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Monday, February 17, 198B
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 87, Number 99
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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
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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.