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Whitewater addicts shoot ‘down’
Mark and Bucky challenge the wilderness in the middle of the concrete jungle as they maneuver
through the often-treacherous rapids under the Autzen Stadium footbridge. On sunny days canoists
face another, more unpredictable hazard - divers from the bridge above.
Notable students to be awarded
Several persons are being con
sidered for four University awards
by a student-faculty committee.
The awards are bestowed on the
basis of scholarship, leadership
and service and include the follow
ing:
• The Gerlinger Cup. This will be
awarded to a junior woman on the
basis of her achievements in the
area of scholarship, leadership
and service to the University.
• The AAUW Senior Woman
Recognition Award. Each year the
Oregon State Division of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women recognizes an out
standing senior woman who de
monstrates outstanding scholar
ship, character, personality, con
tribution to campus and commun
ity life and potential for future
growth.
• The Koyl Cup. This will be pre
sented to a junior man, a resident
of the state of Oregon, who has
shown the best all-around pro
gress in the areas of leadership,
service and academic achieve
ment.
• The Maurice Harold Hunter
Leadership Scholarship. This
covers full scholarship and is
awarded annually to a junior man,
a resident of the state of Oregon,
who is considered to have made
the most notable contribution
through his own achievements
and good example toward the de
velopment of qualities and leader
ship among his fellow students.
The scholarship is supported
through gifts to the University by
the late Chancellor and Mrs. Fred
rick Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Francis Hunter, in honor of
their son. and brother, Captain
Maurice Harold Hunter, Class of
1941.
78-79 Cultural Forum slots open
The Cultural Forum, a five
member student committee that
plans social, educational and cul
tural events throughout the year,
is accepting applications for next
year’s positions.
The positions are volunteer for
the five different areas. Although
the forum members have rep
resentatives in contemporary is
sues, film and literature, popular
music, arts and heritage music,
they do not make programming
decisions on their own.
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“No one student has complete
control,’’ says Shelby Ferguson,
with the EMU Programming office,
which coordinates the events.
“Each coordinates their own
areas, but the committee makes
the final decisions.”
Ferguson says, “A professional
level of expertise is not expected.
It’s more important that a student
have an interest and a willlingness
to work with others in a committee
setting.”
Although the job descriptions
detail the desired interests and
skills of an applicant, Ferguson
encourages any student with an
interest in one of the five areas to
apply.
Students “don’t have a thing to
lose by applying. Most of the peo
ple who have worked down here
have had a good time and learned
a good deal,” she says.
The applications will be taken
until 5 p.m. April 19 in Suite 2
EMU. For more information call
686-4373.
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Tenured faculty
retirement age
increased to 70
By SUSAN SCHLANGEN
Of the Emerald
President Carter signed a bill
Thursday that prohibits manda
tory retirement for most workers
until age 70, but college and
university-tenured faculty mem
bers will not be protected from in
voluntary retirement until July 1,
1982.
Tenured faculty members will
be able to retire at age 70, after the
July date.
The new law also stipulates that
as of Sept. 30,1978, federal em
ployees will have no forced retire
ment age. Beginning Jan. 1,1979,
the compulsory retirement age for
workers in private businesses and
state and local government will be
raised from 65 to 70 years of age.
The University has 1,142 tenur
able faculty members, according
to Henry Osibov, assistant pro
vost for faculty personnel. Approx
imately 75 of the University’s 562
tenured faculty members are over
the age of 60, he says.
University Pres. William Boyd
believes the raising of the man
datory retirement age is “a good
national policy.” However, Boyd
says he realizes the new law may
have several negative impacts on
the country’s universities.
The prolongation of human life
and health is a new value, and one
which has outdated the concept of
retirement, he says, adding that
extending the retirement age is an
economic and psychological relief
to many people.
"A typical faculty member loves
Ns job,” Boyd says. He says he
has witnessed the emotional de
terioration of workers as a result of
losing a stimulating and loved job.
Hopefully, Boyd says, the new law
will partially eliminate this prob
lem.
Despite the advantages, the
law could have “severe social
costs,” according to Boyd.
It will reduce the number of
teaching positions, affirmative ac
tion goals will be more difficult to
obtain and the problem of “know
ledge obsoletion” is likely to in
crease, he says.
In the future, University job
openings will depend on retire
ment and the teaching oppor
tunities for young people, women
and minorities will be greatly di
minished, Boyd explains.
Moreover, some campus depart
ments will have difficulty staying
current “not because old people
lose competency, but because the
competency problem will become
more acute.”
The goal is worth the cost, but
Boyd says, “I don’t know I would
believe that if I were young,
female or black.”
Boyd says he speaks as an ad
ministrator, not as a University
spokesman. A more comprehen
sive statement of the University’s
position will be available when the
Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Re
tirement releases the results of a
faculty survey in May, according
to Prof. Paul Swadener, commit
tee chairer.
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