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emerald platform Davis’ task, a challenge to the utmost William Davis, current president of University of New Mexico, was named chancellor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education on Friday. Davis’ appointment was the final twist in the State Board of Higher Education's search for a successor to Roy Lieuallen Many view Davis as the board's conciliation choice. He was one of the board's top three candidates (and tied with Weathersby in the voting 5-5) — but not the priority selection. That number one candidate was George Weathersby, Indiana’s commissioner for higher education Weathersby was the board's top choice, but at the announcement of his selection he balked, and asked for a higher salary. Weathersby's pre sent position with Indiana higher education pays better than the post of chancellor in Oregon Some observers of the board's selection process took offense that Weathersby agreed to negotiate and then turned around and argued the salary was too low. He must’ve known the salary range when his name was submitted to the board’s search committee. Davis, as a result of Weathersby's tentative selection and the salary negotiations that ensued, withdrew his name as a candidate Negotiations between the board and Weath ersby broke down Thursday. Weathersby said it was the salary and the attitude of the board itself The same night, Davis was asked by the board to reconsider the job. He did so — and was hired late Friday night. There is a tendancy now to look at Weath ersby as “the-one-that-got-away.” The thinking is that he'd have been the doctor Oregon's sickly higher education desperately needed to recover Whether Weathersby would’ve stemmed the de cline of Oregon higher education will never be known. Speculation on Weathersby’s ‘‘chancel lorship does a disservice to Davis and what he may accomplish in his tenure as the chancellor. Davis — a solid administrator with experience as president of the University of New Mexico, a candidate for the U S. Senate, a football coach, and a credible lobbyist — has never had to deal with an educational system in a condition like Oregon's. He has said he is eager to undertake the challenge of the chancellorship, and considers it an ‘‘unusual professional opportunity." In this recession-plagued state, with budget cuts to colleges and universities seemingly levied every month, Davis will be challenged to his utmost. He may indeed be up to the challenge, and perhaps exceed the expectations of those who consider him second choice. ISURGBON IWMW.'fOU RIB. SMOKING m* mm GENERAL'S SMOKING SURVEY# 10 WCbf^ THE DRATAJNT M/KlHtj' Mr ' v WHAT DOES THE Suf&EQti GENERAL KNCW9 I HAVE HERE DOCUMENTATION FRO* THE tobacco institute which proves iw smoking is, in per, good ra*you/' letters A remedy At last, a remedy for the fin ancial ills plaguing our ailing University: Simply persuade all instructors to reroute their copying business from Kinko's to Oregon Hall There, indus trious workers can boast of a 3900 percent profit from their obviously efficient transcript reproduction operation. Thanks to a surplus of finan cial acumen and a deficit of ethical scruple, the staff of the registrar’s office devised the ingenious scheme of charging students $2 for an unofficial copy of their transcript What a bullish mark-up. Since a single “Xeroxed” copy costs $.05, the remaining $1.95 must represent an Herculean effort on the part of the down-trodden laborers who must suffer grievious men tal distress confronting the files and expend exhaustive athletic effort beating a path to the “Xe rox" machine And, of course, the technological prowess required is nothing less than expertise Clearly, the task of transcript copying is formidable: it is no wonder that gratuities mailing is unthinkable No decent student would further tax the office workers: their 3900 percent profit is already well-earned So, I repeat, the answer to our money woes can be found in that bastion of financial and bureaucratic wizardry. Oregon Hall Claudia Mazzie Mock senate Someone is always complain ing about student apathy, but nobody recognizes the efforts made by campus groups to combat it The Political Science Student Union has done quite a bit in this regard The PSSU is sponsoring a class next term called the Mock U S Senate The class will simulate the Sen ate through committee hear ings, press conferences and a two-day session of the entire Senate, as well as other activi ties. Class members will be assigned to role play senators, executive department officials, lobbyists and newspaper reporters. The class will teach students how the Senate works, as well as have actual Simula tions Many urgent issues will be discussed, including U S policy in El Salvador, the Voting Rights Act, New Federalism, and Reagan's budget cuts There will be two hundred or more positions available, so an yone and everyone is invited to sign up for the class (PS 407) You could represent Barry Goldwater, Gary Hart, Ted Ken nedy, Howard Baker, or almost one hundred other Senators You could also be an executive official like Al Haig, James Watt or David Stockman, as well as a lobbyist for the NRA or Common Cause We will also be running two or three newspapers, so anyone interested in being a reporter is welcome. There are still a few Chairman's positions open; if you are interested in one of those, or you would like more information, contact the PSSU office in 823 PLC Please participate, it will be Letters note The Emerald regrets that the volume of letters received and the space limitations of this page have prevented us from printing every letter submitted this term If your letter has not as yet ap peared. and you wish to have it published, please resubmit it to the Emerald offices, EMU 300, at the beginning of Spring term Other letters remaining from Winter term will not be considered for publication Letter writers are advised that letters over 250 words will not be accepted Letters from students, faculty, clas sified staff and University ad ministration will have priority consideration Because of the volume of letters — letters in response to other letters that are responding to print ed letters will be less likely to appear The Emerald reserves the right to edit any letter for length, style, or content The Emerald also reserves the right to decline to print a let ter submitted Publication is dependent upon space available fun and it will help to build greater student awareness of the world Gordon Bluechel Kelly Buntjer Marc Spence Political science Inaccuracy I wish to correct an inaccurate quote in Debbie Howlett s article about Defense department funding for re search Since Dr Dale Grace receives no DOD funds I did not say nor imply that he "studies grasshopper movements for us in tanks.” Dr Grace, as a matter of fact, studies memory and learning behavior in grasshop pers and the Office of Naval Research is interested in his studies but has not funded any research. I did tell the reporter that the Army seems interested in grasshoppers because they would like to have a 'walking machine.” I urged the reporter to discuss the specifics of his research with Dr Grace I'm sorry she didn't do so Charlene Curry Research Information Officer staff The Oregon DaHy Emerald la publlahed Monday through Friday except during Hneta week and vecadona by the Oregon Dally Emerald Publlahlng Co. 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