Tuesday, February 16, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 103
emerald
Walker booted because of remarks
Photo by Bob Baker
Barry Walker
Haney terms comments ‘detrimental’
By Don Coulter
Of Ota Emerald
Barry Walker, senior point
guard on the University men's
basketball team, was kicked
off the team by head coach
Jim Haney Monday for
remarks made after a game
this weekend
Walker was informed of the
decision by Haney before
Monday's practice The dis
missal was based on com
ments made by Walker follow
ing the Ducks' 94-51 loss at
Oregon State University
Saturday, Haney said.
“I felt that Barry’s public
remarks in the past two days
are detrimental to the well-be
ing of the team, and that well
being must come first,” Haney
said
Walker, who started five
games this season, did not
play in Saturday's game
although Haney played every
other member of the squad
Even seldom-used guard Greg
Bell saw action at the end of
the game while Walker
watched from the bench.
Walker said after the game
that “If he (Haney) would have
told me to go in there with a
minute to go, no way would I
have gone out there I've got
too much pride for that.”
Haney said he “didn't play
Walker in the last two minutes
because it would have been an
insult to him ” Instead, the
coach opted to give freshman
point guard Scott Perry play
ing time because Perry
out-performed Walker in
practices prior to the game,
Haney said.
“I go in practice as hard as
anybody, but I don't get
anything out of it,” Walker said
after the OSU game. “I could
see if I had a bad attitude
but there’s nothing that I know
of ”
Walker has admitted having
personal problems with Haney
during the past four years, but
Haney maintains they had
nothing to do with why Walker
did not play Saturday.
“We re down to six games to
go in the season,” Haney said
“We needed to give the
younger guys an opportunity
to play.
"I've spent hours thinking
about it,” Haney said of his
decision to drop Walker from
the team “It was a decision I
had to make Some are fun to
make, and some aren’t. This
one wasn't.”
Haney said he is not worried
about the effect Walker's dis
missal will have on the rest of
the squad, although Walker
was extremely popular with
teammates
"We’ve talked about the
whole issue," he said. "I’m not
afraid of the consequences
"Any team that's losing is
going to be frustrated, and
sometimes unfortunate
remarks are made,” Haney
said.
Walker was not available for
comment Monday. He is the
team leader in assists with an
average of 2.7 per game, and
was averaging 6.3 points. He
had appeared in each of the
Ducks’ 20 games prior to
Saturday.
Despite yesterday’s action,
Haney said Walker will remain
on scholarship this year.
PSU dorm work
hurts rates here
By Ann Portal
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Portland State University is
remodeling its student housing,
and University students in
Eugene are going to help pay
for the $2.24 million project
A system-wide account pays
the interest on all Oregon un
iversity or college housing
bonds, which means the PSU
remodeling wili end up increas
ing University dorm rates about
$10 during the 1982-83
academic year, according to
Dick Perry, the state system's
director of the management and
planning services division
Beginning this spring, nine
very, very old" buildings hous
ing PSU students will be ren
novated to meet building codes
and safety standards, says Dave
Hertz, PSU's director of aux
iliary enterprises
Also scheduled for major
work is the Ondine Residence
Hall, a dormitory-like structure
two blocks away from the PSU
campus All 10 buildings are run
by Portland Student Services,
Inc , a non-profit cooperative
PSU hires to manage the state
owned buildings.
The decision to remodel dur
ing tight economic times has
raised some eyebrows at other
Oregon colleges and universi
ties, where housing officials
have deferred major repairs un
til later bienniums
The University originally in
tended to remodel its dormitor
ies during the 1981-83 bien
nium, but decided not to, Perry
says
Repairs at the University
usually are paid for out of the
housing department's own
budget, says Dan Williams,
University housing director.
That budget is separate from
the main University budget.
PSU is "playing the game by
the rules," Williams says,
adding that most schools just
don't have to sell bonds to
finance remodeling
We re all entitled to do the
same thing It's one of the costs
of being part of the state sys
tem," he says
Hertz says PSU has poured a
lot of money into the old build
ings, but some problems have
reached the point where it is
"counter productive" to keep
spending small amounts.
The $2 24 million will help
convert old oil boilers to natural
gas, increase access for the
handicapped, replace outdated
electrical circuitry and install
sprinkler systems lacking in
wood buildings, he says
The decision to remodel was
made long ago by the State
Board of Higher Education and
the Legislature However, the
effect on dorm rates of selling
the bonds at current interest
Continued on Page 3
Washington tuition near ceiling
Spokane (AP) — Resident undergraduate
tuition at Washington's two major universities is
$361 higher than average tuition in 13 Western
states, says the Western Interstate Commission
for Higher Education
"Plainly, the West's traditional commitment
to low-cost public education is at a risk,' says
Phillip Sirotkin, director of the interstate commis
sion
Resident tuition at Washington State Univer
sity and the University of Washington is
surpassed only by tuition in Oregon and at the
Colorado School of Mines, according to a
commission survey.
Oregon's universities charge about $30 more
per year than their counterparts in Washington,
the survey points out.
Average resident tuition in the 13-state wes
tern region is $698 a year. WSU and UW charge
$1,059 a year.
State legislators hikeH tuition at the two
universities by 54 percent last year.
California state universities reported the
lowest tuition in the interstate survey, $275 a year
Monday,
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. Photo by Bob Baker
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