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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1975)
University student seeks state position By RICK BELLA Of the Emerald John Stewart, a University senior in political science, has announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination in District 41 for the State House seat currently held by Mary Burrows, R-Eugene. Stewart ran for the same seat in 1974. District 41 encompasses the University campus. Taking time to address several issues, Stewart told the Emerald that he is firmly opposed to the practice of field burning. “We’ve got to get a deadline and stop it," he says. “We always come back to the same old question: Do we need business or clean air? Air quality has got to be our first consideration.” He adds that while the Field Sanitation Committee appointed by the governor has made some advances on field burning equipment, no solution will be satisfactory to the grass seed growers. He called them a "fistful of farmers and lobbyists making money” and pointed out that there were not many people employed by the industry. Stewart also voiced opposition to the death penalty. “I'm flat against it,” he says. “It has not shown to be a deterrent against crime. Life sentences are our only choice (for incorrigibles)," he says. Speaking as the secretary of Oregonians for Nuclear Safeguards, Stewart called the whole nuclear energy program “a big lemon, both environmentally and economically.” He says that "competing technologies" could provide the needed power, and questioned the assumption of the great demand. As an example, Stewart pointed out that the Eugene Water and Electric Board has sold half of its power from the Trojan nuclear plant to Californians until 19&>. “The key to this problem (power) is conservation,” says $$$$$ Stewart. “And there are two good ways to do this: Offer tax in centives for home insulation and invest in alternative sources of energy, such as solar power." Calling for a move to develop mass transit, Stewart says that "No progress will be made until there is a constitutional amend ment allowing us to use highway funds for the project." » jH John Stewart Stewart attacked election reform moves of both parties in recent years, saying that they have been "geared toward helping the parties themselves rather than the voters.” He says that most Republicans support an open primary to “diffuse the party label" and gain strength. Stewart says he supports a system in which independents can choose among Democrats and Republicans and nominate their own candidate. 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This project and others, including remodeling and renovation, are under con sideration by the Campus Planning Committee, a group of University educators ap pointed by the president, and four students appointed by the ASUO to recommend priorities on capital construction projects. According to Campus Planner David Rowe, the committee will hold an open meeting Tuesday to gather public input on the proposed projects. "This is the first time the process has been this open to the public,” he said. “But the committee will require statements of support V or opposition, including any suggested modifications, to be in writing.” The committee took requests from the deans in the spring, formalized them into proposals and will present them to the Chancellor of the State Board of Higher Education on Dec. 10. Following a calendar for review and proposals, the committee hopes to obtain funds from the 1977 State Legislature in early January 1977, after it convenes. Copies of the Capital Construction Workbook, containing a detailed description of the proposals, is available for inspection at the Campus Planning Office, located in Room 251 Emerald Hall. Another copy, Rowe says, will be placed in the Reserve Book Room of the Library. Some of the projects specify construction of new buildings such as the proposed 350-car parking structure under Howe Field. Others call for renovation. Much of this renovation is mandatory in light of state and municipal building regulations not previously applied to public institutions. The legislature has earmarked funds for compliance action by these institutions in bringing the buildings into satisfactory condition ever six years. Violations, according to Rowe, have included fire hazards, electrical engineering and maximum occupancy ceilings. “The Planning Committee will not assess construction priorities in a simple ‘one, two, three’ fashion,” Rowe said. “They will probably organize the projects into categories of urgency.” The committee is chaired by Adell McMillan, associate director of the EMU. The four students, Anthony Bardi, Robert Darby, Trish Raker and Dave Walsh, can be contacted through the ASUO offices. University to sponsor conference The University is one of ten universities chosen to sponsor a conference on “International Education: Link for Human Understanding,” celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. The University received a $1,000 grant for the conference from the Institute of International Education. The conference will be part of the University Cen tennial and the American Bicentennial celebrations, said Clarence Thurber, director of the conference. Two foreign scholars will visit the University prior to and during the conference along with many other Northwest scholars who have been involved in foreign exchange programs. The University itself has about 50 Fulbright professors. Suggestions for the conference include examining the Univer sity’s role in international education in the past and in the future and and having a workshop on how international education programs can be improved, Thurber said. The purpose of the Fulbright program is to further in ternational understanding and to promote teaching and research by American professors abroad and foreign scholars in the United States.
