.—.Oregon Daily- -
Emerald
Wednesday. January 18. 1089
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 90. Number 82
_Inside
• A fight at a frat. Page 3
• Semester conversion fallout. Page 4
• No surplus funds at the !FC. Page 1!
• Lopin' around in luva caves. Page 13
• Fads and fancy. Trends section
DeFazio hears child-care concerns
By Carolyn Lamberson
Emerald News Editor
Rep Peter Oe Fazio hoard
from his constituency last night
at Harris Hall in a town meet
ing on child care issues.
DeFazio (I)-Ore.) moderated a
panel composed of child can?
providers, users and state and
local child- care administrators,
who discussed options avail
able to parents who need child
care centers.
Among the issues discussed
were the affordability of child
care to low-income parents and
students, the need for qualified
day care providers, the need for
more infant care and care for
sick children, and the role of
government in facilitating and
providing day care.
Janice Filliot Watkins, the
state assistant child care coor
dinator. touched upon some of
the things Oregon is doing in
terms of child care.
"Until this last year, the goal
of Oregon was restricted to pri
marily certification and regula
tion of child-care facilities. In
the last legislative session,
there began to lx? some changes
in that regard." she said.
Looking ahead at the new
session. Watkins predicted the
state would take on a more fa
cilitating role. She added that a
tax credit incentive approved
last session for employers who
invested in services related to
employee's child care was a
start in this direction.
Another example of how the
rhofc. b« low M«tk«
Rep. Peter DeFazio said about one-third of this nation'a day
care was provided by church-related organizations.
slate is becoming more in
volved in the issue, is the gov
ernor's Great Start program
contained in his Children's
Agenda. This program would
allow counties to receive mon
ey to examine child-care needs
within the community, she
said.
The issues facing student
parents also was discussed
Watkins said the State Child
Care Commission is looking at
some innovative funding to
subsidize child- care costs for
students with children
The ASIJO got its word in us
well. Phil Nebergall, chairman
of the ASUO Child Care Task
Force, distributed material to
the media and DeFazio that
outlined student concerns
The recommendation sug
gested that federal legislators
should include students when
examining child-can) issues
“Advisory committees .id
dressing the child-care issues
Turn to Children, Page 5
Bill could disclose
students' records
By Don Peter*
Emerald Associate Editor
A bill presented to the
Senate for the first time
Monday would allow higher
education officials the right
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content of student ret ords
under certain circumstances
Senate Hill 2t>3. if passed.
_Politics_
would amend Oregon state
law OKS 35) 071) The law,
in part, would read. "Noth
ing contained in this para
graph prohibits authoriza
tion of the inspection of
such records or the disclo
sure of their content by insti
tution officials or employees
who have a legitimate edu
cational interest in inspect
ing student records, or by a
representative of a state or
federal government agency
that is required by law to in
spect student records "
SH2t>3 is one of the nu
merous bills drafted during
the interim session, and was
filed at the request of the Ex
ecutive Department
Dave I'iscom. assistant to
the director of the Executive
Department, initially said he
was unaware of the bill. Af
lt>r further im|iiiry. Eiscom
said the Executive Depart
men! filed the bill at the re
quest of the chancellor's of
fice of the Oregon State Svs
tern of Higher Education
(OSSHE).
According to (Uim_Esuato_
the executive assistant to the
vice chancellor, the hill is a
'' housekeeping measure.''
designed to mesh Oregon
law with Health Department
statutes
"The Health Department
is required, by law. to report
people with certain conta
gious diseases." Esgate said
"The hill came about Ik;
cause we wanted to make
sure that our people could
comply with the Health De
partment I think people
misunderstand what this hill
is trying to do."
Esgate stressed that only
state or federal governmen
tal agencies required by law
to inspat t student records
would lie allowed to dis
close information, although
the Health Department was
not mentioned by name.
Steve Hoyt. ASUO vice
president and vice chairman
of the Oregon Student hobby
(OSh). expressed concern
over the bill
Turn to Records, Page 7
Second copy of art
stolen from studio
By Brad Robertson
Emerald Reporter
A second woodblock print
belonging to graduate stu
dent Connie Davidson was
stolen from the print studio
in Lawrence Hall last Thurs
day
The nearly completed
piece was stolen sometime
Thursday morning from the
unlocked room. According
to Davidson, a few months
ago a copy of the same print
in its earlier stages was sto
len .
‘‘I can't even tell you how
many hours I've worked on
it,” Davidson said.
According to art instructor
Ken Paul. there have been
previous thefts from I .aw
rence Hall and he hopes
publicity will help to stop
them."You can't stop a de
termined felon but you can
make a little noise.” Paul
said.
Davidson has been work
ing on this current project
for about six months and
said she plans to sell the
eight remaining copies of
the work.
While she said that the
prints could bring approxi
mately $100 each, tin? mone
tary loss was not her pri
mary concern.
"I'm not looking at this as
a monetary ripoff I'm look
ing <it it as taking something
that someone has worked
real hard on I feel like a vie
tim,” Davidson said
Davidson said the thief
must of had to climb on a
chair to remove the print,
which was hanging in front
of a window on clothespins
The circumstances lead her
to speculate that the thief
might he someone from the
department, Davidson said
The print studio is un
locked during the day and
was open to students at the
time of the theft.
"It's real frustrating when
it might have been a fellow
artist." Davidson said.
"We have got to try to do
something, get some public
ity and make it a little hot
for someone.” Paul said.
Professors predict woes for Bush
By Greg Hough
Emerald Reporter
The presidency of George
Hush likely will offer Ameri
cans much of what they’ve
been getting during the 'Rea
gan era.” according to a pair of
University political scieme
professors who moderated a
Eugene forum Tuesday night
Jerry Medler and I’risi ilia
Southwell both associate pro
fessors hi the political si ience
department, gave presentations
speculating on "The Next Four
Years in American Politic s" at
the third of six University -
sponsored edur ational forums
scheduled this academir year at
the downtown Eugene Hilton
Speaking to about no people.
Medler dealt primarily w ith the
dumestK situations Hush will
face, and Southwell mostly ad
dressed Hush's foreign- polii \
concerns Both at times were
harsh in their assessments of
prospects for the Hush adminis
tration.
‘‘He'll be dashing to take ad
vantage of a hundred-day hon
eymoon' period traditionally
accorded first-term presi
dents,” Medler said. "But
about the first of May, Mr.
Bush should be in the ' deep
doo-doo, ' to use his phrase.”
Medler predit led that Hush's
lirst davs m officii would lie
"very quiet." marked by a lot
of behind-the-scenes maneuver
ing with Congressional leaders
such .is Senate Minority Leader
Kohert Dole. K Kansas, who
Hush will need to support his
politic al agenda lie added that
Hush likely will deal w ith Con
gress more aggressively than
his suci essor. President Ronald
Reagan.
“Mr Reagan has been able to
establish a 'feel-good' patrio
tism.'' Medler said “However
he has not had great success
with the legislative branch of
government lie's been a miser
able flop in getting his policies
through Congress
Medler added that Reagan.
Turn to Bush, Page 7
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Associate political science professor Priscilla Southwell said
last nifiht that Bush's foreign policy will be similar to Presi
dent Reagan