue today at the usual voting places.
Included on the ballot is a presidential preference poll and turnout was
considered average today.
Photo by NKk Locy
the College of Liberal Arts, who
want to give faculty a greater
voice in the current priority
review.
Committee member and
assistant professor of sociology
Ted Goertzel said the four
general ideas are these:
—Eliminating excessive steps
of authority between some
University offices and the top
administrators. In many cases,
this could be done by placing
administrators on a nine-month
pay scale, Goertzel said.
—Cutting the numbers of
consultants, associate deans and
assistant deans. He said faculty
committees could provide
assistance already provided by
these advisory administrators.
—Eliminating duplication of
functions between agencies in
areas such as buclget preparation
and personnel review.
Much of the discussion at the
meeting centered around
preliminary reports of in
vestigations by the committee’s
"faculty OSPIRGs” of the
budgets and functions of ad
ministrative offices.
Corrections
Two errors appeared in the list of candidates for ASUO offices
which was reported in Thursday’s Emerald.
The campaign slogan which appeared next to the name of Amador
Aguirre (“Retain a senator who supports club sports and the Outdoor
Program; cut fees’’), ASUO senator at-large position no. 10 candidate,
is the slogan for Kent Anderoon, at-large position no. 9 candidate.
Aguirre has no slogan.
Also, ASUO dorm senator position no. 4 candidate Eugene
Pronovost was listed incorrectly as running for off-campus senator
position no. 24.
A photograph caption on the front page of Thursday's Emerald
incorrectly identified persons in the photo. Sitting left to right in the
photo were HPUP co-chairman Harry Alpert and HPUP sub
committee chairmen Tom Hovet and Glenn Starlin.
Fiscal committee
ASUO Fiscal Affairs Committee hearings that will take place
tonight in 337 EMU are:
ASUO Senate budget, 7 p.m.
ASUO Executive Budget, 7:30 p.m.
ASUO Legal Services, 8 p.m.
Oregon Daily Emerald, 8:30 p.m.
Next Monday, the committee will hear a budget request from the
Athletic Department.
These times and organizations are changes from last week’s
schedule.