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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Tuesday, April 29. 1986
Eugene, Oregon Volume 87, Number 141
Council agrees riverfront suitable
for development, despite testimony
By Paul Sturt/
Of lh«* fmorijd ..
The Kukiuh) City Council yotedunanimouslyat a.
public hearing Monday night to atfart aroadblock put
up by University geography. l*rofi*MorAI Urquharf that
would stop the city from developing upHn spaces along,
the Willainette River.. . j. -/ > ■
The public hearing , was 'scheduled because Ur- '
quhart's appeal to the'state land Use.Board,'of Appeals'
remanded the issue liacli'to'theicUy on March. 21 to
justify its finding^ that the properly- was unneeded'
open space . • ■ V'* / :;
. v. Although all seven- people Whq testified favored
preserving the land now .used for, playing -fields’and
other open spaces, the. council'agreed- to.forgivahoad '
with its plans for thevRiverfront Reseajx’h f’ark.;.,
City (lounoilor.Kuth" Bascohi? rioting"she '.'did not
have a vision of (the park)'becomingia monster,’.’ said
sheenvlaioned the park developing in a way that would
protect the greenway-nnd.open fpace.lh thedrew ..
. Buscom said she, appreciated ..lhe. ;"awesome”
amount of work' llrtjuhart had (h*yoJtid io.the issue hut
nevertheless she said this open, space was hot needed.,,
Recreational :opporiuhit(«s .provided at/nehrby ‘Alton
Baker Park, the Ridgeline Tiisil and at Spencer Butte
wo re sufficient for opemspacemflledsVshe sa i.d
City staff findings dispounfed, the Significance of
Al llrquhart
the land flow used for soccer fields and other open
space. Findings noted that the undeveloped land com
prised less than 1 percent of the area's park and open
space land.'"; . • .... V--’
• . ."Thus, this site is not significantly needed for
open” space or parks;", according ,to; the' 'fjndinigs./ i
"There is an extensive amount'of park lands near the
subject site." ;;•' X."
; Urquhart said that such findings didn't reflect.the
special needs at the University: community; for open
space. Although, he does not dispute the quantity'of
land in,surrounding areas .like Alton Baker Park, Ur
•.qilfiart. said the-soccer fiekls’ proximity and quality
■* make.them Special. ' v.‘’ • ‘ • V ' -
' 'Can students play s<M;cerrvolleyball, rugby and
lacrosse-in the parking lot of Alton Baker Park or in the
fields of the old'City dump?” I Jrquhart said after the
hearing , "This is absolute foolishness"’ •
■ .Samira Vaughn, cocjrdinator,of the University's
.Clqb Sports: program for d2 .years, also raised ihe ques
tion of- how ploying fields would be replaced. "The
elimination of the field would lie detrimental to our
pmgram as weft as physical education spoils classes
and the recreational program," she said.
After the hearing. Vaughn said she has talked to
t he l ln i versity.'ad minist rat ion about replacement of the
fields but has come away.with no answers.'
;"‘They; knoto—thay -can’t-be-replaced,." she said.
■r Vaughn said,ishe believes the administration is not ad
dressing the needs of the°Club Sports program because
cqinpared.to:the research park, "it wouldn't bring in
revenue;tqthe University.:
Urquhart said after the hearing that even up until
last November, the -University had applied to the state
' LegislaUire to develop two more piayirig fields in addi
tion to the two existing fields
City planner Pat Decker said replacement of the
playing fields would he addressed in the develop
ment's master plan.
Other speakers testifying also expressed concern
about the conversion of open space to an area
developed for university research.
Barbara Kelley, director of Oregonians for Protec
ting Our Water, raised the possibility the research park
would load to a gradual poisoning of ground water,
which she has seen happen in other communities.
City Councilor Cynthia Wooten reported the coun
cil had made some progress in drafting such an or
dinance. She assured that "not a shovelful of dirt
(would lie) turned" until such concerns were
addressed.
David Thaler, a University biology student who
has been outspoken against classified research, also ad
vocated the retention of open space.
Another public hearing to discuss the open space
issue is scheduled for May 22 with the Lane Council of
Governments. In addition, both the city and Urquhart
have filed appeals to the state Court of Appeals.
Fulbright scholar to research Japanese management
By (Ihri» Norred
Of thr Kmpraltl
University doctoral candidate Allan
Bird recently received a i'ulhright
scholarship to conduct research on
manuKement in japan during the
1?»Bt>-87 academic year. Bird was inform
ed of his award eurlier this month.
