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Oregon Daily Emerald The dark side of Col. North See Page 2 Thursday. July 16. 1987 Eugene. Oregon Volume 89, Number H TAG team cheer Members of the Summer Enrichment Program for the Talented ami Gifted take a break from their classes and the hot weather to swim in lafighton Pool. The Enrichment program is designed to encourage talented and gifted students in the Northwest. Photo by Shu-ShiiiH Chtrn Police anxiously await the coming of the Dead By Sean Nelson IM lh# Kmrralri The Kugene Police Depart moot is gearing tip for the at rival of fans for the Grateful Dead Hob Dylan concert scheduled for July 1*1 1,1 Kru Mellgren of the Kugene Police Department, who is coordinating se< urity for the event, estimates the crowd will be. “anywhere from 40.IKK) to 50.000 people." A city ordinance bans over night camping hut that will la waived temporarily to allow for the campsite Mellgren said the waiver would "absolutely not" < over Alton Maker Park "Alton Maker Park is an ex treme fire hazard area." Mellgren said. "In addition the (Willamette) river is dangerous It's low and fast," Mellgren said Kxtra officers will la- used for traffic control. Mellgren said. Fifteen extra officers will lie assigned to the residential and commercial developments near Autzen Stadium prior to and >ift<*r tin- i mu ert, hr added. A mobile unit located at Coburg Ktutil and Centennial boulevard will serve as "a police station," Mellgreu said "Double Tee and Hill Graham Presents are dealing with the com rrt." he said "We're deal mg with the I Iniversily Athletic Department" The security inside the cam pground will In* handled by Creative Security. Mellgreu said. "There will lie extra patrols on dirt bikes and on foot at Alton Baker I’ark." he said. A c cording t o I. a u r i e (louwenhoven. administrative assistant for facilities and events in the athletic depart ment. the security personnel in side the campground will wear T shirts and not traditional uniforms. "They will wear T-shirts in die daytime with the name of the organization (Creative Security) on them and jackets at Turn to Campground, Page l IFC approves request for new computer lounge equipment By Carolyn l.amberson Of iKc f mcrald The Incidental Fee Committee approv ed a $30,093 request from the EMU Com puter lounge for new equipment pur chases Wednesday. The funds, coming from the IFC's overreali/ed account, will enable the lounge to purchase eight new Apple Macintosh Plus personal computers, eight Apple Macintosh exterior drives, an Apple Ijcserwriter, two Imagewriters and other computer equipment. Dexter Simmons, the computer lounge inanuger. presented the proposal to the committee. This is the second time this year he has come to the committee for new equipment requests. Simmons pproached the previous committee miring spring term and re quested $50,000 fur new equipment However, the committee failed to ap prove the funding at that time, citing red tape-related difficulties. The computer lounge is an EMU program and did not work through the EMU Board before making the request. Some committee members at the time also expressed discomfort in allocating such a large amount of money. Simmons said there is a tremendous demand for computer lounge services At the end of spring term there were more than 3,000 students using the lounge. "We need more equipment to satisfy student demand," Simmons said. "With the new computers, we can increase our data base to 4,000 students." This increase in student usage would iii turn generate more money, and Sim mons predicted as much as a 25 percent increase in the lounge's income "This proposal is a sincere proposal." he said. "We need the lt> machines.” as part of the original $50.(HH) request. "We are asking for eight becuuse we feel we need to lie sensitive to your limited funds." Simmons told the committee "This is the minimum we can ask to match the student demand." he con tinued. "We don't want students waiting hours for computers. " which is what happened all through spring term. Simmons said Simmons also pointed out the lounge does not anticipate ever having to raise its usage rates, and hopes to lower the fee students pay for term passes and hourly use of the computers. Increased usage, generating more mvnmm, would tumble the lounge to pass the savings on to students. Simmons said. The lounge is .tlso hoping to s.ive money in other areas as well, including salaries anil maintenance, he added. Committee member Sandra Thompson vocalized several concerns she had about the request "I want to make sure we really gel at the problem" which is the amount of lime students spend waiting for open ter minals. she said. "What research lias lieeil done on making the lounge more efficient?" Simmons replied adjustments in the lounge's hours were made in at cnrdence to the results of a survey of lounge users Turn to Computers, Page 8 Officials react differently to standardized grievance procedure By Mike Ununmond Of ttoKawraM A recently established state-wide grievance procedure for unclassified employees has drawn praise and criticism by University and State Board of Higher Education officials. The grievance policy, mandated by the State Board of Higher Education in June, sets down procedures state universities and colleges must follow when a grievance is filed by a school employee. A grievance includes complaints such as when employees feel wronged in ••connection with reappointment, com pensation. tenure, promotion, or other conditions of employment.” “Other conditions of employment” encompasses violations of academic freedom, discriminatory employment practices and nondiscriminatory employment practices, and laws, rules and individual school policies. Richard Hill, provost and vice presi dent for academic affairs, indicated he felt there was a need for a state-wide grievance procedure. However, he also expressed reservations about the idea. ”1 believe there is a need for an understood set of procedures for the handling of grievances, but I would prefer that those procedures be the responsibility of the individual institu tions,” Hill said. There are differences among the state's institutions of higher education, and what may be good for another school may not be good for the Universi ty. Hill noted. "Nevertheless, there is. a new I for ; some kind of system-wide oversight because it (a grievance) is finally the responsibility of the state system,” Hill added. Melinda finer, a compliance officer with the board, echoed Hill’s sentiments. Oregon's universities and colleges, as well as the board already had a set of grievance procedures, but the new policy was established at the bequest of the Legislature. Grier said. "What we had before was just fine, but if the Legislature wants something, we have to be rwaponsive to the Legislature." Grier said "The new procedure is not the pro cedure I would put down personally, but it's one we can live with.” Grier said. The advantage to the standardized grievance procedure is that it is now clear what the grievance procedure will be at each institution, but the disadvan tage is that each institution is different. and what may work at one school may not work at another. Grier added. University 1‘resident Paul Olum voic ed his opinion or the subject, and said the University already had an adequate grievance procedure. "We could've amended the previous procedures ourselves as the need arised, but we can work with the new policy." Olum added. The new procedures include both in formal and formal steps institutions must adhere to. and establishes time limits within which complaints must be filed. Informal grievam.es will receive responses within 15 days while written, formal grievances will receive responses from the State Hoard within 1H0 days of submission, "unless agreed to by the grievant." Turn to Grievance, Page 8
