Oregon Daily_ w
Emerald
Veclnesdav (Jctober 1 I. KiH!l
Kugene, Oregon
Volume lt 1 Number It)
Inside*
■ Polit e arrest hi«m, Uagi'3
9 r.miiK.ilor to 4
■ I'mlnjln/ncr to fun. t*.i ;e T>
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Seasonal Sketch
Shelles llulbvrt. a senior in line nils, sketches .1 si ene Horn the rap
idly approaching autumn outside ot Gilbert Hall.
Photo by Andre Kanieri
Charges against law school
threaten disaccreditation
B\ ( hris Bounell
Fmerjld \ssoi j.ile Fditor
I lie American Bar Association is
IhriMtfning in moke llir accreditation
of llir l!nivfrsilv Si luxil In law il ad
nilnislr.ilors .in- unahle In ailf(|ii.ilflv re
xpnnd In c hargfs tli.it tin* lan program
is tlflii iftil
In .1 letter In l.m si hool Dean Mourn e
lliill.mil Iasi week tin MIA --,1111 thin
nun concerned .iliniit tin- insuffti ient
mimher nt lai 1111 \ .1 limited 1 iln.irv
Inidget ami llir alisfiii f ol an externship
program. I lolltuu! said
Mthough tin- AHA threatened to is
yoke thf ati rvililal inn id tin* lan si In hi I.
Holland said tin- 1 ham r such action
would hi- taken in slim
(The 1 hargfsj are vi*r\ serti us " I lot
land said I've also said that thf likeli
hood ut thf Mi A removing thf act redit
alum ol thf school is minimal
\n law school assoi lali-il With a huge
statf si hool has ever lost its ai i redit
at km. I loll.iml said
Administrators have until lift I to
respond to the AH Vs satisfaction or
lai f further action, whit h 1 mild ini hid
We have the responsibil
ity to take the charges
from the accreditation
committee very seriously.
One would hope that the
problems are solvable in
the long run.
— Richard Hill
cd (lie ills.ii i redit.ilmn prut rss. Hull,mil
Silili
I lif I.it ulty is ion sm,ill in in ms of
Ihi' number ill students li\ lour In six
professors," Hull,mil s.iiil
I'll III,ike lip for the I.Ii k ol perm.llienl
t.ii ult\. the law school is relying on .id
jum t .mil visiting professors, lie s.iid
An externship program involves slu
M.itn ii e 11<>11<i1111
dents leaving (hr I huversitv and yvoik
111tm .1 law tirin In gain ' prill tii ill
working experience Holland said
llnll.mil s.ml tlir AHA requires .in
externship program I" in* maintained
1 In' I 'mversitv discontinued its pro
hi .mi III 1‘lltH
As Ini till' lilii,ii\ 11 n I f.i i ii I s.ml the
budget is siillii lent I'lmugll tu 11 i.i 1111.1111
till' si'll,il 11111) I ii , 11 ii 11 is. hut th.il hlllils In
pun hitsr iii'ii hunks vveie liiilitril
I iloit‘1 think mu I.in stiuli'iits m
tin'll three ic.iis lirii' ,iii' adversely .it
Iik ted hi this ili'lii H■ in i (in tin- h
In ,irv I I Ini I,mi I said
Hull,mil said tlir uni's nlfet It'd air thi*
I.ii iilti who mil mi tlm library fur re
scan h matin nils
Hu haul Hill interim vu c chniicelloi
Im ai adi'inii atlairs said the Slate S\s
tern id Higher Kdiication is i un< erned
about the situation
"We have the responsibility to lake
the i barges from the ,n ■ redilalion i rtm
lllittee yen seriously Mill said One
would hope that the problems are suli
able in the long run
I hiiversity (’resident Myles Hi,mil has
met with stale bigliei edmatioii ollii nils
to (list uss the problem and possible so
lut inns I till said
Research park moves one step closer to fruition
Appeals board OKs park s development
Bv Hon Walker
Emerald Associate Editor
Advocates of the Riverfront
Research fork have ( leared an
other hurdle toward .111 earlv
1‘l‘tO groundbreaking date af
ter a long-awaited de< ision
from the Lind I 'se Hoard of Ap
peals (1.1' H A | was handed
dow u Tuesda)
1'he U HA det ision affirmed
.in earlier decision made in
April by the City of Kugene and
rejei ted a number of provisions
in tile appeal, which was filed
In Dan Slotter. a I'niversitv
law student; Al Crquhart. geog
raphy professor and depart
ment head: and Randy Prince
of Kugene, . , .
At issue w.is win tli. r rievel
npnicnt of the park along (hr
W illamettc River is i (insistent
w ith i it\ .mil stair land use
laws Thu 14 page report on the
del ision has not yet been sent
from 1.1 ‘HA headquarters in Sa
lem
Keaclions to the 1.1 HA del i
sion differed between those
supporting the rescan h park
project as planned and those
who were m favor of tile park
but wanted construction to take
place elsew here
"We re delighted with their
decision." said R A (ius hcl
ler. < hairrnan of the Riverfront
Research Park (Commission.
"We re looking forward to de
velopment of the park; it's been
our intent all along." he said.
“Perhaps now we will get
tin- opportunity to do some
thing we set out to do li\i- years
ago." heller said "II .ill goes
uell we v\ill st.irt to construct
the park in early 1 ***»(»
heller said the < oinmissioii
has paid spec ilu attention to
Willamette (ireenvv.iv regula
I ions
"We've taken a good hard
look at that and have been
aware ol it from day one." In
said
The commission's intent is to
enhance the groenwav. heller
said, making it a better and sal
er area
Stutter, though disappointed
with the I.l'HA decision, said
"We somewhat expected that
Turn to Park, Page 11
WioUi In fjnt tun*
The playing fields adjnt rnt In the Willamette River moved one
step closer Tuesday to bei liming the proposed Riierfront Re
seari h Par k