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Vol. 78, No. 140
Eugene, Oregon 97403
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Friday, May 6, 1977
Feldman pockets
ASUO presidency
By KEVIN HACKETT
Of the Emerald
Gary Feldman was elected ASUO presi
dent for 1977-78 by a wide margin over
Dave Tyler in the ASUO runoff elections
completed Thursday.
Feldman, the current Incidental Fee
Committee (IFC) chairer, received 900
votes or 58.6 per cent of the counting bal
lots. Tyler, also a member of the IFC, got
635 votes for 41.4 per cent. Craig Geary,
whose controversial write-in campaign was
declared illegal by the ASUO, received 216
write-in votes, none of which counted in the
election.
Last week Feldman got into the runoff by
winning the ASUO spring election with 28.1
per cent of those votes. Tyler won the right
to run against him by placing second with
25.4 per cent of the ballots.
“I’m just real happy with the results obvi
ously,” Feldman said Thursday night. “I
understand that even if Geary's write-in
votes had counted I would still have won a
majority.”
The president-elect will take over from
current ASUO Pres. Jan Oliver on May 16.
Feldman said he was surprised at the 59-41
per cent margin over Tyler.
“With everything surrounding the elec
tion, the margin makes me feel more sec
ure."
Feldman said he is unsure when he’ll
begin selecting Ns staff. “Right now I’m just
looking forward to getting on with it.”
Ten other student government positions
were filled by the runoff. Jeff Warren easily
won the right to serve on the IFC until next
fall's elections by doubling Ns opponent
Scott Bassett's vote total 782 to 386.
Barry Pilip, who tied with Jeff Danielson
in last week’s election with 405 votes each,
defeated Danielson this time for a position
on the EMU board. Pilip received 491 votes
to 363 for Danielson.
Four positions on the 18-member Stu
dent University Affairs Board were decided.
Peter Fels edged David Zarosinski 59 votes
to 52 for position #1, Law and CSPA. Jan
Chamberlin was elected to position #2,
Journalism and Speech. She received 85
votes to 54 for her opponent, Keli Osborn.
Nobody filed to run for positions #15 and
16 in last week’s election. The top two
write-in candidates were allowed to file to
run in the runoff for those spots. For position
#15, Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies
and Unclassified, Josh Smith won over
Tobin Barlow 73 votes to 54. Brian
Rademaeher will represent sodoloqv and
anthropology students on the SUAB. He
won position #16 over Brian Alexander 13
votes to eight.
Current SUAB chairer Andrea Gellatly
was elected senior class president over
Randy Ohlendorf. Gellatly received 344
votes to 194 for Ohlendorf.
Gellatly's “running mate,’’ Cathy Tear
nen was also victorious. She defeated
David Beckwith 323 votes to 195.
Russ Fleming will be junior class presi
dent next year. Fleming defeated David
White with 160 votes to 122 for White.
The lone sophomore class office not filled
in last week’s election was won by Gary
Walker. Walker nipped Dale Richards 141
to 133 for the position of sophomore class
vice-president.
Photo by F.H.A.T. Axmacher
Gary Feldman
University lags in discrimination compliance
By JANE LEHMAN
Of the Emerald
Seven of the nine discrimination
complaints filed against state sys
tem schools during the past two
years originated at the University
of Oregon, according to a report
submitted last month to the
Oregon Legislature.
As the result of legislation tak
ing effect in 1975, each state sys
tem school is required to report
compliance progress in the area
of anti-discrimination under Chap
ter 204 of Oregon Laws.
Chapter 204 of Oregon law de
clares “no person in Oregon shall
be subject to discrimination in
any .. .higher education program
or service, school or interschool
activity_” The act required uni
versities to submit a written report
on their progress.
Although Chancellor Roy
Lieuallen, admits that the state
system isn’t yet complying —
especially in the field of sex dis
crimination — officials here say
the large number of complaints
Study cites drop in female PhDs
By JANE LEHMAN
Of the Emerald
Recent examination of this
University's efforts to comply with
antidiscrimination laws reveals
problems at the graduate level
concerning women enrollment.
A report by the state systems
schools to the Legislature states
“an equally critical area through
out the system is attracting
women, minorities and the hand
icapped into programs tradition
ally not open to them. This prob
lem is intensified at the graduate
level. While there appears to be
increases in underrepresented
groups, the overall picture is
largely unchanged.
Myra Willard, director of affirma
tive action here, finds women en
counter difficulties both in gaining
acceptance to graduate level
programs and in attitudinal prob
lems once they are admitted.
Aaron Novick, dean of the
Graduate School, warns that any
problems of discrimination must
be dealt with at a departmental
level, rather than branding the en
tire graduate program.
“Admission is conducted by
departments. We (graduate
school) set minimum standards,
(Continued on Page 9A)
coming from this university does
not mean discrimination is more
rampant here than on other cam
puses.
The seven charges in the report
stemming from this University in
clude:
• two related charges of sexism
and racism in remarks made in a
business class — resolved in
favor of the plaintiff.
• a complaint filed by a woman
charging discrimination in the
women’s basketball program. The
case is pending and details can
not be released publicly.
• charge of sex discrimination
regarding graduate admission
practices of the college of busi
ness administration, also pend
ing.
• alleged exclusion on the
basis of handicap from Depart
ment of Recreation and Park
Management — now resolved.
• national origin discrimination
complaint in awarding a graduate
teaching fellowship in the health,
physical education and recreation
department — resulted in revision
and clarification of hiring prac
tices.
In a self-evaluation segment of
the report, University officials ad
mitted, “establishing non
discriminatory policies has not
corrected underrepresentation of
certain groups.”
At an informal meeting of the
State Board of Higher Education
two weeks ago, Lieuallen said, “We
simply aren’t in full compliance”
with the law. He later expanded
his statement.
“It’s not that we aren’t comply
ing — it’s that we’re not in com
pliance,” clarifies Lieuallen. "We
are complying by trying to get re
sources and trying to get the job
done. It is more of an affirmative
action problem, than a discrimina
tion problem,” he added.
The surprise faculty vote to re*
commeodp termination of
ROT(Ts contrast! sparks a
subdued but hopeful reaction
from ROTO representatives.
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Whales
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community wifi marshatt
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Fe^vat," hereon campus. For
details and a schedule Of
events, seepage 11A. 0
A survey released by die Drug
Information Centerire veals
Students’ drug preferences
and habits. See page 16A for
tfto results.
Black activist Harry Edwards
explained to an EMU crowd
how sports is a reflection of
society* SOe details on page
17A,