Oregon daily emerald., July 10, 1973, Page 3, Image 3

Laurie Dull, an English major at the University of
Oregon from Eugene, learned about marine biology
at the University’s Institute of Marine Biology by
wading in tidal flats, mapping the locations of
marine organisms. Laurie did a special study on an
area of the Coos Bay estuary.
Marine Biology lab draws
students to coast projects
A total of 100 students are
enrolled in classes this summer
at the University’s Institute of
Marine Biology in Charleston,
where 24 special projects were
recently completed by students
attending the Institute during
spring term.
The projects focus on various
aspects of the local area and were
part of the Field studies conducted
at the Institute during the first
regular quarter of classes offered
there. The classes related the
disciplines of sociology, land
scape architecture, geography,
urban planning and biology.
“Man and the Oregon Coast”
was the theme of the spring of
ferings, which featured a multi
disciplinary approach to man and
his environmental problems. The
term was arranged to give the 45
students, primarily un
dergraduates, a chance to gain
first-hand appreciation of the
pressures involved in practical
decision-making at the local
community level.
Several members of the local
community were guest speakers
for the classes.
Following is a list of the spring
projects, the students who con
ducted them, and their
hometowns:
— A study of commercial
fishing and related industries of
Charleston. Bruce McLain, San
Marino, Calif.
— A study of the feasibility of
establishing a trail along the six
mile coast from the Charleston to
Cape Arago park. The study
includes an identification of land
owners, necessary easements,
and a plant and animal guide.
Don Albiston, Convent Station,
N.J., and Barbara Boczar,
Maplewood, N.J.
— A survey of out-of-state
motorists, interviewed at local
gas stations, regarding their
interest in local recreation areas
and area accessibility. John
Mercer, Potter Valley, Calif.
— A survey of high school
students’ attitudes in Coos Bay,
North Bend, Myrtle Point and
Coquille concerning the proposed
East-West highway, their future
plans and their feelings about
local politics. Pete Sorenson,
North Bend.
— A project to document
organisms in an area of the Coos
Bay estuary. Laurie Dull,
Eugene; Greg Walther, Elko,
Nev.; and Beth Waldow,
Arlington, Va.
— A study of the Charleston
boat basin, including interviews
of boat owners, a history of
development of the facility, and
pollution monitoring of the basin.
Mary Leitschuh, Betsy Neeley
and Marcia Peterson, all of
Portland.
— An ecological study of Pony
Slough and a landfill where a
local shopping center, Pony
Village, is located, plus a look at
resource potential and future
plans for this area. Debbi Gen
tling, Eugene, and Barbara
Liner, Honolulu, Hawaii.
— A preliminary study to
develop a management model for
South Slough, near Charleston,
which would permit a range of
activities, from conservation to
development. Becky Swanson,
Astoria; Judy Dixon, Charleston;
Pat Russell, Carson City, Nev.;
and Jon Decherd, Taft, Tex.
— A study of the North Spit
formation north of Coos Bay
including land ownership and
use, vegetation maps, and
changes in the shape of the spit.
Pete Leslie and Fred Tepfer, both
of Eugene.
— A study of physical and
cultural changes in the coastal
area of Charleston induced by the
installation of the boat basin in
the mid-50s, using old aerial
photographs and interviews with
local residents. Marc Firestone,
New York, N.Y.
Clark comments on demands,
sympathizes with women
By JOYCE BOLES
Of the Emerald
“I think it’s true that women have been
ignored and neglected, neglected benignly ...
It’s the way our society has developed. It’s not
a plot or conspiracy ...”
University President Robert Clark spoke to
the Emerald in his office during the
demonstration by Eugene feminists in front of
Johnson Hall Monday. Otherwise, it was
business as usual in the administration of
fices. '
About the demonstrators’ demand for day
care facilities for all university families,
Clark said: “This distresses me a great deal.
We ought to have a day care center.
“The problem is I don’t have funds ap
propriated for that purpose. I do not see the
source of funds for supporting day care, but if
funds can be found, then I’m in favor of it. I
have asked a staff member to look at it.”
