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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Monday. November 3, 1986
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 88, Number 43
Administrators defend
the University against
scathing national report
From Emerald and Associated Press reports
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching issued a harsh indictment Saturday of the nation's
undergraduate colleges, saying they are more successful at
handing out degrees than in educating students.
But Paul Holbo. University vice provost for academic af
fairs. and John Moseley, vice president for research, defend
ed the University, saying many of the report’s findings don’t
apply to the University.
The prestigious Princeton, N.J.-based foundation
delivered its blast after spending three years and $1 million
on a study of the quality of the 2,000 four-year colleges that
enroll more than 5 million students.
Its research included surveys of thousands of faculty
members and students and first-hand inspections of 29
campuses.
The 242-page report written by Carnegie President Ernest
Boyer echoes some of the same criticisms that U.S. Secretary
of Education William Bennett has leveled at the nation's
campuses.
Boyer said America’s higher education system remains
"the envy of the world.” but ‘‘the undergraduate college, the
very heart of higher learning, is a troubled institution.
‘‘Driven by careerism and overshadowed by graduate
and professional education, many of the nation’s colleges
and universities are more successful in credentialing than in
providing a quality education for their students,” concluded
the report. “College: The Undergraduate Experience in
America."
It noted a "disturbing mismatch.. between faculty ex
pectations and the academic preparations of entering
students.”
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Court lifts OSPIRG injunction;
IFC members express concern
By Sarah Kitchen
Uf dM S—r«M
The Constitution Court voted
Friday to lift the temporary in
junction on the University
chapter of the Oregon Student
Public Interest Research Group.
“The court by unanimous
decision has decided to lift the
injunction, and if james Randall
requests further hearing, it will
be held on Tuesday. Nov. 11,”
said Laurie Honjayo. a member
of the court.
Randall, appointed to the In
cidental Fee Committee by the
ASUO Executive earlier this
Ron Munion
year, said he asked for an in
junction to freeze OSPIRG's
funds because he is concerned
that it is using student inciden
tal fees to directly or indirectly
promote partisan political
ideas, and that it has a long
history of doing so.
According to a 1985 attorney
general opinion concerning in
cidental fees, no such fees may
be used to finance partisan
political candidates or ballot in
itiative campaigns.
Randall said that he. IFC
member Ron Munion and two
other IFC members were hand
ed a copy of a flier advertising
an event called “Pancakes and
Politics." However, the copies
Kandall and Munion received
had OSPIRG's Suite 1 telephone
number crossed out. while the
number on the fliers given to
the other two IFC members was
not.
“The fact that OSPIRG hand
ed out the fliers, and that a paid
representative of OSPIRG gave
us these fliers, and she knew
when she gave one to lames
Randall and myself that that
number was wrong, means that
she was deceiving us when she
removed the number from our
fliers and not others.” Munion
said. “And the fact that she
didn't remove the number from
others really brings into ques
Cathy Duvall
tion what she was doing.”
The "Pancakes and Politics"
flier, co-sponsored by OSPIRC,
Citizens for a Nuclear-Free
Oregon and Oregon Fair Share,
on which OSPIRC’.'s EMU phone
number appears, is just one of
several such fliers OSPIRC. has
distributed in the past year.
Randall said.
Cathy Duvall. University
OSPIRC campus coordinator,
said OSPIRC has two separate
accounts — one contains in
cidental fee money and one con
tains money from fund-raisers.
"The reason for the fund
raising account is to allow
OSPIRC to work on things that
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Mudslinging mars Oregon political campaigns
By Shawm Wirtz
Of lh* EaMraM
Oregon's gubernatorial race
has been marked by hard
hitting. negative campaign tac
tics — attacks on opponents’
character and issue positions.
These tactics also have been
exploited by local congressional
candidates and aspiring politi
cians across the nation.
The Washington Post called
this election year "The Year of
the Negative Campaign" in its
Oct. 20 edition.
In the gubernatorial race bet
ween Democrat Neil
Goldschmidt and Republican
Norma Paulus. record-breaking
spending of $4.45 million has
allowed both sides to fund ex
tensive campaigns.
When Goldschmidt referred
to eastern Oregon as being in
the "middle of nowhere” in
August. Paulus issued a press
release stating, "I want to be
governor of Oregon. It seems
Mr. Goldschmidt wants to be
governor of Portland.”
A television advertisement
for Goldschmidt depicted dirt
being dug out of a labyrinth of
trenches in an apparent attempt
to cast doubt on Paulus’ asser
tion that she knows “where all
the bones are buried.”
Paulus made the remark in
response to a Goldschmidt ac
cusation that she had proposed
$100 million in new programs
and "phony, foggy, imaginary
trades” within the state budget
to fund her proposals.
As a result, Paulus accused
Goldschmidt of running a
negative campaign and asked
him. "When are you going to
stop it?" at their Sept. 24
Eugene debate.
After the debate, with an
eight-point lead and room to
breath, the Paulus campaign
made a concerted effort to
depict its candidate as positive
in comparison to Goldschmidt.
In an interview Sept. 28 with
Paulus' son, Fritz, he said,
"She runs a positive campaign
and her opponent is not as
positive.
‘‘For instance,
Goldschmidt. . well, anybody
who hears the two speak can tell
that Norma is more positive,”
he said.
As Paulus’ lead closed,
however, her campaign seemed
to change its emphasis At a
press conference on campus
Oct. 9, Paulus accused
Goldschmidt of misrepresen
ting his record on crime reduc
tion as mayor of Portland.
Paulus stopped short of call
ing Goldschmidt a liar, but said.
'‘It's my responsibility to call
attention to it." She said. "The
issue to me is telling the whole
truth, not just a half-truth about
the record.”
A Paulus advertisement cur
rently airing accuses
Goldschmidt of changing his
position on timber harvest
levels, the sales tax and what to
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do with windfalls generated as a
result of the federal tax reform
bill.
Goldschmidt's statements are
simply a matter of public
record, said Paulus spokesman
Mike Neeld. “It's very
legitimate for Norma to put
them out." he said.
In a campaign swing on
behalf of Democratic can
didates, Sen. Gary Hart, D
Golo., said negative campaign
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