TUESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1991
EUGENE. OREGON
VOLUME 93. ISSUE 14
Riding high
Window washer Chnstophtn fenkms takes rare of the outside of Cur
son Hall last neek as part of the University's annual window cleaning ef
fort When the work wraps up later this week. 28 buildings will have
been sen need
Photo by Jeff Paslay
University sets sights on
larger fund-raising sums
By Dan Easier
fc.mor.ik) ContritHJlor
rho University is quilling while it's
ahead
1'hrec fourths ol lh<* vv.iv Into its .$(>()
million fund-raising goal. the Campaign
lor Oregon ended
Hut unolhur. liquor i ampaign is on
iht' horizon, said Urodie Remington, the
University vice president ol public .1!
fairs and development
The campaign's first phase brought in
Sin million on original projections ol
Si-1 n million, said Tori (dustina. clirec
tor of leadership gifts at the University
foundation
Dropping the (and-raiser's second
phase provided an opportunity lor the
University to reassess its goals belore it
enters another c ampaign. C>lustinn said
The success of the first phase of the
c ampaign was just one ol the reasons lor
discontinuing the campaign, Remington
said
The llrst phase's conclusion coin
1 hied with Myles Brand's arrival as the
new University president in ldH‘1
When a new president takes office, a
higher education institution often lakes
lime to reassess its fund-raising pro
gram Remington said
file second phase u as postponed cm
III the new leadership had taken hold
and new plans had been formulated,
Remington said
The University additionally delayed
the second phase with Remington s arri
val in Octolier from the University ol
Pennsylvania, where he served as direc
tor ol a $1 -billion, five year lund raising
campaign, hull of that raised in the first
year
After consideration. University offi
cials, including Brand and Remington,
dec ided to sc rap the existing lund raiser
and start over, Remington said "My
own prclereiic e was to start fresh
The fundraising program has l tm
very solid, hut it's a voting program," In1
s.ud I believe il has just begun lo tup
into tho poionti.il (hut exists
For the 1 MfHMM fisoul your, which
ondod (lino ;t(), llio University raised a
total ol approximately Si t million in
donations from businesses, alumni, pn
vuto foundations and other non alumni
contributors. Remington said
However, the official sum won’t he
known until early .September, after the
figures are audited. Remington said
Still, the total looks likes a record.
Remington said, and the University's
lunt! raising program has |ust scratched
toe surface of available donations
Remington saiti he hoped the Univer
spy t an favorably i ompete with similar
si/od institutions around the country
There's no reason lor us to he second
to anyone among our peers
I he University has lagged behind its
peers tier ause its fund raising program
is not as old and less systematic than
other institutions, he said "Il also
means we have an opportunity to make
progress
"We re sort of the fresh kid on the
block. Remington said "Rather than
(being) worn out arid beat tip. we've pist
scratched the surfm e
I bis lall the University begins to dig
deeper with a campaign planning ellort,
Remingtnn said I Ins will lead lo ku k
mg oil the major campaign ill III to 2-1
months
The campaign will have a very ambi
tious lurid raising goal, but "we don't
yet know what that goal will be, and we
won't know until the academic strategic
plan is set," Remington said
" There .ire a lot of steps to go through
to determine what the appropriate goal
is." he said
The projected total must be real liable,
and as part of the process, the Universe
T urn to MONEY Pane 4
Educators debate Oregon’s academic future
By Miriam Winston
Emerald Contribute*
It ts nasior to make rocks sing
than to tone oihl( ators change
their methods, said state Rep
\'er,i hut/, one of the many
speakers a! last Week s Educe
lion 2000 conference, field .it
the University
Educators from every school
district in Oregon and many
universities and community
colleges gathered in Eugene,
however, to learn some new
possibilities for improving
touching strategies
Karen Sondgroth admittedly
graduated from the University's
teacher certification program
with a "pretty stundardl/ed
view of how education in the
public school system funi
lions."
She returned to campus for
the conference to "listen to ex
perienced teachers and their so
lutions for problems and to
hear about what changes I need
to be ready to make in my own
teaching methods.”
Oregon House Hill 35f>5 was
the major ftxms of this year's
gathering as educators encour
aged ouch other to "Seize the
Duy." the conference tlieme,
and take advantage of the edu
cational fot.us in the Oregon
Legislature
katz, who spoke I ridav, en
couraged teal her support of the
controversial education reform
frill, urging .1 massive overhaul
in education from primary
school to higher education
"Sixty to 70 percent of our
youngsters do not go on to col
lege." the Portland Democrat
said, "and we must rethink
school organization if we don't
want .1 stillborn generation of
workers
HB :tr>t.r> focuses on creating
"the best and most advanced
education in the world b\ the
\ ear 2000 and the most soph is
t a ted work force bv 2010,"
Katz s.iid She linked directly
th' need for better education
and tfie drive to create a higher
standard of living in Oregon
"The changing face of Ore
gon is creating .1 wider and
wider wage gap between tie
education haves and have
nols. ' k itz said
Vera Katz
VYr t in no longer perm it
throw.iw v children, and we
cannot igi ore that our schools
are a! ri-.k of failure." she said
The only option is to com
pletely r> examine and retool
curriculum and tear hing prac -
tires "
While K.il/ and others at the
conference focused on econom
ic forces behind educational re
vamping. manv h-ai hors
with lilt' need for change hill
nut witfi ihe "I.ii 11.rv model" ol
edtli at ton rill- <ii liat»• ill tin*
i onlerenc e w.is a lei si- one
"i-Jdui alors mti il li hi' shaken
up from on high," Kai/. said, in
oriinr lo save Orrgoo's i-ronimi
u future
Margaret Grattnn, in Organi
national Development sliifl
member id Mount Hood Com
munity College, spoke Siiiurdav
m opposition to Kill/ s posi
tion
The economy-based. lightly
controlled answers we come up
with on a legislative level, she
said, "don't do justice to the
depth of human tpiestions
'Embracing a question or
problem in its fullest meaning
is hard work," Crutton said
"Out the education reform we
need is not about the work
force.”
Cratton said she wants teach
ers. administrators, parents and
legislators to remember that
children will grow up to "fall
m love, have families and make
Turn to EDUCATION Page 4
INDEX
Good cause_
AImjuI 20 University stu
dents. im hiding many stu
dent parents, braved Satur
day's Ileal .Hill spent tile day
rriiiovmg e(|uipmmit from
the playground at Ama/.nn
Housing in south lingerie to
make way lor new .structures
that will lie put in later this
month Su/.ie Blanchard, di
rector of Amazon Co-op.
said the effort saved Univer
sitv Housing about 52,000
See story, Page 5
Not the best
Thu film VI
IV u r s h n iv s hi,
slurring Kuthlirn
T u r n n r .is u
lough-us-nulls
Chic ago privulti
eye. is .1 < oinhinution <>l
good acting and a TV-quulity
script Tho movie isn't imd.
hut it doesn't live up to the
hook from which it w.is
adapted
See review, Pago 8