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Tuesday. March 11, 1986
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 87, Number 115
New EMU sign to be selected spring term
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The original EMU statement of pur
pose sign was painted above the stu
dent lounge entrance in 1951. In
Nqvembiir ~19fa4.. however, the sigh
was 'painted, oyer because jts words
' 'man Y' and ' ‘men *were considered
sexist. ... '
By Michelle Brence
Of I1m Knwrald
Selection of a new EMU statement of
purpose sign is slated for early spring
term, more than two years after con
troversy involving the former sign
erupted on campus.
The original sign, which was painted
in the EMU lobby above the student
lounge entrance in 1951, was painted
over in November 1984 following an
11-month battle led by then ASUO Presi
dent Mary Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss charged
the sign was sexist because it contained
the words •‘man's” and "men” to repre
sent both men and women.
The sign was penned in 1951 by then
University Dean of Administration
William Jones, who said before his death
in 1980 that he would prefer the sign be
removed rather than altered.
Hotchkiss, with the support of Univer
sity President Paul Olum and EMU
Director Adell McMillan, proposed
replacing the sign with another quota
tion. The proposal sparked circulation of
petitions by students on both sides of the >
issue, Proponents of replacing the sign
contended the sign was sexist because it
failed, to acknowledge women. Op
ponents . charged it was not sexist and
that it .should be retained as. a part of
history.. •• • -
" The EMU House Committee voted.
unanimously to recommend changing
the sign in February 1984. but the EMU
Board of Directors rejected the proposal
by one vote later that month.
But the board reversed its decision
Nov. 15. 1984, voting unanimously to
remove the sign. The sign was obscured
with white paint six days later.
The EMU Board approved a Student
Senate proposal to replace the white
space with a new statement of purpose
sign late last term. Student Senator Steve
Nelson said.
‘I'd like to see (a quote)
that is aimed at the point
that education should be
available to everyone —•
men, women, black,
white, poor, rich. '. •
— Donna Lawrence
Student Senator. Houman Khosrovir
the project's coordinator, said-anyone is
eligible to submit a quotation. Submis
sions must be quoted from someone who
is deceased, and foreign-language quota:
turns- must : be recpgnizeH English
translations, he said., • ■ . ' . .
A Student Senate committee will
screen submissions, and the entire Stu
dent Senate will narrow selections to
between five and 10, Khosrovi said.
From these, the EMU Board will choose
the final quotation.
Nelson said submissions shouldn’t be
longer than three to four lines. He said
quotations should be "something world
ly with absolutely no references to
sex... [for example] using the word
’man’ to equal all of humanity.”
Khosrovi said the quote could reflect
"life, philosophy, politics^ school —
anything.” ■
Student Senate Chair Donna Lawrence
said. “I’d like to see one that is aimed at
the point that education should be
available to everyone — men, women,
black, white, poor, rich.”'
She said the original quote was "too
narrow in scope" because men were
represented as the "piliars of society.”.
" v Olum said. he. approves of the. new
sign's selection process. “It’s the board’s
business," he said. He has already sub
mitted a quotation from Thomas
Jefferson.. ? •• •
, Submissions will be accepted April 7
through April 12 at the EMU Grievance
Booth and at the Student Senate office in
Suite 4 of the EMU. Khosrovi also hopes
• to, set up additional collection points
. around campus.
; University has tough time
finding spaces for classes
By Ron PMara .
■ ‘ (itikir Emerald <
Enrollment atthe University.,
has risen" stewdily’- since >983'.
And while' this. pleases ^ most •*
University . administrators,' it
has created ! problems-' for Lyle.
> fall. the University Planning
Department's space* analyst- in >
charge of scheduling classes'.'. .
; . "’When "enrollment was at Its
lowest , between 198 l and 1983,
wis had plenty,'of ciass space,’•'*
M^ll says. ’.‘But now with mom„
students*, we don’t even haVe as
many (classroomsj available as
we did in 1981.” . *.
it is the planning office's job.,
along with 'the University
registrar, to; "coordinate' the
scheduling of classrooms with
the current-course schedule.
Blit the problem , is not so
much a lack of classroom space,
but ’rather inefficiency 1 in
scheduling the existing, room?.
Hall says.;.' v; •
Most classrooms are schedul
ed through (he Registrars of
fice. allowing them to utilize
the classroom times as fully as
possible. But other classrooms
are scheduled, often' less effi
ciently. by people in the in
dividual departments.
In an effort to remedy the pro
blem, representatives from the
planning department are in the
process of meeting with several
department heads to see if they
will either give up some of their
classrooms or schedule their
classes so time slots would be
left available for use by other
departments.
Unfortunately, political pro
blems are often encountered
when discussing clussnwm.use
With faculty and administrators.
Hall.say&.
"Teachers' like to teach. in .
their- own- departments..”' he
says’.-, •
And.in a case such as the Col-,
„lege -of Business Adfriinistra
.tions's'newly remodeled third
fiber classrooms, money foir the
. remodeling was procured by the
dqllageitself" ' • '* \
/‘The business school got the
money for t he ' work done on
thbse'xpoms,’* Hall says. "So
• naturally they feel they should
control.their use.'-' .
And.-, while the business col
lege and the law school current
ly°have the most self-scheduled
classrooms, .targeting these
departments will not solve the
problem. Hall says.
.. Reaching a solution wi|| re
quire a joint effort from students
and faculty members in organiz
ing thejr-course schedules, he
says.'. ' ‘ .
If students and teachers were
wilting to conduct classes
throughout the day . and not just
during the so-called "prime
time hours" between 0:30 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m., a lot of schedul
ing problems could be avoided,
he says.
"There are always plenty of
classrooms available in the late
afternoon," Hall says.
Cooperation is the keynote to
the planning office's message,
he says.
Only through the cooperation
of administrators, faculty
members and students will a
solution to the class space shor
tage be found . he says.
Be aware of dead week policies
Now that dead week has arrived, students
and faculty should keep in mind the policies
established in 1982 by the University
Assembly on giving tests.
•No examination worth more than 20 per
cent of the final grade will be given with the
exception of makeup exams.
•No final exam will be given under any
guise
•No project will lie flue unless it was
clearly stated on the syllabus within the first
two weeks of the term.
•No take-home final will be due earlier
than the day of the formal assigned final for the
class
Ducking out of dead week can be fun
Dead week may have arrived, but so has spring. So instead of pulling his hair out like
most of the other University students and faculty members. Bennett Siegel, a University in
structor in the fine arts department, pulled some bread out and fed some nearby ducks.
Siegel wasn't about to let one of Eugene s hard-to-find days of sunshine pass him by
even during one of the final hectic weeks of the term. A true Eugenean learns to take advan
tage of the weather, regardless of work.