Editorial
Adequate housing
nppded for students
With an estimated 17.822 students enrolled at the
University this fall term — an approximate increase of <>80
students from last year — finding acceptable housing in the
nearby community has become increasingly difficult.
Appropriately, the University has taken measures to
ease the housing burden on students. For example, the
University purchased Marion Hall from Northwest C.hristian
College, expanding the capacity of residence halls by 150
bads.
The University Housing Department also operated this
summer the Housing Search Hotel, which offered students
inexpensive lodging on a temporary basis.
The ASUO helped students searching for housing by
opening its Off-Campus Housing Office a month earlier than
usual and by hiring additional staff to provide counseling
assistance.
The University Housing Office, the dean of students of
fice and the ASUO should be commended for their efforts;
however, the job is not yet finished.
Some students still remain on the University's
residence hall standby list, and many others are still sear
ching for off-campus housing.
In the next few weeks the housing department and the
ASUO should continue and intensify their efforts to house
anv and all students who
If enrollment projections hold true for this year, the
University has increased its student population by more
than 2.4(H) people in the last five years. The University, the
community, and private contractors should take the follow
ing measures to ease the local housing problem in the future;
First, if enrollment continues to increase at the present
rate, then the University should consider building a new
dorm complex in order to fulfill some of the demand increas
ed enrollment will bring.
Second, landlords should renovate and revitalize ex
isting housing that is either dilapidated or abandoned.
landlords have been reluctant to build new housing
because greater profits can be incurred if the quantity of
local supply remains constant.
Private contractors should apprehend the opportunity
to build new housing in the University area and should act
accordingly, putting future homeless students out of their
remai misery.
Third, households in the local community should make
available to students spare moms in their homes. Private
households who live and work in the University area derive
economic benefits from students; therefore, it is to their ad
vantage to help resolve the housing shortage by renting out
available rooms.
Another housing problem in the University area is that
some landlords have been irresponsible, perhaps even
negligent, in the upkeep of certain apartment and housing
units.
During the beginning of the academic year, many
students feel trapped in their living accomodations because
it is so difficult to find a suitable, convenient apartment in
good condition. Therefore, students tend to remain in their
present housing, regardless of neglected problems and in
flated rents.
I axial landlords should not take advantage of the unfor
tuante housing situation by exploiting desperate students;
instead, landlords should adhere to their social respon
sibilities to provide the community with adequate and ac
ceptable housing.
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Testimony a personal endeavor
How won you chosen to
testify?
I had a call from Judge Burk,
himself, asking me to...Wall
first of all he asked me if I did in
fact support his nomination,
and. if I did. if I would be will
ing to testify before the
judiciary committee I told him
that I did support his nomina
tion and would lie willing
what I'm going to say in my five
minutes and any answers to
questions, what I’m going to say
is why I think fudge Bork is an
outstanding nominee to the
Supreme Court and why I think
the Senate should confirm him.
Because you are the dean of
the law school, you have
received opposition from law
st:hool students opposed to the
Maurice Holland is the dean of the law school. He is testi
fying before the Senate judiciary Committee for Supreme
Court nominee Robert Bork today. In a brief interview with
the Oregon Daily hnierald, he offered his opinions regar
ding his testimony.
What will the testimony
entail?
I think that what happens in
Washington is that I will be on a
panel with three or four other
people. I believe they will con
sist of either present or former
law school deans The panel
will be before the committee for
one hour, total, and each of us
will be prepared, allowed to
give a five-minute prepared
summary of our position and
then answer questions. And
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Bork nomination, saying you
represent them. How do you
feel about this and do you
believe your testimony will
have any negative effei:ts on the
University?
Well, I've said from the very
hegining — and will say in the
testimony and the written
prepared statement — that 1 ant
appearing as an individual ex
pressing my own personal
views, not in anyway prepor
ting to represent the University
or the law school or the state.
There are people in the Univer
sity and certainly there are a lot
of people in the law school who
feel very differently about the
Bork nomination than I do. As
far as I know those groups and
those individuals are express
ing. in various ways, their opi
nions by sending letters or sign
ing letters addressed to Senator
Biden and the Oregon senators.
And that's fine It's just a matter
about which I feel one way and
a substantial number of faculty
members and students feel the
other. But 1 haven't heard,
directly at least, any statement
of pretest or opposition to my
going out and giving my views
as an individual.
What kind of long-term
benefits do you see for yourself,
Bork or the University coming
from your national testimony?
Well 1 don't know if there are
any benefits to anybody. I
would hope that fudge Bork is
confirmed and joins the court. I
think that would be good for the
country and the court. Natural
ly, I think that would be a
benefit. But I will be only one of
1 think about 40 to 50 witness
appearing on his behalf — in
cluding the former chief justice
of the United States and four
former attorney generals of the
United States. So 1 doubt that
whatever 1 say is going to be
crucial, but I would like to see
him join the court because 1
think he would be an outstan
ding justice.
As far as the benefits to me. I
don’t see that there are benefits
one way or the other. It was just
something 1 was asked to do
lt’s a professional appearance
It’s a matter of judgment of his
professional capabilities and
qualification. And it s
something that law school
deans very often do — tesitifv
before the state congress or state
legislatures on all sorts of issues
and occasionally a judicial
nomination. So 1 don't think its
anything out of the ordinary to
do that. 1 don't think it would
have any particular benefits or
detriments to the law school or
the University. I think it's a
matter of an individual express
ing his opinion.
nnat are your view*
Bork’s ideologies and creden
tials? If he is confirmed do you
believe he will try to bring •
personal ideolgy to the court,
maybe overturning decisions
like Roe vs. Wade?
Well, as a matter of his
credentials, I think I agree with
what Chief justice Burger said
this morning (Sept. 23): he is
among the very most highly
qualified nominees to the
Supreme Court in the last 50
years. You don’t very often get
somebody nominated for the
Supreme Court, or any other
court, who was the one of the
leading legal scholars and
academics of the last some 20
years, a holder of the endowed
professorship at Yale law
school, an author of books and
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