Oregon daily emerald., July 07, 1983, Image 1

Higher ed’s budget
has administrators
smiling, frowning.
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Oregon daily
emerald
Thursday, July 7, 1983
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 85, Number 5
‘Financial difficulties’ close Food-Op
wy Jim Moore
Of th* Emerald ,
After eight years of financial dif
ficulties, the Food-Op, a cooperative
that offered low cost, natural foods to
University students, has closed its
doors for good.
In a memo dated June 30, ASUO
Pres. Mary Hotchkiss, speaking for
Food-Op officials, announced the
closure of the store because of “ongo
ing financial difficulties."
Hotchkiss refused any further com
ment about the Food-Op’s financial
status. Mary Rowe and Jon Lickerman,
spokespersons for the Food-Op, were
nearly as tight-lipped about the
situation.
However, the two did say that
members of the cooperative, which is a
private, non-profit corporation, will ex
plore the store’s financial status in the
next two weeks and future decisions
will be made on the basis of that
determination.
There are no plans to declare
bankruptcy at the present time, say
Lickerman and Rowe. They also say
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there is a chance the store will owe no
money after liquidation and examina
tion of the books.
However, chances are slim that the
store will re-open.
"It’s not in the forseeable future,”
says Lickerman, referring to the
possibility of the store opening its
doors again.
The store’s perishable goods were li
quidated last Thursday, but no plans
have been made regarding equipment
in the building, according to Rowe and
Lickerman.
The closure of the Food-Op will not
affect an IFC-funded outreach program
which started as an outgrowth of the
store.
"The goals of the outreach program
are not store-related,” says Sheila
Schain, ASUO budget director.
The director of the outreach pro
gram, Pat McGurk, resigned his posi
tion at the time of the store closure ac
cording to Lickerman and Rowe.
McGurk has been out of town, accor
ding to housemates, and was not
available for comment.
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Signs say the Food-Op is closed, spokespeople
say
Photo by Mark Pynes
re opening is doubtful.
McGurk has contended the lack of
visibility has been a major cause of the
store’s low sales.
The Food-Op building, located at
1535 Agate St., sits away from any
main traffic flow, its entrance facing a
parking lot. McGurk planned to move
the store to a more favorable location,
but the cost of the move changed his
mind, McGurk said. He then decided to
refurbish the building's exterior.
As recently as June 27 he reported
plans to carry out the brightening-up
effort. y M
A fter a year as chancellor, nobody calls him doctor;
folks just slap him on the back and say: How are ya,
When Chancellor Bud Davis was
president of Idaho State University, the
librarian told him he didn’t look the part of
a college administrator.
“You know, Bud,” said the librarian.
“There are two things you need to be a col
lege president. Gray hair to give you a look
of distinction — and hemorroids to give
you a look of concern.”
Now the silver-haired Davis laughs.
The look of concern “came naturally,” he
says.
By Sandy Johnstone
Davis’ concern for higher education has taken
him nearly 36,000 miles around the state since he
took over as chancellor. He has attended public
hearings, attended banquets and luncheons and
received several awards from all over the state.
Meeting the people of the state was one of
Davis’ priorities.
“One of the goals I set out a year ago was to
build a grassroots level support and interest in
higher education," he says.
Davis’ visibility throughout the state has been
a boon to higher education, says Rep. Wayne
Fawbush, D-Hood River.
“He has let a lot of people know that higher
education exists and the people in charge care,"
says Fawbush.
Davis is much more visible than former
Chancellor Roy Lieuallen, says Bill Lemman, vice
chancellor for administration. “Some ad
ministrators work behind the scenes, and some
work the crowd," he says.
Part of Davis’ success comes from his ability
to get along with people and to feel at home in any
situation, says Ed Harms, member of the State
Board of Higher Education.
“People like him," says University Pres. Paul
Olum. "He’s a warm, friendly person with a real
commitment to higher education.”
Davis, 54, was president of the University of
New Mexico for seven years and president of ISU
for 10 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in physical
education, a master’s degree in education ad
ministration and a doctorate in higher education.
He was even the head football coach at the Univer
sity of Colorado for a short time.
Davis’ message to the people of the state has
been to create a program of excellence in the state
Photo by Mark Pynes
— something that will rival, in quality if not size, the
best institutions in the country.
As he talked to luncheons and banquets
across the state and told of his plan for excellence,
he discovered the citizens support his plans. “I saw
heads nodding,” Davis says.
The strategic plan for higher education, a 46
page document detailing the goals for higher
education, was the instrument he selected to hear
people’s views on the state system.
“He’s full of ideas to improve higher educa
tion,” says Olum. "He communicates a sense of
urgency to them."
New admissions requirements are perhaps the
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