dailTSmerald
Vol 78, No, 132
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Tuesday, April 26, 1977
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Pholo by Tonya Houg
AD may hold rock concerts in Autzen
By PETER LEIBIK
Of the Emerald
The Athletic Department (AD)
may sponsor outdoor summer
concerts at Autzen stadium this
summer, according to an AD offi
cial.
Steve McBride. AD sports
events manager, is cautious
about claiming concert rights to
Autzen because ot an on-going
leud with the Cultural Forum The
Forum believes AD concerts en
croach on its territory — but ad
mits concert chances are good
For some artists, anyhow
Chuck Kesey, Kens younger
brother and president ot the
Springfield Creamery, claims he s
been trying to bring the Grateful
Dead to Autzen stadium for four
years
Last year the AD approved
the idea, Kesey says
"They held that yes' for one
week," he recalls "Instead they
put on some funky thing
“The University of Oregon is
scared of rock still I think they're
that far behind. Kesey says
It's all a stale story for McBride,
who simply says the AD turned the
concert proposal down because
they had too many other things
going
Kesey then peddled his pet pro
ject to Oregon State University,
with Gill Coliseum in mind.
At least Oregon State was
straight with us and said no out
door rock and roll, Kesey says.
Rut Kesey hasn't given up on
Autzen stadium yet. He says he
submitted a formal written pro
posal for a Grateful Dead concert
eight months ago. He's still wait
ing for a reply
"The whole system knows
we re trying. Were fairly relent
less,' Kesey says. "They are elud
ing us."
Someone is definitely eluding
someone, as McBride says he has
never seen or heard of Kesey s
written proposal.
As for the Grateful Dead, Kesey
says they're always willing to
come to Eugene
' The Dead like to work up
here. Kesey says. They like
Eugene. They have an apprecia
tive audience.
I'm not too interested in a cut,'
he adds I just want to see it hap
pen
Recent stories of rock fans pil
laging the Orange Bowl in Miami
while waiting to buy Led Zeppelin
tickets prompted McBnde to cite
Led Zeppelin as a perfect exam
ple of a group the AD wouldn't
sponsor Later, McBride added
the Grateful Dead to the list of un
desirables
Rowdy groups mean rowdy
crowds, and we don't want to de
stroy the facility," McBride says.
"If we had a bad concert it would
reflect on our image
And, as McBnde freely states,
the AD would prefer to sponsor
concerts aimed at the 25-35 age
group
"Those are the ones that pay
(Continued on Page 3)
Rule exemption bill
draws Senator’s fire
By MARY BETH BOWEN
Of the Emerald
SALEM — A bill that would exempt the State System of Higher
Education from compliance with rule-making requirements — in areas
such as admission standards, post-tenure review and financial aid —
was sharply criticized Monday by Sen. Betty Roberts, D-Portland
Roberts said hearings on a similar proposal a few years ago
produced testimony from many women who had filed sex discrimination
complaints against state system graduate schools
The grievance procedure was created because the Legislature
suspected discrimination was still happening, said Roberts This bill
would allow the institutions to say 'we'll carry on our work here as we
see fit."'
SB 164, introduced at the request of the State System of Higher
Education, is being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Other areas that would be exempt from the rule-making require
ments include academic advancement, academic credits, graduation,
the granting of degrees, scholarships, financial aid and fiscal process
es
The rule-making requirements are part of the Administrative Pro
cedures Act (APA) and are aimed at keeping this process open. They
require state agencies proposing a new rule or a rule change to provide
persons who may be affected by it with the opportunity to present their
views
The bill would also exempt the state system from an APA require
ment that it provide formal hearings to all students, faculty members and
admissions applicants who contest an issue with the administration
Ed Branchfield. assistant Attorney General representing the State
System said providing the formal hearings is often very time consuming
and costly He added that some of the contested cases involve such minor
issues as a S10 library fine.
The committee took no action on the bill
Female torso brings
fame to sculptino prof
By TOM WOLFE
Of the Emerald
Sculpture— For me it's some
thing easier to do than not to do,
explains Paul Buckner, professor
of fine arts.
Buckner says he doesn t enter a
lot of contests but his entry in the
10th Annual Mainstream Interna
tional Competition Exhibition for
Painting and Sculpture paid off
wiih an award of distinction,
something he has unsuccessfully
tried for twice before
"Chiton," which means Greek
garment, is the life-size female
torso Buckner carved from walnut
wood It was one of six sculptures
awarded from 672 professional
entnes
The only drawback about
Buckner's award is that he pro
crastinated about sending Chiton
back in Marietta. Ohio, and ended
up having to pay $70 air freight to
have her displayed among the
winners.
Buckner began teaching at the
University in 1962 Before then he
studied at the University of
Washington, attended graduate
school in Claremont, Calif and
studied sculpture at Slade Univer
sity in London with a Fulbright
Scholarship
The sculptor has always
worked with three-dimensional
figures — "human and organic
form is my particular specialty, he
explains.
“Figurative forms have gone in
and out of fashion — we seem to
be in a figurative cycle now," he
says A few years ago abstract
expressionism was the only way
to go I don't think work in figures
has improved since then; it's just
more appreciated. Sculpture is
not what people usually think of
when art' is mentioned, says the
professor. "It s not two-dimen
sional or especially abstract like
other forms, painting for example.
You can walk around it and you
know if it's right or wrong.
To many people sculpture im
plies a lot of dirt, work and sweat,
says Buckner It seems difficult to
them until they experience it. But
then you start using it and sud
denly find you re speaking in the
language There seems to be
something contagious about it.
More than once I ve had a lib
eral arts major come to an intro
ductory sculpture class and sud
denly get hooked." he says. Be
fore they know it they're graduat
ing with a bachelors in fine arts
What do students graduating
with a B. A in fine arts go on to do7
The same thing everyone else
with a B.A. does, Buckner ad
mits. Employers often just look at
the B A and not what follows —
English, history, political science
or whatever.
In addition to his work in sculp
ture. Buckner teaches anatomy.
He notes that his students in
terest in the science of body struc
ture has substantially increased in
recent years We've been having
to turn too many of them away
recently Next year I plan to teach
more sections.
.Editorial error
In our ASUO endorsement
editorial Monday, we attributed
to Dave Tyler a statement he
neve, made We apologize for
this misrepresentation of Tyler.