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Thursday, October 7, 1982
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 84, Number 25
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A time for reflection
When the sun did appear between thunder showers
Wednesday, it was cause for reflection, as this scene from
Alton Baker Park shows This picture may be duplicated
today, since the National Weather Service predicts partly
clear skies with 80 percent chance of showers today,
decreasing to 20 percent tonight
Spring suicide tied
to tainted Tylenol
(AP) Cyanide was in Extra-Strength Tylenol
capsules found at the Philadelphia home of a man
whose death last spring was listed as a suicide by
cyanide poisoning, police said Wednesday
A preliminary test at the time of William
Pascual's death on April 3 found nothing unusual
in the pills, but further tests were done this week
after seven deaths in the Chicago area were
blamed on cyamde-poisoned capsules, said
Frank Scafidi. Philadelphia police chief inspector.
Cyanide also was found in tampered Extra
Strength Tylenol capsules taken from store
shelves in the Chicago area, and the pain-reliever
was recalled by its manufacturer
Scafidi said the bottle of capsules was found
in a shoe in a closet of Pascual's home A suicide
note addressed to his mother also was found, he
said
Scafidi said it was not known if Pascual had
taken any of the Tylenol capsules found in the
bottle Capt Gerald Kane of the homicide division
said at the time of the original autopsy that tests
showed no Tylenol in Pascual's body, although
they did reveal cyanide in his stomach and blood
Tyrone Fahner, Illinois attorney general, said
prior to the Philadelphia announcement that
investigators will continue to operate on the
premise they have followed from the first day —
that a single person striking at random had loaded
Tylenol capsules with cyanide and placed them
on the shelves of five Chicago-area stores last
week Fahner is heading a task force of more than
100 investigators from federal, county and state
agencies investigating the cyanide deaths
We have not ruled out the possibility of more
than one person,” he said, but added, "it looks
less and less that it’s more than one.”
Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne introduced an
ordinance on Wednesday requiring protective
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UO down 8.1 percent
State enrollments falling
EUGENE (AP) — Preliminary fall term regis
tration figures released Wednesday show a 5 7
percent decline in enrollment at Oregon's eight
public colleges and universities, with the largest
drop — 8 1 percent — at the University of Oregon,
Virginia Avery in the State System of Higher
Education’s central office said the figures include
registrations as of the end of last week, the first
full week of classes. Final figures won’t be tallied
until the end of the fourth week of classes
At the end of last week, 54,506 students were
enrolled at the eight campuses, compared with
57,808 at the end of the first week of classes held
during the fall of 1981-82
At the University of Oregon, there were
15,313 students en! oiled as of last week, down 8.1
percent from the comparable figure in 1981.
Enrollment at Oregon State University in
Corvallis was 15,609 last week, down 4.8 percent
from a year ago. At Portland State University, the
12,020 students enrolled last week was a 2.3
percent decrease from last year.
Avery said some students are waiting for final
processing of financial aid requests before regis
tering. Slate officials last January projected a 5.4
percent enrollment decrease this fall.
Faculty salaries in Oregon lagging
UO averages only $26,000/year
By Tony Hazarian
Of the Emerald
Like the unimpressive
records of their football teams,
average faculty salaries at the
University and Oregon State
University wallow in the cellar
when compared with other
Pacific-10 Conference schools
Nationally, salaries offered by
the University and Oregon State
University reflect the impact of
the long recession in Oregon.
Salaries in Oregon — at an
average of $26,300 here and
$25,600 at OSU — rank lower
than those in all the Big 10 and
Ivy League schools Smaller
universities with higher pay in
clude North Texas State and
California's Hayward State and
Sacramento State
Despite the Oregon's poor
showing, many faculty members
stay on in the hope of a better
financial situation, says English
professor Glen Love, president
of the University chapter of the
American Association of
University Professors.
Although the University facul
ty is a "a very loyal group,” Love
says when opportunities open
up elsewhere, qualified faculty
will leave.
"Many of my colleagues are
upset about it (low salaries),
especially when they see the
salaries of less-educated,
less-experienced teachers" in
the state s primary and secon
dary education system, Love
says
In Love’s opinion, the salary
problems facing the system and
faculty are based on the state s
"tremendous imbalance in
spending,” with higher educa
tion losing ground against
primary and secondary educa
tion
"What we need is an aware
ness on the state level of the
importance of higher education
in assuring the economic health
of the state,” Love says. "The
state has simply abdicated its
responsibility in supporting
higher education.”
While he doesn't see a mass
exodus of instructors and
professors leaving the Universi
ty as a result of low salaries.
Love says the faculty is facing a
"general loss of morale and a
reluctance to continue carrying
the burden
“A general cynicism about
the future — that's what I see as
the real danger,” Love says.
According to Wil Post, vice
chancellor for public affairs, the
future of Oregon’s public uni
versities depend on the state s
ability to right its economic
wrongs and remain nationally
competitive in faculty pay.
Despite the low salary rank
ings, Post says the state system
still has high-quality faculties.
The value of federal research
grants coming to the schools is s
a good indicator of faculty i
quality, Post says. The state's a
higher education system gets v
about $100 million each year in 6
federal research grants i
Getting recognition through f
federal grants despite the dis- £
tance from decision-makers in
federal agencies demonstrates f
the high regard in which these
faculties are held, Post says. s
"We are as far away from Wa- ii
shington, D C., as you can get.” c
But it is “imperative" for the
Average Pac-10 Faculty Salary 1981-82
Source Academic magazine July August 1982 AAUP
$31,000
• osu
S25 600
$38,000.
Stanford
$37 900
Cal
$36,000
rare to oner competitive saiar
3S to attract young teachers
nd retain existing faculty, Post
tarns. Oregon's lingering
conomic problems are push
lg faculty salaries farther and
arther below the national aver
ge, he adds.
"Not all states are in a good
nancial situation,” Post says.
But those few that are in good
hape — the energy states — are
1 an enviable position. They
an afford higher salaries.
“It’s a matter now of getting
our economic woes laKen care
of," Post adds.
National Education Associa
tion figures show that Oregon
spends $3,381 per year on each
student enrolled in primary and
secondary education, com
pared with the national average
of $2,671.
And while Oregon spends
more money per student in
higher education ($3,647 per
year), that amount is only 78
percent of the national average
of $4,601, Love says says.