Oregon daily emerald., January 17, 1973, Image 1

The stairways in Deadly Hall, the eldest. building an
campus, da aot conform te the fire safety standards
of the Uniform Building Code. Emerald reporter
Dave Woodson investigated this building and ten
Photo by Phil Waldstein
others at the University that are in violation of the
code. To bring Deady up to code requirements, a
new stairway would have to he erected.
For ’73-’74
Health fee raise proposed
Don Schade, of the University Budget Office,
announced a proposed $1 per quarter increase in
health fees for the 1973-74 academic year. The eight
per cent increase was presented at a meeting at
tended by Schade, Dr. Avard Long, Director of the
Student Health Center, and Tim Travis, ASUO chief
administrator assistant.
The Student Health Service at the University is
operated on a self-sustaining basis supported by a
health service fee collected from all enrolled
students and user fees charged to many of the
students treated.
The health fee is presently $12.50 each quarter
during the academic year and $7.50 for the summer
quarter. The present health service fee was
established in 1971-72 and was not changed during
1972-73. The Health Cento* Advising Committee
recommended an increase to $14 per quarter and $9
for the s>unmer based on a proposed budget of
$902,000 for 1973-74. Vice President for student
services Gerald Bogen is forwarding the recom
mended $1 increase based on the reduced budget
level.
The proposed fee for 1973-74 will be $13.50 per
quarter, or an increase of 8 per cent over the
present level as contrasted to a two year ex
penditure increase of almost 13 per cent. The
proposed fees for the summer session will be $8.50.
“We are very pleased in this increase. It
reflects an increase in services as well as some
inflationary increases,” Travis said.
“We’ve been fighting for these services for
some time and we are quite confident that the in
crease of 8 pa* cent over the present level is well
worth the added services,” he said.
Part of the increases will go to include the new
staffing of two medical transcribers and additional
payroll expenses of $17,000.
Travis said the ASUO is particulary pleased
with both the increased pharmaceutical and
gynecological services and the extended vacation
services, which will run $15,000.
Extended vacation services will be to maintain
as complete services as possible at the Student
Health Center during Thanksgiving, Christmas and
spring breaks.
Both Dr. Long and Schade noted the involved
participation on all sides in forwarding this
proposal.
“We’ve been very pleased with the cooperative
efforts between the members of the ASUO budget
committee and our representative,” Schade said.
“We didn’t want to just spring this on the
students without their knowing what was going on,
Travis said, and so we have had students very much
involved in this decision right from the beginning.
And we are open to criticism, so if anyone wishes to
challenge our proposal I’ll be more than welcome to
listen to them at my office in the EMU.”
Buildings fail
code requirements
Eleven older buildings on the
University campus do not meet
the current fire safety standards
for public buildings as set forth in
the Uniform Building Code
(1970), according to information
compiled by the University Office
of Planning and Institutional
Research.
Hie city of Eugene uses the
Uniform Building Code to set its
fire standards and could close
down the buildings.
“Hie old buildings are not up to
par,” Campus Planner Harry
Van Oudenallen said. He ex
plained that about six years ago,
the state legislature passed a law
requiring all public institutions to
conform to the building code and
since then “Hie University has
been playing catch-up.”
Hie campus buildings that do
not meet the code requirements
are:
—Mac Arthur Court. Hie
conditions in this building,
because of its seating capacity
and its age, are the most
hazardous of the eleven
buildings.
Hie existing exit lights are
hard to see. They are located
over the doors at court level and
are recessed behind heavy wire
mesh screening. Hie openings to
the runways from the upper
decks are not marked as exits.
The aisles in the moveable
bleachers along the sides of the
court are distinguishable only
because they are painted a dif
ferent ctdor.
To conform to safety stan
dards, more aisles for egress
would have to be created and the
exits would have to be marked
more clearly.
Other improvements to bring
the building up to fire stan
dards called for by the planning
office include the extension of the
sprinkler system to the main
court area, the covering of all
exposed wood surfaces with
incombustible materials (such
as plaster), the installation of
more fire doors within Mac Court
and the enclosure of the main
stairway' down to the locker
rooms.
Another safety hazard cited by
the planning office is the lack of
barriers or railings on the ends of
the moveable bleachers.
Deady Hall. The stair en
closures in the oldest building on
campus do not conform to code
standards. To bring them up to
par, according to the planning
office, would require complete
replacement.
Installation of sprinkler
systems in the halls and stair
ways is needed to meet stan
dards. Although there are fire
doors on the halls leading into the
stair enclosure, fire doors should
be installed on offices, rest rooms
and storage rooms feeding into
the stairway.
The building violates existing
codes regarding the maximum
height and number of floors
allowed, but there is not much
that can be done about that.
—Friendly. The installation
of a sprinkler system, the en
closure of the two stairwells on
the west side, and the installation
of fire doors is needed to bring
this building up to standard.
—Gerlinger Hall. All existing
stairwells in this building violate
code standards and the only way
to meet fire requirements is to
construct new stairwells. On the
top floor of the east potion, a
completely inadequate second
exit is now in use. To correct this
situation, a new stairway leading
to the floor below would have to
be built. Sprinkler systems,
firedoors and stairway en
closures are also needed in
Gerlinger.
—Music Building. Installation
of sprinkler systems and better
separation between the main
auditorium and the attached
wing to the south are needed to
bring this budding up to stan
dards.
—Straub Hall. The stair en
closures in this building are
adequate but they empty into an
unenclosed interior space which
is in violation of the building
code. This violation can be
corrected by constructing an
enclosed corridor to the outside
and installation of fire doors.
—Susan Campbell Hall. In
stallation of more fire doors is
needed to bring this building up to
code standard.
—Faculty Club. Installation of
automatic fire sprinklers and
second floor exits onto the porch
roofs are needed.
—Villard Hall. Installation of
fire sprinklers is needed to bring
this building up to code stan
dards.
—Commonwelath Hall. The
main central stairways in both
the east and west wing exit into
unprotected corridors ts violation
of the building code. Complete
replacement of the stairs is
necessary. Also, automatic
sprinklers and fire doors are
needed.
—Fenton Hall. Enclosure of the
stairwells and the installation of
automatic sprinklers is needed.
City bombing mission j
still up in the air
SALEH (Special) — After attending a meeting with Oregtn ;
student leaders Tuesday, Rep. Mary Burrows (R.-Eugene) who j
represents most of the University student population, said she ;
would sponsor or support measures dealing with all of the issues j
the students express concern about, including:
— Placing three students on the State Board of Higher of i
Education.
— Ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. j
Constitution.
— liberalizing abortion laws.
— Making it illegal for Oregon servicemen to involuntarily i
serve in undeclared wars.
— Lowering the age of majority to 18.
“My only regret about the meeting was that more :
Republicans weren’t there,” Burrows said. “I think we will ;
expand the group next time.”