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 tjk : a Mm ::w aar « Phoiu b) I mi h«n« 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 \ 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 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