Oregon
DAILY EMERALD
Thursday. December 6. I‘WO
lugcnc. Oregon
Volume Issue 70
Briefly
Contrary to some stu
dents' beliefs, the evalua
tions they are asked to fill
out near the end of each
term rating professors
and classes do get read.
They play an important
role in deciding which
faculty members receive
tenure and pay raises.
See story. Page 6
A teach-in has been
scheduled for Friday so
students and faculty can
learn about the Persian
Gulf crisis. A rally, two
symposiums and a series
of 1? workshops are part
of the national campus
movement, which comes
on the anniversary of
Pearl Harbor
See story, Page 5
Nationally
HONOLULU (AI’J -
The firs! Marino to refuse
deployment under Opera
tion liesert Shield was
granted an administrative
discharge Wednesday,
Marine Corps officials an
nounced.
Court martial proceed
ings against the Marine,
Jeff Paterson, wore dis
missed under the agree
ment in return, Paterson
will halt all legal action
against the Corps stem
ming from its rejection of
his request for conscien
tious objector status, said
a military spokesman and
Paterson’s attorney.
Paterson had his rank
reduced from corporal to
lance corporal under the
agreement.
Community
After a bitter two year
strike at Springfield's
Morgan-Nicolai plant, the
pickets are gone, but bit
ter memories and feelings
still exist.
See story. Page 7
The Oregon men's
club soccer team finished
the season 7-2-1 and is
looking forward to a suc
cessful spring campaign.
The Oregon team has al
ready started to practice
for the spring season.
See story. Page 13
Academic freedom
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I amt's Phelps, a third year law student, addresses an academic freedom rally held yesterday in the law schmd courtyard. Alter
the rally, a panel disi.ussion on academic freedom was held.
Panel, rally focus on academic freedom
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Reporter
Sensitivity workshops tor
far ulty members. an ar .nlrinir
freedom teach in. anri a r.oali
lion of student groups to figfrt
rlisr riminatiun on r .unpus were
all suggestions that r ame out ol
a disi ussion on discrimination
a n d a r a rl e mil t r e e d o m .
U ednesd.n
The panel disc ussion and the
rally that prer erled it were held
in response to the pulilii apolo
g\ law si hool instructor (Ireg
lohnson was asked to make at
ter disr ussing his homosesuali
t\ in a r lass lei tore That part
ol the discussion followed a
i lass lecture on a Supreme
Court ( .ise regarding gays ami
lesbians ami also coincided
with National ( aiming Out I )a\
After several students com
plained, law School Dean
Maurice Holland, Associate
Dean Chapin Clark and John
son's supervisor, professor
Marv Lawrence, asked lohnson
to apologize in class to the of
fended students
Tile apology recpiest tom tied
off a wave of protest from many
l’Diversify students, w ith the
l’Diversity's (lay and l.eshiun
Allianc e and the ASI'() i ailing
for either the resignation or fir
mg of Holland. Chapin and
Cm relic e
Wednesday's rally was at
tended by about Ml people,
manv of whom expressed anger
al iv hat they sec as discrimina
lion The < all for tin* resigna
t II Ills of those involved ill till!
apology request was also re af
firmed
"It is important that (Dean
Hull,Hid) be held ai i ountahle to
the students here at the 1 niver
sily." said Sue Doi.kstader.
(IA LA dire* tor
"In his si|em e lie has in
formed us all of exai ll\ how he
feels." said lames Phelps of the
(lay and Lesbian Law Student's
As six iatiou
After lohnson's lei tore, sev
eral students complained that
(liny iiiii! Imcn unt omfurtahlr
with thn direction of Ihn dis
cussion. <111(1 full llm\ wnm lie
mu "hold captive " I )tM kstadrr
said licit guvs and Inshians of
Inn experience that feeling in
classes taught from Ihn per
spnt live ol .1 heterosexual
I’hnlps s.iul hr "nxpet Is pro
pin In bn <is tolerant ol mv
views <is I am of theirs
Hut law student l orn I ran
ken took the mil rophonn and
said he lud an "angrv view ol
the v(<iv and lesbian (omnium
ty" and did not want to sen
them s.u rifii e the l' of () Law
St hoo! to further their ow n per
Turn to FREEDOM Page 10
South Africa divestment to be complete in 1992
By Bob Waite
Emerald Reporter
The University will lie free of
South African investments l>\
February 1992. according to a
plan approved by the State
Hoard of Higher Kducation.
Approved by the 1 1 member
board at the Nov Hi meeting in
(.'orvallis \\as a divestiture plan
created by Weldon Ihrig. Vi< e
Chancellor of Finance and Ad
ministration, and Steve Katz
the board's chief finnnt lal olfi
cer.
Ihrig. Katz and Frn Ward,
University Hlack Student
Union vice president, agreed
the 1987 Oregon State largisla
lure required .ill state organi/a
lions to divest front South Atri
oa Hut Ward said ho thought
the divesting of the state svs
11*in of higher ed in at ion' s
South African investments w.is
already completed
"I was told by Students
Against Apartheid last year that
the\ had already disinvested."
Ward said Wednesday "This is
surprising news
"Adjustment Irom one fund
to another must he done gradti
.illy in order to minimize loss
to endowment funds." Ilnrg
said He said the state system of
universities and < olleges has a
dual responsibility to manage
monies well and to comply
with the legislature
Kudow merit funds .irr used
for scholarships, donor sup
ported programs, and addition
al support lor f<u ult\ programs
Ihrig said
The funds will he shifted al
about -r> pert ent per tpiarter.
hat/ saitl Common fund, an
investment organization that
spe< iali/.es in non sensitive in
vestments, w ill liegin assuming
management of the funds, said
hat/
With a list of corporations
and other investments tied to
South Africa, Common fund
invests in other ventures and
avoids dealing with firms on
the list. hat/ said
While some slate hoard mem
hers have requested getting out
of South African investments
several tunes in the past 111
years, hat/ said the l‘llt7 legis
lature provided the final utipe
Ins
"So far there has lieen no
loss ol funds." hat/ said, he
cause the investment shift is
being done prudently He said
he believes there should he .1
negligible or no loss of revenue
once tiie shift is 1 omplete
I think, it shows the white
privilege of the stale system to
disifivesl in a way that is con
y enient.'' Ward said
"They don't look at the mor
al issue and say We need to
disinvest immediately hit ause
of crimes against humanity.'
lie added