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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1981)
Foundation goal $4 million University seeks donor funds By ANN PORTAL Ot*w EmaraM It's no surprise the University is turning to the private sector for money Declining state support, in cluding the inability of the Legislature to finance any con struction this biennium, is mak ing higher education friends and alumni even more important to the University But the University's success at a relatively new program of "Planned Giving'' may come as a surprise to some The University Foundation in itiated the program, which depends on wills, bequests and income gifts, about 21 months ago Faced with a first-year goal of $3 5 million, the foundation gathered $3 6 million and is working this year toward a $4 million goal, according to Cliff Cole, the foundation's planned giving director "We re fairly new at it. but we've had some accomplish ments," Cole says Those figures represent mon ey promised to the University; not all will be received this year, and most will not actually be in the school's pocket untii the donator dies About $1 3 million has come to the institution since the program began Most of the funds are earmarked, tied to areas in which alumni developed an in terest while at the University or after graduating The larger the gift, the more likely it is to be restricted to a certain area, either at the donator’s or the University's suggestion, says foundation director Doug Wil son University supporters now are interested in the "mainstream" disciplines. Cole says They tend to contribute more to the business and arts and sciences programs, and the athletic department Money the University expects to soon receive confirms Cole's observations Funds on the way (after probate and other legal tangles) will pay for the study of women and a professorship in 18th century literature Another $500,000 bequest will further scientific studies, with the faculty deciding to a large ex tent how the half-million will be used, Cole says The science area also will be the recipient of a deceptively ordinary looking gift, the partial funding of a professor in astro physics The gift may not be unusual, but the donor’s rea soning is Noble Miller, a South ern Oregon resident, felt the world's sustenance eventually would come from outer space However, the astrophysics professor won't have to direct his research toward that area, Cole says The foundation coordinates its fund raising efforts with faculty and the University ad ministration, he says Care must be taken that gifts conform to University guidelines, which eliminate some types of gifts that were part of wills in the old day For example, the University can't accept a scholarship for a “male student in football," because it discriminates, he says. The foundation staff also must work closely with potential donors to make sure they un derstand some of the University’s restrictions, Cole says People used to give horses, but the school has no stables, he points out. "We don’t take just anything, because we don't want to waste the funds " And it’s not easy to talk about how much contributors want to give to which area, when un derlying the talks is tfie know ledge that the University usually will benefit only after the sup porter is dead ”lt is delicate, except there’s a certain inevitability about it," Cole says Law library generates controversy By BRIAN BUBAK Of ttw Emerald The problem of diminishing study area for students came to a head recently in a controversy involving the use of the Univer sity s Law Library by under graduates Law students contend they have a nearly exclusive right to use of the facility by merit of a resource fee they pay in addi tion to tuition, as well as the Law Library being the only place they can obtain needed legal research materials Undergraduates contend they should be allowed to use the facility because general study space is in short supply now, and the Law Library is University property — so it is inappropriate for law students to claim exclusive right Both views have merit, say Study space is scarce two University library adminis trators Although he believes law students have a valid priority use of the facilities, Dennis Hyatt, acting law librarian, says that many of the law students are handling the situation inap propriately "I have some sympathy for that," Hyatt says referring to the law students position But "the type of monitoring some law students are calling for is unacceptable " Most law students just want to be sure they wili have access to the materials they need on a daily basis. Hyatt says "They don't want to be un reasonable they want peo ple to recognize their position " But, there are those who would rather say, "Stay the hell out," he adds In regard to the law students’ claim to priority on the basis of the resource fee, Hyatt explains that only a portion of it goes to the Law Library Less than one third of the $400 per student resource fee contributes to the libraries ap proximately $278,000 annual book budget University Librarian George Shipman says undergraduates should consider studying in places other than the library "I'm quite sympathetic to the position some students take," Shipman says. The law students are at a dis advantage to the general University population, Shipman says, contending that law students do not have another place to do legal research All necessary material is kept in the Law Library exclusively. 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Repub lican, 771 Ponderosa Village, Burns 97720 (Senate Minority Leader) Sen George Wingard, Republican, 2323 Fairmount Blvd , Eugene 97403 Rep Mary Burrows, Repub lican, 255 Spy Glass, Eugene 97401 Rep Larry Campbell, Repub lican, 2435 Wilson Drive, Eugene 97405 Rep Margie Hendriksen, Democrat, 1245 Tyler St., Eugene 97403 Rep Peg Jolin, Democrat, 31251 Joe Geer Road, Cottage Grove 97424 Rep Grattan Kerans, Democrat, 1015 Willa St., Eugene 97404 (House Majority Leader) Rep Vern Meyer, Republican, 708 Level Lane, Springfield 97477 Make more money from your old textbooks. When you sell your books to a bookstore, you’re paid a fraction of what they'll re-sell them for. Why not make all that money yourself? The American Advertising Federation Is sponsoring a book co-op where we’ll sell your books for you, at a price you designate (no mark-up). 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