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Vol 78. No 128
Eugene. Oregon 97403
Wednesday, April 20, 1977
Team visits for campus accreditation
By TOM WOLFF
Ot the Emerald
The year-long effort of Univer
sity secretaries and adminis
trators to scrutinize and re
evaluate their condition is being
put to test this week as a team of
experts reviews the University
from budget to classroom
A 10-member team of university
administrators is currently con
ducting an on-site review of the
University as part of a recurring
accreditation process required by
the Northwest Association of
Schools and Colleges
Various University departments
and offices have been analyzing
their operations since December
of 1975, to gather materials and
data for the visit, according to
John Lallas executive dean of the
University The visit is required
every 10 years to complete the
accreditation process
The team represents one of six
regional associations that review
universities across the nation
Each university is asked first to
study itself and then to accommo
date outside help in reviewing its
findings. Lallas explains They
(the accreditation team) don t
come here as inspectors; they
come as our counterparts to re
view our own findings about our
selves
The three-day visit will continue
through Thursday in meetings and
discussion with University faculty,
administrators and students.
The visitors will look at Univer
sity finance, administration, stu
dent services and various offer
ings of the College of Arts and
Sciences in humanities, social
sciences and natural sciences,
Lallas says In addition, they will
meet with representatives from
the Wallace School of Community
Service and Public Affairs and the
fine arts department, among
others.
When the visit is completed, the
team will make a final report to the
Commission of Colleges
Its review is independent of the
more frequent accreditations of
specific schools and departments
made by various national associa
tions to authorize special degrees.
Lallas notes
Included in the visiting team are
Neil Humphrey, chancellor of the
University of Nevada State Sys
tem, University Pres Edd Miller of
Maine and administrators and
planning specialists from Mon
tana. California. Washington.
Idaho and Utah.
Owners ot the Oregon Goat Dairy in Junction City barely squeeze a protit out of their unique business - the
only one in the state
Udder relief
Congress restores
student $ aid hopes
By LORI PETERSON
Of the Emerald
Students who were losing hope
for financial aid in 1977-78 can
breathe easier now
According to the Oregon Stu
dent Lobby (OSL). Congress has
overndden Pres Jimmy Carter s
initial proposal to cut student fi
nancial aid, and will recommend
figures that have been termed
"compromise figures by the
House and Senate
Carter s original proposal called
for a 45 per cent cut back in Stu
dent Educational Opportunity
Grants (SEOG), a decrease in
College Work Study Funds by 35
per cent and complete elimination
of the National Direct Student
Loan (NDSL)
The Congressional appropria
tion calls for an allocation of
$1.930.9 million dollars to Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant
(BEOG), $250.93 million for
SEOG. S311 3 million for NDSL
and $390 million for College Work
Study
In 1976-77 S715 million was al
located for BEOG. $240 million for
SEOG, $327 million for NDSL.
and $390 million for College Work
Study
Dick Parr, director of financial
aid at Oregon State University
(OSU) and treasurer for the Na
tional Council of the National As
sociation of Student Financial Aid
Administrators says the Increases
In the congressional appropria
tions are extremely modest.
State Student Incentive Giants
(SSIG) part of the state need grant
program will also increase if pas
sed by Congress. According to
Gary Weeks. Oregon State Scho
larship Commission (OSSC) di
rector of grants, the SSIG will In
crease from $44 million to $60 mill
ion, Percentage wise, he says,
"it's the biggest increase of all of
them.''
Ed Vignol. University financial
aid director says. I anticipate
we II have the same level of fund
ing as we did this year Vignol
said he had asked the state for
more money, but added. Well
find out what the state's percen
tages are once Carter signs it.
We II probably end up the same,
perhaps better off, heconcluded
Dan Garner. OSL administra
tive assistant says Carter won't
dare go against Congress.
Garner also indicated that Rep Al
Ulman, D-Ore and Sen Mark
Hatfield. R-Ore . were very sup
portive in lobbying for increases
He also added that OSL received
a letter from Sen Jacob Javits.
R-N.Y
Goat dairy bucks sour reputation
Story and Photo
By MICHAEL KESTON
Of the Emerald
Many people who don t have goats don't
realize how much work they Involve," says Dick
Crawford ' They |ust think of the cute little animal
part
Crawford and his two partners. Don McGee and
Ted Edwards, are well aware ot the work involved in
raising and handling goats Together they run the
Oregon Goat Dairy, just outside Junction City It’s the
only commercially operated Grade-A goat dairy in
the state The work has proved too much for six other
goat dairies in Oregon that have gone out of business
in the last four years
At the Oreqon Goat Dairv. 30 to 40 animals need
to be milked twice a day Bottle washing, bottling, and
deliveries are necessary, too To keep the dairy run
ning. the three partners must be prepared to deal
with mechanics, refrigeration, animal husbandry,
health regulations, marketing and bookkeeping, to
name just a few hassles
It sounds like enough to keep three people busy
full-time, but because the dairy is too small to com
pletely support them, each partner holds down
another |ob, too Crawford is a part-time professor at
the University s CSPA school and McGee and Ed
wards are freelance designers
Twelve health food stores and food co-ops In the
Eugene-Springfield area make up the bulk of the
dairy s market A small, independent trucking firm
buys Oregon brand goat milk directly from the dairy
and delivers it to three stores north of Junction City —
m Corvallis, Independence and Salem
Although the Junction City dairy sells all the milk
its small herd can produce, the market has been a
hard one to create and maintain Goat milk has a bad
reputation in this area
"The last local dairy that sold goat milk in
Eugene was. well, let's say mismanaged," Crawford
explains "They let the bucks run with the does which
produces a mush flavor in the milk Also, they didn't
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Wilderness
The Emerald salutes Earth
Week today by taking a two
page look at wilderness. E.G
White-Swift takes credit for
Pages 8 and 9.
Football
Rumor has it there s a new
attitude hovering over spring
football at the University this
term. Instead of the mental ap
proach to winning, the football
players are taking a more phys
ical aim at their goal. Mike
Marino reports on Page 15.
Bookmaking
A good book is made, not
read, at least in the University s
new bookmaking course
taught by Robin Rycraft. Jock
Hatfield has the story on Page
16. ■ 'a :■
Ratiye
Two Emerald employes
geared upfar an auto ratty© last
week, only to end 14) flounder
ing in a fuchsia gardwr. Nick
GaHo has the details on Page
17.