Republican meet student leaders
By NAN HENDERSON
Of the Emerald
SALEM (Special) — House Republicans
opened their doors for the first time to young
people Tuesday.
Several Republican members met with
Oregon student leaders and issued invitations
described by former ASUO Senate President
Stephanie Larsen as “incredible.”
Larsen was the main lobbyist last session
for a bill that would have put a student on the
State Board of Higher Education and said
many legislators wouldn’t even talk with her
about the issue then.
Tuesday, the Republicans proved they were
at least willing to talk, and indicated they
may well support a bill to be introduced in the
House next week that would place three
students on the state board.
They invited the students to use their
caucus rooms for meetings at any time and
offered to introduce legislation of concern to
the students.
Hie students also testified in favor of
ratifying the Eq:ud Rights Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution, vending non-prescrption
contraceptives, repealing abortion laws,
abolishing the requirement that Oregon
servicemen involuntarily serve in undeclared
wars, increasing student input into tenure
decisions, and developing a program for
academic innovation in higher education.
The Republicans, Gordon MacPherson (R.
Waldport), Stafford Hansell (R.-Hermiston),
Ed Patterson (R.-La Grande), Robert Ingalls
(R.-Corvallis) and Mary Burrows (R.
Eugene), met with the eight students for
about two hours and scheduled a second
meeting for Jan. 31 “to see where your
legislation is and how we can further help.”
During the discussion, ASUO President Bill
Wyatt outlined the reasons he is lobbying for a
bill to put three students on the state board.
“Though there are many arguments pro
and con, the greatest argument for putting
students on the state board is the one that has
often beer, used against it,” Wyatt said.
“That is the argument about constituent
members.”
Wyatt said he felt students are the con
sumers of education and in that position
should be placed on the board. “Faculty and
staff have a different relationship — that of
employees,” he said.
Wyatt said it is time students “quit talking
about input and begin talking about in
fluence.”
He explained that three students are needed
on the board to serve on its three major
committees — academic affairs, finance, and
building, and said, “At this point, a com
promise position of placing one student on the
board would be personally unacceptable.”
Joan Eggleston, Interinstitutional Union of
Students (IUS) state chairer, said that
ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
“is a first priority to me.”
She points out the disparity between male
and female salaries in similar Oregon Civil
service positions, and in the number of men
versus women administrators and professors
in the State System of Higher Education.
University student Greg Leo, state chairer
of the Oregon Student Association, explained
the “mainly informative” role OSA plans to
Dlay during the legislative session and offered
the Republicans “a vehicle to feel the pulse of
students across Oregon on issues.”
David Dietz, Oregon State University
student body president, told the legislators
that because of current tenure practices in
the State System of Higher Education, “an
increasing number of University professors
are being forced to form unions.”
“Legislators ought to be concerned with the
whole question of tenure, unionization and
collective bargaining,” Dietz said.
He also told the Republicans that the
legislature must find a new method of funding
university athletic departments, because
‘ ‘students are no longer so socially oriented as
we are interested in innovation that will affect
our future.”
Dietz said many students now feel athletics
are more for the benefit of alumni and the
reputation of the state, than for students.
Students and Republicans alike seemed
convinced that the age of majority should be
lowered, and MacPherson said he plans to
introduce such legislation.
After the meeting, Larsen, who was an
observer, said she believed the Republicans
made overtures to students “for two basic
reasons: the 18-year-old vote, and the fact
they (Republicans) are minority party.”
The students plan to take advantage of the
channels offered by the Republicans. “I’m
going to have two or three bills that would
reform tenure on Mac Pherson’s desk
tomorrow,” Wyatt said.
They said they still plan to work closely
with the Democrats in getting legislation
passed, but as Wyatt put it, “The Republicans
made us an offer we can’t refuse.”
(See related story, page eight.)
LCAA proposes land swap
By DICK 8CHLAGETER
Of the Emerald
The Campus Planning Com
mittee met Tuesday in EMU to
hear a proposal from the Lane
County Auditorium Association
(LCAA) which would use the
Alton Baker Park area as a site
for an auditorium-convention
center in north Eugene.
The site would be adjacent to
Autzen Stadium and would share
parking and cultural facilities
with the University. Charles
Wright, chairer of the committee,
said the next scheduled meeting
would determine what the
University is interested in, what
“trade-offs” can be expected
with the county and the most
negative aspects of the project.
John Amundson of Lutes and
Amundson, an architectural firm
drawing plans for the site, said it
is more important to settle on
concepts for use of this land than
on agreeing on boundaries. He
stated that, in a passible land
swap, the county would own the
park but the University would
own the stadium.
The committee’s findings
would be reviewed by University
President Robert Clark and then
sent to the State Board of Higher
Education for approval.
Initiation of the project would
have to be approved by the voters
in a special $5 million bond issue
scheduled for a May 8 special
election.
The project, which will be
jointly used by the University and
the community, contains
elements setting limitation on
building size (height) and in
terference with the “native sense
of the park area.’’
Elements of the project range
from an auditorium, which would
be used for cultural, educational
and sports activities, to
enlargement of parking areas
there and around Autzen
Stadium.
Five and a half acres are
available for the project which is
estimated to be completed, if
approved, by 1976 — a bicen
tennial year for Eugene.
Some possible problems that
might occur as a result of the
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committee members such as
parking conflicts between the
Stadium and the auditorium,
noise level, traffic congestion
around the area and destruction
of “native” appearance of the
park.
Committee members noted
that no sound comes from the
Stadium, football games are
scheduled five years in advance,
and the auditorium could
schedule events accordingly. No
major traffic study of this area
has been done.
Lee Bishop, president of LCAA,
said the site would be a “com
munity center and not a con
vention center.” He said further
that it would blend with the
lanscape.
The Alton Baker Park site is an
alternative to a downtown site
located at the corner of Sixth
Ave. and Olive St. Eugene voters
turned down a civic center
proposal and an accompanying
$5.5 million bond issue in last
November’s election.
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