Clark went on to say that demands for money
for day care should properly be addressed to
the legislature.
About the demands for the immediate
hiring of a full-time coordinator of women’s
studies and for funding to hire faculty to teach
women’s studies, Clark said: “Curricular
problems are handled by the faculty, at the
department level, the school level, and some
at the university level . . . They are working
on it.”
Clark pointed to the existence of the Ad Hoc
Committee on Women’s Studies which he
appointed to develop a program in women’s
studies. “Any appointment of a director will
await the development of a program, a
proposal program,” said Clark.
On what the demonstrators called the
“absurd $20 per credit charged by the
Division of Continuing Education,” Clark said
that he agrees that it’s too high.
“But it was mandated by the legislature. If
the legislature understood the claims of
women then they might have made some
adjustment for their needs ... as they have
for the rural areas of the state.” Concerning
both money for day care and the high cost of
tuition, Clark said: “They’re talking to the
wrong people. They should be talking to the
legislature.”
Clark is in favor of a women’s center on
campus “if we had the facilities.” He believes
“we ought to have a lot of centers on campus
for a time limit. A center serves a certain
function—a place to get together.”
Clark suggested various kinds of centers
could be established on campus for periods of
perhaps five years and at the end of that time
the significance and usefulness of the centers
could be reassessed and reevaluated.
“I think it’s a good idea. I don’t have any
space. I don’t have the means to provide a
staff. If undergraduate women want a center,
they should go to the student body, or to the
student union. They’re talking to the wrong
people.”
Clark also supports the idea of a feminist
library, but he stressed that interested
women should be talking to the University
library administrators.
Amazon Project rents to rise;
first increase in ten years
By KATHLEEN GLANVILLE
Of the Emerald
Rents at the Amazon Married
Student Housing Project have
increased for the first time in 10
years.
On August 1, Amazon tenants
will begin paying $52.50 a month
for a typical two-bedroom
apartment. The $10.00 increase
was announced by President
Clark June 28 after a public
hearing and extensive
deliberations.
“The Business Office Audit
states that if true costs were
allocated properly Amazon would
have lost $22,330 for the 1972-73
fiscal year,” explained Gerald
Bogen, administrative vice
president for student services
(The audit was a statement that
true costs haven’t been allocated
properly in the past.)
Bogen further supported the
rental increase saying, “Add this
to the 1972-73 hypothetical deficit,
a 5 percent inflationary factor —
and the required rent for a
“break-even” operation for 1973
74 fiscal year requires $52.50
monthly in rent.”
Bogen said that University
officials had conferred frequently
with members of the Amazon
Coordinating Tenants (ACT)
Union during deliberations. ACT
successfully fought a proposed
increase of $2.50 last summer on
the grounds that the University
failed to show conclusively the
need for such an increase.
Ennis Wuite, an accountant in
the Chancellor’s office, provided
background to clarify the com
plex accounting procedures
surrounding the Amazon
University conflict.
“State Board policy requires
that each institution is required
to support operating costs as well
as debt service requirements,”
said Wuite.
“Amazon has not supported the
debt service requirement
obligation for several years since
no earnings have resulted from
operations,” added Wuite.
“In the past, Westmoreland
project has earned enough to
cover the debt service
requirement,” asserted Wuite,
“However this year the debt
service requirement will be 118
percent — which is below the
Board’s requirement of 125
percent.”
The debt service requirement,
or the sinking fund reserve, is a
fund to insure payment of the
next two years’ accumulated
principal and interest on bonds,
explained Wuite.
“This is the basis on which our
bond issues are sold to banks and
to the public — the assurance that
the principal and interest can be
met,” explained Freeman
Hoimer, vice chancellor for
administration. “Therefore, 125
percent of the annual debt ser
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vice is required, the extra 25
percent being a contingency
reserve.”
“Currently the sinking fund
reserve is above the two year
requirement,” said Wuite.
Holmer outlined two basic
areas of conflict between the
administration and ACT on the
audit which led to the rent in
crease: labor distribution costs
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