Oregon
An Independent Student Newspaper
Vol. 74, No. 13 Wednesday, July 12,1972
"Beauty is nature's coin, must not be hoarded" —John Milton Ph0,° bv Ph" waidstein
Proposed policy extensive
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Records hearing Thursday
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By CLAY EALS
Of the Emerald
The University’s proposed student records
policy will go up for public scrutiny one final
time Thursday.
A public hearing on the proposed policy will
be held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the
Johnson Hall conference room.
The proposed policy, 19 months in the
making, describes all records kept about
students at the University and sets down
regulations for the release of such records.
Robert Bowlin, dean of student personnel
services, says the proposed policy is “light
years ahead” of policies at other schools in
the nation.
| Analysis
After Thursday’s hearing, Bowlin, on
behalf of the ad hoc committee, will submit a
recommendation concerning implementation
of the policy to Gerald Bogen, vice president
for student services.
Bowlin says he hopes Bogen and University
President Robert Clark act on im
plementation of the policy before fall term
starts.
“We really have to start out the year with
everybody knowing what the policy is,”
Bowlin says.
After looking over the proposed policy, a
student may be amazed at the volume of
records kept by the University about him.
They include: the Permanent Registrar’s
Record, the Permanent Academic Folder, the
Disciplinary Record, Office of Student Ser
vices Records, Foreign Student Office
Records, Organization Membership Records,
Placement Service Registration File,
Counseling Center Records, Office of
Financial Aid Records, Student Health Center
Records. Payroll Records. Student Employee
Evaluation Records, the School or Depart
ment Graduate Admissions Folder, Ap
plications for School-Departmental
Assistantships, Scholarships or Other
Awards, Academic Advising Folder, Student
Employee Evaluation Records, Student
Teaching Records, Class Lists, First Grade
Report, Grade Books and Attendance
Records, Student’s Examinations and Class
Papers.
But, even more interesting than the volume
of student records kept by the University may
be the proposed regulations concerning the
release of, and access to, such records.
The proposed regulations are divided into
two catagories. general release and access to
records, and student access to and correction
of his records.
Following are the proposed rules for
“general” release:
“Certain appropriate information about the
student may be released without the student’s
consent” and that information includes the
student’s full name, campus address and
telephone number, home address, parent’s
name and address, place and date of birth,
dates of attendance at the University, class,
academic major, and objective evidence of
the student’s academic achievement
(number of credits and degrees earned).
“All other information contained in student
records is considered personal and con
fidential and may not be released to any
person or agency without the student’s
written consent.”
However, there are several exceptions to
that last rule. The exceptions are:
—“University personnel” can see any
student records, except psychological and
medical, when they “have a demonstrably
legitimate need to review them to fulfill their
official, professional responsibilities with
regard to the student.”
—“Appropriate University personnel,”
with direction from the University President
or a designee, can appear in court to “test the
validity” of a subpoena or court order which
seeks access to student records
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McGovern changes
Vietnam POW stand
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sen. George McGovern said
Tuesday forthe firsttime that he would keep U S. troops in Thailand
and naval forces in the gulf of Tonkin-on what aides termed "an
inactive basis”—until the North Vietnamese release captured U.S.
prisoners.
The South Dakota senator, on the verge of capturing the
Democratiepresidential nomination,made what the aides said was “an
elaboration of his position” in a statement issued responding to his
endorsement by a group of wives and sisters of American prisoners of
war.
It brought his position closer to that of Fresider t Nixon, who has
vowed to maintain U S. military action in Indochina until the North
Vietnamese promise to free prisoners.
Heretofore, McGovern has pledged to remove all U S. forces from
Southeast Asia if elected president, saying he was certain this would
lead the North Vietnamese to free captured Americans
"While I am fully confident that there would be no such need,” the
senator said, “I would also retain the military capability in the
region—in Thailand and on the seas—to signal and fulfill our firm
determination on this issue.
"This is the only cause for which I would retain any U S. forces in or
adjacent to Southeast Asia,” McGovern added