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Vol. 78, No. 144
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Thursday, May 12 1977
Demonstrating author
Novelist John Barth, author of “Sot-Weed Factor" and “The Floating Opera," read excerpts and gave
demonstrations from his newest novel, “Letters," before an audience in 150 Science Wednesday night.
Feldman
taps Devlin
for VP slot
ASUO President-elect Gary
Feldman announced his first
staff appointment Wednesday,
naming Molly Devlin vice
president for Internal Affairs
and Programs.
Devlin, a senior Economics
and Finance major from
McMinnville, said she was
"enthusiastic and excited"
about the prospects of her
new post.
‘‘I feel it will be a real chal
lenge for me," she said.
Feldman said he personally
requested that Devlin apply for
the position.
“First of all I wanted some
one who would be capable of
handling the variety of interests
involved with the job,” Feld
man said. "I felt Molly was well
qualified from my personal
contact with her.”
Molly Devlin
ASUO declines
Geary's dispute
The ASUO Constitution Committee declined to rule on Craig
Geary’s challenge of an ASUO Constitution interpretation that ruled
Geary’s write-in campaign in last week’s ASUO presidential runoff
election invalid.
The committee ruled that the brief filed with the committee by
Geary failed to present an issue within the committee's jurisdiction.
Geary was challenging a constitutional interpretation made by
Jamie Bums, ASUO vice-president for administration and finance.
Bums cited Article 10, Section 2 of the ASUO Constitution in his deci
sion to rule the Geary candidacy in the runoff invalid.
The section states: “A majority of votes cast in the ASUO Execu
tive election shall be necessary to elect. If no candidate receives a
majority, a run-off election shall be held within one week between the
two candidates receiving the highest number of votes.”
Geary continued Ns write-in campaign despite Burns’ ruling and
gained 262 non-counting votes in the election, which was won by Gary
Feldman.
Gordon Hanna, committee chairer, explained the basis of the
committee’s decision, “The brief presents no question that this com
mittee can answer.. .the burden is on you (Geary) to show us that a
violation has been committed.”
Most of the hearing was taken up by a conflict between Hanna
and John Parrott, an attorney for Geary, over the procedures the
committee would use in making a ruling. Parrott argued the committee
had no procedural guidelines for dealing with the matter. He ques
tioned whether the committee would be governed by the Oregon State
Administrative Procedures Act.
Hanna replied that committee procedure is covered under Article
9 of the ASUO Constitution. Section 5 of that article states: The
Constitution Committee shall determine its own rules of procedure.”
Geary also requested that committee member Jim Bernau dis
qualify himself from participating on the committee because of a con
flict of interest on the matter. Bemau declined to do so.
Students charge
sex discrimination
By CHER! O’NEIL
Of the Emerald
An official sex discrimination
complaint was delivered Wed
nesday night at a hearing in 167
EMU with nearly 100 library stu
dents and eight committee mem
bers investigating the closure of
the School of Librarianship.
Rena Ferguson, a member of
the Associated Library Students,
stated that the decision to close
the librarianship school “un
reasonably differentiates treat
ment based on students' sex."
She said that it violates the ac
cess to course offerings because
of the 80 per cent female enroll
He described Devlin as
aeing a person with "bound
ess vitality.” Devlin said she
was surprised by Feldman’s
appointment. She said she
las nad no previous involve
ment in student government
an this campus.
Feldman said only one other
rice-president, for State and
Jniversity Affairs, will be ap
aointed. He said he wants to
make the vice-president's pos
tions more task oriented.
“Molly will deal with some
specific issues as well as
wersee her sector of the ad
ninistration. In addition she
vould be acting president in
ny absence.”
ment in this department. They
would be “depleted” if the school
were closed.
Library students said they con
sider librarianship to be princi
pally a woman's field, and they
have suggested that the Univer
sity shift its resources to eliminate
discrimination and continue the
librarianship program on this
campus.
In other testimony, Lannie
Hurst, a self-proclaimed
“middle-aged returnee” to the lib
rarianship school, called the
committee’s attention to the
school’s influence on the quality
of service in the University and
community libraries. Students
who work in library practicum,
work-study or volunteer situations
described their library work and
experience in the Eugene area in
answer to committee queries and
in further testimony.
A committee member asked
students if they were concerned
with the low rating of the school
— which falls below the top 25
accredited schools. Most were
not concerned with the status.
One student remarked that it
“doesn’t seem to bother us as
much as it seems to bother the
president of the University.”
The students seemed to value
the “humanistic approach” taken
by the Univercity ? School of Li
brarianship. Many also cited the
reasons for choosing this school
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