Center’s title irks citizens
Naming done ‘between salad dishes’
By Debbie Howlett
Of the Emerald
While people toured and en
joyed the Hult Center for the
Performing Arts at Sunday's
open-house, a group of Eugen
eans quietly circulated petitions
to have the Eugene City Council
reconsider the name of the
center
An ad hoc group has formed
led by Rachele Raia, to protest
the naming of the center after
Nils and Jewell Hult, who do
nated $3 million to the Eugene
Arts Foundation The gruop is
angry and wants to tell the
council that other city residents
are angry about the performing
arts center's name
Nearly 800 city residents were
angry enough to sign the peti
tion the group drew up only
yesterday The open house was
the first chance they had to gain
any signatures
We re finding people are
generally supportive." says Pat
Albright, a Springfield High
School teacher and one of the
people circulating petitions
While he spoke, a man ap
proached him to ask if he could
help circulate petitions
People. I feel, think the
decision was taken out of hands
of the people." Albright says
"Some people are upset, this is
the only way we get to know how
people feel
Part of the anger over the
naming of the center stems from
what Albright calls a "decision
made in between the salad
dishes
Raia says the decision was
made at a recognition dinner
with only 500 ticket-holders at
tending Raia says she feels the
city and the arts foundation
should have consulted with city
residents before taking
Eugene out of the center's
name
Raia also says a memorial
opportunities ' plan, announced
as early as two years ago.
specified a $3 million donation
meant the center would bear the
giver s name as a memorial
Raia says she believes the
Hults should be honored, but
the city residents should not be
written out
When asked why he'd signed
the petition. Charles Bierman.
an international marketing con
sultant in Eugene, said the
center was a "community ef
fort
All of the donations helped
build this building that $3 mil
liorvis A.small percentage
Court says suspension invalid
By Debbie Howlett
Of the Emerald
The State Court of Appeals
decided Thursday that the
University suspended former
student Gilbert Patton without
providing a proper hearing
The court also told University
officials that (should they
choose not to appeal tne
second decision) Patton must
either be allowed to re-enroll or
be given another hearing
According to Patton's attor
ney. Charles Spinner. Patton
was placed on "suspended
mandatory medical leave, with
conditions” in February, 1981
One of the conditions the
University set forth at the infor
mal hearing was that Patton
must see and keep regular ap
pointments with a psychiatrist
In April the University su
spended Patton from school for
not meeting the conditions of
his leave, something Spinner
calls violating probation
The case made its way to the
appellate court because of pro
tests from Spinner, who also
directs legal services, that the
initial "informal hearing" and
the subsequent hearing were
not contested cases
A contested case allows an
individual legal rights, duties
and privileges and the right to
appear and be heard Spinner
says Patton was not allowed the
rights and prior to the second
hearing, was only given two
days notice to appear
Spinner says the appeal was
made because Patton hadn't
been allowed certain
"procedural safeguards," and
that in "suspending" Patton's
medical leave, the University
could invoke "arbitrary" condi
tions
"(The University) didn't even
specify a time length for the
conditions," Spinner says
Spinner also says the Univer
sity did not have the right to
"suspend" a medical leave, that
administrative rules specifically
say the student either must be
removed from school or be al
lowed to stay
In hearing the case, Spinner
said the University "followed
their own rules but their rules
are wrong
At the time of his dismissal,
Patton was ordered to withdraw
from classes and stay away from
the University campus
Peter Swan, a law professor
and the University's legal coun
sel at the hearings, says the
University hasn't decided
whether to appeal but "if a prin
ciple is at stake," they will ap
peal
Swan declined to describe
the conditions of Patton's dis
missal He says "they were of
fered a contested case hearing
but didn't accept the offer
"These (hearings) are time
consuming, and you can bet we
wouldn't have done it for prac
tice," Swan says
Patton, who Spinner says is
"still around," could not be
reached for comment
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