Oregon daily emerald., October 21, 1986, Page 4, Image 4

Bain seeks to 'regain economic momentum'
By Shawn Wirtz
Of the Emerald
Republican candidate to state
House District 41 Bill Bain said
higher education is already pro
viding an outstanding service to
the business community and
will be one of his two top
priorities.
Continued and increased fun
ding of higher education and a
solution to the liability
insurance crisis are "key to
regaining our economic
momentum." Bain said.
"Strengthening of the inter
face* between the universities,
the community colleges and the
business community" is essen
tial. Bain said. The legislature
should work with these groups
to target "the right kinds of pro
grams for funding," he said.
The legislature also should
consider bringing the com
munity colleges into the Oregon
State System of Higher Hduc^a
tion. Bain said.
The Centers of Excellence and
the masters' business ad
ministration program should
receive special attention. Bain
said.
"It’s important that we stop
exporting our graduates from
this state." Bain said. This can't
be accomplished until Oregon
has a favorable business
climate, he insisted.
One way to improve Oregon's
economy is to reconnect
Oregon's tax code with the
reformed federal tax code. Bain
suggested.
"What we will wind up with
is a whole group of tax payers
who are not presently paying
much who will now be paying
taxes to the state of Oregon."
Bain said. Reconnecting may
increase state revenues by $200
to $400 million, he said.
However, "the Legislature is
going to have to be careful not
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to take the windfall and turn it
all back (as a refund) nor take
the windfall and spend it all."
Bain said.
Bain will take "a comprehen
sive look at the liability in
surance system.” which in
eludes considering (he
arguments of litigants, at
torneys. doctors and insurance
companies, he said.
High court costs and con
tingent lawyers' fees need to to
be stemmed, Bain said. "At the
same time we have to make sure
we don't take away the right of
an injured person." he said.
Bain will support divestment
of state funds from South
Africa, but the Legislature will
have to make an exception to
the "prudent-man" rule, which
requires the state treasurer to in
vest funds where they will earn
the most interest, he said.
"We’ve made exceptions to
the prudent-man rule and we
can do it again." he said. While
a loud message against apar
theid is necessary, "the unfor
tunate side effect is that we will
undoubtedly hurt the
economics of many black
workers," Bain said.
Concerning other issues. "I
think all 14. 15. and 16 should
be voted down.” Bain said.
Ballot Measure 14 would force
the temporary closure of the
Trojan nuclear power plant and
Ballot Measure 15 would force
Teledyne Wah Chang of Albany
to move its wastes. Ballot
Measure 16 would force pro
ducers of nuclear weapons and
their components to cease
production.
Bain called the measures
"defective” and while “the
message may be appropriate to
say. hey. we have a serious pro
blem.” the economic impacts
would be devastating, he said.
Bain has served as Lane
County's tax assessor since
1979. His experience will help
the Legislature recover funds if
any of the tax measures pass,
which he opposes, he said. Ad
ditionally. Bain plans to work
on “solving the problem of
local financing." he said.
HarassmentCoMinird ,rom p^~
Comrada remembers the Scolla incident but
does not remember advising her either way. she
said.
"It's not appropriate to either encourage or
discourage.” (Comrada said. "What we really do
is give people a chance to talk, about their con
cerns. Our role is to point out the entire range of
options."
When Scolla read the Emerald article last
week and saw that Comrada had denied
knowledge of Reynolds' activities, she said she
"saw red " Scolla went to the affirmative action
office Oct. 17 and asked to see the file that con
tained her complaint against Reynolds.
The office staff was unable to help her
because they said they didn't know where the
files were kept, and Comrada was not in at the
time. Scolla said. Comrada happened to call
while Scolla was there, told her that "it was a
sim.ret file" and that she would have to come back
and see it later. Scolla said
Qrmrada also told Scolla that no one else in
the office knew of the file or where it was kept.
Scolla said.
Comrada. however, said although the file is
for her eyes only, the other staff does know about
it ‘— they just don't have access to it. She is
directed to maintain a secret file by Oregon Ad
ministrative Rule 571-03-025, she said.
The rule states: "The Director of Affirmative
Action shall maintain an indexed record apart
from personal, evaluative files traditionally
kept.. , for a period of three years. .
Diana Sheridan, a graduate student in the
speech department, also is dissatisfied with the
performance of the OAA She went to the OAA
with a harassment complaint several years ago
and believes her complaint was not taken
seriously.
"The feeling 1 had with the OAA was that my
complaint was trivialized." Sheridan said.
"While my conversation with them was at the
first, informal stage. I felt that it was not taken
seriously, (.ranted, this was only a feeling.' but
such 'feelings' are a legitimate emotion when an
individual is taking a complaint of such a serious
nature to an office that is designed to provide sup
port and reassurance."
The harassment did stop, but Sheridan ques
tions whether the problem really was solved.
Verbal evidence by other women indicate
that "perhaps the office lacks a certain consisten
cy in how complaints are handled." Sheridan
said.
"The guidelines are written out and are
somewhat explicit, but once we move away from
the guidelines into the realm of practice another
dimension of response emerges." Sheridan said.
“The feeling that I and others have is that the of*
fice will pursue a complaint, perhaps reluctantly,
and during that pursuit the intent is to diffuse the
situation rather than truly resolve it."
Comrada believes her office has
demonstrated "no lack of consistency in handl
ing complaints." The office does what is agreed
upon with the complainant, Comrada said.
"I am reluctant to take action unless the com
plainant knows and agrees to the course of ac
tion." she said. "Many people just want the inci
dent known but don’t want any action taken."
Ann Bunnenberg, a graduate student in
leisure studies and a local attorney, believes the
University should toughen its stance on sexual
harassment, she said. Bunnenberg. who has
taught equal employment opportunity classes for
the U.S. Navy, said the Navy's policy on sexual
harassment makes the University's policy look
tentative in comparison.
Navy policy makes sexual harassment
grounds for extreme disciplinary action. Bun
nent>erg said, while the University's policy seems
to "belittle the circumstances."
There are several things the University can
do that would send out a clear message against
harassment. Bunnenberg said. First. University
President Paul Olutn could send out a stronger
message that harassment won't be tolerated, she
said.
Second, the University should implement in
house training for faculty and staff on what con
stitutes sexual harassment. Bunnenberg said. In
house training is very effective in alerting people
to the kinds of conduct that can be considered
sexual harassment, she said.
Finally, there should be a more effective
means of processing complaints at the University.
Bunnenberg said. Her impression is that the cur
rent process is ineffective — students don't feel
safe using it. she said.
There's a tendency for people with ad
ministrative responsibility — such as department
heads and deans — to be given the message by the
institution "to keep us out of trouble." Bun
nenberg said. "1 wouldn’t be surprised if that
were the case here."
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Correction
A story published in Friday’s Emerald misspelled the
name of Kelvyanne Teoh, ASUO publicity coordinator. It
also incorrectly reported that Teoh said she didn't plan to
fast in protest of U.S. policies toward Nicaragua because
"it’s a senseless waste of life.” It should have said that Toeh
said she didn't plan to fast to death because “it's a senseless
waste of life."
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