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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.
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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
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greater student awareness of
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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
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