Oregon Daily Emerald Students voice opinions on U.S. involvement in post-election Philippines See Streetwise, Page 9 Monday, February 17, 198B Eugene, Oregon Volume 87, Number 99 Student ‘volunteer f, - Siafra.:3tiomaa is: one of several children faking \ part in the: University 's TAG-IDEA progfam.which is . designed educatidhiil heeds; of ' tiilenied and gifted thildfen :.‘s. . , ■ " Photo by Karen Staltwood „"J ■: See story. Page .18 Board may decrease faculty’s input in selection of president By Andrew I^Mar Of lb* emerald ' The University.’s faculty may have a smaller roje in the selection ofthe next University presi dent. That is if the Oregon State Board 6f Higher Education "passes a proposal that" reduces the " numbered faculty members on a presidential . searoh.commitlee .at its monthly ’meeting Friday. . "The -boaTd's Committee on Finance,- . Ad ministration,'and Physical Plant .wii.j'di.scuss.Hie0 proposa l- Friday rnorn i ng and t hen-'make a refcom " ' me’ndatjon’to the.bdard.*' ' ” !’*•• ’ ... .! ify "the Sta*tevBoard's current rules,' a search .committee cbmptoseR-hiainly of faculty, members , narrows thejSe.leU ion Tor. a. president ti? between threeand.five ffttilists', The board-then''makes' the ’final-decisiop..-: ■/. * •',. .j Bdf .the,new.-pniposal gy/es the board more represe nt ation-on'.ihe sehrch»,com'rriittee. than, the faculty.'■*' :f •• fhe-.pnJpbsil.'retiflires- the search, committee .to be;composed-of .ntne,membejre:. four represen iatiyes Jrdin' the t>tatp Board;„ cine; representative from thejrxim'munityrland.one administrator■ one. - stiidehti and twoTaculty representatiVes frdm the *-./ ./. ■ * ' The •University's' last search committee was ; • composed' of .nine faculty members, iwo: com munity-. representatives, one graduate student, .one undergraduate student, one classified (nbn - academic administrator), one State Board .member and the State System chancellor. ‘That is not going to satisfy the University of .Oregon, which has a struirig tradition of faculty in volvement in the affairs of the.University.” said Paul Ho (ho, the University's vice provost for academic affairs! ■! ■ ; llplbo as Well as the University Senate, the J’aculty Advisory Committee, the Council of Dttans and the Oregon chapter of the American Association of University Professors disapprove of the' proposal. . . . , ' “I have a rather strong feeling that the faculty should have a strong say in the selection,” said University President Paul Olum.. .’ In order for the faculty and-new president to • work well and openly together; the sel^tion.prb-' < cess must-include several faculty.members.-Olum said.. : • • V.v:'y,: >;•. • “Th”p sAAUPV priihary .'concern °iS»V the, substantial, decrea’se" of’ faculty' members'on-1 He search committee, ’’.'"said Chap in-Clark, Va-Univer sityla'w° prdfessor tand president ;qf the - Ofegon conference pf.tHe?AA|:IPj.;A” V- / ‘ > The pjevious' *process°es ‘ hav$° worked " very welbahd thefe"s"hb reaSofitp change therh. 'Clark said.;*?,v•’. •.■ ■ . •y-T-.'?■ '• The-State'Board-,however, apparently Wants to centralize’the/'pHjcess:.V One reason the bpard vvantsj to strengthen.its own role in jhe search proceSs-might be to insure a morej vigbijius search for-^OutjiderVi’v’said'Bill'’. . Lemjfnanqi the ':St'ate'.vfjy§tpni’s' 'executive ...vice:.. ■ chancellor.'Of/the.'eight.state" institutions.: four have' .presidqntst.w.hoi-'yk'ere faculty members of" their instiXiiyon, he.said.. -f' Many "faculty /members • claim' that -eyen. , though ■ / ‘.insiders’,’* often: are. hired, • the .'system » works. Thp.state institutions"ratio <jf insiders i.S.. probably. cltjsp -to' the national'average", said Robert BerdabK thfe l"Jniversjty:s'dean for'a’rts and • 'sciences,' ' . Another, -reason tjhe, board .proposed, the change isbecause it.believes-the.seargH commit tees have-become too large.: Lpmmap Said.'.Also: the board 'wantt'more control of confidentiality." be said. ’■ * V:- • " '. - 'I '' -*• V- ;/' Confidentiality has bben.a problem for many schools around the country because publicity can , :' jeopardize a candidate’s current jbb Tradii tonally, University, search cqmmittees have attempted to keep the identities'of the can didates confidential until.the field was narrowed down to the finai.ists, said Charles Duncan;.chair of the last .University presidential search commit tee and former dean pf the journalism school.' rape increase causes concern By-Julie Freeman . • Of lh« KiMrald i;i- ; When shejmethim.she thought he was good liM^king. charismatic and just an 'overall nice guy. She never imagined t hatone. day.he wbu jd rape her•' : . Although this scenario;"d«i«s not. repre sent.'a specif ic;i'nci<^enCit'does represent a increasingly comnioiv occurrence on college campuses aj rpss the country -" National statistics raven#!