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Oregon Daily_ ,
Emerald
Thursday. April 20. 108!)
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 00. Number 137
Qualified freshmen may be denied admission
By Michael Drummond
Emerald Associate Editor
A record number of qualified fresh
men could lie denied admission for fall
term 1989, said Jim Buch. director of
admissions
University officials said on Wednes
day that the school anticipates sending
denial letters to about 1,500 would-be
freshmen beginning this week to lower
the University's enrollment total by
1.000 students in the next two years
"It's the first time we've found our
selves having to deny qualified appli
cants and so many applicants," Buch
said.
The deadline for freshman applica
tions was April 15. The reviews of
freshman applications are expected to
continue through May
The University’s enrollment target for
fall 1980 is 18.000 — u target "based on
the optimistic view that the legislature
will improve upon the higher education
budget figures . . and restore them ap
proximately to the level recommended"
by Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, said Univer
sity Provost Norman Wessells
Of the projected 18,000 students for
fall 1989, Buch said he expects 2,100
will be high school graduates, com
pared with 2,820 in fall 1988 The total
freshman class is expected to he 3,600
students including 300 transfers.
In addition, for the first time the Uni
versity will be forced to deny admission
to qualified transfer applicants this fall
Tim Bud
Much noted that the number of applica
tions from transfer students currently is
32 percent higher than last year Hut
Buch could not say exactly how many of
these transfer students would l>e denied
entry.
The deadline for transfer applications
is May 1. Transfer applicants are urged
to submit admission applications soon
and ensure official transcripts from ea( h
college attended are sent promptly to
the University admissions office
"We do not yet know precisely how
many of the applicants who are denied
admission will be Oregonians and how
many will be non-residents," Buch
said, "although we do know that a
much greater percentage of nonresident
applicants will receive the letters of de
nial."
However, Wessells said because
nonresidents pay higher tuition, a finan
< ial imperative would have to temper
the desire to retain a high number of Or
egonians.
in determining who will be admitted,
the admissions office will pay particular
attention to grade point averages and
the classes taken during a high school
student's senior year The admissions
office also will be giving high priority to
cultural and ethnic diversity of the en
tering student body, Buch said.
"Those coasting on grade point aver
ages from their freshman year or suffer
ing from a bad case of 'senioritis' did
not fare well.” Buch added.
Moreover. Wessells and Buch said the
University will la* looking at the aca
demic performance of current students.
Those determined "floundering” this
year may la? advised to take "a year or
two off," Buch said
Wessells said he would advise those
denied admission next fall to "enroll In
one of Oregon's other state universities
or fine community colleges" and try to
Norman Wessells
gain admission to the University later
on.
"Many of our applicants have really
outstanding (nullifications, apply to a
number of prestigious private and pub
lic colleges and universities, and are ac
cepted by mom than one." Wusaells
said "They typically t>egin making
their final decisions on where they will
attend in May and Juno."
Council postpones ordinance;
voters to decide fate next year
By Cami Swanson
Emerald Contributor
The Eugene City Council
ended official discussion on the
city's debated nuclear free zone
ordinance without reaching a
consensus at a Wednesday
work session.
Faced with two new alterna
tives to the existing nuclear
free zone ordinance, council
members decided to postpone
restructuring the law until a
voter's initiative calling for a
stricter ordinance is placed on
the May l<)«i(> ballot.
"1 believe now as 1 did then
(when he voted in 198l> for a
minimally revised version of
the ordinance) in the initiative
process," said council member
Freeman Holmer. "We should
let it (the initiative) proceed
and take the consequences
whatever they may be
After spending an hour tr\
mg to resolve the issue, the
other council members agreed
with Holiner’s suggestion, in
cluding members Shawn Boles
and Hobby Green. Boles and
Green recently had revived the
nuclear free /.one dehat*? by ask
iug the council to adopt a nu
clear free /.one ordinance that
more closely resembled the law
passed by voters in l‘)Hti
"We should not continue to
fumble around," Holes said
"My feeling is to drop the issue
until the initiative i omes
The seven council members,
in( lulling Mayor Jeff Miller, at
tempted to reach a compromise
to the existing ordinance dur
ing the work session, hut differ
ing opinions prevailed
During a straw vote taken to
determine any common
ground. council members
could not agree on the compo
sition of the appointed nuclear
free zone board. The council
voted 2-1. with three members
abstaining, to have the appoint
ed board be composed of seven
members, including one from a
human rights organization and
one from a peace organization
Turn to NFZ, Page 6
Riverfront developers to submit proposals
By Betsy Clayton
Emerald Associate Editor
All three companies that submitted qualifica
tions for developing the Riverfront Research Park
will be considered as potential capital-backers,
the Riverfront Research Park Commission decid
ed Wednesday.
The companies, all of which are out of state
and have experience in university-related devel
opment projects, will lie contacted today to sub
mit proposals by May 1!) for the 67-acre private
public project that is to be built on University
owned property adjacent to the Willamette River.
The commission also is requesting all three
companies visit the site prior to submitting pro
posals and that commission staff Ire sent to evalu
ate the companies' current projects.
The city and University are in need of a pri
vate developer to replace the Uarley Capital
Group of Madison. Wis . that withdrew from the
project in November citing internal financial
problems.
Potential Riverfront Research Park develop
ers include Flagship Properties Inc., of Cleve
land. Ohio; Avenir Flagship Development of Palo
Alto. Calif., and Institutional Development Asso
ciates of Salt OikeCity. Utah.
"There are significant weaknesses to them,
but all three are strong." said commission mem
ber Mabel Armstrong.
Design Advisory Committee Chairwoman Jo
anne Hugi said because the three companies have
different strengths, they all should be considered.
Turn to Park, Page 6
It's your duty
Foil worker Karen Martinka receives a completed
ballot from Mike Bolinger on Wednesday, the first day
of the ASUO primary election. David Scott eagerly
awaits his turn on the political merry-go-round.
The primaries conclude today, with general elec
tions to be held next week.
Photo by Mark Ylen