Oregon daily emerald., July 21, 1977, Image 1

Vol. 79, No. 10
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Thursday, July 21, 1977
The Flea Market:
a bazaar experience
Photo by Hiroshi Tokagi
Earl, minus wife Twiggy, waits for customers to
explore his merchandise, which often ranges
from Elephant tusk lamps to vintage radios.
Earl and his partner can be found among
comic books and bayonets at the Picadilly Flea
Market nearly every Sunday.
For the complete story see page 9.
OSL endorses
move to divest
The Oregon Student Lobby (OSL) has adopted a proposal calling
for the State Board of Higher Education to divest itself of stock in
apartheid southern African countries.
University students made the same proposal in a referendum last
May. But a committee to the State Board said the result on a single
campus was insufficient to warrant a change in board policy.
Now, however, the University is backed by the OSL Board of
Directors, which consists of the student body presidents of the seven
colleges and universities around the state.
ASUO Pres. Gary Feldman, who made the proposal to the assem
bly, says he is hopeful the State Board will decide in favor of the plan at
its July 29 meeting. “My confidence is growing every day,” he said.
Feldman said that when he first introduced the plan, he encoun
tered stiff resistance from other OSL board members. “They didn’t think
that the OSL should become involved in the issue.
“But we really struggled,” said Feldman, “and they finally adopted
it five to one.”
Feldman thinks the OSL should broaden the scope of its work. “It’s
about time we got involved in this type of issue.”
The OSL was formed to present a unified force for college students
throughout the state. In addition to its work with the State Board, OSL
also lobbies with the state Legislature and interim committees.
The orientation meeting in Klamath Falls was held to establish a
“good working relationship” between OSL board members, explained
Feldman. They are also in the “search process” for a new staff, and
have adopted the University hiring model of affirmative action, which
requires groups to make effort to recruit women, minorities and the
handicapped.
The OSL Board of Directors meets once a month.
Museum closure
possible this fall
By TOM WOLFE
Of the Emerald
The University Museum of
Natural History is in for some
changes. A plan released Wed
nesday would reassign museum
staff, redistribute some collections
and probably close the museum
for public touring by the fall.
John Baldwin, dean of the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences, said the
reorganization will more closely
integrate operations between the
museum and University depart
ments which use its collections for
research and graduate work.
“In two or three years we hope to
have a new facility; hopefully one
with an expert in public education
who could run the museum’s pub
lic display in a truly first-rate man
ner,” the dean said.
Baldwin said he didn’t think
closing the museum to public tour
ing would cause severe problems.
“It was dosed for 18 months one
time and the roof didn’t fall in. It
might have inconvenienced some
grade school classes who wanted
to take tours.
“The fundamental purpose of
the museum has always been to
support research and we are try
ng to strengthen that role through
the restructuring,” Baldwin added.
A site suggested is the new
:ounty facility planned for Alton
Baker Park. “I hope we could or
ganize it so that University people
are involved in the running of that
■nuseum,” Baldwin said. “That
way the University and the county
sould share in the cost of the facil
ty”
(Continued on Page 3)
Tenants refuse random Amazon discussion
By TOM WOLFE
Of the Emerald
A meeting between the University Hous
ing department and “randomly selected”
Amazon tenants ended moments after it
began Tuesday night when invited particip
ants successively resigned on gouunds
that the meeting was improper.
The meeting had been called by Donald
Lee, associate director of housing, “to es
tablish new avenues of communication and
trust between the residents of Amazon and
the University.”
“I'm not very happy at all with being in
vited to such a meeting," said Renato Dan
tas. “I completely resign your unprincipled
offer to serve on this committee. "His words
were followed with handclapping from a
dozen uninvited spectators also attending
the meeting. Statements from the other in
vited participants, Elizabeth Candlish and
John Lawrence, were similar and equally
short.
“I came only to resign," said Candlish.
"We have our own representation and I
would feel uncomfortable meeting with you
in place of them."
Earlier in the day Walt Sheasby, present
coordinator of representation of Amazon
Community Tenants, and two co-signers
released a statement opposing the ethics of
calling the meeting. They said the Univer
sity administration was emerging as a
“champion of secrecy and coercion in its
negotiations with Graduate Teaching Fel
lows and Amazon tenants.’’
Further, the release said the attempt by
the University Housing Department “to
hand pick which Amazon residents it would
meet with and to refuse any meetings with
the only existing tenant organization (ACT)
has again raised the issue of the
University’s evasion of democratic princi
ples in the bargaining process.’’
Negotiations with the Housing depart
ment and ACT broke down after only one
meeting in late June when the University
negotiators didn’t show up for scheduled
negotiations and a later letter from Univer
sity Pres. William Boyd questioned ACT’S
legitimacy as a negotiating body.
After Tuesday’s unsuccessful attempt to
meet with Amazon tenants other than
elected officials of ACT, Lee said he
doubted if a new meeting would be set up.
Lee said participants for Tuesday night s
meeting were chosen randomly to repres
ent “new faces and attitudes both from
Amazon and the University.
Lee was recently appointed associate di
rector of housing for all its operations, after
an independent report commissioned by
the University administration suggested
reorganizing negotiators on both sides of
the issue to facilitate smoother negotiating.
ACT stood against that move, saying it is
the only existing body to represent tenant
views.