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- 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