Housing site tested for
By Ann Portal
Ol tha EmarakJ
Additional soil testing may
be necessary at a southern
Eugene site being considered
for a 24-unit, low-income hous
ing project, the Lane County
Board of Commissioners
decided Wednesday.
No tests will be ordered,
however, until the board
receives additional informa
tion about lab tests performed
at the request of William Orr, a
University geology professor
who lives near the site,
located at 38th and Hilyard
Streets.
Tests conducted by an Ohio
research company indicated
that the site contains more
than a trace of several toxic
chemicals that have been link
ed to cancer.
Neighborhood groups con
tend that the proposed site is
adjacent to land used as a
public dump about 30 years
ago, and that toxic chemicals
from that dump pose a health
hazard to housing project
residents.
The City of Eugene owns
the site, which it purchased in
1979 to use for low-income
housing.
Lane County officials, eager
to help Eugene meet its low
income housing need, applied
in April, 1981, for federal Hous
ing and Urban Development
funds to finance the project.
HUD has already approved
plans for 18 two-bedroom and
six three-bedroom apartments
on the site, which the city is
prepared to sell for an amount
still under discussion.
Earlier water tests perform
ed by the state Department of
Environmental Quality con
cluded that the site contained
no health or environmental
hazards, but project op
ponents objected to the way in
which the tests were
conducted.
Meanwhile, Commissioner
Bill Rogers said he is opposed
to what he called "small ghet
to" housing developments
because of crime problems
they have caused in other
areas.
"I don’t want 24 units of low
income housing next door to
me," Rogers said.
Other commissioners
agreed that they might prefer
to spend low-income housing
funds in other ways, but noted
that HUD will approve funds
only for new construction.
“I’m in agreement that this
is not the best means to meet
this need, but it may be the on
ly way to meet the need," said
board chairer Jerry Rust.
Data collected by the City of
Eugene indicates that more
than 12,000 Eugene
households are 'ower-income.
The Lane County Housing
Authority currently has more
than 2,000 eligible families on
its waiting list.
Senate approves graduation with honors
The University Senate approved a motion
Wednesday initiating honors at graduation at
the University.
The Senate had earlier sent the motion
back to committee for additional research and
ammendments. The main concern then was
that the original proposal would discriminate
against students in the traditionally more dif
ficult departments like biology and chemistry.
Dan Cohen, author of the proposal, said
that a discrepancy between departments and
the University as a whole is not present, and ad
ded that students in the chemistry and biology
departments do just as well as the rest of the
University.
The cost of the proposal was estimated to
be $1,500 for the first term with an additonal
cost of $3,000-5,000 per year, which will be paid
by the University registrar’s office
The awards will be based on students’
percentile ranking in the graduating class. The
top 10 percent of each class receive Cum
Laude, five percent receive Magna Cum Laude
and two percent receive Summa Cum Laude
Corresponding Grade Point Indices, cur
rently 3.6, 3.7, and 3.85, will be adjusted each
spring term.
In other action, the Senate discussed a
proposal which would have sen! a letter to U S.
Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., and other members
of the Oregon Congressional delegation asking
them to defeat pending legislation which would
eliminate the mandatory retirement age, now
set at 70.
"The problem is not age; the problem is
tenure,” said Pres. Paul Olum in a speech to the
Senate.
Olum said the effects of such legislation
on universites would be "devastating" due to
problems with tenured professors.
The motion was sent to an ad hoc commit
tee for further study.
The Senate also heard discussion on the
Strategic Plan for Higher Education.
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