Oregon daily
emerald
Monday, October 17, 1983
Eugene, Oregon
volume 03, iNumuer 3
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Solomon Amendment
Students denounce war, Reagan
By Doug Nash
Of the Emerald
Using pleas as full of tears as they were
of anger, student leaders from the Universi
ty and Lane Community College joined
forces Friday in a rally denouncing the
Solomon Amendment.
“Too many people have forgotten Viet
nam. It made a big dent in my life personal
ly," said ASUO Pres. Mary Hotchkiss,
whose ex-husband fought in the Asian
country. "I hate to think the students who
walk by me and say, 'I don't care,' are going
to allow themselves to be carted off."
The rally allowed several student ac
tivists from both campuses to voice their
displeasure with the amendment, which re
quires all students receiving federal finan
cial aid to certify they registered with the
Selective Service or are exempt from having
to register.
All males at least 18 years of age and
born after 1959 must register for the draft.
Quite often, however, discussion went
far beyond the limited issue of the Solomon
Amendment.
"Registration is about war, war is about
death," said Ron Phillips, coordinator of the
Coalition Opposed to Registration and the
Draft.
"The government has no right to say
that against your will you must put on a
uniform and go and die for us," he con
tinued. "It is the government of this ad
ministration that is breaking the law."
Indeed, most of the anger was directed
at the Reagan administration, whom
speakers labeled as "insane" and
"militaristic."
"We can't give up our power to
anybody as stupid as Ronald Reagan, that's
for sure," said health care worker Jolene
Simpson.
Overall, student leaders urged students
to use the voting booth to vent their discon
tent with the present government.
"We have to take it to November of '84
when we're going to change this military
madness around," said Brian Moore, presi
dent of the Associated Students of Lane
Community College.
Female speakers were emphatic in
charging that the amendment affects
everyone, not just draft-age males. As an ex
ample, they pointed to Melissa Barker, the
26-year-old University graduate student
who is seeking the help of the American
Civil Liberties Union to retrieve the finan
cial aid she was denied for refusing to sign
the Solomon form.
"She refused to sign that and she
wasn't even targeted," said Ann Alter from
Students Opposing Registration and the
Draft. "She's taking a big step and I think
we have to support her."
ASUO Vice President Kevin Kouns urg
ed students to contribute to a fund created
to help pay for Barker's legal services.
Library gets
more money
Initial request cut;
library will not slip
University library officials initially re
quested $3.8 million for program im
provements, but received only $1
million, says Jim Lockwood, assistant
vice-chancellor for academic affairs.
And while library officials are grateful
for the money, Lockwood says they are
not hopeful of paying off debts.
“It's not enough to catch up but it will
keep us from slipping behind," he says.
“When you've got tough money deci
sions it's tough to lay people off and buy
books. There's a balance in there,”
Lockwood says.
Gov. Vic Atiyeh considered the
original recommendation and reduced
the amount to $1 million. After the
legislature approved the funds, the state
system of higher education made the
allotment. The University's share was
$221,874.
Last January, Chancellor of Higher
Education Bud Davis looked at the
statistics and options from the state
supported school librarians and decided
the allotment of funds, Lockwood says.
Higher education officials estimated
what different schools would need bas
ed on past data, and because the Univer
sity is the largest in the state, it received
more funds for automation than for
books, Lockwood says.
Smaller institutions received more
funds proportionately for books than for
automation, he says.
But the funds are not enough to bring
about a complete automation change in
the University library, Lockwood says.
"Libraries are labor-intensive and
paper work-orientated. It's at that paper
shuffling level that you can make some
savings," he says.
After next year, the program improve
ment fund becomes part of the library's
existing base budget.
University receives
largest fund portion
The University library has received the
largest chunk of a $1 million library im
provement fund for Oregon's eight
state-supported universities and col
leges for the next biennium.
The University was allotted $221,874 to
be divided in half for the biennium
budget, says University librarian George
Shipman.
Of all state-supported schools in
Oregon, the University spends the most
on books, 35 percent of the state total
library budget, Shipman says. This in
dicates University priorities, he says.
Of the total allocation, $91,375 is
designated to buy new books and
$130,499 is intended for automation or
personnel and paperwork.
Some automation funds will be used
to fill a systems analysis position, which
will help the library in "making the right
choices for specific programs and hard
wares and enhancing existing pro
grams," Shipman says.
He says the library will value the ad
vice from someone trained in both
systems work and library work.
The library may be up against a brick
wall in its search for a system analysis
person, Shipman says, because many
libraries are trying to fill the same posi
tion due to the improving economy.
The University will use other automa
tion money for minor equipment and
gradually converting the catalog depart
ment into a machine-readable format.
Oregon State received the second
largest amount, $201,438, followed by
Portland State University, $180,438;
Oregon Health Science University,
$116,000; Western Oregon State College,
$81,314; Southern Oregon State College,
$81,312; Eastern Oregon State College,
$61,312; and Oregon Institute of
| Technology, $56,312.
Survey ranks department
among country's top six
By Melissa Martin
Of Ihe Emerald
A national survey recently ranked the
University Department of Management
sixth in the country and first in the North
west among state-supported institutions of
higher education.
The top 10 schools in order were
Berkeley, Illinois, Texas A&M, Wisconsin
faculty and the best students. We try to
secure the best students," Steers says.
Teachers are hard to recruit in business
schools because of job market competition,
he says. For every professor, there are eight
to 10 teaching positions available.
"It is exciting to be at this University
despite our budget woes. We really do have
a first rate arts and sciences college. The
Madison, u c, l a ,
Oregon, Michigan State,
Washington, Michigan,
and Indiana.
Three years ago when
Berkeley ranked
business schools, the
University was in the top
fifteen.
"There's only one
'Our purpose is to be
efficient, plan on
more students and do
a better job/
— Richard Steers
gybacks with them," he
says.
The administration
wants to take fewer
students and "do a bet
ter job," Steers says. Last
year the business college
increased the CPA re
quirement from 2.5 to
2.75. Now the school is
wui lu-Liaa j wu ji»«v
school in the state," says
Richard Steers, associate dean for academic
affairs for the college.
About 100 senior members of the
Academy of Management, the professional
association for professors in the field of
business management, ranked the schools
based on program excellence and faculty
standing.
"We try to have a first rate young faculty,"
Steers says. Most of the instructors have
previous work experience, which is rare
among business faculty, he says.
The survey results may mean, "an in
crease in the capacity to recruit the best
taking the applications,
ranking them according to GPA and admit
ting the top 700 students.
With this new policy, used by both
Berkeley and University of Washington,
Steers says the faculty and administration
can always know exactly how many
students will be in the school each year.
"Our purpose is to be efficient, plan on
more students and do a better job," he
says.
The ranking was an "ego boost," for the
department and the business school, Steers
says. "It's nice to be recognized for our
efforts." *