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Friday, November 9, 1984
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 86, Number 51
Recent rioting in India
stirs local agony, concern
By Diana Elliott
Of Ik Emerald
Many citizens of Eugene read the news about
the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the
violence that followed, and were temporarily
shocked. But
to one Univer
sity professor
the incident
was more than
a front page
news story. It
was a very real
example of the
religious strife
that has
plagued his
country for
4,000 years.
Indian
h o r n A m i t
Goswami, a
University
physics pro
fessor, felt a
great sense of
personal loss
when he
Amit Goswami learned of the
tragedy.
“Some of my worst thoughts and fears are
materializing.“ Goswami says. “Riots in the ma
jor cities, and so many dead. All 1 can think about
is what can I do. . .what can we do. . .what can
anyone do?”
Goswami admits there's nothing he can do
for the 800 million people of India. And there's
nothing he can do for his mother and sisters who
are now living in New Delhi. But he does believe
the danger that exists there has presented an
opportunity.
“This offers the human race an opportunity
to think about what we can do to stop such
violence,” Goswami says. “Personally I’ll try to
transform myself.”
Although traditionally India has suffered
from religious conflict, the philosophy of non
violence taught by Mohandas Gandhi during the
Indian independence struggle, emphasized the
importance of religious tolerance and
brotherhood.’ Goswami feels the teachings of
Mohandas Gandhi are still important today.
“This is a chance for the country to take the
vow of non-violence over again,” Goswami says.
But since the murder of Indira Gandhi last
Wednesday, violence has erupted, taking the
lives of more than 1,000 people, most of w'hom
were Sikhs. Tensions climaxed between the
government of India and Sikh extremists in June,
when Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian army into
the Golden Temple of Amritsar, the holiest shrine
of the Sjkh religion. Sikh extremists had been us
ing the temple as their headquarters.
Troops were ordered into the temple after a
series of assassinations of Hindu leaders. Indira
Gandhi claimed that the purpose for the operation
was to root out the extremists and stop the grow
ing wave of religious violence.
The Sikh extremists who took responsiblity
for the assassination said it was carried out in
revenge for the attack on the Golden Temple and
as part of their struggle for an independent nation
to be created out of the state of Punjab in Northern
India.
The Sikh extremists, however, make up only
a fraction of the Sikh population in India. In
response to the assassination, Hindus have
retaliated against the entire Sikh population of
India.
Continued on Page 6A
When it rains, it floods
When it pours, all the rain inevitably washes into
this puddle outside the EMU Fishbowl. As water col
lects, pedestrians usually deal with the nuisance by
walking around or by jumping over it. Not in this case
— they just had fun with it. As much fun that is, as one
can have with a mud puddle.
Photo by Steven Wall
Law Library’s exclusionary study policy questioned
By Michael Doke
Of Ike Kmerald
Undergraduates using the
University Law Library have
been told to stay out of that
facility unless they are there for
legal research, but the legality
of that policy has come into
question, say several University
officials.
“The State Board (of Higher
Education) can do many
things.” says Bill Kittredge,
director of student advocacy.
The board may delegate every
area from authority over a
University building to the presi
dent of that institution, he says.
“The State Board seeds the
authority to Paul Olum who
then seeds it to (Law School
Dean) Derrick Bell,” Kittredge
says.
And the policy restricting
undergraduate use of the Law
Library was achieved through
this process, he says.
In April, Provost Dick Hill
issued a memorandum stating
“the law school library no
longer can be available as an
unrestricted study hall facili
ty...(Usage) for non-law
students now must be restricted
to those actively pursuing
research on topics requiring the
use of the library’s collections.”
“The problem resulted from
very, very heavy use of the Law
Library by people not in law
school,” Hill says. The re
quirements of the people who
need the library the most were
not being met, he says.
Hill says that the problem
escalates during finals period
when both undergraduates and
law students are facing tests.
The legality of the exclu
sionary policy must be looked at
from two angles, says Lois Day,
president of the Student Bar
Association at the law school.
“First, it’s a public building
— it cannot be closed to anyone.
But for accreditation, a certain
number of seats must be held
exclusively for law students,”
she says.
The law school is accredited
by the American Bar Associa
tion and the Association of
American Law Schools, says
Peggy Nagae, assistant dean for
academic advising at the
school.
Law students must pay a $600
annual fee over and above tui
Continued on Page 6A
Extended library hours being considered
By Julie Shippen
Of Ihe Kmerald
The University’s library may be
available for extended hours if a survey,
shows that enough students would use
its facilities beyond the present schedul
ed hours, says University Librarian
George Shipman.
The issue arose at a recent informal
gathering of leaders of student organiza
tions and members of the University ad
ministration, where an ASUO represen
tative asked if the library’s hours could
be increased by 20 hours per week.
Dick Hill, vice president for academic
affairs and provost, responded in a letter
to ASUO President Julie Davis, saying
that although funds could not support
keeping the library open an additional
20 hours, he would see if a more
reasonable extension of facility hours
could be arranged.
“As I see it, this is a problem which is
a bit tricky. We could define the problem
as one of a regular extension of hours
throughout the term. This would be the
easiest to solve logistically,” Hill said in
the letter. “However, in terms of
students’ needs, it may be that extended
hours at the end of the term are more
crucial than such an extension at the
beginning of each term.”
Fast Oregon Student Lobby and ASUO
surveys have indicated that between 50
and 60 percent of students consider the
library’s hours insufficient, Davis says.
She says students in general would like
to see the library stay open longer Friday
and Saturday nights and open earlier
Sunday morning.
“It’s not a problem of hours being in
the wrong place, it’s just a matter of not
enough hours, period,” she says. “It’s a
serious enough problem in this academic
institution that it needs to be addressed,
and soon.”
Hill has requested that Davis’ office
prepare a student-based list of specific
hours that they would like to see the
library open, and if students need the ex
tra hours to study there or to use the
reference materials. Hill said that while
using the library for studying is
legitimate, rooms outside the library' in
buildings such as Gilbert Hall would be
less expensive.
Representatives of the ASUO and Stu
dent University Affairs Board will be tak
ing an informal survey in the library and
classrooms today and next week asking
students if and when they would use the
library beyond its present hours.
Shipman says he would support the
library being open 24 hours-a-day with
full services if there were adequate fiscal
resources.