emerald
Vol 83, No 35
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Eugene, Oregon 97403
Thursday, October 22,1981
‘Dilemma’ tackled
Expel PE need,
senate advises
By DEBBIE HOWLETT
Ot the Eimrikl
Faced with the choice o<
absorbing program cuts or
dropping the tive-credit-hour
physical education requir
ement, members of the
University Senate voted over
whelmingly Wednesday to
recommend to the Faculty As
sembly that the requirements
be dropped
Provost Richard Hill told 35
members of the senate that the
budget has been scraped to
the bare bones, and that if the
motion failed, programs would
have to be cut
A moment of silence greeted
Hill's announcement, followed
by a 28-3 senate vote to
eliminate the requirement
After the meeting, physical
education prof Becky Sisley
summed up the situation, say
ing “you see the dilemma
between the academic side
and the pragmatic side
Department head Michael
Ellis agreed, saying "it was a
pragmatic decision."
Questions were raised by
several senators as to why
students should feel the brunt
of the financial burden Ellis
said students would not be the
only clients served by the new
fee-charging department, and
that he hoped the University
would receive the support of
the entire community
Clarence Thurber, one of
the senators who cast a dis
senting vote, said "I do not
believe this is a precedent that
the University should set "
Senators expressed con
cern that the state Legislature,
which mandated budget cuts
specifically in the PE activity
—. ..
Photo by Mark Pynes
The Faculty Senate looked into physical education requirements Wednesday, deciding by a vote of
28-3 to recommend their elimination
areas, can dictate curriculum
changes One senator went so
far as to term the situation a
"despicable way to make a
curricular decision ”
An amendment to the PE
department's motion that
would have dropped five credit
hours from the total degree
requirements was discussed
and eventually defeated
In other senate business, a
motion was passed recom
mending to the Faculty As
sembly that a course in
academic advising and orien
tation be implemented next
year
System seeks chief
By ANN PORTAL
Of the Emerald
The first line of the advertisement in
the Chronicle of Higher Education says it
all -
"CHANCELLOR"
For the first time in 20 years, the State
Board of Higher Education is changing
its chief — the man responsible for
representing, monitoring and maintain
ing the eight institutions that compose
the state system of higher education
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen announced
in August his intent to retire July 1, 1982,
though the board had asked him to stay
until the next legislative session
For Charles Duncan, the coordinator
selected by the board, 11 months is not
long to look for a new chancellor
"I think we re under considerable time
pressure Things will have to move fast,"
he says
The person selected as chancellor
most likely will have to give notice, he
says, meaning a decision should be
made by March 1
But Duncan says the search already
has produced a number of candidates,
although the deadline for applications is
not until Nov 16 About 50 names have
been assembled either through applica
tions or nominations, he says, with an
advisory firm, the Presidential Search
Consultation Service, providing 15
names
The consultation service flushes out
candidates who might not be looking for
another job or might not otherwise come
to the search committee's attention,
Duncan says
"The word search' is accurate —
we re looking for people."
Duncan says the majority of the can
didates are well qualified and
“potentially attractive," though most are
from outside Oregon He says he thinks
that not enough time has passed for a
marked change in attitude toward the
state s economy
Some nominees undoubtedly will look
at the budget problems and say, "No, I
don't want to walk into that one," he
says, yet he stresses that no effort will be
made to cover up the state's financial
situation
Conversely, budget competence is
"almost a given" for serious candidates,
Duncan says. Although the search
committee doesn't want to weight one
qualification as more important than
another, the new chancellor must be
comfortable with budgets and legislative
presentations, he says
In addition, the chief executive officer
needs teaching and research exper
ience, scholarly ability and administra
tive knowledge The chances of a
younger person meeting those qualifica
tions is slight, Duncan says, but can
didates in their late 30s and early 40s will
be "definite possibilities.”
To compensate for all those abilities,
the board offers a "competitive" salary
that Duncan acknowledges is at the
lower end of the competition
However, the kind of people who apply
for top-level positions usually aren't
interested primarily in money, he says,
admitting that the difference between
$60,000 and $65,000 really is not very
significant
A nine-member search committee
composed of five board members, two
institution presidents, a faculty member
and a student already is meeting, though
candidates won't be interviewed until the
consulting firm and Duncan narrow the
number to around 10
The large number of board members
on the selection committee is entirely
appropriate, Duncan says, considering
the close relationship between the
chancellor and the board
"This is the board s own person."
Recruiting trip delayed
Student claims that
FBI discriminates
By GABRIEL BOEHMER
Of th* Emerald
A recruiting visit by the Federal Bureau
of Investigation to the University law
school has been postponed by school
officials after a law student alleged that
the agency discriminates against homo
sexuals
The University’s affirmative action
policy prohibits on-campus recruiting by
employers who discriminate on the basis
of race, sex, religion, handicap, national
origin or other considerations not di
rectly related to effective job perfor
mance
Doug Haldane, assistant dean for ex
ternal affairs at the law school, said the
later phrase may have been interpreted
recently to include homosexuals State
and federal anti-discrimination laws do
not protect homosexuals
The FBI maintains that hiring homo
sexuals is a risk because they are more
vulnerable to compromise, presenting a
threat to national security due to the
sensitive nature of the materials handled
by federal agents
Haldane said a student, whom he de
clined to identify, approached him about
a month ago and questioned the com
patibility of the University’s affirmative
action hiring procedures with the
agency's hiring practices.
However, the student did not file a
formal complaint under the law school’s
discrimination grievance procedure, he
says
"I can’t understand why a student
would want to go public when things
were going his way," Haldane said of
reports that law school officials decided
to postpone the recruitment visit. "We re
following procedure "
Haldane said law school dean Derrick
Photo by Bob Baker
Doug Haldane
Bell wrote a letter to the FBI asking the
agency to clarify its hiring policy in
regard to homosexuals and to postpone
the recruitment visit until the affirmative
action conflict is resolved
The FBI has acknowledged receipt of
the letter, Haldane says, and the law
school expects a response soon
No objections were raised last fall by
students or administrators when the
agency made its first recruiting visit to
the law school, Haldane said To the best
of his recollection, none of those
students have been hired
,Complaints alleging discrimination on
the basis of sex and age have been filed
against four or five other recruiters at the
law school in recent years, Haldane said.
The hiring policy excluding homosex
uals is "unique to agencies that deal in
secret information," Haldane said Dis
crimination by government agencies
based on sexual preference already has
been litigated, he said