UNIVERSITY
Holland’s departure marks end of stormy era
Fundinq problems, controversies brought frustration’ to deanship
By Christopher Blair
Emerald Editor
A browse through law school Dean
Maurice Holland's file at the University
News Bureau tolls the story of a trou
bled five-year tenure, the story of .1 dean
who simply didn't fit in
There are letters clipped from publi
cations all over the state, calling for his
resignation There are news items about
many Holland-law school issues the
American Bar Association's threats to
remove the school's accreditation be
cause of funding problems, the outcry
that followed when a law Instructor was
made to apologize to lus class for do
scribing his activities with a guv rights
group
Holland, who will step down from his
post as soon as a search committee linds
.1 replat fluent, said his lime as dean,
punctuated with funding hassles and
disputes over his conservative politics,
was anything hut rewartiing
I think the word that 1:01ms to mind
is frustration, '' he said "The people
who do m .idemu administration should
not have to spend virtually all of their
time and all of their energy worrying
a holt I how to make ends meet and
somehow assemble the minimum level
of resourt es that are needed to provide
quality programs
H\ all at counts, the decision for Hol
land to resign from the deanshtp was .■
mutual one University I’tesident Myles
Brand said Holland went through a stan
dard fifth year review proi ess, which
involved input from a faculty commit
tee, the administration and law school
students
The combination of the review results
and Holland's willingness to step down
resulted in the decision
After five years, the faculty clearly
had come lo the point where they want
ed a change," Holland said
Administrators have nothing hut good
tilings to s.n, about Holland and the job
hi? did They point lo his efforts In re
store funding lo till! school. and the far l
tfi.it fie was "an effective advex ate "
Hut Holland said Ins administrative
style and conserve!ive politics led to mi
rnerous clashes with faculty and stu
dents alike He said a perfec t example
was Ills testimony In favor of l S Su
preme Court nominee Robert Hork in
1 *)H7
Itork asked Holland, in addition to
seven other active and former law
deans, to testify on his behalf at ins Sen
ate confirmation hearings m Washing
ton. DC During the hearing. Holland
saiii Hork, a judge wtio had drawn fire
for his conservative philosophy, was
"one of the most accomplished and dis
tinguished legal scholars ol his genera
lion
After five years, the
faculty clearly had come to
the point where they
wanted a change'
— Maurice Holland
Holland’s testimony curne at the very
end of tiie hearings' sei ond-lo-last (fay
In tiie type of scene played daily on (
Hork was eventually rejected by the
Senate, and it's doubtful th.it Holland's
testimony had any > ffe< t on the vote one
way or another However, students and
faculty believed that Holland's presenc e
was a reflection on the University and
the law school
There1 y% as xery hi aid agreement
here that Hork should not be continued,
and I sort ol stuck out like a sore
thumb," Holland said. I wasn't repre
senting the school or the faculty 1 was
speaking only lor my sell
fiul I'm sure that sumo people here
felt that I couldn't disguise the fact that I
was dean of the law school.”
Holland also said Ills style of leader
ship which he likened to the com
mander of a navy vessel put him at
odds with professors and administra
tors
"That is not the way things are tradi
tionally done at the University of Ore
gon, hut I think that's .1 mistake, " he
said, adding that his colleagues are more
ai 1 ustomed to .1 method of consensus
and compromise
"1 think they should create and en
courage strong deans, because I think
that’s the best way to have strong
schools
Holland also cited a lack of support
from the University administration, par
ticularlv during a controversy surround
ing an Instrut tor's classroom presenta
turn last year
Several students in a first-year legal
writing course led by instructor dreg
Johnson complained atxiut his detailed
description of his activities m a gay
rights group Johnson then was ordered
to apologize to the class by Holland. As
sistant i)ean Chapin Clark and Mary
Lawrence, who was the 1 lass' professor
The order to apologize resulted in de
mands (roll! students and fat ultv yvho
said the order infringed on Johnson's
free speech rigJits and acatielriii tree
dom lor tiie three to resign The ad
ministration ordered a lengthy investi
gation into the incident, which led to an
apology from ( lark and a peacemaking
session among all parties involved
Although brand said the investigation
was appropriate given the seriousness of
the incident, Holland claims it was an
instance in which the administration
should have more strongly supported
him
Holland said that had administration
talked privately with Clark, his evplana
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THE HOLLAND
ERA
July I, 1999: Maurias Holland, formerly the
acting dean of Indiana University's School of
Law. becomes Ongon't 11th law school dun
Sept. 29, IM7: With seven oth«r active and
furmar law school dwm Holland tastifiea to
the U S Senate in favor of Suprama Court
nominaa Robert Bork.