• that the stureotypical .view of the rapist , as, the . .’"Strtfrt^fr'.lurking in the bushes"' is misteadi ng In. 50-75 portent of ill rapes, thevictini ’knows her* attacker Hehoiild be her heighbqr,'fellov. 8tUdeht, friend, employer/or lover . ■ . v, ./ •- AhcKv; accorclijVg,’ to, these', .same - statistics.vthe' most frequent vh:tims of . . this crime are women between the ages of J5 and 24’./In fact, one quarter of women in college today have been Vic tims of rape of attempted rape, and almost 90 percent of them knew their assailant. These fact have not gone unnoticed by members of the University community. In the last several months committees have been formed and symposia have been planned to increase awareness of the problem as it relates to women and men on this campus. "Until recent years, the main focus of the issue has been on stranger rape and personal protection,” says Sgt. Chuck Tilby, of the Eugene Police Department. Hut lately, mbre .people have become aware that, acquaintance rape is a much bigger problem mi campus and in socie ty.'Tilby says'.., ; - Tilby, who works with the Univer sity’s Office of Public Safety, has helped organize.a committee that he hopes will draw upon campus and community resources to educate people about the problem. ", c■ Several, groups, including the ASUO, Office of Rubin Safety. Office of Student Mousing, Offi.ce of Student Services and Student Health Center have committed themselyes to the project. Rape is defined as a crime that in volves. having sexual intercourse with a women forcibly and without her con sent. Acquaintance rape is distinguished by the fact that the woman knew her attacker. ; , • Most acquaintance rapes go unreported because of this fact. In many cases, the women is reluctant to report the crime because she blames herself for getting into the wrong situation or trusting a certain individual, says Nancy Lewis, coordinator for the Rape Crisis Network’s community education program. At least 70 percent of the calls received hy the organization, located at 841 E. 18th Ave., concern aquaintance rapes, l-ewis says. Yet. she says only about one at of every 25 women report the crime. About 154 calls concerning rapes were received by the crisis network in December, Lewis says. No official rape reports have been filed with the Office of Public Safety this year, making it difficult to determine how many and how often rapes of any kind occur on campus, says April Norman, a Eugene police officer who patrols the University campus. She says she currently knows of only two cases of acquaintance rape this year, but both are still classified as rumors since neither woman has made an of ficial report. Norman, who worked in the crime prevention unit of the Eugene Police Department for three years, has given rape awareness lectures at the University in the past. However, the primary focus of these lectures was on stranger rape. Since then Norman has developed a pamphlet on sexual rights, which she hopes will act as personal safety educa tion program for members of the Univer sity community when it is released. The pamphlet includes facts about acquain tance rape and information on subjects such as cultural dating beliefs and the use of alcohol and drugs, which are believed to contribute to the problem. “Much of the problem goes back to a Continued on Page 10 Symposium on rape, violence against women starts Tuesday The issue of acquaintance rape and violence against women'will be examined at the University dur ing a three-day "awareness sym posium" sponsored by the ASUO's Women's Task Force. The event will open Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the EMU Forum Room with speakers from Rape Crisis Network. Womenspace. Men Against Rape and others address ing date rape, marital rape and how men can help fight against rape. On Wednesday, personal perspectives on rape will be given at 7 p.m, in the Forum Room. Discussion, films about acquain * tance rape and testimony from vic tims also will be presented. Prevention and self-defense will be discussed at 6:30 p.m. Thurs day in Room 150 Geology.