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.
But Shipman says that many
of the law students are too up
set
"It’s an overreaction
(although) it's understandable
that people overreact,” in such
a situation, Shipman says,
referring to the stand some law
students take, and to the sign at
the entrance of the law library
explaining, "The Law Library is
not available for use as a gen
eral study hall” for "persons not
affiliated with the School of
Law
"There is no specific rule on
the books” prohibiting non-law
students from using the facili
ties, Shipman says
The "keep out” sign is there
to ward off students searching
for study areas
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David Santellanes, University
professor of education, has
earned the 1981 distinguished
service award from the National
Community Education Associa
tion
The association presented
Santellanes with the award
Friday at its annual convention
in New Orleans
Santellanes is coordinator of
the Northwest Coalition for
Community Education Develop
merit, which has fostered the
expansion of community
education and the development
of the community school con
cept in more than 500 schools
and 145 communities during the
past decade
The coalition is comprised of
15 colleges, universities, state
departments of education,
community colleges and related
community education organiza
tions in Alaska, Montana, Wa
shington, Oregon and Western
Canada Community education
involves use of existing public
school facilities to provide life
long learning opportunities for
community residents
Santellanes is a native of
Miami, Ariz., and has been with
the University since 1972 He
teaches community education
at the University and directs a
national training project for
community school personnel
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If you would like to write
legislators concerning the up
coming special session for the
Oregon budget, here are a few
of their addresses
Sen Ed Fadeley, Democrat,
260 Sunset Drive, Eugene
97403
Sen Fred Heard, Democrat,
P O Box 337, Klamath Falls
97601 (Senate President)
Sen Dell Isham, Democrat,
3231 W Devils Lake Rd ,
Lincoln City 97367 (Senate
Majority Leader)
Sen Ted Kulongoski,
Democrat, 1209 Pearl St.,
Eugene 97401
Sen Robert Smith. 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
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