Emerald
Vol. 80, No, 154
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Monday, May 21, 1979
Oregon runs away with Pac-10 title
By JIM ALLEN
Of the Emerald
Depth proved to be the key for the
men's track team as the Ducks breezed
to victory in the Pac-10 meet Sunday
night in Tempe. Ariz
The Ducks won only four individual
titles in the two-day, 21-event meet, but
took enough second and third places
to score 145 points, well ahead of
UCLA'S 123 Vi. The title, Oregon's first
since 1967, broke a string of five
straight wins for USC
But this time the Trojans finished
with 98 Vi points, good enough for only
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third. The Ducks moved well in front on
Saturday, compiling 48 points to 14 for
use
Distance star Alberto Salazar gave
the. Ducks their first individual cham
pionship as he won the 10,000 meter
run in 28:40 6, ahead of Washington
State s Joel Cheruiyot Also on that first
day, however, Oregon's league-lead
ing javelin thrower Reidar Lorentzen
took second behind Tom Sinclair of
Washington The Ducks again lost
several points in the steeplechase as
Arizona's Thom Hunt defeated both
WSU's Henry Rono and Don Clary of
Oregon
All of which left both the Bruins and
Trojans with a chance of overhauling
the still-untested Ducks Competing in
their first big meet outside of Oregon
since the 1977 NCAA s, the Oregon
squad needed some insurance points
against the talent-laden USC and
UCLA sprinters
Those points came first in Sunday's
1,500. where Rudy Chapa won the race
in 3:38 7 Bruce Nelson and Ed Gold
berg also gave the Ducks a lift with fifth
and sixth place finishes
Then, after USC got its first big
points by winning the 400-meter relay
(as Oregon took a surprising third), the
Duck s Phil Bransom ran a 14 00 in the
110-rqeter hurdles to finish second
behind Greg Foster of UCLA.
USC made its last threat when
Trojan James Waiters and David Om
wansa finished 1-2 in the 800 meters,
but Bransom again rose to the oc
casion by winning the intermediate
hurdles Ranked only third in the event,
Bransom overtook California's Walter
Pratt on the final turn and raced home
with a personal best of 50 57.
"There was a lot of pressure on me in
the intermediates with the three USC
guys in there," said Bransom "If they
had all beaten me they would have
picked up alot of points
"After USC went 1-2 in the 800 I took
a look at the scoreboard and I knew if I
didn’t finish high they could have got
ten a lot closer to us.”
Duck sprinter Don Coleman also
kept the Trojans and Bruins far behind
as he took third in both the 100 and 200
meters, offsetting Ray Burton's loss in
the discus to Tim Fox of Oregon State
Coleman’s points, together with an
unexpected fourth place finish by Jan
From in the high jump, gave the Ducks
111 DOints
Still, the clincher didn't come until 4
the 5,000 meters, where Chapa and
Salazar dueled with Rono and
Cheruiyot Chapa, mindful of last year's
5,000 (when a 1-2-3-5 Cougar sweep
kept the Ducks from the meet title)
stayed with Rono until the end Though
Rono won the race in 13:32 46, Chapa
and Salazar finished second and third
to clinch the team title for Oregon
"I was disappointed that I wasn't
competitive in the 5,000," said Chapa
"I don't know what it was, I just must
learn to push myself I was tired after
the fast 1,500 In fact. I think that (the
1,500) was the toughest race I've run
Tom Hintnaus
since I’ve been at Oregon I don't
recover as fast as I used to. but
watching Bransom in the hurdles got
me excited and ready to go out and run
again
But the Ducks remained subdued
enough to take a third in the mile relay,
while Tom Hintnaus was the last
competitor to finish as he won the pole
vault with a leap of 17-0 A late Bruin
1-2-3 sweep in the triple jump made the
final score close, but it didn’t dampen
the Ducks' enthusiasm, as the Oregon
team celebrated on the ASU track with
a large contingent of Eugene fans.
