Outdoor group lends a hand
By GINGER BARNES
Of Im Emerald
Whether novice or expert, adventurers yearning
for a new experience in the great outdoors may find
the University's outdoor program is the place to start
Thousands of people are involved in approxima
tely 500 yearly trips coordinated by the outdoor
program And members who have participated in the
program consider it "a cooperative — not a hierar
chical — club sport ”
The outdoor program operates on ideas and
initiative, according to coordinator Keith Nelson
Anyone can initiate a raft trip down a Whitewater river,
a climb up a rocky crag or a photography jaunt
The outdoor program is there to lend a hand
"People come together and do the work them
selves, he says By assuming more of the respon
sibility. they learn more of what it takes to put a trip
together
Many times a group will come together and won't
know each other at all There is usually a real cross
section of community and student members which
allows a sharing of life styles
Within the walls of the outdoor program office
located on campus on the south side of the EMU
cafeteria loading dock, are bulletin boards posted with
trip ideas, sign-up sheets and raft and bicycle repair
sessions One wall features an interest exchange
board and one supplies transportation information
A small memorial library containing information
about trails, routes, and tours fills one corner and a
bulletin board advertising used equipment lines an
other
The rafting program is the most popular outdoor
activity in the summer, Nelson says
For $10 a day, the outdoor program supplies two
and four-person rafts or paddle boats and all the
necessary equipment.
"There is nothing comparable in town for that
price," Nelson says, "but we aren’t a rental agency.”
He says the program tries to provide an
"educational-recreational experience ”
"There are no formal classroom settings, no paid
instructors or guides, just a sharing between par
ticipants who have shown interest by signing up for
the trip "
Nelson says many trips that start at the outdoor
program are "spontaneous "
It is best to come down to the office and check out
what is happening, he says "It is also best not to wait
for someone else to initiate your idea
"If you do that, you may wait all summer."
Photo by Bill Wack
Keith Nelson and Kathy Lacombe prepare for a
Whitewater rafting trip.
‘Independence and challenge’
excites new benefits director
By ALICE O'CONNOR
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While President Reagan
nominated Arizona judge San
dra O'Connor to the Supreme
Court, the University added an
other woman to its own admin
istrative staff
Thirty-year-old Linda King will
join the University in August
when she becomes the person
nel benefits director, leaving the
post of benefits director with the
City of Eugene that she has held
since 1976
"I'm flattered to have the po
sition," King says It's exciting
to be returning to a campus
environment.”
King says she looks forward
to the independence and
challenge" the University post
will offer her
Challenge is a familiar word
for King, who took up running in
March and completed the 6 2
mile Butte to Butte run July 6
"I'm very proud of myself,"
she says
Discipline and a desire to see
things completed seem to be
two of King s trademarks
During her five years in the
field of benefits and personnel.
King gained a reputation among
her co-workers for efficiency
and assertiveness
"She is so outgoing — you're
going to love her," says one city
worker, summimng up King's
ability to work with a variety of
people
With the University facing an
uncertain financial situation
next year, King's talents will be
put to immediate use
Besides counseling faculty
members about benefits that
best meet their needs. King also
will inform University staff about
tax-deferred annuities, re
tirement plans, survivor's ben
efits and social security
Benefits may help make the
University more attractive to
new faculty members during a
tight fiscal year, King says
Although King isn't sure how
the benefits program will im
prove faculty morale, she says
she hopes they all can "hang in
there together "
King will work under Ray
Hawk, the vice-president for
administration and finance, and
will act as a liason between the
University and a variety of other
boards associated with ben
efits
The time-consuming require
ments of the benefit director's
|ob will be nothing new for King,
who says 50-hour work weeks
were not uncommon during her
tenure with the city
During her five years as ben
efits director for Eugene, King
was responsible for research
ing developing and then teach
ing people how to use a perfor
mance-appraisal training man
ual for city employees
She also developed a policies
and procedures manual for city
administrators and a position
classification manual, updating
job descriptions that were "100
years old "
King says "opportunity" and
a willingness to work have
helped her career But "some
modesty, initiative and a willing
ness to stumble and make mis
takes helped," she adds
Although one of the posters in
King's current office reads
Everybody has a right to my
opinion," she preaches con
fidence in herself without the
need for arrogance
Originally from Fargo, North
Dakota. King moved to Eugene
with her husband eight years
ago She says she likes Oregon,
likes Eugene and likes her new
job
' We've become Oregonians,
and better yet, Eugeneans "
King brings a no-nonsense
concept of efficiency to the
University that is expressed by
another office-wall poster
"Anybody can learn to
whine.”
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