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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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'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