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Monday, May 7, 1984
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 85, Number 149
Hart to speak in Eugene;
location still unannounced
By Brooks Dareff
Of the Emerald
Colorado Sen. Gary Hart will speak at a
location as yet unannounced in Eugene
on Saturday, May 12, but the precise
coordinates won't be known until Friday,
according to Ralph Rosa, Hart's Lane
County coordinator.
Hart will probably arrive in Eugene bet
ween early morning and noon and will
probably speak somewhere downtown,
perhaps on the mall, Rosa says.
"We have considered the University,
but the feedback is that on a Saturday
the campus is deserted," he says.
Oregon holds its primary on Tuesday,
May 15.
Rosa says local Hart workers forwarded
location suggestions to Hart's
Washington, D.C., campaign office. Peo
ple from Hart's national organization are
now in Eugene scoping out potential
sites, he says.
"Currently, all we have is a notice from
national that he will be here on Satur
day," Rosa says.
Hart will probably be in Portland May
11, he says.
"But all of this is tentative," Rosa adds,
explaining the mechanics of the itinerary
guesswork. "I'm new to campaign work,
but from what I've heard, a lot of it has to
do with Secret Service requirements.”
Hart's wife, Lee, may join the senator in
Eugene Saturday, where they would both
stay until Sunday.
"We've been told — and this is even
more speculative — that they're trying to
arrange it so they can spend Mother's
Day together," Rosa says.
Missing for sure will be the couple's
daughter, Andrea, who is taking a break
from the rigors of the campaign, Rosa
says.
What isn't doubted however, is Hart's
visit to Eugene, despite the fact that Mon
dale's victory in Texas Saturday moved
the former vice-president over two thirds
of the way toward clinching the
Democratic nomination. On Tuesday,
425 more delegates will be at stake,
leading some observers — among them,
)esse Jackson — to speculate that that
day's primaries will be decidedly pivotal.
Rosa says Hart's campaign isn't on the
ropes and Texas isn't an indication of
Hart's strength in the West, his home
region.
"We consider Texas a southern state.
However the media has pushed it as a
Western state,” he says. "And we an
ticipate doing very well in Ohio (Tues
day). (Sen. Howard) Metzenbaum has en
dorsed Hart."
College Republicans host
Frohnmayer at convention
Oregon's problems stem from a lack of
good leadership, especially in the
democratically-controlled state
Legislature, Oregon Attorney General
David Frohnmayer said Friday night at
the Eugene Hilton.
Frohnmayer's keynote address at the
state convention of College Republicans
was followed by an auction of political
items.
Frohnmayer, who is running for re
election, blasted the Legislature for its
failure to solve the state's revenue pro
blem. Frohnmayer rejected the recent
assertion by Ffouse Speaker Grattan
Kerans, D-Eugene, that the legislative ses
sion was a success since it dealt with the
majority of state problems.
"That's like saying the maiden voyage
of the Titanic was all right except for that
night with the iceberg," he said.
The state's future leadership must be
drawn from today's students,
Frohnmayer said. However, he said he is
dismayed bv the materialism and social
pessimism ot today s youtn.
Frohnmayer commended the College
Republicans for their involvement in
political and social questions. He said
student chapters of the Democratic and
Republican parties provide experience
for later political activity.
But he warned of the problem of
"political junkies," those who go from
college activism directly into the political
arena. Instead, leaders need to become
acquainted with business, careers and
raising a family in order to be able to
identify with constituents, he said.
Mementoes from leading Republicans
were donated to raise funds for the stu
dent group. Among the items auctioned
were Labor Secretary Ray Donavon's cuf
flinks, which went for $10, and a pen set
from Vice President George Bush, which
netted $88.
The convention concluded Saturday
with a presentation by Defense Educa
tion Committee and election of the
group's state officers.
A wake for the Dead
In a wake of sorts, Grateful Dead fans waited outside the Hult Center
Sunday night for the first of the group's three live performances in the
Silva Concert Hall. Pictured above is a typical Deadhead.
The Deadheads are legion and usually turn out in droves whereever
their favorite band plays.
Inside the action was anything but mortal, as the Dead and their
followers were truckin' on until the late hours of the evening.
Photo by Michael Downey
Dean selected to panel studying future of humanities
By Melissa Martin
Of the Emerald
Bob Berdahl, dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, is one of 30 educators selected for a national
panel to study the future of humanities in American
universities.
Berdahl flew to Washington last weekend for the
first meeting of the panel, which is established by the
The National Endowment for the Humanities as a type
of advisory board, Berdahl says.
Berdahl will serve with such well-known names as
Hanna Gray, University of Chicago president, David
Reisman, Harvard University sociology professor,
Chester Finn, Vanderbilt University professor and John
Silber, Boston University president.
“The orientation of college students today is
leading to a narrow education and one which is pro
bably not equiping them to make some of the kinds of
value judgments they'll be called upon to make in their
lives," Berdahl says.
In the last eight months, Berdahl has served on two
NEH grant-application committees.
The future of humanities education, as well as
American universities' abilities to meet student needs in
humanities programs, are questions the panel is con
sidering, Berdahl says.
Between 1970 and 1980, 55 percent fewer bachelor
degrees were given in English, 36 percent fewer in
philosophy, 57 percent fewer in history and 44 percent
fewer in modern languages, Berdahl says.
Few employment opportunities exist for humanities
majors, and at the same time, college students are more
concerned with finding a job after graduation.
At next month's meeting, Berdahl will present to the
panel the idea of changing the way professors are train
ed to teach undergraduates.
Berdahl's appointment comes during a year of
humanities emphasis at the University. The NEH, which
gives $140 million grants each year, funded the Univer
sity's humanities center in Fall term.
Berdahl says NEH influences the future of
humanities education.
“Whatever recommendations we make," he says of
the panel, "will become a factor in the direction of the
National Endowment for the Humanities."
NEH President William Bennett organized the panel
to discover the reason humanities studies are declining
in universities.
"We have read and heard a great deal in recent
years about how the humanities are ailing on our na
tion's college campuses," he wrote in the Chronicle of
Higher Education.