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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1978)
IFC vetoes EMU director salary By CAROLYN BEAVER Of the Emerald University students may not have to kick in as much money to support the EMU next year if Pres. William Boyd approves the veto the Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) imposed on the EMU Director's salary. In their final budget veto hear ing, the IFC voted four to three to uphold the ASUO executive’s veto of the $27,994 director s salary. Former president Gary Feld man presented the veto saying the salary should come under University and not incidental fee costs since the director reports di rectly to the Vice-Provost for Stu dent Affairs and not the students. Feldman also said IFC funds shouldn’t support the position since students don’t have any voice in hiring or firing the director. Feldman vetoed the salary for the University Consultant, who works with the EMU Program Of fice and Cultural Forum. The committee, however, overrode the veto 6 to 1. IFC Chairer Doug Benson cal led the veto “less principle and Literature, health profs win Ersteds Specialists in literature and health education research have been selected for this year’s Ers ted awards for distinguished teaching. Barbara Ann Clarke-Mossberg, assistant professor of English, and Lorraine Davis, associate pro fessor of health education, will be honored with the awards during the University's 100 commence ment ceremony, Sunday, June 11. Davis is the first health educa tion faculty member to win an Ers ted award. Department head Richard Schlaat says her courses are much in demand, and that she has geared research courses in the department to the health fields, rather than to other discip lines. Davis is listed in “Who’s Who in American Colleges,” and is a member of several national health organizations. She has served as a safety and research consultant to sponsored projects in Washing ton state, and has written a test guide for a major health education textbook. Mossberg, the seventh English faculty member chosen for Ersted honors, is “vivacity and en thusiasm personified,” according to Dept, chairer Glen Love. She considers American and modern literature, women’s litera ture and creative writing to be her special fields. However, she is also engaged by comedy, satire and tragedy. “A lot of people think you have to be easy to be popular with stu dents,” colleague Kathleen Dubs says. “But Barbara's very rigorous Econ prof (Continued from Page 1) develop projects that would allow graduate students to participate on a team basis. “Nonetheless, there is a great deal of guidance that is provided, and many of our graduate stu dents have achieved positions of considerable importance and pres tige,” Bierwag notes. “One of our female PhDs is a leading labor economist in the country. She is an associate professor at Florida State University." No University economics doctor ate holder is currently unem ployed, he adds. • Tom Wiens. "The Wiens ap pointment was a very good one,” Bierwag asserts. “He contributed a great deal to the capacity of this department to undertake more ex tensive research. He established the soft-ware for the computer that we still use extensively.” Wiens’ area of specialization is China, and he is now being cited as an authority on peasant agricul ture, according to Bierwag. He adds that the University re search library did not have mater ials Wiens needed, and this lack of resources played a major part in his decision to leave the Univer sity. • Departmental research re quirement. “Publishing in national journals doesn't mean that one is talking to just two or three other persons, as Simeral contends,” Bierwag says. “I have generally found that my fellow professionals outside the state are far more in terested in my work than those in side the state.” “It is impossible to be current (in one’s field) without having con tacts outside the state,” he adds. “There is too great a lag between the writing of papers and their dis tribution; it is necessary to receive the papers and know the results of other people’s research before it is published." “The more one does locally, the less time there is to spend read ing,” he observes. Bierwag says Friedman was a “super student,” but that the de partment at no time assured her there would be a position waiting for her. However, the women con tend that Friedman was never seriously considered for the posi tion. “I don’t know what they want by way of support,” Bierwag says of the women’s contention that the department is unsupportive of their work in non-traditional areas. “If they want us to give them some guidance and help, we are pre pared to give it and always have been.” more performance oriented.” After receiving negative com ments on Consultant Frank Gelt ner, Feldman tendered the veto. Committee members decided it was not up to them to determine the ability and performance of the consultant since the person in that position is directly responsible to the EMU director. There were also complaints that and very demanding ... She probably does as much teaching outside the classroom as she does in it. She has office hours from morning ‘till night.” A member of the Modem Lan guage Association and Daugh ters, Mossberg was recently ap pointed as a Danforth Foundation Associate, which is a national or ganization recognizing outstand ing undergraduate instructors. Mossberg has written many es says and poems and is the author of a soon-to-be published book on Emily Dickinson. The Ersted awards are given annually by the University to en courage and reward exceptional teaching. Award winners receive a $1,000 cash prize made availa ble from a trust fund established by the late A.J. Ersted. Geltner was hired under state af firmative action guidelines, not ASUO guidelines. The committee voted unanimously that all groups requesting IFC funds must follow the ASUO guidelines. In a move contradictory to his campaign promises, newly elected ASUO Pres. Ramon Herrera requested $2,500 for the executive budget that will pay a legislative coordinator $500 for five months. Herrera said during the election he wanted to trim the executive’s budget. The Condon Society and Graduate Student Organization Center for Educational Policy and Management’s budgets were cut during the hearing. The Condon Society was held back because the ASUO execu tive and IFC decided the program should show some growth before additional funds were awarded. GSO-CEPM was trimmed to $100 from $450. Committee members upheld the Black Student Union’s original budget after hearing vetos from Feldman in the speaker and re cruiting areas. The EMU Board was granted $50 in supplemental funds and given a $77 line item change to pay for telephone transfer costs that will be incurred as a result of changing several ASUO pro gram’s office space. J J J J J CHINA BLUE RESTAURANT featuring for dinner: Chicken Chow Mein or Chop Suey $3.15 Chow Mein is served with crispy noodles. Chop Suey is served with steamed rice. 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