EditoriaL
Science buildings
reflect enthusiasm
The ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of
the new science buildings began a two-year construction
project that will leave the University with 340.000 square
feet of new and renovated space for scientific endeavors and
a museum of natural history.
The support for this project comes as recognition of the
excellence and enthusiasm of University administrators and
faculty in pursuing its academic mission as a strong lilieral
arts institution with strong science programs.
The Department of Energy provided a $33.3 million
grant to the project, the state legislature provided $12
million from lottery funds, and private donations accounted
for more than $100 million.
Thus, the project comes as the result of the support from
state and national legislators as well as the private sector in
Oregon.
Senators Mark Hatfield and Boh Packwood were essen
tial in obtaining the federal funds. This commitment from
the federal level is satisfying, because, as Hatfield noted at
the ground-breaking ceremony, a military arsenal can do
nothing to protect the nation from dangers of a de-emphasis
on education.
Development of education provides the nation and the
state economic and technological strength, and the Univer
sity is lucky to Ik? the focus of this development.
The faculty worked closely with architects in designing
the buildings, providing an innovative architecture that w ill
reflect the atmosphere that keeps University professors here
despite lucrative job offers elsewhere.
Departments, such as physics or biology, will be arrang
ed in the buildings vertically, while institutes or centers,
such as the Molecular Biology Institute, will In* arranged
horizontally, occupying the same floors.
This will allow researchers of many disciplines to have
easy access to each other as they pursue their research
Hopefully, the University’s commitment to excellence
in all its diciplines will continue to win the respect and sup
port of the community.
Abandonment of animals
worsens break-in error
The rabbits found by the roadside last week illustrate
the problems associated with animal rights advocates' sup
port of the recent break-in to University research facilities
and the theft of over 15(1 laboratory animals
Seven rabbits have been retrieved so far. after being
found abandoned by roadsides south ol Kugene. The rabbits
were undoubtedly cold, hungry and disoriented after being
taken from the laboratory environment in which they wen*
raised.
We stress our earlier position that the care for so many
animals is no easy task Where are the 100 rats taken in the
break-in? Have they been abandoned also?
The abandonment of these animals compounds the error
of the break-in and destruction of the animal research labs.
Again, we wonder if those who support the break-in. in
cluding members of People for the Kthicai treatment of
Animals, have made any effort whatsoever to ensure the
safety of the animals, whose safety was so important while
the animals went being cared for in the labs.
If not. the animals are no more than pawns in a moral
game that should never have come to the point of violence
and destruction.
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Letters
Priorities
I remain concerned about
what appears to lie a gradual
erosion in the way good
teaching is valued here at the
University of Oregon. Current
policy statements relating to
w hat is required for the granting
of faculty tenure and promo
tion. for example, make it clear
that as this institution continues
its quest for greater national
visibility as a "research univer
sity." it is generally the produc
tive researcher rather than the
effective teacher who represents
the model to Ini emulated in the
interest of academic (and finan
cial) survival.
It was with those thoughts in
mind that I was pleased to read
what the recently-released
Carnegie Foundation report on
undergraduate education in
America says alsiut "Faculty
Priorities."
The Carnegie recommenda
tions include the declaration
that. "At every research univer
sity, teaching should l»e valued
as liighlv as research and good
teaching should be an equally
important criterion for tenure
and promotion."
Moreover, the report pro
poses a defensible division of
labor between (t) publishing
researchers and (2) scholar
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teachers.
In amphasizing I ha ideal of
the "scholar-teacher.” the
report provides the following
operational definition: "We
understand this to mean staying
on the cutting edge of the pro
fession. knowing the literature
in one's field, and skillfully
communicating such informa
tion to students...
"The joy of teaching, engag
ing the intellect of students. . .
can and should Ik; a source of
fulfillment as great as seeing
one's name in print in the pages
ot a professional journal or hav
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scholars at a professional
meeting."
Konald |. Rousseve
Counseling psychology
professor
Great paper
You just can't knock the Daily
Kmerald. Take Thursday's issue
(Oct 6) — thanks to their
enlightening article on tattoo
ing. I learned that, a) tattoos are
like sex. b) lots of professionals
have tattoos, and c) everybody
loves dragons. Do we have a
great paper or what?
Daniel Monk-Kowalsky
Transfer student
Shocking tone
I was shocked by the peculiar
tone of biologist Mark Crimes'
Oct. 31 open letter to the people
who conducted the laboratory
raid.
Though Crimes purported at
first to be reasoning against the
use of violence while pleading
the case for the continued use of
animals in research, his letter
closed with the menacing
words, "If you come back, we
who work in the science
building will attempt to buttle
you with reason, in the hope
that we are dealing with
humans. Beware if you are an
animal wearing a green jacket
with a white cross you will
end up in a cage."
Though his letter accuses the
animal libcrationists of ig
norance and dishonesty, his
own closing words carelessly
imply that if a creature does not
reason (to suit Mr. Grimes'
beliefs) I b e n non- human
animals are less worthy than
human animals and therefore
belong in a cage.
Advocates of animal ex
perimentation appear to follow
the Grimes doctrine that non
human animals Irelong in cages
and should be used as tools for
research. The mean
spiritedness of such a doctrine
certainly does little to convince
me that lab animals are in the
best of hands.
The public is continually
assured that those animals are
well cared for. Why then does
this university deny public ac
cess to thi! labs? Perhaps they
are concerned that too many
people would be appalled at the
repetitive and ridiculous ex
periments that are funded by tax
payers' money.
Toni Casey
Eugene
Untold story
Recently, an example of how
emotional the Central America
debate is becoming came to my
attention.
It so happens that the Com
mission on United States
Central American Relations
headed by Ambassador Robert
White mailed out an appeal for
funds for an investigation into
alleged Contra involvement in
drug-smuggling and gun
running
Without trying to make a par
tisan issue out of this matter. I
urge all interested parties to
either phone 202-547-3800. or
write 731 Eighth Street.
Southeast. Washington. D.C.
20003.
This investigation will pro
bably lx- the focal point of
debate on U S policy in Central
America next year 1 urge all in
terested parties to investigate
this matter before the fact that
an actual war is going on is
obscured by congressional
debate.
Andrew Beckwith
Graduate student, physics
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