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Tuesday, November 23, 1982
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 84, Number 58
Hult Center name remains the same
By Marian Green
Of the Emerald
The Eugene City Council
named the performing arts
center the Hult Center for the
Performing Arts Monday night
for the second time since it
opened in September.
To the surprise of almost no
one present at the standing
room-only meeting, the council
unanimously reaffirmed its
Sept 23 resolution, which
named the center after Nils and
Jewel Hult, at a $10-a-plate
recognition dinner council ses
sion on the eve of the center's
gala opening
The Hults donated a $3 million
endowment to the center
On staff recommendations,
the council called Monday
night's meeting to "moot a cit
izen's group's lawsuit, which
alleges that the council violated
the Oregon Public Meetings
Law when it named the center
after the Hults, and to allow
public testimony on the possible
renaming.
Although the council con
sidered no alternative names,
including the informal Eugene
Performing Arts Centre tag, it
did take an hour's worth of
sometimes critical and emo
tionally charged testimony
Rachele Raia, a member of
Citizens For Open Government,
the 17-member group that filed
the Nov 8 lawsuit, said she was
disappointed that the council
members "had their minds
made up before they wa'ked
into the meeting.”
During the hearing. Raia told
the council I feel like I should
give you a moment of silence so
you can fantasize about my tes
timony.”
"You already seem to know
what Ive got to say,' she said,
referring to the wording of the
hearing's prepared resolution
The resolution stated in part.
Having considered the tes
timony presented that hearing,
the Council finds specifically
that the findings and actions
taken with respect to the (Sept
23 resolution) were and remain
valid, appropriate and in con
formity with prior accepted
practices ”
Raia said CFOG plans to con
tinue its litigation. which she
says wasn't made moot by the
public hearing because it also
attempts to recoup attorney's
fees
This is so disgusting, said
Eugenean Diana Shoemaker,
who said the hearing was her
first real exposure to local poli
tics here
It was a real disappoint
ment,'' Shoemaker said They
say the name doesn't mean
much, but it makes a big differ
ence."
On the other end of the spec
trum, former mayor Les Ander
son called the CFOG group's
lawsuit and other citizens' cri
ticism "petty and damaging"
pnotos oy bod oa*er
Emotions ran the gamut during Monday night's hearing on the Hult Center s name.
to fundraising efforts
"The damage has already
been done, ' Anderson said
Why be generous if only to
have your motives questioned
and your gift ridiculed7"
Long-time civic leader Maurie
Jacobs said the Hult name
would be on top of that list"
whether or not they made the $3
million donation because of
their leadership in the perform
ing arts center project, the Boy
Scouts, the Salvation Army, the
Red Cross and other organiza
tions
“I could go on and on and
on," Jacobs said
Virtually all the council
members agreed the Sept 23
action could have been con
ducted with more decorum, but
none said they regretted their
initial naming
Public testimony at the two
hour-long meeting also raised
questions about the relationship
between the council and the
Eugene Arts Foundation, a
semi-private, non-profit organ
ization charged with fundraising
for the local arts. The founda
tion recommended to the coun
cil that the center be named
after the Hults.
Council members Mark Lind
berg and John Ball asked city
staff and the foundation's Ex
ecutive Director Benson Snyder
about public access to founda
tion information
Snyder said minutes of the
foundation board's meetings
and other information not
specifically dealing with possi
ble donors is available to the
council but only in special cases
is available to the public.
Reagan backs missile
but calls for reductions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wielding both
stick and carrot. Pres Ronald Reagan
proposed Monday to deploy the huge
MX missile in a string of Wyoming silos,
then invited the Soviet Union to take
several joint steps to abate fears of an
accidental nuclear war
It still takes weapons to prevent
war." Reagan said of his option for the
so-called dense-pack deployment of
the MX, a missile he renamed the
Peacekeeper' But he declared The
United States wants deep cuts in the
world s arsenal of weapons '
The president proposed that the
superpowers begin that process with a
concerted attempt to preclude the
possibility of accidental conflict. On
that score, he proposed they tell each
other in advance of plans to test inter
continental missiles or launch major
military exercises, and suggested 'a
broad-ranging exchange of basic data
about our nuclear forces '
And in support of his proposal to
exchange information about nuclear
forces, Reagan said. The more one
side knows about what the other side is
doing, the less room there is for sur
prise and miscalculation "
We would prefer that the Soviets
dismantle SS-18s (their intercontinen
tal ballistic missiles) rather than we
build more holes,” Reagan said in a
written statement about his MX deci
sion. But we can accommodate either
and maintain stability
The long-awaited MX decision, which
faces a doubtful future in Congress,
would have the United States deploy its
first new intercontinental missile in 20
years
But in his arms control speech Mon
day evening, Reagan signaled to the
Kremlin leadership that America would
prefer reduction of nuclear arsenals to
participation in a dangerous and ex
pensive arms race
The United States wants deep cuts
in the world's arsenal of weapons/'
Reagan said, but he insisted the Soviet
Union won t bargain seriously unless its
leaders are convinced the U S. is de
termined to modernize its nuclear
force
"They would know we were bluffing
without a good hand because they
know what cards we hold — just as we
know what is in their hand," Reagan
said.
The president accepted the Air Force
recommendation to place 100 MX
weapons in super-hardened launch
silos spaced about 1,800 to 2,000 feet
apart near Warren AFB in Wyoming.
That plan called for spreading 200
MX missiles among some 4,600 con
crete shelters stretching across the
Utah and Nevada deserts and shifting
missiles and decoys from site to site
Physics professor Higgins
receieves Tektronix grant
By Ann Portal
Of the Emerald
A physics professor is the first Univer
sity recipient of part of the $3.5 million
"high-tech" gift announced last week by
Tektronix Inc. of Beaverton.
Richard Higgins, a physics professor
who specializes in solid state research,
said Monday that Tektronix has pledged
to contribute at least $150,000 over the
next few years toward his research on
“lll-V compound" semiconductor
devices.
Tektronix, which manufactures elec
tronic equipment, plans to award funds
to at least five colleges and universities in
the state.
University Provost Richard Hill said he
doesn't know whether the University will
receive additional funds from the Tek
tronix money but said more should be
known by the first of the new year
The exact amount of Higgins' gift still is
being negotiated, but he expects it to
comprise at least 25 percent of his sup
port for the next few years
A "multiplier effect” could make the
final value of the gift far greater, said
Higgins, whose research also is sup
ported by the National Science Founda
tion.
National funding agencies such as
NSF look for indications of local interest
in research, he said, and the Tektronix
money could bring in two to three times
its original value in grants.
"It's the difference between struggling
along and being on the leading edge,'
Higgins said.
The professor, who has had a lengthy
professional relationship with the Port
land company, said Tektronix has very
clear goals for its high-tech support
According to Tektronix President Earl
Wantland, those goals include improving
engineering and computer science
education, upgrading high-technology
equipment in classrooms and develop
ing lll-V research.
At the University, the company expects
“forefront research,” Higgins said.
The funds will advance Higgins' re
search in lll-V compounds, a relatively
new area of solid state physics that
should introduce the next generation of
computers, he said.
Using the lll-V compound, engineers
will be able to build computers that can
work 10 times faster than the current
models, Higgins said.
Higgins said the Tektronix gift came
after months of communication with
company representatives.
“It would be a big mistake to assume
it's a Santa Claus situation — someone
coming out of the blue and tapping you
on the shoulder," Higgins said.
Tektronix funds specific research and
specific groups of researchers, who
must first convince the company they
have something to contribute, he said.
"People at the University should ex
pect to have tough questions asked,"
Higgins said. "It's a real business ap
proach."