Fefc. S. 1900; In tha first of a series of latter*, the
American Bax Association threeten* to remove
tha law school from it# Ual of accredited
institution*, citing low faculty salaries, poor
funding and a high studont-to-faculty ratio
Because of tho Oregon l.ogtwl a turn's failure to
rosfvond with adequate funding, law «chool
enrollment cuta and tuition increases result.
April 14. 1990: Holland speaks before tho group
Oregonian* In Action, saying he disagree* with
the power and scope of federal land-use law* A
story about Holland’* speech In Th» Orngonttn
say* Holland compared land use law* to
socialism In response. Deschutes County
CormrU *si oner Tom Throop. a land-use planner,
sends a letter to nine state legislator*. calling
Holland’s statements "the best argument 1 have
ever soon for getting (he slate out of tho law
school business '
Oct. 11. 1990: Instructor ('.rug Johnson explain*
hi* ecUviua* with a gay right* group to a law
w hool das* Some student* rompl<un privately
to Wary Lawrence, the class’ professor
Assistant ihsan {.ha pin (dark, with bo'.klng from
Holland, orders Johnson to apologize to his
Nov 15. 1990: Holland h.;id* an . tier. rno«ung
with law student* to di<*-> uss tne John von
.Nov *0, ttMMJ Assistant >oan Chapin (dark
publicly apologizes for making Johnson
apologise
May 6. 19U1: ABA announce* It accepts die law
school upgrades, and withdraw* threats to
remove accreditation
July 31, 1991; Provost Norman Wassail*
Announces ha is apckoiniing a committee to 6nd
a replacement for Holland, who will step down
as dean but continue teaching
Tuition lor .ill University students is going through the roof
.is a result of Me.isure f> cuts This and other stones the imt-t
aid covered this summer i an he found on Page t
hoc al lawyers and legal professors diller on whether recent
events are eroding the Bill of Rights, particularly the l-ourth
Amendment, which was designed to prolix t people from Uli
reasonable search and seizure by police
See storv. Page 5
Doctors at Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital are
struggling to explain how a heart from a donor with I vpe \
blood ended up in a recipient with Type O
See stoi \. Page 5
The film Hot Shot>, starring Charlie Sheen in a role spool
mg Tom Cruise and Top Clan, is an unsucr essful blend of se
nous stor\ and I’o/iti' .sV/mnf stvle humor
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Campus radio by mid-September?
Tower to grace
roof of PLC,
signal to follow
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Associate Editor
It's boon more than a your
since students at tho University
approved a ballot measure that
provided the money to st.irt
campus radio station KKMA
With its first broadcast set for
early September, it looks as
though tin- station is finally be
(oming a reality
Hut the start up date has al
ready been pushed back several
times, and one complication re
mains
KKMA Director James Janu
ary said the station needs a big
ger room in the LIMU because
tho one currently being used as
office space is too small to set
up the necessary broadcasting
equipment
"We're trying to get another
space, but until the KMU Board
(of Directors) reconvenes in the
fall, we re not going to able to
do much about it." January
said
Other wheels are in motion,
how e\ er
A broadcast tower and anten
na will 1h’ set up Sept 1 on the
roof of HLC
"Once the tower's in place
it's a matter of getting the line
run lo the tower from the
liMlJ." January "It s going
to f>e .1 bit of .1 trick, but we'll
probably lust go through the
heating tunnels "
K.KMA 's organizers hod orig
inallv planned lo rent tower
space on Blanton Heights, but
the Federal Communication
Commission ruled in February
that the tower, owned by televi
sion station KVAL. is too
heavy KKMA received its FCC
license last November.
"If we would have put it on
Blanton Heights it would
have iieen S~50 a month rent,
and we figured since we could
get within a couple of feet of as
high as it would be out there
for free on I’LC. we should go
with that," January said
"It will be a little flit lower
and tfiat's going to diminish
some of the outside contour for
pickup hut it's also going to
save several thousand dollars
uvery year "
KKMA was initially allocated
S25.Ht)l of incidental foe mon
ey during the spring elections
of 1990. In April of this year,
the Inc idental Fee Committee
allocated $35,000 to KKMA for
the 1991-92 schcK)l year.
Although a studio has not
boon sect up vet. January said he
expects the station, which will
be heard on BH 1 l-M. to be on
the airwaves as soon as the
tower is in place.
KKMA — Kampus Radio Mu
sic Alternative — will feature a
wide variety of music as well as
news and sports updates, come
dy and concert information
KKMA s board of Directors is
expected to be in place by the
end of fall term. January said
Two students have already
been appointed — Mark Brink
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