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Thursday. February 13, 1986
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 87, Number 97
Speaks to journalism students, faculty
Packwood defends campaign
By Scott McFetridge
'. (K llw KmrraM .
Despite a multi-million dollar
campaign'fund,!U.S. Son. Bob
Packvyojpd, told an audience of
University students, and press;
Wednesday th’at he ls noturidu
. ly- influenced by campaign,
".contributor. . . • ' ' ,
• . Packwood.'.speaking before
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Senate opposes
guideline changes
The University Senate urged the Oregon State Board of
Higher Education to continue the use of it* present guidelines
for the search and hiring of university and college presidents.
The recommendation was unanimously passed at the
Senate's biweekly meeting Wednesday.
The State Board 1s currently considering a change in the
composition of the search committee as well as the selection
The proposed changes would decrease the committee’s
membership and give State Board members a greater voice in
the selection process, while decreasing the committee’s
representation of students and faculty.
In addition, presidential candidates would be allowed to
refuse an interview by an institution's faculty, and the can
didate would not be required to visit the school.
The State Board's current draft to being revised said Paul
In order to make s statement on the issue before the State
Board's newt meeting, the Senate waived its rule that requires
a motion to be presented two weeks before it to voted on.
Before the Senate considered the motion. Senate Presi
dent Ksuowli Rtusshia axprereeu the concern* of the Univer
sity's Council of Dean* by reeding a letter the council plans to
send to State Board Chancellor Bud Davis.
According to the letter, the deans "strenuously object"
to the procedures outlined In the State Board's draft.
A copy of the motion will be sent to the member* of the
State Board before its next meeting Feb. 21.
In other business. University biology professor Bayard
McConneughey introduced a motion proposing the removal
of the military science program from the University. The mo
tion will be discussed at the Senate's next meeting Feb. 26
This to the 14th time McConneughey has submitted die
proposal in the tort 16 years. In 1977, the motion passed the
University Assembly only to be repealed at Its next inerting.
By Andrew LaMar
about 75 journalism • students
and. faculty in Allen.Hall, said
pro-choice groups have donated
$2 million toward' his- cam
paign. providing .the bulk of his
contributions.^ " '. -...*. ..
The -donation^ have" been ...
made°;by groups* who support*
his stands and-vyere.n’ot’m’ade in.
a n: effort tp influence his'Vot ing,
Packwood said, • .. V
, . o. . • ,* • •?*.-. ’ . . ’
. U:-. appears •' that .Packwood «.
campaign fund, estimated’to fcte '
as much.as "$t> million-,, will.be a.
major' factor-'in ^th'e’, senatorial-',
■campaign. •'U ST ' Rep.. .-Jjiri
.Weaver,' who';' wj11, "face; 'statei
Rep: Rick BaurhanV and Mtate^
•Sen. • Rpd-' Mo'qroe-,’iii' .itfe’*
IJemocratic primary; lashed oiit .
against i’ack-wood’s' campaign
fund in' a Tijej»day. s*p«Pch. ,
Packwood said, he would-npt
c om me n t o it . We a v er.' s
statements until the ijemoc'ra’tic
’ nomi.'nee is chosen. • '* .
. ;*‘UntU .the Democrats pick j»\
candidate”, .1.- have nothing', to'
• say.; * .Packwood said .*
Packwood- answeredques
tions on a number of other mat-*
. ters, 'including the Oregon- Na
tional Guard’s maneuvers'-in
Honduras, the Gramm-Rudmah*
budget-balancing act, and the/
Strategic Defense Initiative.
The National-.. Guard •
maneuvers are nothing unusual
•' and.have nothing to do with the .
ciyif wars' that have broken out '
.in "El Salvador and Nicaragua.,
'Rackwoodsaid. ;t,he. Oregon „
;gua.rd". ftas 'held0 similar .
.. 'maneuvers; in .five’ other .coiia
tries, %nd- its Current actions are
nothing- different, .hesaid.-- V
! Fol Jovv i ng’.repeated quest ions.
