Students cook up celebration for chefs 25th year on campus See Page 5A 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.