Bird currently teaches in the manage
ment department of the tillage of
Business Administration. Before coming
to the University, Bird worked as a
researcher for a Business institute in
Tokyo while earning a master's degree
there from Sophia University.
Bird said he believes the media tend to
focus on the distinctive differences bet
ween Japanese and American businesses
rather than the truly important ones. He
said there are definite differences,
however, in the way the two cultures
operate.
"The differences are there, but I’m not
sure that we look at them in the right
light," Bird said. “It's easy to focus on
management differences, but it goes
much deeper. We lose sight of the fact
that Japanese business exists in a dif
ferent setting in relation to government,
to each other and to the economy." he
said.
Americans tend to focus on what is
unique and unusual such as calisthenic
sessions before the workday, Bird said.
The Japanese probably would turn
around and wonder what Americans are
doing with jogging trails and weight
rooms. Bird said.
“It's easy to get hung up on the idea
that no matter what position one holds in
the factory — management or floor
worker — all wear the same uniform."
he said. “It’s easy to get hung up on the
idea of employment for life. That is in
teresting, hut it’s not necessarily impor
tant in and of itself."
A lot of things contribute to making
Japanese companies look better, Bird
said.
"It’s hard not to look good when you
have a 20 percent cost advantage for the
yen over the dollar,” he said.
The current trend toward a shift in the
exchange rate doesn’t necessarily mean
American companies have suddenly im
proved their management techniques, he
said.
A not her d i fference Bird noted was the
relation of shareholders to businesses.
American shareholders expect an im
mediate return on their investments, and
if they don't get it. they sell their stocks,
he said. Conversely, (apanese
shareholders expect less of an immediate
return and are willing to stick with the
company and encourage it to grow, he
said.
“The Japanese culture has an in
fluence. but it isn’t on management
systems as much as it is on the other in
stitutions of society. For example,
culture strongly affects the Japanese
education system. Naturally there is
carry-over in business.”
Bird said he will study top manage
ment personnel in Japanese business.
Most of the research that has been done
concentrates on the middle level of
management, he said.
Fulbright scholarships are awarded
every year to American graduate
students, teachers and professors to fund
study, teaching or research abroad.
Fulbrights also are awarded to foreigners
to do similar work in the United States.
About 2,500 Americans received
Fulbrights for the coming year.
’
Students
extended deadline
at Senate meeting
By Stan Nelson
Or ttw fmnW
Student Senate members believe the success
ot the drop deadline measure in the recent stu
dent elections will encourage the University
Senate to pass, a motion on the issue at its
Wednesday meeting
The motion calls for extending the deadline
lor dropping a class without receiving a '‘IV
from 10 to 20 class days.
About 2.000 students, representing more
than 00 jM;ruent of the lOHli vote. approved an
identical measure in the ASUO general elections
last week. The results of the measure will lx;
presented at the University Senate ineelJng. said
Student Senator Kandv MacDonald.
"There is no amonentive case to say |tlie
drop deadline) should be to days." M.tclitmald
said
The deadline to add classes would remain
tlw* same. Therefore. the new drop deadline
would not cause any undo burden to an instructor
as would an extended add deadline. MacDonald
said. In addition, the extended drop deadline
might encourage students to stay in class longer,
he addinl,
Two weeks is enough time to drop a course,
said University Registrar Herb Chereck in an
earlier interview. Cherw k sakl after a two-week
period. "W" notations are necessary to ar curate
iy represent students' academic histories
One reason the drop deadline was reduced
from 15 to 10 school days was to reduce the
amount of students who oyer-register for classes
and then drop classes they don't like, said Doug
Croon. vice president of the University Senate
Several Oregon colleges and universities
have more extended drop deadlines than the
University. MacDonald said. Currently there is a
four-week drop deadline at Western Oregon State
fltillege. a five-week drop deadline at Southern
Oregon State College, a four-week drop deadline
at Portland State University and seven-week drop
deadline at Lane (Community College.
Forty percent of University faculty respon
ding to a February Student Senate survey in
dicated they approve of an extended drop
deadline. However, only 10 percent of the more
than 1.400 faculty responded to the survey. Mac
Donald said.
A similar survey of students received a 95
percent student approval rate but was not con
sidered valid because only 61 students responded
|o the survey. MacDonald said.