. -opr tl{e. matter.' .Rackwood' siid •
he jsees no. difference between
. guard-maneuvers in -Honduras
arid'a previous training mission
/ in-Spain. " . ';
V Although . Gramm-'Rudmari
wili prohebly bte painfu|.t<£ state.
.■residents"ahdibusinesses:)n the
shciFt run. within six months”it
■should cause "aboiit a'2 percent
;. decreasein .interest; .rates,
; Packwood said. The health of
the some of Qregon's largest ift
• dusfries — agriculture, timber
and tourism — is strongly' liqkr
ed to low interest rates, he said.
“Oregon "in., particular is.
. disproportionately affected- by
V interest-fates.” Rackwood-said ‘
A drop father interest.rate “will
do more than .all the gifts and
grants that Sen. Hatfield and I ; :
could get together,” he added.
When asked whether ■ he. ' •
feared • ‘ that Gra'rtihi-Rudm'an" ■
would force large cuts.in.'finah; ; / ' ■•••
cial aid, Packwood -.said ’that•'*..■
.•those .who truly needed aid'."-.'
Would .continue0 to ■'receive /' -
■ federal support. Cuts in fitfan-'.
.’cial-' aid' would, be aitnied -at
.“wealthy students who" are •
• receiving financial aid .to attend
expensive private '-schools', he -V- .
’ said," •’...
•“I don't believe- it’s°. the V '
obligation of this country to pay.
.•■for the education'of* the’rich at . .
themoSt expensive schools in ' ;
. the country,” Packwood'said.*
, -"1 am perfectly happy , with•1
•helping a person „. go' to .the ■ •
. University of. Oregon. Oregon V
‘ State ' University' or' Linn- .
Benton.”. - . • *••,.•: .
Packwood said he does not'
support President. Reagan's! re-,
quest for an 8; percent increase. „ .
" in defense speeding, .and' he
' said ] there is almost' no. chance:
the increase will .be approved
But Packwood reiterated. • his
support for the. Strategic -----
* Defense Initiative, which the
Reagan administration strongly
\ 'backs! . '■ \ . . ' '
Rape victim
•••.• By Marleen Eitzen ,v
V;
. Linda Ormsbee will correct you if you call
her a Victim,
Instead, she calls herself a surviyor. She has
been explaining the difference to people for seven
months.'".. . . . .
list July. Linda, a 43-year-old mother, fell
asleep.on her couch whije watching TV ip her
southeast Eugene home. She awoke when a
strange man touched.her. Wheri she told him that
her soil was also home; he replied,“( know." He
then raped her while her 15-year-old son slept in
the next room. . ,
When she saw that her attacker was not arm
ed. she began screaming for help. Her son grab
bed a baseball bat and ran outside in time to see a
man get into a dark car and speed away;
Linda vvas one of 35 Eugene women who
reported her rape to the Eugene Police Depart
ment between january and October of last year.
FBI statistics report that only 10 percent of the
women who are raped report their rapes.
Linda chose Feb. 14, Valentine's Day, to
change this statistic. Her program is called
"Report Your Rape. Heal Your Heart,” and it en
courages women who have been raped to report
their rapes to the police.
After her rape, her world became one of fear.
"The context of my life was destroyed.” she says.
"I went from a normal adjusted person to one
who carried a gun to the bathroom."
The Eugene police worked on the case, but
although Linda and her boyfriend found a car
with the same license plate as the one her son
watched speed away, the case was closed after the
standard 30 days of police investigation.
Linda found herself helpless and angry.
"I didn't know who to be angry at," she says.
She lashed out at both the police department and
the 30-day policy.
She soon realized, however, that the policy
was not the fault of the police — it was the fault of
the victims.
"It's us — the women who don't report their
rapes — who are the ones who set the policies,”
.she says.
The idea for the ‘ ‘ Report Your; Rape, Heal
Your Heart" program came from this.'She says
she chose to have the program on Valentine s Day
because of the contrast.
'The. fact remains that 480 women will be
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Linda Ormsbee