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University underfunded, but
Olum understands the
Legislature is a "hard nut to
crack — harder than I had
hoped and harder than Bud
may have thought."
"Everything depends on
funding," says Olum. "There
are very few major problems at
this University money would
not cure. What we need from
the chancellor is success in
increasing funding. We are
aimed in the right direction,
but are not there yet.”
Davis agrees. "We have a
long way to go, but it is a
start."
Besides funding issues,
there was a move, early in the
Legislative session, to re
organize higher education,
which Davis opposed.
•‘More important than the
specific organization is the
leadership in key spots, and
the support of the legislature
and the people,” he says. "Our
problem is not the organiza
tional structure — it’s the level
of funding. Given this level of
funding it will not make that
much difference how higher
education is organized.”
The interim between
legislative sessions will be the
real test of the “tenuous rela
tionship” built up between the
Legislature and the state
system, says Rep. Rick
Say Bud, what's next?
He’s implemented the
strategic plan, new admis
sions requirements and
Presidential Scholarships —
so what’s next for Chancellor
Bud Davis?
Davis has set up some goals
he hopes to achieve within the
next year. Many of them are
extentions of ideas he has laid
the groundwork for during this
year.
They include:
• Expanding the number of
scholarships offered for merit.
About 96 percent of scholar
ships are based on need, says
Davis. He'd like to see more
recognition given to
excellence.
• Developing complete com
puter literacy for all students
within four to five years.
• Using computer capabilities
more effectively in research.
• Upgrading library acquis
tions. "Regardless of the com
puter, the availability of books
and literature is important,”
Dvais says.
•Setting aside a certain
percentage of each institu
tion’s budget for repairs,
rehabilitation and on-going
maintenance.
• Being able to set aside 1 per
cent of each institutions’s
total budget to use as seed
money for basic research.
"The number is far too small,
but it is a beginning,” says
Davis.
• Developing the capacity to
become a statewide resource
for Asian and international
studies. “I hope to see Oregon
become one of the most
cosmopolitan states in the
country,” says Davis.
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Bauman, D-Portland, a
member of the Joint Ways and
Means Committee.
"He has restored an amount
of credibility to the state
system,” Bauman says.
Others are more skeptical
— they say any new
chancellor would have been
given a chance.
“Any new chancellor is go
ing to have a honeymoon with
the legislature,” says T.K.
Olson, executive director of
the ECO.
"Whenever a new person
comes in, regardless of the
former incumbent, there is a
period of freshness,” says Bill
Lemman, vice chancellor for
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administration in the state
system.
Davis had the ability to
capitalize on the opportunity
to create support in the
Legislature, says Lemman.
Davis tried to show how
government, business and
higher education can work
together to aid Oregon’s ailing
economy by creating
CASEERI, the Committee for
the Advancement of Science,
Engineering Educa
tionResearch for Industry.
“We fare the best when the
economy is best,” said Davis.
Cooperation between in
stitutions has increased,
strengthening the entire
system, Davis says. For exam
ple, the education schools at
Oregon State University and
Western Oregon State College
were merged, the engineering
program is being built up at
Portland State University with
help from OSU while the
University and OSU are
cooperating in genetic biology
research.
"This is what makes a state
system a partnership rather
than eight individual fief
doms,” says Davis.
What has been the worst
part about his year as
chancellor?
Davis grins. “I haven’t had
time to go fishing yet.”
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Protest for peace
Fifty people gathered in a vigil for
peace in Nicaragua at the Federal
Building in Fugene Wednesday
afternoon.
The vigil was held in conjunction
with a similar demonstration in
Managua, Nicaragua. Between 150 and
200 North Americans are in Managua,
preparing to go to Nicaragua's border
with Honduras where they will serve as
" human shields" against US. backed
guerrillas, says Manuel Pacheco, direc
tor of the University's High School
Equivalency Program and spokesperson
for the vigil.
Pacheco read a statement from
Eugene an Bill Collins who is in
Nicaragua with the Inter-religious Task
Force.
“The US. does not contribute to
democracy or gain popular influence
here in Nicaragua by putting bullets in
the backs of peasants," the statement
said.
Geri Seese, a Springfield resident
also is in Nicaragua with the peace
group.
Other speakers at the vigil included
County Commissioner Scott Lieuellen,
Gail Gill from U S. Congressman Jim
Weaver's office, Donald Purkey, a
minister at Central Presyterian Church,
Bill Walker, a minister at the First United
Methodist Church and John Farley, from
the American Federation of Teachers.
Photo by Mark Pynes
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