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Course evaluation compromise crumbles
By DANA TIMS
Of the Emerald
SALEM — Suddenly — and quietly —
House Bill 2831, the faculty course
evaluation measure, has been delivered
what could be a killing blow And the
Great Compromise of ’79 apparently has
crumbled.
The parliamentary hurdle created by a
"subsequent referral' to the Joint Ways
and Means committee — if the first bill
passes the Senate Education Committee
where it died last session — has left
student lobbyists angry and threatening
an initiative petition to make the State
Board of Higher Education elective
The bill passed the House by a 42-18
vote May 15. after a provision allowing
publication of the evaluation results was
deleted in committee in favor of one
guaranteeing student “access."
That and other changes found
agreement among student and faculty
lobbyists, who have fought each other
on the issue since 1975. and most
members of the House
It then went to the Senate where a
similar battle was shaping up in the
Education Committee, where the bill
died last session The committee is
chaired by Sen Cliff Trow, R-Corvallis,
an Oregon State University professor
who opposed the measure
Wednesday. Senate Pres Jason Boe
assigned the bill to Trow s committee, as
anticipated He also gave it a sub
sequent referral to the Ways and Means
Committee, which must approve any
legislative expenditures The move
"surprised" and "disappointed' at least
two members of the House committee
that passed the bill unanimously May 3
"I didn’t know that had happened.”
acknowledged Rep. Jim Chrest, D
Portland, when informed Sunday of the
bill's subsequent referral to Ways and
Means "I'm very disappointed ”
Neither the House, nor the Senate last
session, included the referral. Chrest
said he felt the move was "unnecessary "
since one of the amendments to the bill
stipulated that extra costs resulting from
the portion of the surveys that would be
accessible to students would be covered
by incidental fees.
"It may have been an attempt to kill it."
Chrest observed He said he doubted
anyone "put direct pressure" on Boe to
quash the bill, but added "maybe
someone flaked off on what I consider to
be a legitimate compromise agreed to
by all parties "
Rep David Frohnmayer, R-Eugene,
helped write most of the amendments to
HB 2831. "This is news to me But there
were some questions about the budget
ing involved, and all appropriations bills
require an automatic referral to Ways
and Means."
The problem is that historically, Ways
and Means considers agency budgets
first. Frohnmayer expects the bill to be
included as part of the higher education
budget, which must be acted upon by
the end of the session. But there is no
guarantee of that If the committee
decides to consider it separately, the
proposal may be relegated to the bottom
of a very long agenda
"I'm surprised the bill was sent to
Ways and Means,” Frohnmayer said,
"because it makes clear that any new
costs would be picked up by students
But I don’t see some nefarious purpose
behind it.”
Others, however, do.
"There’s been a lot of maneuvering
behind closed doors to kill this bill,”
claimed David Jennings of the Oregon
Student Lobby (OSL). "We don't know
exactly who did this But obviously, it
cost Whoever did it spent a lot of poli
tical credits on Jason Boe to get him to
refer it to Ways and Means ”
Jennings calls the subsequent referral
"a major development on the bill. It all
but seals its fate They might as well
have put it on the bottom of the ocean. ”
He adds that the OSL will now
"examine other options," that include
seeking enough signatures to put two
initiative petitions on the ballot One
would require election of members of
the State Board of Higher Education,
who are currently appointed by the
governor The other would 1st the voters
decide the course evaluation issue
today
AsUO Pres.-elect Scott Bassett
rounded out his cabinet last week by
appointing two women for vice
presidentia! slots One wilt head state
and University affairs, the other
programs and community affairs De
tails on Page 3.
Roger Letters jet boat pulled
away from the dock Saturday for the
first pleasure trip of the season, and
some protestors were there to see him
off. They’re concerned about the tur
bulence and noise the craft creates.
Story on Page 6.
I he Free Souls, a Eugene-based
“killer bike team,” made another of
their yearly appearances at the
Florence Rhododendron Festival.
Some folks thought they looked out of
place, others called them the main at
traction See Page 8.