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Willamette Valley Folk Festival pictoral essay See Pages 8 and 9 Oregon Daily Emerald Monday, June 1, 1987 Eugene, Oregon Volume 88, Number 95 Goldschmidt signs divestiture bill By B.|. Thomsen Of the Kmitrild SALEM — Advocates of human rights who have been working for years to get Oregon dollars out of South African investments finally tasted sweet victory on Friday when Gov. Neil Goldschmidt signed House Bill 2001. r 1 Legislative issues Morn than 100 jubilant onlookers and many of the key legislators from both the House and the Senate responsible for passage of the bill attented an emotionally charged ceremony in the gover nor's office. Before signing the bill. Goldschmidt said many have opposed divestment through the years, justifying it by saying it will make no dif ference. Me rebuffed that belief by describing the legislation as a small step critical in forcing the South African government into reconsidering its policy of apartheid. "If there ever was a ripple in a current this is it,” he said. Turn to Divestiture, Page 4 I Gov. Neil GoldMhmidt Charges on Bits dropped; possible case still pending Criminal charges against former University student Willy Bernard Mils, who was arrested for allegedly turning in a class paper that he did not write, have been dismissed. Mils. .11. was taken into custody March 9 on two counts of criminal Simula lion and one count of Forgery II stemming from a police investigation into the authenticity of a paper he turned in for class credit last fall The district attorney's of fice dropped the charges prior to Hi Is* trial, set for last Friday Protecting their individual cases, neither the district at torney's office nor Hits' at torney would divulge any specific* of the dismissal. However, sources said Blls could be recharged through another court. Deputy District Attorney Darryl Lirmi 11 confirmed I ri d.iv that tile charges hud been dropped, but mlded he expected new developments would iirise in the ruse by today. "We've been negotiating with the district attorney’s office for some time; this is no surprise to us." said Hits' attorney Daniel (ioff According to sources quoted in police reports, Hits paid a huge tie legal resear cher $r>00 last Novemlier for a report that he later handed in under his own authorship. Hits was arraigned March 12. when he pleaded not guiltv to the charges. He was granted a medical leave of absence from the law school and has liceri living in or near Seattle. Wash Kiigene police Sgt Chuck Tilby said the case is still under investigation. Officials say paid leaves important for University By Chris Norred CM Mm KmotM At the height of the Eugene teachers strike, frustrated teachers picketed in front of lohnson Hall and accused a University professor of pro longing the strike for his own benefit. Steve Goldschmidt, a pro fessor in the University's Division of Educational Policy and Management, was serving a* the Eugene School District's chief negotiator while taking a urie-year paid sabbatical leave from the University Goldschmidt, who regular ly earns more than $41>.IHKI a year as a University pro fessor, will get Ml percent or nearly $28,000 in sabbatical pay this year During his sabbatical. Goldschmidt's part-time work as negotiator for the Eugeni; School District nam ed him $75 an huur. Striking teachers accused Goldschmidt of being the state's highest paid public employee on an hourly scale. By the end of spring term, the University will pay more than $1 million to faculty members on sabbatical leaves, about 4 percent of the total payroll. Overall. 54 faculty members are taking paid sab baticals from the University this year. At the same time. 46 new full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty positions were added to the University's payroll. Oregon legislators are con sidering a budget for higher education that will add about $2.3 million to the Univer sity's basic operating budget. Higher education officials say part of the $2.3 million will be used for hiring more faculty to teach the increas ing number of students at the University. The 46 added FTE faculty positions brought the University total to about tittl FTE positions this year. Each FTE position usually in cludes two or more part-time faculty members whose workload is equal to one full time employee. Why should taxpayers finance 46 new FTE faculty positions when 54 paid faculty members are on sab batical leave? The Chronicle of Higher Education last month reported on one Illinois senator's concerns about the cost of sabbatical leaves in his state when colleges asked for extra money to hire more instructors. The senator suggested restricting sabbaticals and re quiring faculty members who earn profits during sab batical to help the state defray its sabbaticat expenses. But here. University ad ministrators and Oregon higher education experts say faculty members who earn outside income during sab batical are rare. Turn to Leaves. Page 5 Hayward project nears finish line By Stanley Nelson Of I Hr fjMtaM SAUKM — Funding for a Hayward Field facelift cleared one hurdle as the Oregon House on Friday passed a bill authoriz ing the sale of Department of Higher Education bonds for the renovation of the trac k and field facility House Bill 2800, passed by the House 52-2, would allow the Department of Higher Kducation to issue up to $2 million in 20-year bonds for the r renovation. The tionds would then lx* repaid primarily from an increase in local room tax funds earmarked for the project as well as a $1 surcharge on Hayward l-'ield track event* and private contributions to the project. The hill now moves to the Senate whnru it is expected to he heard within a week to 10 days. The passant of the bill thmuiih the House is a culmina tion of six months work as well •is bi-partisan cooperation, said its sponsor. Rep David Mix, D Kugene. Thom was no voiced opposi tion during du> lull’s discus sion. which l)ix attributed to the assistance of House Republican leader l-arry Camp hell, R Kugene "He tried to throw a bi partisan support for the bill so I have to give him as much credit as anyone." Dix said of Camp Turn to Renovation, Page 4 'Tis the season A happy group gathers to receive awards for efforts in the Oregon Summer (lames of the Special Olympics, held this past weekend at Silke field in Springfield. An estimated 6.SOU participants and 1,000 volunteers took part in the annual event. Photo by Andy Oipe
