Oregon
daily
emerald
Vol. 75 NO 154
Eugene. Oregon 97403
Tuesday, May 21, 1974
Lettuce issue
heads for board
By DENNIS PFAFF
Of the Emerald
Today's State Board of Higher Education meeting will see the
present lettuce boycott issue raised at the state level for the first time.
Representatives from the United Farmworker's Solidarity Committee,
Third World Student's Coalition, MEChA and the ASUO government
will be present at the meeting, either to present statements on the issue
or observe the board's response.
Tony Gregg, one of the organizers of the UFWSC presentation, is
pessimistic about a favorable action by the board.
"We just plan on presenting the proposal the students passed (during
the ASUO primary elections) in support of the farmworkers. When it's
rejected, it will prove the board is oppressing farmworkers,” Gregg
claimed.
Supporters of the UFW from the University will be joined at the
meeting by students from the Oregon College of Education, Oregon
State, and Portland State Universities.
ASUO President Bob Liberty will also make a statement to the board,
as will University President Robert Clark.
In his prepared statement. Liberty said he supports the "expressed
sentiments of the students" as voiced in the recent referendum. He
attacked the argument for not buying non-UFW lettuce by saying, "It is
inconceivable to me how someone may feel their personal freedom is
under attack because he or she would not have the opportunity to buy
lettuce at a particular place, picked by particular people."
He calls the present policy of the board "anything but neutral." The
board had expressed desires earlier to remain neutral on the issue.
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Photo by Linda Howe
Artistic 'trash can' on wheels
It s just a hobby said owner Dickens Bascom. Photo subjects such as this make photographers wish
color could be used. This very decorated car - both inside and out - has been attracting stares
around the campus the past few days. And Bascom, from Marin County, California, says the hobby,
which began five years ago, will never be completed.
FORE to study IFC
By DENNIS PFAFF
Of the Emerald
A group of businessmen
primarily from Portland, will be
visiting the University Thursday to
study the incidental fee allocation
system.
They are members of an
organization known as the
Foundation for Oregon Research
and Education, (FORE).
FORE is described by its
executive director, Wilson Hulley,
as, "a statewide group of
Dean Holbo tells faculty
Education quality threatened
By sha wn rossiter
Of the Emerald
The College of Liberal Arts is in
trouble — the faculty ranks are
becoming too thin, the classes too
large and the students too
numerous. The college faculty is
unable to prepare courses and
teach at the level of its ability.
Acting Dean Paul Holbo told
faculty members Monday.
"In recent months we have been
so short-handed that the quality
of our instruction and scholarship
is threatened," Holbo said. "The
situation next year will be equally
difficult. It is not yet clear that we
actually shall meet our needs for
1974-1975."
There will be little margin for
courses that aren't essential and
class sizes are increasing again in
some departments, Holbo said.
"Everything possible must be
done to avoid requiring professors
to take on extra lower-division
classes in addition to those they
already teach."
Holbo blamed the college's
financial problems on the
"persistent inadequacy of our
supporting services, facilities and
materials, which have been
worsened by the severe surge of
inflation."
Holbo said he was disappointed
in the student editors and leaders
with whom he has talked, who
haven't organized themselves to
oppose the financial crisis at the
University. "After all," he said,
"the quality of the education
available is the single most im
portant matter for the vast
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majority of students at Oregon.”
The acting dean urged students
to offer testimony about the
education they are receiving and
local business and civic groups to
pay more attention to the
University.
"The University brings millions
of out-of-state dollars into the
community,” Holbo said.
"Without these funds, our area
would suffer economically,
educational and cultural programs
which the University provides
could not be maintained."
Only one incumbent local
legislator and one candidate for
election to the state legislature
have spoken publicly of the
college's financial plight, Holbo
said.
Holbo admitted that the college
is partly at fault for the situation
but most of the problem comes
from the college being ignored by
community people and students.
"Unfortunately, few educational
institutions of our standing have
so little by way of independent
resources and are so helpless in a
moment of neglect," he said.
In conclusion, Holbo mentioned
several hopeful signs —
responsive public and commercial
television, friendly newspaper
editorial opinion and the recent
visit of several members of the
Oregon State Board of Higher
Education.
"I am now confident that our
needs are understood at the
Board level," Holbo said. "I have
as a result not lost my faith that
the University of Oregon can
retain its standing and perhaps
still pursue effectively our struggle
for greater distinction, even in
these difficult times."
businessmen interested in
education.” He also stated that
the group was interested in "more
efficiency in the use of the public
education dollar." He sub
stantiated this statement by
pointing out an April 1973 report
prepared by FORE.
The report detailed ways in
which the Oregon State Board of
Higher Education could
restructure itself and, in FORE's
view, save time and money in its
operations.
So far, the current investigation
into the incidental fee structure at
Oregon colleges has taken FORE
members to Portland State
University and Oregon State
University.
Student spokesmen for both
PSU and OSU stated that
members of FORE sat through
incidental fee hearings and talked
to both administrators and
students about the fee situation.
Seven or eight members of
FORE's subcommittee on the
incidental fee system will be
visiting the University in an effort
to correlate the information
gained from the visits to the other
schools.
Those members coming to the
University are: Vicki Busby,
project director; Melissa Morris,
Executive Assistant to FORE;
Tom Morrow, committee
chairer and Jim Holtz, Tom
Nelson, Clancy Standridge and
Carol Klein, committee members.
Frank Shell, a Portland architect
may also make the trip.
Their itinerary, formulated by
University Relations Director Bill
Korns, includes visits to several
administrators including
University President Robert Clark.
They are also scheduled to visit
with the ASUO president and
members of the Incidental Fee
Committee.
In a PSU Vanguard story.
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen of the
state system of higher education
earlier stated, he believes that
FORE’S recent interest in in
cidental fees "grew out of
legislative action," which resulted
in the passage of Senate Bill 47,
signed into law July 1973. That
law places the ultimate super
vision and control of enrollment
and incidental fees under the state
board's jurisdiction.
Legally, incidental fees and
enrollment fees are controlled by
the State of Oregon, under the
auspices of the State Board of
Higher Education which collects
these mandatory fees. Lieuallen,
in the Vanguard story, said he
believed that since the state is
helping students collect the
money, the state should have
control over it.
Voter s guide today
The Oregon Daily Emerald has published a voters' guide in
this issue. The guide features stories about the primary
election candidates in state and local races.
It also contains information on the nine ballot measures.
The races covered are: governor, labor comissioner, U.S.
senator, fourth district congressman, state representatives
from districts 39, 40 and 41, state senators from districts 20
and 21 and county commissioner.
The Emerald interviewed the candidates over the past few
weeks.
The guide is supposed to be a supplement to all the other
literature about this year's elections. It deals with issues, not
platitudes or promises.
The guide attempts to present a closer look at some of the
people who are asking for student votes. It gives their
backgrounds in community service, and explains their views
on local problems.