Resource center control under question
By Richard Burr
Ol the Emerald
The development of a student activities resource
center has prompted questions over student control of
student programs.
The resource center, an activity planning center for
student groups not funded by the ASUO, is under the
jurisdiction of the ASUO, but this was not accomplished
without discussion over administration control And
further discussion lies ahead
ASUO Pres C.J Balfe asked Frank Geltner. EMU
assistant director and University program consultant, to
be an adviser to the new vice president of program
development last spring, according to Geltner This was
the first time ASUO and the EMU had made an effort to
coordinate activities, he says.
"Somebody got the idea that the administration
was plotting to take some sort of steps to take control of
ASUO programs," Geltner says. That isn't his intention,
he adds
When Geltners responsibilities were suddenly
increased, suspicions were aroused. Balfe says Per
haps the University program consultant's responsibili
ties should have been increased gradually, he says
But Geltner s proposal sounded like administration
control to Kevin Kouns, an ASUO comptroller and
former SEARCH director.
Although Geltner says he is accountable to
students because his salary is paid through incidental
fees, Kouns says the program consultant is responsible
only indirectly to students
' Student control to me means the right to hire and
fire," Kouns says "Under these guidelines Frank
Geltner should not be advising the ASUO '
The ASUO and EMU Director Adell McMillan,
asked Frank Geltner to increase the existing portion of
his job description which focuses on providing con
sultation and assistance to University groups interested
In planning and presenting educational activities'."
according to a draft memorandum from Balfe and Gerry
Mosley, associate provost for student affairs, written
this summer.
The office of program consultant put a magnifying
glass on what we've always been doing." Geltner says
‘ What I was attempting to do was to find a way
where ASUO and the EMU could work together in a joint
effort toward consultation and assistance," he says
The ASUO and Geltner have since agreed that the
center belongs in the ASUO office The ASUO program
development office has plans to expand and include the
center, says Vincson Green. ASUO vice president of
program development
But the controversy has not died with the resource
center agreement
Geltner requested additional office space in EMU
Suite One. The EMU Board housing committee rejected
his request
Geltner says he needs the additional office space
for exposure of his office, which is located now in the
Cultural Forum office He also has the conference room
in Suite One
Although he favors student programs receiving
office space, Geltner s possible expansion does not
concern him, Green says
As long as he doesn t take away from programs. I
don't care." Green says
Photo by Mark Pynes
Frank Geltner is assistant director of the EMU and
University program consultant
High tech firm donates
cash, goods to higher ed
Tektronix, a Portland-based elec
tronic equipment company, gave
higher education's high tech programs
a $3 5 million shot in the arm
Tektronix president Earl Wantland
announced donations of $2 5 million
from the Tektronix Foundation and
another $1 million in equipment from
the company at a press conference
Wednesday
The donation could be just the right
medicine for an ailing Oregon economy
and an equally unhealthy system of
higher education says Chancellor Bud
Davis.
"The vitality of quality higher educa
tion and outstanding research univer
sities will serve as a magnet to attract
new industry." Davis said
The money will be directed toward
public institutions for programs of en
gineering. computer science and
solid-state technology Most of the
funds and equipment will go to Portland
State University, but part of the gift will
go to private schools, the University of
Portland and the Graduate Center.
A significant portion of the funding
will go to Portland State University as
soon as the university develops suit
able programs in the area,' said Tom
Long, vice president of Tektronix
"Most of the money that is going to
Portland State will be used for new
teaching positions or salary adjust
ments,' Long said
The University is expected to receive
some funding from the five-year pro
gram, although nothing has been
definitely allocated yet
"Oregon is competing with prac
tically every other state in the union to
attract new industry We ll compete far
better when our high technology
education is developed," Wantland
said
The grant focuses on three main
objectives:
• The development of electrical en
gineering and computer science pro
grams.
• The upgrading of equipment used
in engineering and computer science
classrooms and laboratories
• And the development of a regional
capability in a state-of-the-art solid
state research called "lll-V Com
pound.’’
Board faces angry men
Motel owners, educators plead cases
By Debbie Howlett
Of (he Emerald
Cliff Moran, representing a group of
angry Ashland businessmen, will testify
before the State Board of Higher Educa
tion today at a meeting on the Portland
State University campus. The board will
also hear from another angry group, high
school administrators from small school
districts around the state
Moran owns the Valley Entrance Motel
which sits directly across from the
Southern Oregon State College campus
Moran and several other Ashland busi
nessmen are upset because they say the
college is taking away their business by
renting rooms and selling meals to tour
ists, instead of only educational groups.
The high school administrators say
Davis is moving too quickly with propo
sals to increase entrance requirements
at the state's public colleges and univer
sities.
The board is scheduled to take action
on the entrance requirements proposal
at today’s meeting, while the administra
tors are pushing for postponement.
As a result of the Ashland business
men's complaints, the city's Chamber of
Commerce set up a task force to look
into the problem and come up with
recommendations
SOSC housing officials have admitted
to "making three mistakes." They
apologized and promised to be more
careful in the future.
But apparently the businessmen aren't
satisfied, Moran has asked for, and been
given, time to make his case before the
board.
The controversy at the Ashland cam
pus stems from the school renting un
used dormitory space, mostly during the
summer, to educational groups and
conventions. The practice is common,
every state system institution with hous
ing facilities operates under the same or
a similar type of procedure.
The Ashland community's largest
economic resource is tourism, due large
ly to the Shakespearean Festival Mo
ran and the other businessmen com
plained that the college houses tourists,
thereby forcing area businesses to fold.
While the board will listen to Moran,
they will not be required to take action
today
In other business, the board will con
sider the purchase of three pieces of
property, one section adjacent to the
SOSC campus, and two in Corvallis.
The Chancellor, Bud Davis, will also
give his monthly report to the board
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