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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1981)
Jock snaps over Valentine gift. Dear Ann: Athletically I’m an All American. Romantically I’m a nerd. I’m in love with a fox. But the com petition is rough. What’ll I give her for Valentine’s Day? Nervously Yours, Chicken Hunk Dear Chicken: Don’t punt. Send her flowers. It’s probably the best play you ever made. And the easiest. Just go to your nearest FTD Florist. He has the perfect Valentine gift. A beautiful bouquet that comes in a special bud vase. Even better, you can afford it. Remember, when in doubt, rely on the magic of flowers. It’s the only way a chicken can catch a fox. Good hunting. Helping you say it right. The FTD Valentine Bud Vase is usually available for less than $10 00 As an independent businessman, each FTD Florist sets his own prices Service charges and delivery may be additional. '1981 Florists' Transworld Delivery r Looking for a president Search process grinds on By JENNIFER SUNSERI Of ttw Emerald Unlike the attention paid to the University’s fiscal crisis, few seem to have noticed there's a search on for a permanent re placement for former Pres. Bill Boyd. While the University contin ues to run on bureaucratic tracks established by years of existence — which include ap pointment of an acting president — a complex process to choose a replacement for Boyd is quietly unfolding. "Years ago the state board simply appointed someone to be president,” says journalism Prof. Emeritus Charles Duncan, OTTPLA Presidential Search Committee chairer. “Now students, faculty, administration, community, and classified staff representatives all have input into the selection process.” Appointed immediately after Boyd’s resignation by Roy Lieuallen, chancellor of the State Board of Higher Educa tion, the committee has pub licized the presidential vacancy and reviewed the background of approximately 180 applicants and nominees. After an initial screening, the original list of applicants and nominees is whittled down to a list of six to ten people, or can didates. The search committee is now at this stage. “We’ve invited the candidates to spend two days on campus sometime in the upcoming month,” Duncan explains. “This is an important stage in the selection process because it gives representative exposure of the candidates to the Univer sity as well as exposing the University to the candidates." The identity of these can didates is a close-guarded secret. Acting Pres. Paul Olum is the only applicant who has announced his candidacy, and y////y///////////////////////////v///////////////////////////////////////////'/////////'/////,,,///■////, “Everyone Likes You And Soda I” “Snoopy And His Buds” “A Bow For A Beau” "Forget-Me-Not Nosegay” "Valentine Tickler” “Cheers! To You!” “Roses Are Red, Violets Blue” Eugene '$ zflowen ffme THE UNIVERSITY FLORIST DRIVE-IN PARKING V//////////////////, '//,////////////,.■///////// //////////////////////A////////;//////////////////////, was confirmed recently by Dun can to still be in the running. This confidentiality of the candidates is necessary to pro tect the positions they hold cur rently, Duncan says. “Until they say it’s okay, we protect their identity. If a can didate is currently president of a university then it’s not feasible to release that person's name. It’s a standard practice.” Although not available to the public, during the two days the candidates spend on campus they will run a gamut of inter views with a number of in dividuals and panels represent ing the various University groups. “By the time the two days are over with, the University com munity will have a pretty good idea of the candidates, and vice versa,” Duncan says. Besides meeting with such permanent University organiza tions as the Faculty Advisory Council, the Council of Deans and University vice-presidents, the candidates will be inter viewed by four panels created to involve faculty, students, classified staff and administra tion in the process. Each panel will meet with the candidates in separate closed meetings and later submit writ ten evaluations to the search committee. In the final stage of selection, the committee will recommend two to four of the candidates to the state board. These finalists will be invited back to Oregon to meet with the state board, which will appoint the new president. An involved process? Maybe, but after this painstaking search the University should know the selection is the best possible choice for the presidency of a budget-slashing university. Of course, the chosen one may turn down the post. “We shouldn’t forget that this is a two-way proposition," Duncan says. Students have voice in president search In the past, students were of ten allowed no say in important administrative decisions. But now students are helping to pick the University’s next president. The 15-member Presidential Search Committee includes three students, and a ten member student panel has been established to represent the in terests of the students in selecting the next president. The student panel is one of four panels created to interview the six to ten final candidates over the course of the next month. The other panels repre sent the faculty, administration, and classified staff. “Each panel is very impor tant,’’ says Prof. Emeritus Charles Duncan, committee chairer. “We won’t make dis tinctions between them.’’ Besides stressing the need for consistent attendance at panel meetings, Duncan has imposed few guidelines on the panel. “He recommended (ASUO Pres.) Dave Eaton and myself to organize the panel and asked that we find people most repre sentative of the student body to be on it,” says ASUO adminis trative assistant Rocky Schatz, who chairs the panel. "I would like to think we’ve done that. The people of this panel represent women, men, minority groups, and the non-traditional student constituency." Besides Schatz, who is the ASUO’s representative, the panel consists of representa tives from the Black Student Union, the Asian American Student Union, MEChA, the Na tive American Student Union, the Panhellenic Association, the Residence Governing Council, the Incidental Fee Committee and the Student University Af fairs Board. Schatz encourages students to leave questions for the can didates at the ASUO office, Suite 4, EMU. ;nts for your precious, or sweets for your sweetheart. The UO imaginable! Lots of candy, a huge selection of cards, and hearts, Happy Valentine s Day! Textbooks 686-3520 • General Books 686-3510 • Supplies 686-4331 13th & Kincaid Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30 Sat 10:00-2:00 BOOKSTORE \mm\m
