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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1977)
Think you’ve got it rough? Betrayal was in the air when the pesky fingers of Friday the 13th got inside the Emerald’s innards last night discombobulating its prized Mergenthaler typesetter and forcing the newspaper to go to its Compugraphic stand by. Just to make things interesting, it happened in the middle of production, so as you turn the pages of today's issue prepare for a new experience in newspaper aesthe tics. Vol. 78, No. 145 Eugene. Oregon 97403 Friday, May 13, 1977 Photo by Petty Gaskill River run techniques presented A swimming pool is not exactly the Mississippi River and Eugene is not Mark Twain's Hannibal, Missouri, but area residents with a yen to "become latter-day Huckleberry Finns had a chance to brush up on the necessary skills Wednesday night at Sheldon High School. Sponsored jointly by the University's Outdoor Program and the city Parks and Recreation Department, the demonstra tion of river running safety techniques was part of a series of activities known collectively as White Water Week. “The purpose of White Water Week is to get people acquainted with techni ques of rescue and river management," says Bruce Mason of the Outdoor Prog ram. "What's being stressed this year is river ecology and what can be expected in the future.” Programs such as this have become increasingly important now that permits are being required to use many rivers and on some like the Colorado River, the number of applicants far exceeds the number of permits available. Hearing leaves course evaluations in limbo By MARY BETH BOWEN Of the Emerald SALEM — Should the Legisla ture, the Board of Higher Education, or the state university and college presidents decide whether to release student evalu ations of faculty members? The Senate Education Commit tee heard conflicting testimony on that question Thursday before an audience of over 80 faculty mem bers, students and administrators. Kirby Garrett, representing the Oregon Student Lobby said stu dents are in a “Catch-22” situation because the Board has left the decision of release in the hands of the institutional presidents. Gar rett said the presidents have gen erally decided against releasing the evaluations because of pres sure from faculty members. So far, only the president of Portland State has decided to release the evaluations. Jim Bernau, representing the ASUO, said the Board s decision to let the presidents decide stem med from a legal analysis given to the Board by Rep. Dave Frohn mayer, R-Eugene, who serves as legal consel to University Pres. William Boyd. Contacted by phone after the hearing, Frohnmayer said his legal analysis was based on cur rent law, which gives the institu tional presidents — and not the Board — the authority to decide whether to restrict access to “per sonal records." Frohnmayer said current law defines “personal records” as any measure of employment perfor mance, including student evalua tions of faculty members. But Bill Nelson, representing the Oregon Confederation of the Association of American Univer sity Professors, said students phnuirt nn hark to the Board be (Continued on Page 16) Married student housing study set in renter hassle By LORI PETERSON Of the Emerald The State System of Higher Education has stepped into the current rent controversy between the University Housing Department and Amazon Community Tenants (ACT). University Vice Pres. Ray Hawk announced Wed nesday the chancellor s office will make an independent review of the University’s married student housing rental rates. Hawk sent a letter this week to all residents of Ama zon Married Student Housing stating the University's in tent. The letter said the chancellor’s office would review the material used by the housing department substantiat ing the need for a rent increase next year. The letter also said that the firm, Haskins and Sells, certified public accountants, will be employed to study the overall fiscal and management areas of the entire married student housing project. The housing department has proposed a rent in crease for 1977-78 for the married student housing units, Amazon and Westmoreland. In the newer Westmoreland complex, University stu dents are currently paying $96 for one-bedroom apart ments and $113.50 for two-bedroom. Amazon residents pay $60, $70 and $80 a month for one, two and three bedroom dwellings. The proposed rate increase would raise Westmore land rates to $98 and $115 per month and Amazon rates to $70, $80 and $90 per month. The rates would be effective July 1. The housing department says the increase is neces sary to strengthen reserves for future major maintenance projects, to defer current maintenance costs and to pay debt service. Some tenants at Amazon housing believe the rent increase is unjustified and charge the University with poor maintenance and inefficient management. Tenants have begun withholding current rent payments to protest the rent increase. Hawk stated the University is “dedicated to providing low-cost housing alternatives to married students, but current tenants must expect to bear their share of costs.” “We re requesting the chancellor’s office to indepen dently review the housing department’s data, which led to the conclusion a rent increase is necessary to meet state requirements that all auxiliary enterprises be self supporting.”
