Oregon daily
emerald
Thursday, November 1, 1984
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 86, Number 45
Gary Hart: back on the campaign trail
Sen. Gary Hart
But this time he’s stumping for Mondale
By Julie Shippen
Of the Emerald
Pres. Ronald Reagan is gambling that
# Americans will be selfish at the polls next week, and
he's counting on them being more interested in their
own concerns than in foreign politics or the nuclear
arms race, said U.S. Sen. Gary Hart. Wednesday
afternoon in the EMU Ballroom.
A crowd of more than 1,000 people, most of
them students, packed the Ballroom to hear the
former Democratic candidate for the presidential
nomination speak in support of the»Mondale-Fe'rraro
ticket and other local [Democratic candidates.
The election on Tuesday is not just another na
tional election or simply a choice between two in
dividuals during "calm and quiet times,” Hart said.
Rather, Reagan has made it a referendum on the
nation’s character, particularly that of young
Americans, he said.
"As much as Ronald Reagan would like to have
it, this is not a contest for class president or Mr Con
geniality,” he said. "It is fundamentally a referen
dum between this country’s future and Ronald
Reagan’s vision of a past which never existed.”
Hart said Reagan is wagering that voters will be
motivated out of personal greed and will forget the
issues of human rights, pollution, the deficit and
nuclear weapons when they go to the polls.
“I say he is wrong,” Hart said of these notions.
He also said that Reagan is wrong to think that
Americans do not care about the his administration’s
backing of President Ferdinand Marcos’ government
in the Philippines, the "covert” war in Nicaragua
and the South African government’s practice of
apartheid.
While Hart recognized that people have a right
to believe in Reagan and express that belief, he open
ly criticized the “small band” of the nation's youth
who do support the president.
“1 hope if Mr. Reagan is re-elected, and he does
tragically engage this country in an unnecessary war
in Central America, that those Reagan youth are
prepared to be the first drafted to fight that war,”
Hart said, bringing the crowd to its feet in standing
ovation.
Hart said the Democratic party believes that the
country’s values are different from the Reagan ad
ministration’s, and that the government should
fulfill the people’s “agenda” by ratifying the Equal
Rights Amendment within the next four years.
He said this agenda also includes the prosecu
tion of toxic-waste polluters, a change in the govern
ment's foreign policies, and the reversal of the
nuclear arms race, a race Hart said Reagan wants to
“spread into the heavens.”
“My message to you is simply this: Ronald
Reagan does not deserve your support. Walter Mon
dale does,’ he said. “You know and 1 know that this
contest is about your future. You can’t afford to sit
this race out.”
In a press conference held after the speech, Hart
accused Reagan of not being “candid” with the
American people on the outlook of this country’s
deficit and employment problems, and he predicted
that there will be a recession in 1985.
“We're living in a fool’s paradise right now,”
he said. Hart added that a recession next year would
be similar to that of three years ago. but that it would
be less severe with Mondale instead of-Reagan as
president.
Hart’s trip to Oregon followed a Monday ap
pearance by Mondale in Portland and a University
appearance by Geraldine Ferraro on Friday. His cam
pus visit was sponsored by the ASUO.
University Senate acts to
define its goals, purposes
By Michael Doke
Of (he Krocrald
In an effort to combat mounting
frustration, the University Senate met
Wednesday to draw up a “bill of par
ticulars” Senate members will present
next week to the University Assembly.
The issues involved represent “the
broadest possible pieces of discussion’*
the Senate should present to the larger
body, said Kathy Eaton, senate chair.
“(The Assembly) needs to hear about
how we feel about these issues,” Eaton
said.
The frustration stems from the single,
main issue existing on the Assembly
agenda for more than a year — the role,
usefulness and future of the Senate as a
recommending body.
“Should the Senate be stronger or
should it be abolished?” Eaton asked.
“These were brought up last year and we
want to avoid them this year. We’ve
reached a time when the Senate should
do something else or be let go,” she said.
The “bill of particulars” is a result of
Senate discussion and not a final mo
tion, Eaton said.
Issues discussed under the heading of
the bill included the types of legislation
the Senate should review, Senate tasks
not related to legislation, the size of the
body and the use of the Senate as a quali
ty control group or as a center for
creative thinking to enhance legislation.
Selection of legislative discussion, us
ing the Senate as a clearinghouse for
committee recommendations and ideas.
and increasing Senate visibility were
other ideas offered by faculty and stu
dent senators.
“I don’t think the faculty knows how
we feel on the motions we bring to the
Assembly.” Education Prof. Ned
Christensen said. “We must define what
we do so we will appear to be on the
mark.”
Having an independent Senate agenda
and using the Senate to establish the
Assembly agenda were issues addressed
by the senators as well.
Other ideas discussed were the
Senate’s right to have final say on
legislation, though the Assembly could
override any decision; the recoginition
of it’s role for screening legislation and
making recommendations on motions;
and the fact that both decision-making
bodies should take a closer look at the
Assembly’s role.
“We can’t change the meaning, spirit
or content of a motion,” SUAB member
Doug Green said. "But we must have the
ability to make an agenda, and we must
have the ability to say no” to a piece of
legislation, he said.
Members of the Senate will bring these
issues to Wednesday’s General
Assembly meeting through a Robert’s
Rules of Order technique known as
“quasi committee of the whole.” Eaton
said. Through this device, the issues can
be discussed without the Assembly hav
ing to elect a new chair.
“What we must attempt Wednesday is
to focus Assembly attention on the
Senate and these issues,” Eaton said.
University receives grant
By Michael Hosmar
Of the Emerald
The University received a grant
Wednesday that, will help make its
science facility more comprehensive
and attractive to students and
educators, according to the head of
the University’s physics department.
The U.S. Department of Energy
recently approved the $2.3 million
grant from the Department of Educa
tion to design a new advanced science
and technology facility.
John Moseley says the new facility
will “.increase all areas of research.”
There is not enough space in the ex
isting facility to start new research
programs, he says. The new facility
will make the University more attrac
tive to educators, and the present staff
will be more reluctant to leave the
University for higher salaries
elsewhere, he says.
Moseley says that more than one
building will house the new facility.
A site has not yet been determined,
but he says the new buildings should
be located near existing science
buildings. It will probably be two
years before construction begins, he
says.
The grant will pay for the planning
and design of 180,000 square feet of
building space for new research areas
and educational and administrative
areas. It will also help pay for plans
for the renovation of approximately
90,000 square feet of the existing
science facility.
“We’re talking about equipment
too,” says Moseley. “It may bring us
back into the 20th century,” he add
ed. He says that along with the basic
equipment like beakers and desks, the
new facility will have sophisticated
microscopes and “a proper ventila
tion system.”
“I take this as an additional
response to (the University’s) pro
gress in the sciences,” says Richard
Hill, University vice president.
Richard Hersh, University vice
president for research, says that he is
advertising this week for architects to
design the project. A firm should be
selected early in 1985, he says.
John Moseley