It happened this summer
According to a time-honored adage,
there’s nothing older than yesterday’s
news. Perhaps, but we have decided to
challenge that and provide a review of
some of what happened on campus this
summer for everyone who was away,
who is new, or who spent the summer
soaking up sunshine.
Approximately 17,000 visitors flocked
to Eugene to attend a series of congresses
and conferences with the most notable
being the University’s hosting of the
Olympic Scientific Congress in July.
Like the Olympics, the congress is
held every four years and attracts
representatives from the nations of the
world. This year’s congress may even
have outdone the Olympics in atten
dance as fewer nations boycotted it than
the L.A. Games.
Bringing hundreds of the world’s top
scientists to campus enhanced both the
University’s reputation and the com
munity’s coffers.
Another congress brought students to
the University — hundreds of them — as
Emerald file photo
Two delegates express different opi
nions on an issue during the USSA na
tional congress.
the ASUO hosted the 37th annual United
States Students Association national
congress.
Student leaders from around the coun
try attended a plethora of workshops and
meetings during the August event.
While much of the USSA congress
focused on political practices such as
lobbying and voter registration, some
high-powered politicing of a national
level hit Eugene in September when
Democratic vice presidential hopeful
Geraldine Ferraro spoke at the
downtown mall.
Contrasting the many visitors to
campus was the threat of eviction to a
group of long-time businesses at the
edge of campus. Residents of The Cour
tyard, a small business area on 13th
Avenue across from Sacred Heart
Hospital that features flowers, trees and
attracts students, received notice to
vacate in May.
The hospital had acquired the lease to
the land and decided to construct a park
ing area where the businesses are.
But in July, the hospital notified the
businesses that it had found alternative
parking and extended the lease to March
31, 1986 on all businesses except
Sahalie’s Natural Foods and The Eugene
Trading Co., they are still required to
vacate.
A third confab that attracted visitors
was the World Conference of the Interna
tional Society for Music Education, held
in July. The University was the first
American university to host the con
ference, which drew more than 3,000
people from more than 60 countries. It
was the time in 18 years it has been held
in the United States.
On a sadder note, sorrow struck the
campus as two professors died this sum
mer. The campus was shocked by the
death of biology Prof. George Streis
inger, 56, who died Aug. 11 while scuba
diving in a lake near Florence. He died of
severe coronary arteriosclerosis.
And on July 17, the University lost
astronomy and physics Prof. Edwin Eb
bighausen, 73, who was known as “the
father of the modern physics depart
ment.” Ebbighausen died of kidney
failure at Sacred Heart Hospital after a
three-year bout with cancer of the bone
marrow.
In classroom related news, students
should be happy with the August an
nouncement that the University
bookstore is making arrangements to sell
microcomputer systems at reduced rates
for students.
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Emerald file photo
Scientists from around the world came to Eugene to discuss advances in sports
medicine at the Olympic Scientific Congress this summer.
Other good news for students’ pocket
books came in June when the Oregon
State Board of Higher Education voted to
continue tuition freezes, subject to
gubernatorial and legislative approval,
in the state system through the 1986-87
academic year.
And in July the board voted to
establish an undergraduate degree pro
gram at the University in American
studies. The program will enable
students to focus on individual areas of
American society. Students interested in
entering the program when it kicks off in
1985 are encouraged to enroll in a
preview class to be offered this year.
Also in July, the board approved over
due regulations regarding travel by
Oregon colleges and universities. The
action was prompted by the tragic deaths
in January of University wsrestlers Jed
Kesey and Lorenzo West. Kesey's father,
noted author Ken Kesey, suggested safe
ty improvements to a Senate advisory
committee in April that were included in
the new policies.
Meanwhile, the University lost the ser
vices of economics Prof. Joseph Stone for
one year with the July announcement of
the 36-year-old’s appointment to Pres.
Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers.
Stone and his family plan to return to
Eugene after the stint in Washington,
D.C.
A bit of controversy was stirred up
over a proposal to give student-athletes a
head start at registering for classes. The
proposal was an off-shoot of an NCAA
requirement that athletes be enrolled in
an average of 12 hours per term in
courses from “a specific baccalaureate
degree program.”
Apparently, the flap hasn’t been settl
ed yet.
Two other bits of sports news took
place in the world of running as the
Olympic torch passed through Eugene
on its way to Los Angeles and Mary
Decker broke the world’s record in a
3,000 meter race at Hayward Field in a
tune-up before her ill-fated Olympic
appearance.
In other sports-related events, the
University announced that Bill Byrne,
39, would take over the reins of athletic
director, replacing Rick Bay, who took
the same position at Ohio State Universi
ty. Byrne had been the assistant to Bay
and had been acting as athletic director
since July 1 when Bay resigned.
And the Duck football team received
good news for this season as a $363,500
rug was laid in Autzen Stadium.
In the world of student government,
the attorney general ruled that incidental
fee committee meetings were subject to
Oregon’s public meetings law but was
less definite on a question of non-student
members serving on fee committees.
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