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
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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."
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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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Planning projects proposed
By RICK BELLA
Of the Emerald
Could you imagine a
classroom designed with
consideration for acoustics,
lighting, heating, windows,
seating and entrances, with
the addition of an alcove for
private instruction?
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
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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.