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Monday, January 21, 1985
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 86, Number 81
University to receive extra funds
By Michael Hosmar
Of the Emerald
CORVALLIS — The University will receive the
largest portion of a total of $1.6 million, a combination
of surplus tuition income and emergency funds
allocated to Oregon’s eight state-supported colleges
and universities.
In its meeting Friday, the State Board of Higher
Education adopted a recommendation formulated by
higher education Chancellor Bud Davis, showing how
the entire $1.6 million should be allocated to each in
stitution. The schools with higher-than-«xpected
enrollment will receive larger shares of the money, ac
cording to Davis’ - commendation.
The University will receive $412,000 of the
emergency funds for expanding library hours, purchas
ing new instructional equipment and providing more
course selections. The University will also receive
$588,000 from surplus tuition income for 1984.
“This was a compromised solution,” Davis said,
because the allocation model resulted from a joint effort
between institution presidents and the chancellor’s of
fice. Both camps agreed on the recommedation before it
was approved by the board.
The University, Oregon State University, Western
Oregon State College and Portland State University will
receive the largest pieces of the $1.6 million pie,
because they had higher-than-anticipated enrollments
in 1984.
Davis said the allocation model is not entirely bas
ed on over-realized enrollment. For example, because
of the “above-average level of funding" it normally
receives, PSU was allocated more money than OSU
even though the Portland school had a smaller surplus
tuition income, Davis said.
Enrollment figures for 1984-85 show that an unan
ticipated 824 students enrolled at the University. Davis'
allocation model gives the University 63 percent of the
entire $1.6 million.
The board originally used $900,000 of $1.6 million
in surplus tuition income to pay legal expenses incur
red while defending three lawsuits. The most expen
sive lawsuit was a landmark sex-discrimination suit —
Penk vs. State Board of Higher Education.
Sen. Ed Fadeley and former Rep. Grattan Kerans,
both Eugene Democrats, responded to the board's ac
tion by asking the state Legislative Emergency Board to
give state higher education $900,000 to replace the
money used for legal expenses. The board approved the
allocation Jan. 11.
Davis said he erred by not asking the emergency
board for additional funds to pay for the legal expenses.
“The signals I got led me to believe that the emergency
board wasn’t really willing to consider allocating funds
for extraordinary legal expenses," Davis explained.
"But instead, I found them (the emergency board) eager
to help.”
Before the Kerans-Fadeley motion was approved,
the higher education board had allocated only $588,000
to the University.
“They (Kerans and Fadeley) believed students
were being shortchanged by not having the total $1.6
million for direct support of costs related to instruc
tion," Davis said.
"Many people believe that tuition does or should
be used to pay only the costs directly related to instruc
tion of students," Davis said. But the budgeting and ac
counting structure of the state system, which follows
national accounting standards, makes no distinction
among the several sources of funds that finance educa
tion. Davis said.
"Tuition, taxes and other revenue pay not only for
books and and faculty salaries, but for telephones,
postage, collecting garbage, mowing lawns and, yes,
insurance and legal expenses of the institutions and the
board," he added.
See related story, Page 3
Graphic by Mike Duncan
Improvements to begin
in area west of campus
By Cynthia Whitfield
Of the Emerald
West University neighborhood
residents can expect to see construc
tion crews on many area streets, as
work begins today on the
neighborhood's long-planned
“Wooerf” project.
The area for construction is bound
ed on the north by 13th Avenue, on
the west by High Street, on the south
by 18th Avenue, and on the east by
Patterson Street. Crews will begin in
stalling traffic circles at four intersec
tions: 16th and 17th avenues and Mill
Street, and 16th and 17th avenues and
Ferry Street.
The traffic circles, located in the
middle of the intersections, will be
built to “encourage drivers to reduce
their speed, making it safer for
pedestrians and bicyclists,” says Bar
bara Bellamy, public information
director for the Eugene city manager’s
office.
All streets in the neighborhood will
remain open to traffic throughout the
construction period, and traffic
delays are expected to be minimal.
The entire project is slated for com
pletion by June 30.
“Wooerf" is a Dutch word meaning
“residential precinct” or“liveable
neighborhood.” The concept
originated in Europe, where some
cities have eased neighborhood traffic
problems and created more
“liveable” environments by adding
extensive landscaping and recrea
tional areas.
The West University wooerf will
bor ow some ideas from the European
wooerfs, adding traffic circles at six
intersections, landscaped traffic
islands, drinking fountains, benches,
planters and street lights.
Plans to create a West University
wooerf began three years ago as part
of a neighborhood refinement plan.
Ideas were developed during several
public meetings and workshops in the
neighborhood. The wooerf was en
dorsed in the West University Refine
ment Plan, and adopted by the
Eugene City Council in April 1982.
"I'm more than delighted to see the
wooerf get started. 1 look forward to
the changes — it’s an exciting idea,”
says Harold Lannon, chair of the
Wooerf Neighborhood Advisory
Group. “It will give people the major
focus — rather than seeming like a
throughway. It will certainly beautify
the area and set it apart as a truly
residential area.”
Final designs for the wooerf were
developed by Baker/Kunowski and
Associates, a local design firm, in
conjunction with the city engineering
staff. The construction contract was
awarded earlier this month to August
Construction Company.
Cost of the wooerf construction is
approximately $311,000. The im
provements are funded entirely
through federal Community Develop
ment Block Grant Funds.
Male issues explored
By Lori Steinhauer
Of the Emerald
Men in suits and ties, men in ponchos
and Birkenstocks, men with long hair,
men with no hair, men with gray hair,
men with women and women with no
men — about 150 people attended the
first annual Northwest Conference on
Men and Masculinity at the University
this weekend.
Local and national lecturers con
ducted the symposium, which was spon
sored by the College of Education’s
Counseling and Educational Psychology
division and the University Continua
Martin Acker
tion Center. According to symposium
chair Martin Acker, professor of counsel
ing psychology, the program was the
first of its kind to be held in the Nor
thwest, and the first held on a college
campus.
Panel discussions, lectures, presenta
tions and experiential workshops ad
dressed the issues of men and power,
men relating to other men, and men and
sexuality.
“While stimulated in part by the
women’s movement, this symposium is
more a response to concern and curiosity
about what a man is and what men may
become than simply a response to
women’s changes,” Acker wrote in a
Jan. 3 memo to University faculty.
By addressing the fears and in
securities of men, the symposium filled a
gap in the University for junior Bryan
McCrea, a sociology and psychology ma
jor. “It’s real encouraging, seeing this
many men together and talking about
things that aren’t usually, traditionally
talked about by men, and that men don’t
even acknowledge are there,” he said.
McCrea said that during the seminar
he recognized parts of his character that
he had been trying to avoid looking at —
personality traits that were never reveal
ed by All-American male heroes. “If
other men aren’t going to do it, I’m not
going to do it,” he said he had previous
ly thought.
After attending the seminar Eugene
counselor Steven Hymen said, “There’s
a certain peace that comes from feeling
and believing that you can find new
possibilities for support and understan
ding with other men and other women,
and with yourself. But 1 think it requires
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